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Playground - OpenAI API

ai text generating is awesome

I did the same prompt a few times with different AI Models and here are the different results. 

the prompt was "Write a fantasy epic prologue in the style of Brandon Sanderson."

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In a world of endless skies and sprawling deserts, there is an ancient kingdom that has stood for a thousand years. This is the kingdom of Varden, a land of magic and wonder.

For centuries, the people of Varden have been at war with the cruel and powerful Sand Elves. These vicious creatures dwell in the sand, and their only goal is to destroy Varden and enslave its people.

The Varden have always been outnumbered and outgunned, but they have never given up hope. Now, after a thousand years of war, they may finally have a chance to win. 

A young farm boy named Alaric has discovered a powerful artifact that could turn the tide of the war. With this artifact, the Varden may finally be able to defeat the Sand Elves and bring peace to the kingdom.

Alaric must now embark on a dangerous journey to the heart of the Sand Elves' kingdom. He must face challenges that he never could have imagined, and he will need all of his courage and strength to succeed.

This is the beginning of a new epic adventure, one that will change the course of history forever.

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Our prologue is the first chapter, setting the scene, introducing our characters, establishing the plot, and setting the stage for what's to come. Prologue We are born, we are given our first breath of air and we are thrust into the world. The world is cold and cruel, we are orphans, we are given no name, no family, no possessions, no purpose. We are given no chance to survive in this world. We are born into nothingness, we are fashioning ourselves out of nothingness into something. We are born into a world of pain, cold, and nothingness. We are born into a world of despair, a world of nothingness.The world is cold, cold, cold. We are born into cold, cold, cold. We are born into a world Production ProlMODE We are born into a prologue Prologue We are born, we are given our first breath of air and we are thrust into the world. The world is cold and cruel, we are orphans, we are given no name, no family, no possessions, no purpose. We are given no chance to survive in this world. We are born into nothingness, we are fashioning ourselves out

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I know, I know. I am talking about a fantasy epic prologue in Sanderson’s style! I love fantasy epic prologue stories.

I’m talking about the trilogy The Stormlight Archive. I’ve read it several times over the years and it’s one of my favorite books. It’s a fantasy epic that spans centuries, across multiple continents. It’s a mage vs. mage epic, but it is also a fantasy epic about the people of the continent, and the people that live there. I’m not going to go into the history of the continent, or the people, or the magic, or the many different cultures that are represented, but I will say that Sanderson’s writing style is perfect for this epic. The world is huge, and the writing is geometric, and I love it. I’m not sure what I’d do without it.

I’ve written an epic fantasy prologue that’s set in the style of Brandon Sanderson, a fantasy epic prologue. I’ve written another epic fantasy prologue, and I’ve written two epic fantasy prologue stories. I

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There are those who believe that the world was created by a single god, and that he/she/it lives on in the sky, watching over us.

There are those who believe that the world was created by many gods, and that they live in the sky, watching over us.

There are those who believe that the world was created by accident, and that nobody is watching over us.

And then there are those who don't believe in anything.

But does it matter what we believe?

The truth is, the world is out there, and it's waiting for us to explore it.

To journey to the end of the earth, and beyond.

To discover new lands, and new civilizations.

To fight for what's right, and to protect the innocent.

To stand up against evil, and to make a difference.

The world is waiting for us.

Let's go.

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The first time I ever saw Dragons, I was as a new student attending a city-wide picnic. A warm, gilded sun sat on the horizon, casting a warm glow around the people in the park across from the picnicist’s platform. I was standin’ there, looking up at the sky, when someone grabbed my hand and pushed me back. I saw the dragons and knew they were a purposeful, desired inclusion in this hands-free experience. I felt the power of their breath, the speed of their movement, the pain of their hit. I was mouthy and noisy and needed to act out of curiosity, need, or land in a position where I would have to explain why anything was happening.

o I took a deep breath and walked away from the picnic, my hand still held out for the dragon’s breath. I saw them both first, the big, powerful, and beautiful dragons. I saw the education and training that had led them to be where they were, and the experience of being let down was cause for fear. I saw the anger and fear fire up the big dragons’ eyes and I knew they were going to take me in and save me.

The panic and fear

Some of these are actually almost good? And others are creepy in that uncanny valley sorta way. It's incredible. 

psst
play minecraft with me
i have vip+ on hypixel so i can make us an SMP pretty easy
if at least 5 people say they'd play i'll do it rn

i just witnessed the biggest storm of my life

and i was outside for the entirety of it

literally felt like a Highstorm

i witnessed 3 trees fall over in front of me, and found many more fallen trees after the fact

theres a tree blocking off the entire street to my house

and again

i was outside for the entirety of it

my hands and ears are slightly cut up from minuscule bits of hail

and my ears were ringing from how loud it all was

you literally could not walk into the wind. i fell backwards completely and the wind held me up. 

had to take shelter under a fallen tree branch for a few minutes at the absolute height of it all.

parking lots and retention basins are completely flooded

so yeah that was basically the coolest thing thats ever happened to me
had a massive smile on my face literally the entire time.
the entire thing lasted maybe an hour and now its completely still. no rain at all. still a bit of lightning in the distance but that's it. 

HOLD UP

why dont they make bullets sharp

like

why are they blunt

keep the exact same size
but sharpen it

wouldn't that be much more effective at shooting through things

have i mentioned my utter obsession with google minesweeper yet

becuase i have a monster obsession with google minesweeper

best score is currently 154

dare you to beat it

New Pet Peeve just dropped.

STOP. TALKING. ABOUT. HOW. FAST. YOU. READ.

ESPECIALLY PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVELY 

1. It’s annoying because it’s bragging. All bragging is annoying. This alone isn’t enough to make it an issue though.

2. It’s annoying because it’s completely unverifiable. Basically any other skill or ability can be viewed from an outside perspective. Some can be judged subjectively, others can be measured objectively. There is no way (barring literal eye-tracking software (even this would be flawed though)) to observe reading speed. It’s simply unknowable. Number of words or books means nothing, because guess what? YOU SKIMMED SOMETHING. I promise you, there is at least ONE word you didn’t read in any given book. More likely there are multiple sentences scattered throughout that didn’t entirely register. (This then brings up the semantic argument of “does the reader have to have actually gained any information, or does simply recognizing the individual words really fast count as ‘reading’”) Especially if you’re someone for whom “reading fast” is a point of pride, you’re likely to skim more. Not intentionally, I’m not calling you a cheater or anything. That would be silly, because…

3. I DONT CARE. NOBODY CARES. ITS NOT IMPRESSIVE. IT’S NOT A SKILL. Reading speed is a “skill” that depends on a huge number of factors, most of which are completely out of any person’s control. Environmental factors that could effect focus, genetic factors that affect brain processing speed etc. These things can’t be improved upon. It’s not a skill. (Also, it’s fairly ableist. Like, ADHD and Dyslexic people struggle to read quickly at no fault of their own. Imagine a group of people arguing about who’s the tallest and across the room is someone who has dwarfism.) The one factor in reading that may actually be a skill is reading comprehension, but comprehension generally increases the SLOWER you read soooooo…

4. It’s annoying because of the strange, passive-aggressive, competitive discussion it causes. Every single time reading speed is mentioned, it’s like every person nearby devolves into base-instinct animals competing for the right to mate. I swear, they act like peacocks. Inserting themselves into the conversation, always being careful to not specifically insult anyone who came before them, but making sure their supremacy is known. “Oh you read [long book] in a week? Wow that is fast! I’m a fast reader too, once I read [longer book] in 4 days.” Like omfg we’re all supposed to be more intelligent than this. Stop comparing sizes and move the heck on.

I would like to say that one of the reasons this annoys me so much is because I used to be quite guilty of all of this. Thinking on younger (much younger. (like, 7 years ago)) dannex bragging about how fast he reads makes me violently cringe to the point of disgust. But to you all,  I offer a better way. A slower way. Join me on the enlightened path of non-pretentiousness, and never bring up reading speed ever the heck again. 

plague doctors are so wild

like, it feels like fan fiction

if it turned out that plague doctors were caused by some time traveler frickery, i wouldn't be surprised 

plague doctor video that inspired this post (also check out his channel the whole this is awesome)

but like, i swear it feels like fan fiction. or something similar. no no no no no wait, it feels like fan theories. Like the stuff we do here. Like, we take what we know about this fantasy world, and extrapolate to invent our own technologies. Like when we theorize about possible fabrials or medalion contraptions. we have a set mythos, and extrapolate to make new conclusions.

they had a mythos too, about what prevented germs. oh, these strong-smelling herbs prevent disease? well, what if we stick em in a mask so that we're constantly breathing them in! oh wait! what if we light them on fire too so that they smell even stronger!!!! that would work even better!!

thinking about it more, i guess this is just sorta, how new technologies arise. like, in the real world, with real science =P
it just feels super strange with plague doctors because of how completely wrong they were, so it feels like fiction. because it was. they just didn't know it.

one of the most underrated aspects of watching fireworks is the delay between seeing and hearing them. it’s really cool how you can tell how far away they are by comparing the delay. and if a bunch go off at once, it’s completely silent, they fade from the sky, and then you hear POP  POPOPOP     POP  in the exact same rhythm they appeared. it’s fun.

'MERICA!!!!

*epic guitar riff*

*distant explosions*

*british people wailing and sobbing*

*bald eagle screeches patriotically*

here's to the best rustin country in the world.

i only just found out that june is men’s mental health awareness month. on the last day of june.

i think there’s something deeply ironic, profound, and ultimately sad about that.

ITS TIME FOOOOOORRRRR……2:37AM THOUGHTS WITH DANEX!!

 i’M YOUR HOST, DANNNEX!!!

this 2:37 am though is brought to you by the new kurzgesagt video about the potential number of future humans.

so if the maximum potential number of people is that many magnitudes higher than the current population, a number of things can be extrapolated. (the number is so unfathomably huge that I’m basically treating it as infinity. it’s so huge it’s really incredibly arbitrary.)

1. The number of future historians will also be many many many magnitudes greater. Far greater than the current total population of earth.

2. A small percentage of that huge number of future historians will be focused on studying this current time period. (which would be their ancient past) Again, this subset of a subset is still potentially larger than the current total population of earth. 

3. Because there could be more historians studying this time period than actual people in this time period, and because technology will be so advanced in this future, it’s likely they will try to study/catalogue every single person and event.

4. basically the point is that you could have a fan club of multiple historians who live millions and millions and millions of years in the future who are entirely dedicated to recording your life specifically and are retroactively watching your every move. 

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lightning is so cool

just sat at my neighborhood park and stared at the sky for like an hour

today is a good day

agahggahahagagahagaha

i need to talk about this song

goodbye to a world by Porter Robinson

this song is AMAZING

If i had to point to one song and say “this song is art, no other song is, just this one” it would be this song.

i can scarcely remember a song has made me feel such strong emotions

well no, that’s not right. music, after all, is the purest form of emotion. it’s liquid emotion.

but i’ve never had a song cause me to feel such specific emotions as this one. other songs can make me feel different things at different times depending on my perspective. This song feels like it’s telling a super deep and complicated story, AND IT ABSOLUTELY ISNT

theres literally just FOUR REPEATING LINES

but i feel like there’s a very specific and intentional story behind them
its like someone is telling me the most moving story i’ve ever heard, but it’s bypassing my brain and being injected straight into my subconscious

after much consideration, i’ve narrowed down the feelings i feel whilst listening to this song to 2 main emotions. listen to the song first and see if you can guess.

anyway yeah that’s it

also i’m incredibly sleep deprived rn so this might not make any sense to me when i wake up

daily reminder that the word for the smell of rain is petrichor

GUYS HELP I'M HAVING CREATION IDEAS BEYOND MY SKILL LEVEL

alright so here's the idea
I want to make a physical to-do list to increase my daily productivity
it would be made of wood, like a big rectangular board, with little metal switches like this that each corresponds to a Red/Green LED. I flip the switch and it changes from red to green. there'd be a little spot for a slip of paper or maybe a chalkboard thing to label each switch, and it'd plug into the wall for it's power source. And it would need to be tileable, like each switch/led/label section would need to be removable so I could add/remove things from my to-do list as i need. aaaaand it'd be cool if i could have a system where it'd automatically reset each day.

the thing is i have absolutely no idea how to make something like this at all.

help

are any of you smart with wires and leds n stuff

i would greatly appreciate some guidance