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Post by skeaker »

fao_ wrote: post #602
skeaker wrote: post #441

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Stolen art requires the original to be taken from its rightful owner. The original owner still has their work, meaning no theft has occurred. Also worth a mention is that in the case of AI art the original owner is hard to discern in the first place because the work is often too transformative to pin any part of it to even a single artist.

DMCA defines copying as theft. Derivative artwork requires paying the owner of the original copyright. > A "derivative work" is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work…

> DMCA defines copying as theft.

Then the DMCA would be wrong: Theft requires the original owner to lose their property, which does not occur when copying data. This is no surprise as the DMCA has always sucked.

Frankly you missed my point entirely, the DMCA and my/the technical community's general disdain for it doesn't have much to do with what I wrote. What I'm saying is that in 99% of cases AI art is unique enough that you simply cannot pin it to an existing author and say that they were copied directly. There are obvious exceptions when you prompt it as specifically as possible to try to make a copy as best you can (which is still never quite 1-to-1 with the original), but in 99% of cases, it is pretty much not possible to pay the "original artist" because you cannot identify them. What good is an unenforceable rule?

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Post by loco5niner »

TheRealHB wrote: post #54

The Blinking LED, A simple Hack that still works for me after years: 1. Place a tiny LED (red or yellow) by the side of your monitor or virtually on the screen corner. Basically anywhere almost bordering your field of view. 2. Make it blink like a fast heartbeat (120-150 bpm) and gradually slowdown to around 60 bpm (or your slow heartbeat base). Make the slope approx 20 to 60 minutes (you can adjust the best rate by…

ChatGPT got me a similar HTML based solution with this prompt (F11 for full scren):

Create a simple web page with a red blinking LED in the top-left corner. The LED should start blinking at 150 BPM and gradually slow down to 60 BPM. The initial size of the LED should be 40px, and it should completely disappear during the "off" phase. Additionally, include a red box shadow during the "on" phase of the blink. Please use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the implementation. Adjust the code as needed for clarity and readability.

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Post by rlemaitre »

ddmf wrote: post #658

This article is really good and a useful summation of things I've felt and tried to explain, going to pass it on to my partner! The only thing that I found interesting was with regards to choosing focus days, as I just cannot do that - I don't know hour to hour whether I will be able to focus or not, it's always a total battle. However, my hack is that when coding I need to watch something silly: like cooking shows,…

Hi! Author of the blog post here

Thanks for your comment ! I have the chance to be able to choose when I’m going at the office or not, it’s a great chance and even if it’s planned to go to the office and it’s one of these down days, I can choose not to go and work from home at my rhythm. Regarding to what to watch/listen to to be in the "zone", I really think it’s personal. Personally, if there’s some moving images, I’m unable to focus, but with some music (especially repeating electronic music), I can be in my own bubble for hours

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Post by rlemaitre »

atlas_hugged wrote: post #696

Whoa. This is the first article on ADHD that wasn’t a flaming pile of shit. Only thing I would add to this is “don’t forget to use your wheelchair aka adhd meds. No sense making your life more difficult than it needs to be.”

Thanks a lot :)

I didn’t want to talk about medication because I know a lot of people with ADHD aren’t (or don’t want to be) medicated. But, I fully agree, my whole life changed since I’m on Ritalin

Re: Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer

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Post by rlemaitre »

treszkai wrote: post #662

> Obsidian isn’t just a note-taking app for me; it’s the cornerstone of my daily organization. Note that using Obsidian for work in a for-profit company with >1 employees requires a Professional license for $50/yr.

I know, that’s why I’m paying for the license plus Obsidian Sync :)

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Post by JohnBooty »

corobo wrote: post #710
JohnBooty wrote: post #686

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The total system he prescribes is perhaps a little elaborate, in many peoples' opinions. Some people have great success with his system as described! I don't want to prejudice your thinking! But I think perhaps 10x as many people found a lot of value from the principles he describes and adopting the bits of his system that work for them. (I am one of them) I'm just mentioning that in case you start reading and think…

Oh aye no worries, I'm familiar with the pick and mix when reading self help style books Eat the fish, spit the bones! :) Cheers!

Best of luck!!

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Post by TheRealHB »

nerpderp82 wrote: post #544
TheRealHB wrote: post #420

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We use this approach of video heartbeat detection on a real product (recruiting tool) but not for my hack ADHD device, You can't really do video detection it in real time and properly, without overheating the cheap device. On the SaaS we did we use a recorded segment of video so we can analyse it afterwards, check the colour changes in the face of the subject and try estimate heartbeat with loose accuracy. More like…

I assume you are measuring the pulse/stress level of a candidate. Is this a proxy measurement for a lie detector?

We use on video-applications when pre processing them, the idea is to sense stress levels when the applicant is introducing themselves at the start of the video and then not reducing their scores or points when the same person gets shy of being on video or forget something due to stress when talking about something else.

We try estimate a "confidence" level when saying something, but NOT able to guess if a lie. An actor can easily have full confidence in a script, but still be a lie.

We intended for roles that are client facing and where personal skills are key. Things like retail, costumer service, sales.... not technically or education based, temporary work and alike. Not that Orwellian yet ; )

Example: You need 40 people for an event to work a few hours as guides or hosts, from 100 applying the system can suggest a score and list them all in order so you can start watching or calling for interviews from somewhere.

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Post by TheRealHB »

tsegers wrote: post #707
herculity275 wrote: post #116

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Do you have a script you could share?

Here's what I cobbled together for Arduino [1]. It ain't pretty, but it's short and it works. [1] https://paste.sr.ht/~tsegers/53adaecd734e7159352f152ac1dcc85...

Looking good for a test run indeed!

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Post by TheRealHB »

atlas_hugged wrote: post #697
TheRealHB wrote: post #54

The Blinking LED, A simple Hack that still works for me after years: 1. Place a tiny LED (red or yellow) by the side of your monitor or virtually on the screen corner. Basically anywhere almost bordering your field of view. 2. Make it blink like a fast heartbeat (120-150 bpm) and gradually slowdown to around 60 bpm (or your slow heartbeat base). Make the slope approx 20 to 60 minutes (you can adjust the best rate by…

Bruh, I think you’re onto something here. Definitely going to try this. Thanks a mil

Hope it works for you too ; ) Try without a heart monitor first (cheap and easy to build) then improve as you see fit!

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Post by TheRealHB »

kristianp wrote: post #577
TheRealHB wrote: post #54

The Blinking LED, A simple Hack that still works for me after years: 1. Place a tiny LED (red or yellow) by the side of your monitor or virtually on the screen corner. Basically anywhere almost bordering your field of view. 2. Make it blink like a fast heartbeat (120-150 bpm) and gradually slowdown to around 60 bpm (or your slow heartbeat base). Make the slope approx 20 to 60 minutes (you can adjust the best rate by…

Why does the rate have to start high and slow down?

In principle yes,

Anything you get aware that goes fast-to-slow in a smooth gradient is the idea.

I tried sound (beats) on a headphone with some tracks, then build a tiny app to show pixels on the screen (blink) and then settled on a LED on a prototyping board type of device (ESP32) as a quick project and that worked.

I only improved by adding the heart sensor months later, now I don't think about it much, Now even If I'm not aware of, every time I turn the iMac it powers the device via the USB and so it starts anyway at 150bpm when the heart sensor is not responding or not detecting anything. After an hour it gets to 60 and the light fades out....

I'm not aware when it goes off, so I guess it is working ; )

Few people here posted code, ideas and I added the device pic I used (similar) and the sensors... you can buil one with almost anything and try!

Good luck!

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