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  1. Swiss Army Knife

    ChatGPT

    I just personally don't put a lot of stock in random Twitter users trying to make the case that ChatGPT is woke because they gave it the most convoluted moral quandary I've ever heard of.
  2. Swiss Army Knife

    ChatGPT

    Like all these AI things that have sprung up it's another tool in the toolbox, albiet a very powerful one. The only people that will get replaced are the ones that don't understand it and want to pretend it doesn't exist. Feels a lot like the early days of digital art tools in the 90s/early...
  3. Swiss Army Knife

    An Observation of the Coloring of Vintage Meerschaum

    Love these kinds of threads. For the meer porn if nothing else. I always assumed you only saw really beautifully colored old meers because these days everyone has so many pipes. That back in the day you'd buy one meer and just smoke it multiple times a day. After 10-15 years it would be richly...
  4. Swiss Army Knife

    Virginia Blends Recommended by ... ChatGPT

    True but I remember seeing "AI art" this time last year and it was stuff like "A Cat" and it was almost unrecognizable as a cat. Now stuff like Stable Diffusion is making photo realistic cats that I couldn't tell was made by an AI. Same for voice stuff, even over the summer you had some voice...
  5. Swiss Army Knife

    Virginia Blends Recommended by ... ChatGPT

    The text based, voice, and art AI development has exploded this past 12 months. The pace is insane, it went from barely recognizable outputs to often indistinguishable from human. It's still funny trying do anything pipe related with it though. A good example of how niche our little hobby is...
  6. Swiss Army Knife

    Disappointing QC

    Hot damn, that must have been one beautiful stem to stick with that rather than just turning a new one.
  7. Swiss Army Knife

    McCranies Stirling Bridge

    That's true they tried as best they could to replicate the old McC bulks but they'll tell you some are just 1:1 bulks. Red Stag is TS1R, Bullseye is PS LBF. Again, nothing wrong with it. No point in reinventing the wheel.
  8. Swiss Army Knife

    McCranies Stirling Bridge

    Most house blends are another blend renamed. Nothing wrong with it. McCranie's uses every bulk they can find to get as close to their old McClelland house blends as possible. Mainly Sutliff and some P. Stokkebye. The McCranies themselves are nice as can be and are probably happy to tell you...
  9. Swiss Army Knife

    Recent TAD Pick-Ups

    I also picked up a McD's Apple Pie Sleeve of Folklore, from TobaccoPipes. Really enjoyed last year's, the cigar leaf doesn't come through in the smoke in my experience and I'm typically sensitive to cigars. Also grabbed a pound of Sutliff Mocha Strips after enjoying them quite a bit over the...
  10. Swiss Army Knife

    Tabac De La Semois?

    Manil's Semois has haunted my SmokingPipes shopping cart for at least a year. I love that it's such a small and unique operation but that $28 price tag has never made the checkout cut. Someday!
  11. Swiss Army Knife

    Why Peterson?

    I've come to really love their army mounts and more so their spigots. Nobody else does these types of pipes as well in that same mid-range factory pipe space.
  12. Swiss Army Knife

    Folklore

    Grabbed a brick from TobaccoPipes. Very much enjoyed this last time around and I'll be happy to have another pound to lock away. We'll see if they can rope me into this again next year.
  13. Swiss Army Knife

    Dr. Gaius Baltar

    Fat Apollo is still one of my most shocking TV twists.
  14. Swiss Army Knife

    Peterson St. Patrick’s Day 2023

    Yeah $220 MSRP for the smooths is a big ask. That's well north of Silver Spigot territory and into even Punto Orosville. Will probably pass on these despite the good looks. Stupidly the most tempting part for me is the pipe sock. Might look for one on eBay later on.
  15. Swiss Army Knife

    Best "Bulk" Navy Flake/Straight VA Flake

    Depends on what kind of Virginia you like. If you lean towards the yellow/bright then Newminster No. 400 and Sutliff 507C are the best bang for your buck. With the former being especially graham cracker-y. If you lean toward the reds you're going to have a harder time. Maybe something like...
  16. Swiss Army Knife

    Peterson St. Patrick’s Day 2023

    Some of the best St. Pats pipes they've done. Especially in three flavors. Inbetween this and the Christmas pipes it feels like Peterson's stepping up their game. I'll be interested to see the shapes on offer.
  17. Swiss Army Knife

    Upcoming State Tobacco Taxes.

    I didn't think FedEx or UPS handled tobacco? Everything I've received that was shipped UPS, SPC uses them, is actually shipped by USPS.
  18. Swiss Army Knife

    Upcoming State Tobacco Taxes.

    This has always been my concern as well. Thankfully tobacco to North Carolinians is like ice to Eskimos so if anything I imagine it'd be one of the last bastions to fall. Still there's concern at the federal level or even USPS no longer allowing it which would effectively kill online ordering...
  19. Swiss Army Knife

    A message to Lurkers.

    Like most things in life tutorials and advice from strangers will only get you so far. Especially since almost everything in pipe smoking is just trial and error/learning from experience.
  20. Swiss Army Knife

    Recent TAD Pick-Ups

    Picked up a couple tins of 140, took a little advantage of the Capstan sale, and evened out the cart with some accessories I'd been eyeing for a while. More than I wanted to spend but that's how they get ya. Mentally preparing myself for the funds for the Folklore order in a couple days.
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