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gotrythis
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About gotrythis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnreel/
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Comment #49144296
This site is great, and fantastic timing. We're in a tiny town in the middle of Saskatchewan for the next month. Sadly the air quality from all the forest fires means we can hardly…
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Comment #48835594
Last night, I was using voice for the first time in a few weeks, and it interrupted me and said, a bit aggressively... "I'm going to stop you right there. Let's keep the conversati…
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Comment #46840328
I put a day of careful thought into writing a cover letter for a job a few weeks ago. Knowing there is there was the potential of AI screening, I checked if it would get flagged. E…
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Comment #45972418
Cognition bought Windsurf: https://windsurf.com/blog/windsurfs-next-chapter
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Comment #45767513
Freemium definition: A type of business model that offers basic features of a product or service to users at no cost and charges a premium for supplemental or advanced features. Ye…
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Comment #45765538
I am a daily user of Affinity Publisher and regular user of Affinity Photo. I bought version 1 when it came out, upgraded to version 2, and upgraded this morning to the new, free v…
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Comment #40742685
Here's something that talks about it. I can't speak for the legitimacy, but I'm not pulling it out of my ass. They may be pulling it out of theirs. :-) https://lifearchitect.ai/gpt…
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Comment #40742626
I've listened to so many interviews that I couldn't tell you who said what at this point, but that is what I understood from somewhere. So, sure, take it as speculation.
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Comment #40740428
What I understand is that it's GPT 6 that just went into training, and that GPT 5 is complete and being delayed until after the U.S. election.
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Comment #40171394
I imagine training people, and having everything I say be available in any language, matching my tonality, and being able to reach a global audience. I'm very much looking forward …
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Comment #39693877
I agree. That's the sad part. I want super-intelligence to sound intelligent and not artificially brought down to our level. :-)
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Comment #39693339
Someone, please ask OpenAI to stop artificially dumbing down ChatGPT by adding "um" to the audio output. I get that it is supposed to make it more human-like or something, but ever…
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Comment #36059340
I took a summer job as a painter and did some other contracting stuff in my 30s after being in tech my whole life. I went from setting my hours to getting up at 5 am to be picked u…
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Comment #35533917
Great! I look forward to it. The key for me is that it's a widget on the watch face. Glance at watch and with one click and I'm recording. If I have to fumble around with my phone …
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Comment #35531566
Hi. I basically bought an Apple Watch for one app, Just Press Record. I'd love to see that kind of functionality added to your app, so I can always record my random thoughts, and i…
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Comment #34607767
When this is an app I can use like Siri or Okay Google with an ElevenLab or equivalent voice, I will subscribe. Looking forward to this!
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Comment #34108840
After building a few startups and working at a few, I spent a lot of years advising people who wanted to start a startup, and 99% of the time I told them not to waste their time an…
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Comment #33494209
Because I can do VR anywhere with multiple screens and bigger screens. I also have a large 4k curved monitor on a high quality arm on my standing desk, but I prefer working in VR f…
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Comment #33483132
I like it. I setup a login just for working in VR. I get MUCH more done as I'm totally distraction-free, and it's much better for my neck, as I'm looking at the screens in front of…
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Comment #32428226
My father is 84. Never ate junk food, never smoked, never drank. He plays pickle ball four hours every day and kicks my ass when we play. Also plays volleyball and goes for long wa…
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Comment #31832147
ManyCam got acquired last week or so. The new owners immediately changed lifetime to two years on the checkout page. Are you saying that previous lifetime owners only get two years…
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Comment #31550006
Someone please sell me this.
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Comment #31398126
Also, I had no trouble with pairing the 85h with a MacBook, until I did. For example, it doesn't work with Zoom, but works for other things. And, it kept making my MacBook forget i…
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Comment #31398078
Thanks. Unfortunately, that's $94 CAD on Amazon, and more money to Jabra to get these headsets to work as advertised. I'm going to save my pennies and get the new Sony WH-1000XM5.