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Nano Banana 2.1

https://twitter.com/googleaistudio/status/2107501303890915550
19•tosh•1h ago

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throwitaway222•56m ago
I'm so confused why people still re-write links from x. to twitter. on here since the moment people click, the domain changes anyway.
zui•48m ago
You can filter posts by twitter's username: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=twitter.com/googleais...

It doesn't seems to work with x.com

jstummbillig•43m ago
The "Nano Banana" in the hands of Google has strong middled-aged-guy-trying-to-be-hip/fun vibes. And I do find amusing their ongoing commitment to this silliness, even more so given how potent the technology is.
neom•40m ago
"A macro close-up photograph of an old watchmaker's hands carefully replacing a tiny gear inside a vintage pocket watch. The watch mechanism is partially submerged in a shallow dish of clear water, causing visible refraction and light caustics across the brass gears. A single drop of water is falling from a pair of steel tweezers, captured mid-splash on the water's surface. Reflect the watchmaker's face, slightly distorted, in the curved glass of the watch face. Sharp focus throughout, natural window lighting from the left, shot on 100mm macro lens." - https://gov.f9.is/UdFroTwx - All the usual issues seem basically resolved. Gears look pretty good overall, tweezers have not melded with the cog they hold, all the specular highlights and reflections seem correct, and the watch door would close.

Here is the same prompt from GPT Image 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47856225

dgacmu•32m ago
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