Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Stages of IT for Small Business – A Cautionary Meme
20 Years in IT and the path most businesses follow is still the same. Depending on what stage you are at or “get stuck in” is an indicator of how your business seems to turn out in the long run. The pattern is simple. Businesses that recognize they need to change and grow do so…
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Hidden Treasures: Embedding Extra Data in Videos Using Pixel Image Data
Today I will look at some techniques and examples in Python for embedding data in video frames. This idea came to me after Congress grilled the CEO of TikTok for 5 hours regarding the privacy of Americans and their use of TikTok. Me, I love TikTok. I would switch over if an American-based app were…
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Not Your Magnum Opus
Stop treating everything like it is the last thing you will ever do. Have you ever wondered why some people get hung up on this? I’ve been guilty of this. I used to be much worse about this, which is related to the same fear people have about speaking in public. Maybe this is the…
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AI Info Dump
It Starts Somewhere I wish I had tracked some of these things a little closer. I did start a blog post in 2019, but I know it was months, if not longer after I started messing with AI deep fakes. I dipped my toes into the waters with DeepFaceLab the results were amazing, but the…
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Trying out story post feature
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Deep Fake Any Voice on YOUR PC
Partial UPDATE: more complete version of How-to followed by notes. How to install an AI voice generator in minutes (minus the waiting) This is my updated guide for installing the AI voice generator. I wanted to dig into the code and build a web interface, but anyone who knows me knows that may not happen…
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Stable Diffusion on YOUR Own PC
I plan on updating this with more details later on. However, I want to get these easy instructions posted because I need to pull up the GitHub and instructions for running SD on my computer each time, and I would rather have an easy way to access everything in one place. *** UPDATE 2/10/2023 ***I’ve…
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Cloudless Backup Product Video from 10 Years Ago Made Me LOL
I just had a good laugh at myself. The original version was between 2012-2013; I used my cell to record the flip-out screen at some point before that camera was “gotten rid of” in 2014. The cloudless backup was pretty cool. I’m sure I could rebuild it, and I had designed a nice wood case…
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Effective Learning
Since I was young, I have wanted to learn more, which was easy for a time. Then life got in the way. So for the last ten or maybe even 20 years, I’ve sought out whatever information I could find on learning more, learning faster, and efficiently. After my short stent in college, I was…
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DJI OM4 Magnetic Ring Attach – Notes and Tips
Tips Tricks and short guide for attaching your OM4’s Magnetic Ring to your phone.
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