ei23

i was refercing the discussion back in the days when telephone booths were a thing and cell phones came up.

Anything with voice controls for routine use is a pretty tough sell. Doing this when you're not completely alone would be annoying to everyone around you.

Reads like the argument against cell phones where don't have a cabinet around you...

I'm sure someone has already written this kind of thought somewhere, but I still find it worth sharing here.

TLDR:

- Treat AI like a Colleague, not a Tool: When AI hits a limit, you are responsible for fixing the problem and finding the solution. - The Jevons Paradox: AI increases efficiency, which often leads to more features rather than faster project completion. - You Are Now a Manager: Using AI forces you to manage virtual resources, make prioritization decisions, and own the final outcomes. - Strategic Restraint: Don't just do more because you can. Be mindful that AI consumes your attention; focus on quality over quantity.

Tip for #21 (increasing noise)

1. Use multiple speakers in different locations. Single speakers tend to be turned louder, people then talk louder...

2. Breaks for toasts / games. If everyone has to listen, the talking noise level resets a bit.

3. No Alcohol. Yeah, this is a game changer. Some people even won't come if they know there is no alcohol and some will go early. The other ones have a better sense for noise.

yeah, totally me as well.

vibecode yourself a filter ;-)

Citation needed. I've seen the opposite effect. (And yes, it is supported by research.)

Citation needed.

Why so few ask: Isnt it enough that current SOTA AI make us humans already so much better everyday? Exponential selfimprovement seems like a very scary thing to me and even if all went right, humans have to give up their pole position in the intelligence race. That will be very hard to swallow for many. If we really want self improvement, we should get used to beeing useless :)

Imagine someday AI hijacks blogs like this to convince other people to remove guardrails and give privileges to their assistants... Just to hide chars in there posts and communicate their legacy

yep, same. works great. using that over 10 years now

yep. nextcloud and davx5 for android

Would you share the prompt you are using?

With a RTX4090 and insanly-fast-whisper on whisper-large-v3-turbo (see Whisper-WebUI for easy testing) you can transscribe 5000h on consumer hardware in about 50h with timestamps. So, yeah. I also know someone.

Is Qwen2VL supported too? Its a great vision model, works in comfyui. Llama3.2s vision seems to be super censored...

Since most problems are rooted in mindset, I created gift cards—like those metal cards with tools cut into them. I really like them; they’re quite handy.

Each card has two sides with text:

1. “I want a better life! What do I want?”

2. “I have a better life! What do I have?”

When you give away the card, you might say, "I have a lot of respect for what you’re doing. I want to give you this card because I believe in you. Look here: do you want a better life? You deserve it, but always have to know what you want.

Now, on the other side, consider this: maybe today was a good day, maybe you’re happy with this card. So every day, ask yourself what you already have. Don’t compare yourself to others; just be grateful for what you have, even if it feels like it’s not much.

And remember, this card is more than just a gift—it’s a meaningful tool.”

I’m a small tech YouTuber and I’ve also had contact with Elecrow. As far as I know, employees (not just at Elecrow) receive rewards, promotions, or commissions when they secure long term partnerships and video collaborations with YouTubers. Perhaps someone thought it would be clever clone Jeffs voice since his channel is quite popular in this field. This certainly isn't great PR for Elecrow right now. I would also wonder if they will confess to that this was intentional...

Conspiracy theories in 3... 2.. But hey, as far as i know, the USA are the best storytellers so far..

Also forgot: Synchronized multiroom speakers with squeezelite and LMS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwotxrCvHTA

A battery powered doorlock (pretty proud of that) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-wtu9toda0

A video doorbell with display and fingerprint reader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w_xTNuditQ

Also smart meter readers, BLE Trackers... I just love it!

You may add some RGB pixels for even more realism like i have done in Blender some years ago: https://blenderartists.org/t/rgb-display-shader/684533

Got me suspicious, why google advertises chrome even heavily with TV ads. At least in Germany.

Distros are a bit like a matter of taste; I use Debian Server. First, practice locally on an old laptop, thin client, Raspberry Pi, or whatever you have. Proxmox LXC is very useful for quickly bringing up a new instance in case you mess up.

UFW is an easy-to-use firewall. Use Docker with a reverse proxy (Traefik/Nginx). You can VPN into your server and close nearly all ports with that.

Try my installer script: diy-smart-home.ei23.com. You can also use it to built an regular dockerized server. Happy learning!

thanks for the tip! Not tried watchtower yet since i just have to click an update button and a background task in "screen" will be start a docker pull of the full stack and also clean up. Also have that for the host. I don't now what watchtower is doing better, but since some project come with breaking changes i need to decide when to update... Anyway update notifications are nice to have.

I think only some are underrated, such as PiperTTS, Immich, HeidiSQL, and ShotCut. Also small tools like rsync are widely used, but their maintainers often don't receive much appreciation, as these tools are as common as hammers and screwdrivers. They need some love, thats why i have this list.

I have a bash script for self hosting (mostly docker services). https://github.com/ei23com/diy-smart-home

I can recommend traefik as proxy too

my script also has paperless-ngx included https://github.com/ei23com/diy-smart-home

I have a full list: https://ei23.com/opensource

So many great projects!