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How come the Halls are back to just North, South, East & West? I picked West, cause it's the best.
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Do You Love Vintage Comic Books? Heritage Auctions is Hiring Graders!
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AVATAR 2 THE WAY OF WATER starring Sam Worthington (2022)
adampasz replied to Bosco685's topic in The Movie Forum
I saw it last night. The technical achievement is mind-blowing, but I just couldn’t connect to it emotionally after the first hour or so. I spent too much time sitting in the Uncanny Valley, scrutinizing the effects. Overall, I found it grim, humorless, and an hour too long. I wanted to see it in the theater for the experience. I enjoyed the experience for a while. But by the third hour, I was ready to be done. Minor spoiler about a character who shows up in the first 20 minutes… -
Official 2022 CGC Chat Boards Holiday Gift Exchange Sign-up
adampasz replied to HollyJollyOne's topic in Comics General
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Process automation generally makes business sense when you need to scale exponentially. In CGC's case, I assume they're just trying to scale linearly, say from 100,000 customers to 120,000 in a year. It would be cool if you could scan a cover, and then compare to a library of reference images to identify a book, and note defects like spine marks. I assume someone has experimented with this, but it's tough for me to imagine getting it to a reliable level with current technologies.
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I doubt it. There are potentially interesting applications for these technologies, but I suspect the cost to implement them into CGC's workflows would be high. A lot of AI/ML solutions look impressive, but they only get you about 80% accuracy at best. Unless you are implementing the solution at very large scale, it is difficult for a business to justify the investment. Even if you had an AI that graded comics correctly 80% of the time, you'd still need humans overseeing everything. If you have 1000 full-time graders, you'd still need to retain at least 200 of them, plus management, training, and other overhead. Compare the cost to what you would pay to develop and maintain the technology. It makes the most business sense if you can get rid of all your human graders, or if your business is big, it is no longer feasible to hire more graders. Maybe this will change as the tech improves, but I suspect that's still a decade away.
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I stumbled upon some guy named Dylan on IG. He had a comic book school?
adampasz replied to NoMan's topic in Comics General
Hall of Fame Thread -
What's going on here? What's with all the slabs??? Kitty wants something raw.
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Bought a set of 4 Bronze books from @THE_BEYONDER. Accurate grades, good communication, sturdy packaging, and quick shipment from Canada to the US. Of course, that's what I would expect from this guy.
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They're fantastic. So much content. They have like 10 hours of just Miracleman videos.