[wmedia]

Here's my issue. I'm not a mod, so I don't make policy. But I did have a reaction to it and I'd like you to understand why.

1. There is an accelerating problem with understanding what is real and what is not in our society generally.
   
   
2. We have many pictures on this forum which depict what is not. However, developer renderings have not yet risen to the point where they could be mistaken for the real thing - in fact in many they take some trouble to remove troublesome real objects which make their render look less saleable or to damp down local reaction to their project. Down the road that might be more of a problem.
   
   
3. (related to 1) Your Gemini images have a watermark. This is good in my view since image scrapers can understand that these are altered images and shouldn't be mistaken for the real thing outside the context of this forum/thread. However, your ChatGPT one doesn't have a noticeable watermark.
   
   
4. The resource usage of LLM and related technologies is well known to be intensive. Much of the discussion on this board and this forum particularly revolves around the sustainability of habitation, infrastructure, and transportation activities. Your mention of running the render above through Gemini three times provoked a negative reaction.

Now, there may be people who would consider the activities of this forum itself to be a waste of cooling water, copper wiring and electricity. That opinion would be their right to hold. I however would then refer to Inspector Harry Callahan's thoughts on "opinions".

All fair points. Thanks for taking the time to reply in more detail.

On the issue of watermarks, I believe they all have an embedded (non-visible) algorithmic watermark, but I agree there should be a visible one as well.

On the issue of Inspector Harry Callahan's thoughts on "opinions", thanks for the laugh!

 

[doady]

Both the production and disposal of batteries are so bad for the environment, so I don't like bus and light rail without wires. It is form over function.

I think about Queensway streetcar and Waterfront West LRT. Of course, there is St. Clair streetcar still incomplete. Mississauga could build third garage in Meadowvale, maybe also an opportunity to convert 18/42 Derry to trolley bus? Instead they are invest into hundred electric battery buses. Waste.

Obsessing with battery send the wrong message. "Transit bad for environment". "Transit makes city ugly." "Don't need transit, just get electric car!" "Don't worry about exploding batteries!"

 

[dowlingm]

For me BETBs are what I’d like to see, even if they only had brake and terminal recharging rather than en-route overhead. This would allow the network to focus on creating a network rapidly while skipping over pinch points such as low bridges or other encroachments.