Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Isopods of the world

isopod.site

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

31–40 of 70 posts

Re: Isopods of the world

#31

Post by e_i_pi_2 »

jrdres wrote: post #29

I'm confused. Should I be seeing something on this site? From the comments, there are apparently supposed to be amazing photos. But I see text, I see black backgrounds, but no photos--none at all. Neither on Firefox, nor on Chrome. Just empty boxes where say "Amber Ducky" should be.

There's definitely photos, check your ad-block or maybe try on your phone

Re: Isopods of the world

#32

Post by jrdres »

e_i_pi_2 wrote: post #31
jrdres wrote: post #29

I'm confused. Should I be seeing something on this site? From the comments, there are apparently supposed to be amazing photos. But I see text, I see black backgrounds, but no photos--none at all. Neither on Firefox, nor on Chrome. Just empty boxes where say "Amber Ducky" should be.

There's definitely photos, check your ad-block or maybe try on your phone

Huh. Works on Android phone. Doesn't work on desktop, Adblock or no Adblock.

Re: Isopods of the world

#33

Post by albedoa »

tejohnso wrote: post #12
sph wrote: post #8

Plenty of worries if those images are AI-generated. I'll give the author the benefit of the doubt as he's a macro photographer: https://www.nickybay.com/

> Plenty of worries if those images are AI-generated. What would be so worrying about someone using AI to generate images for their site?

Such a good-faith question!! Your colleagues must love seeing your face <3

Re: Isopods of the world

#35

Post by Ifkaluva »

stefanka wrote: post #34

How big are these creatures? If they are larger I can imagine that keeping them as pets is fun.

I think most terrestrial isopods are about the size of a roley poley. There are larger ones but I think most of those are ocean dwellers.

Re: Isopods of the world

#36

Post by obloid »

sjsanc wrote: post #5

The macro photography looks bizarrely uniform and the poses contrived. I feel like a sleuth trying to decide if this is AI generated or not. I suspect it isn't, but I'm somewhat distressed at how suspicious I am of cool things now.

Here's an interesting article by the photographer about fake AI generated macro photos: https://www.nickybay.com/ai-abuse-to-skirt-copyright-law/

Re: Isopods of the world

#37

Post by causal »

Karawebnetwork wrote: post #30

This brings me back to when the internet was full of sites like this. Small artful projects that had no goal but to teach us a tidbit about a niche topic, just because someone cared enough to share it. The internet felt smaller and more intimate than it does now in this era of social media. Bookmarked, will without a doubt explore every inch of that site.

Yeah! It's such a delightful site, I love these sorts of odes to a niche passion I had not yet learned to appreciate.

Re: Isopods of the world

#38

Post by tejohnso »

Aurornis wrote: post #24
tejohnso wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Plenty of worries if those images are AI-generated. What would be so worrying about someone using AI to generate images for their site?

It’s an informational and photography site. If the images were faked, it would be a lie. AI generated images are not appropriate for source or reference material.

It's not the Encyclopædia Britannica. I could see if this site was expected to be source or reference material as you suggest. Maybe I'm missing something and it's supposed to be authoritative. But I don't see why someone would be full of worry that a random web site on the internet is posting information that may or may not be accurate. Happens all the time.

Thanks for the explanation. I honestly wasn't sure what could be causing "plenty of worries" in this context. At least now I know what the issue might be.

Post reply on HN