Microsoft TRELLIS is fun. Just google for any cartoon images, put that in and see it in 3D.
https://huggingface.co/spaces/JeffreyXiang/TRELLIS
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You cannot compress time, at one point, without compromising on quality
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hermes-birkin-bags-pierre-alexis-dumas-60-minutes
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Teamviewer was good, used it for many years. RustDesk is what I use now.
Been holding off solving this. Teamviewer is getting far too restrictive as a freemium app. I only use it very occasionally to support friends and relatives so it’s hard to...
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Apple Numbers – Tips and Tricks
Just to share some of the tips and tricks when using Apple Numbers. I am not crazy, I mostly use Numbers for personal spreadsheets, not for work. It’s free and...
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Don’t take #AI too seriously, certainly not yet. It doesn’t need to be perfect to be useful or fun
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27zwp7jpxo Not saying that BBC shouldn’t care about the AI summary showing false “information”. In the ideal world, we want all automated summaries to be accurate too, to take it...
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Making Money with #AI is Challenging: The Price of #LLM Inference Expected to Drop by 10x or More Each Year
https://a16z.com/llmflation-llm-inference-cost Since the launch of GPT-3 in November 2021, the cost of LLM inference has plummeted by a factor of 1,000, with predictions suggesting a continued decrease of approximately 10x...
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How I recovered my Orico NS500RC3 RAID 5 setup
Been trying to fix my Orico NS500RC3 Raid Box, JMicron JMS567 based USB RAID box, just sharing my notes here. I have 5 x 12TB drives installed as a RAID...
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The Impact of AI on the Education of the Future
Summary: AI’s impact on future education necessitates a shift from standardized learning to personalized approaches that foster creativity, critical thinking, and ethical understanding, preparing students for an AI-driven world. What...
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How to disable auto screen lock after Apple Remote Desktop Session #macos
In Terminal, do this: One little annoyance of using Apple Remote Desktop to control other computers around the house. Of course, in corporate/work settings, you should leave it on so...
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Been a while since I updated my “dataset”. Hard to catch up with these ever changing numbers.
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population World Population is now 8.1 Billion, up from 7 billion which I used usually. China and India both have around 1.4 billion people or so, that’s around 17.5%; rather...
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#BTC and #ETH ETFs are important for next #Moon. It’s by far the easiest way to get into crypto for noobs.
https://coinmarketcap.com/etf For the crypto savvy, ETFs doesn’t seem to make much sense. Paying extra fees to buy crypto without your own private keys and wallets. But that’s exactly what the...
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Transaction fees is not the right measure of success for #Solana. It makes more fees than #BTC.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/memecoin-frenzy-sees-solana-based-dapps-rake-in-record-feeshttps://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_total_transaction_fees_per_day Not mocking the recent growth of #Solana, becoming a solid #4 by market cap. But transaction fees is a bad single measure of success or even hype.
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Is it hard to imagine #Chrome spin off? Will it truly change search engine market against #Google?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/doj-will-push-google-to-sell-off-chrome-to-break-search-monopoly It’s funny how US Gov keeps trying to make it difficult for their own companies to win, all in the name of fairness. Ignoring that users actually had the...
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Fixed Kinsing (kdevtmpfsi) malware on my #CentOS too
Yes, my bad. Got the notification from Digital Ocean about a potential risk of Cyberpanel bug; but just left it running as it was just a non-essential server I was...
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Too lazy to move to another setup, just fixing CentOS for now. “Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo” error for now.
If you get “Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo” when using yum, it’s because CentOS is EOL and not they removed support for it on June 30, 2024. They moved...
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Can’t get #AppleIntelligence on your “eligible” device? Check model number and geolocation.
I have upgraded all my current devices to iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1. You will see Apple Intelligence and Siri in Settings. It will prompt you if your computer and...
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How to fix Spotlight issues in macOS 26 Tahoe (and macOS 15 Sequoia)
Spotlight stopped working after I upgraded to macOS 15 Sequoia. I noticed the error when I can no longer find installed apps with just a few keystrokes; I know spotlight...
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#Stablecoin vs #CBDC, it’s a moot point. Programmable money is key.
https://www.binance.com/en/research/analysis/overview-of-global-stablecoin-regulation Governments around the world are still trying to figure out if they should regulate stablecoin or issue their own CBDC. But that is kind of irrelevant in the grand...
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Try out many free #AI tools out there, you can get better results. Don’t just get stuck with #ChatGPT even if that is the only name you can remember.
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-image-generator-shoot-out-i-tested-chatgpt-vs-gemini-vs-meta-ai-to-crown-a-winner It’s like the early days of the internet, there are far too many free services you can try. Most of them might not be around in a few years...
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#Bitcoin #ETF doing well, #ETH ones will be important for RWA tokenisation
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/liquidity-options-pave-way-bitcoin-142944009.html “In total, bitcoin ETFs now hold 869k BTC, representing approximately 4% of the circulating bitcoin supply.” 4% is significant. That’s over 50 billion USD. It is certainly a viable...
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Don’t use #ChatGPT for maths or logic, use it for text expressions
You probably don’t need to know how the maths behind AI works, but it is a good idea to know that current “generation” (or buzz) of AI is mainly based...
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#iOS18 will be released soon. If you want to switch back to official releases, turn off Beta software update now.
https://medium.com/@eplt/how-to-upgrade-to-ios-15-from-betas-or-rc-version-3054cb07e561 Reminder, if you have been using iOS 18 beta, it’s time to switch off the Beta update toggle before the GM version. Usually, GM will be the final released...
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A software company against #AI, might just be for good PR? Milking the uneducated fear? When you can’t beat them, mock them?
https://procreate.com/ai Procreate’s CEO is taking a strong stance against AI, claiming that it merely steals from human creativity. It will be intriguing to see how this controversy unfolds. Can he...
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Maybe #Epic will finally get to know how expensive it is to run an #AppStore. Development, maintenance, hosting, etc. Do think they will do it for free for all game developers?
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/mobile/ioshttps://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/16/epic-games-store-launches-ios-eu/ Running an App Store is just part of the wider development ecosystem!
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How to make a PC USB bootdisk on your Mac
Haven’t used a PeeCee for a long time. Got an old desktop lying around, been meaning to wipe the hard disk clean sell it for many years. Finally got around...
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Clean install of Python 3.12 on Mac (macOS Sonoma)
Been a while since I last played with Python. But want to start automating some of my daily web data tasks and add a bit of local AI to it....
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MIT economist’s research reveals #AI’s impact on #productivity may be more modest than anticipated. Realistic outlook crucial.
https://fortune.com/2024/08/06/mit-economist-markets-overestimated-ai-driven-productivity-gains/
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, not the movie version. :) #elonmusk
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn47798gxx4o Will be fun to see how he can prove that they conspired against his platform.
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Backup your device, then start playing with #iOS18 Beta 5.
Another year. Another update cycle. Still expecting Apple to release 8 betas before final release. Very similar timing to previous years’ schedule. Beta 5 should be stable enough to play...
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#Apple reveals its #AI models were trained using #Google’s custom chips.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/29/apple-says-its-ai-models-were-trained-on-googles-custom-chips-.html Another reminder that Nvidia is not the only player for AI chips even if they are the best. A little surprised that Apple didn’t have their M2 Ultra farm...
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