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Sunday, November 27, 2022

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

How to Accept Help (Even When It Feels Awkward)

lifehacker.com: Asking for or accepting help can bring up a wide range of complicated emotions. There’s the fear of being seen as needy or weak; the nervousness associated with showing vulnerability; or the worry that asking for help means you are entitled. But as hard as it can be to accept help from others, giving and receiving is a necessary part of life.

How You Will Get Sick Created a Wheat Field On Stage, With Real Wheat

Playbill: When director Sam Pinkleton is asked what the play You Will Get Sick by Noah Diaz is about, he has a very straightforward answer: “It's about a guy who turns into a scarecrow.” Suffice it to say, there’s a lot of hay involved. And wheat. Because a scarecrow always needs to be in a wheat field.

Taylor Swift ticket sale problems spark widespread criticism of Ticketmaster

CANVAS Arts: Fans of Taylor Swift hoping to score tickets to her upcoming tour have met a confusing and chaotic system, prompting outrage from fans and lawmakers alike.

Robots that Can Feel Cloth Layers May One Day Help with Laundry

www.cmu.edu/news: New research from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI) can help robots feel layers of cloth rather than relying on computer vision tools to only see it. The work could allow robots to assist people with household tasks like folding laundry.

3D for everyone? Nvidia’s Magic3D can generate 3D models from text

Ars Technica: On Friday, researchers from Nvidia announced Magic3D, an AI model that can generate 3D models from text descriptions. After entering a prompt such as, "A blue poison-dart frog sitting on a water lily," Magic3D generates a 3D mesh model, complete with colored texture, in about 40 minutes. With modifications, the resulting model can be used in video games or CGI art scenes.

 

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