Posts by rproffitt

No. We use ChatGPT to get real work done. Another group is using AI Art.

Also no to ChatGPT sprung up overnight. That effort has been in the works for decades.

I won't be installing and testing till next month for self hosted AI. Here's a few more opensource alternatives: redpyjama, openassistant, Pythia. Granted they are not GPT4 but they hold their own vs gpt3.5 in most benchmarks.
And they run on your PC, even on a raspberry pi (granted not very fast).

One of future tests will be with https://github.com/pashpashpash/vault-ai where we'll supply our code to said AI and see what we can learn about our code base.

For now I'm watching https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/ since my initial feedback here about AI+ML was negative.

-> About your hosted AI and liability. For now the last discussions I've read is it's the same liability as social media sites. So if you have a web site you already know what to do about this.

Thus just in: AI-Powered Visual Web Crawler.

Seems like those old school web crawlers may be in for a fight!

Tell more. Long ago I used Tesseract to extract text from images but it did require good image quality. Today the online image to text systems appear to do better. So the answer is yes.

Q. how I can use ChatGPT 3 or 4 for free, unlimited with unrestricted use ?
A. For now you need to host it yourself. Example at https://github.com/tatsu-lab/stanford_alpaca

There's others but I can't guess what your application is from what you've told so far except you want to have an AI for free. There are others out there but let's start with something that can run on good sized PCs.

As to coding, I think I'd rather use Tabnine.

Truth be told I've never found any with "unlimited & unmetered bandwidths." Maybe one or the other but not both. If they did, my bet is it would be very expensive.

Write more detail. Right now with AI/ML and the new tools you can leap forward on that app you always wanted to write but didn't have the time.

Also, odd choice for those tags. The last Android app I worked on didn't use javascript, php or python.

For now, don't use AI such as ChatGPT to create articles, blogs and such. Google claims that it seeks differentiation (debatable) since it would not work if Google presented a list of links that all were rehashed AI output. Somewhere out there is Google's stance on AI/ML or in Dani's words "spun content." If you want to work SEO, don't copy/paste AI/ML output.

But I would use AI/ML to do my own research on topics like SEO. Someone calls out ChatGPT as dated information but we now can get an updated GPT 4.0 with more recent datasets.

There's a book titled Evolve Or Die. A chapter title from the book is "Our Civilization Is a Pyramid Scheme." As it is, Google is a pyramid scheme and as some point those at the bottom will have to evolve. AI looks to be a real threat to Google's pyramids.

Taking that to the next level, those that slave doing SEO to build Google's pyramids are well, slaves.

Some think the AI detectors will be the answer but so far I'm seeing way too many false positives. Example: The US Constitution is flagged as AI generated content. Google is working hard on AI content detection but as it stands today, it's terrible.

Google also is trying to counter OpenAI's GPT with Google Bard. However Bard shows how far behind GPT Google is today. In February 2023 the market reacted to a very poor demonstation of Bard. Microsoft and OpenAI soared while …

I don't see anything wrong yet. You need to add what data source you need.
Tutorial at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/data-tools/create-and-configure-datasets-in-visual-studio?view=vs-2022

The issue is one I've seen over and over on MFC and other apps. There are many priors so look at a few more to see if you can find one you feel applies. For my app I had to add a doevents() call to let Windows process the update.

Sorry but no. We removed VB6 and such years ago. There's no longer a way for me to load up the IDE.

Since this old system is now decades out of date, why are you creating something new with this?

Good timing. Here's a note from someone in my circle:

My boss uses a ChatGPT-alternative to generate complex database
queries. He points it at the database server, gives it credentials, and
then asks it in plain language to come up with a complex SQL query. It
figures out the database (even with weirdly-named fields) and instantly
generates complex queries with multiple joins and orders.

It didn't take anyone's job, it's the new way of how we work today. Unless you thought this should have be done by a human.

It's time to debug. In the function calculate_cost, add code to print what variables are used to find where the trouble is.

I can't tell what dev system you use but on some you set a break on the line in question so you can see what the variables are. But not everyone has a dev system so you print.

I won't debug that but it looks like you are acting on an item before it exists. Example would be line 56. Does submit_button exist when this line is executed?

Where are these lines 17 and 56?

In the first code given line 6 and 9 might be referring to non-existent button. See if the button exists and is the name which you used.

Dani,
I recall the oddity with Windows 8's networking GUI. So what's wrong here? Is it my thought that Microsoft won't be fixing it or is it your Windows 8.x experience differs?

Let's say you write the usual VB.NET app. The user presses control+alt+delete and does the usual end task on your app.

Now all your work is undone. How did you plan on fixing this?

I get it that you want to write such a thing but there is so many nuances here that you should make a list of the trouble areas then research how to fix or mitigate each one.

For now you have a solution so why not use that while you work out what your new app should do and not do.

PS. Some note you can disable control+alt+delete. Now cover the usual ALT+F4 combo. And let's not think these are all the ways around your VB.NET app. Maybe you should tell them your policy and if they don't comply, tell them they can get their computer time elsewhere.

Usually this turns into a cat and mouse game. You set up some controls then they find a way around the controls. Ever watch War Games?

Also, folk try this on stock installs of Windows yet it fails because you need something a lot deeper than running some VB.NET app.

The PC (Personal Computer) was as its inception designed with the idea that the person at the keyboard was in control. As folk try to wrest such control away, they run into the basic design and find they fight against the machine over and over along with the users of the PCs.

Finally, why create a system that can lose data? Student is say typing a paper and it times out. This is a bad system or idea. I can't see why anyone would agree to such a system.

The usual fix for a broken laptop display is to replace the laptop display. Not with an external because eventually said laptops will boot and display only on the laptop display.

-> Since it worked on the TV, that's a good sign another monitor is likely to work.

But again, so many have tried to get by without the repair and later discover the external stops working and they are forced to repair the laptop or get another laptop.

Last thing: We only lose what we don't backup. Many continue to keep their stuff on a single PC. When this broken laptop fails altogether your data might be lost. Backup is cheap, recovery is expensive.

I have no direct experience with Google Analytics as it's not something we ever used in the apps we developed over the years but it does appear to be "hard."

I'll share how a major hardware maker used Ebay as an example. The company would have product that didn't quite fit their normal sales chain such as last year's model, products that didn't move well or discontinued items. So these products were put on their Ebay site. For the digital marketing they put a few pages on the company web site. That was all they did and it was enough.

This just in, DuckDuckGo has rolled out DuckAssist which is another take on the move away from the usual Google search behemoth.

Technology changes at breakneck speed so keep up or risk being left behind.

That said, I think I've made D mad about my take on the AI/ML that rolled out late 2022. But the more I looked and used it along with the people in my circles embracing it, it was clear this is a huge change in how we search and augment what we do.

How many times do people respond with "Maul, Darth Maul? Long time, how's it been?"

Dani, I didn't go that far.

The Truth Table there always has Q = 1. Was that a mistake?

While your question is missing, your tags do include AI so I'll share I recently used ChatGPT to convert a short Python program to C++. It worked the first time. Have you tried that?

That's news to me. I've never seen the usual Windows PC used for this. Read https://www.wikihow.com/Install-and-Set-Up-Free-to-Air-Satellite-TV-Program-Receiver-System and see if you have the necessary gear and hardware.

I f***ing hate Google anymore. 5 years ago you would have searched that and found a definite answer and guide on how to find your password. I'm gonna guess you got a bunch of poorly written articles from strange websites that weren't actually helpful?

I'm not the only one seeing Google's decline as a search engine or place to find information.
Not to pull any punches here, ChatGPT is blowing up the idea you go to ye olde link purveyor along with Reddit doing what they do as well.

The fallout from this is enormous as it threatens to tear up the ideas of SEO and ranking. Why bother with a google search when you have alternatives? Yes I've read where humans, AI, Reddit can get it wrong but Google has been moving away from being a good way of finding information for over a decade.

If there's anything good about ChatGPT is that it has the Google founder's attention as a credible threat and they are back at work.
Too bad their first reveal (Google Bard) was a flop.

What is your take on the current trend to make millions of articles to post across the web using AI tools?

Also, what do you think is the knock on effect on SEO? If you don't do this too, your SEO can suffer as Google has yet to show they can detect such content.

Old saying that I have to share:

declare -> deflare

Try looking at the best sellers then look for DUAL BAND models. We pay under 20 bucks each for these.

Small world. My neighbor had the same problem. Drivers didn't resolve this one so we installed a USB dual band WiFi stick and it works now.

Why? Software has bugs. Always has.

I don't have this issue and haven't been asked in over a decade, but hey Equalizer APO / Peace Equalizer is a widely used and liked system-wide program for EQing, filtering and effects (including swapping channels).

I think testing by the users is next. For example a company I know fielded Kiosks that passed all tests that you listed with flying colors. In the field the Kiosks were found to have an exploit and the company has to go around and reboot them when porn is on the displays as the day wears on.

Turns out the high schoolers were the best testers!

No, buying followers does not increase engagement. It just makes it easier to sit down as your wallet is thinner.

The only items I see at the top positions are marked "Ad -" so unless you are paying you don't show on the first/top result.
There is no hack if you've been following SEO for years.

Why not provide a good product, good support and easy to work with or buy? That is, the basics?

I have to ask why you are not giving us those tips. From your posts elsewhere: "Faith eCommerce Services is a leading organization making continuous efforts to help today's e-commerce business and caters their demand. We understand the ever-mounting demand for e-commerce services like product upload, product listing, data entry and website design, and development services; and are successful in doing the same ever sinceour inception.
By using our services, e-commerce store owners can easily upload bulk data information in less time with full accuracy. Also, we help in some more services like content writing, SEO, photo editing and more related to an e-commerce website. We are growing data entry solution providers to various e-commerce stores in a different niche. We are on a mission in providing some easy solution to e-commerce business in uploading bulk product data information. Thereby, this helps e-commerce store owners to focus on making new strategies for business instead of getting busy with product uploading and data entry."

Can you share your tips today?

What computer network?

For home users and mind you I'm talking about current versions of Apple OS and Windows we have drive encryption automatically with the T2 chip and can beef that up with FileVault. On Windows, Bitlocker will do fine.

Now about the home network. By default there are no automatic file shares so there's not much to worry about over a network unless the user is installing or allowing remote access. But on current versions of Apple OS, Windows and Linux the default has no known current exploits to worry about over a network.

HOWEVER, if you are sharing information via the web on social media and such, is that one of your security concerns?

Right now my view is this is not a technical forum. It's a forum that is driven by SEO goals.

Now that PCs can have more than one audio output your code could function perfectly but play on some sound device that has no speakers. Example: I have a Blue microphone and it oddly has an audio output that if an app was set to use it, no sound at all will be made (except maybe me going "what now?")

The above code did compile but is untested. What did ChatGPT produce?

Sorry no. This is code that is untested and just for giving you ideas about possible other solutions.

Here's an example I found on the web. It uses OpenCV and another method. Disclaimer: I don't know if this will work for your images or if it's good enough.

using OpenCvSharp;
using OpenCvSharp.Extensions;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Load the image
        Mat img = Cv2.ImRead("image.jpg", ImreadModes.Grayscale);

        // Convert to binary image
        Cv2.Threshold(img, img, 128, 255, ThresholdTypes.Binary);

        // Find the contours
        Point[][] contours;
        HierarchyIndex[] hierarchy;
        Cv2.FindContours(img, out contours, out hierarchy, RetrievalModes.Tree, ContourApproximationModes.ApproxSimple);

        // Iterate through the contours and draw the squares
        for (int i = 0; i < contours.Length; i++)
        {
            Point[] contour = contours[i];
            if (Cv2.IsContourConvex(contour) && contour.Length == 4)
            {
                Cv2.DrawContours(img, contours, i, Scalar.Red, 2);
            }
        }

        // Show the image
        using (new Window("Squares", img.ToBitmap()))
        {
            Cv2.WaitKey();
        }
    }
}

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I don't see any reference to adding a logo in said code. So I'm left to guess you are trying to remove either a watermark or logo.

For that, contact the image's owner and arrange with them for a logo/watermark free version.

Also per the US copyright act, section 1202, removing a watermark without the official owner's consent is illegal for either personal or business use. So be sure to never show this altered image unless it's yours.

I would NOT do this. The A9 wasn't on the list of phones according to Samsung that had this feature.

But hey, try https://www.ebay.com/itm/272284482999 and for the keyboard and mouse go get BLUETOOTH models.

I've seen folk do this and they feel upset it doesn't turn the phone into anything useful.

FOR MUCH LESS MONEY and effort you can find a Rasberry Pi for what I've read you want to do.

I'm reading https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.password-hash.php and since the salt is automatically generated upon each use, the result will be unique each time.

Remember I haven't needed this since about 2010 to 2015 and I don't recall TPL back then. TPL claims to scale and the threading in .NET/C# wasn't that capable. It did thread but only on a single core of the CPU. So you had to be creative to tap all the cores.

Try this. See if threads now spread out among the cores. If they do, Microsoft fixed that. And then test in TPL and see if TPL was their solution.

Maybe it's all in that one word "scaling."

We may never know who and why to this one. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/parallel-programming/task-parallel-library-tpl holds the usual answer.

Before TPL I found I had to implement my own solution in order to "soak" all the computer cores. At the time I was using Visual Studio 2008 and C# and it's threading was not availing itself of the other CPU cores. Maybe that changed but I haven't had an app that needed this yet.

Let's ask ChatGPT. It wrote:
"There are several ways you can improve the ranking of your Amazon product listing:

1. Optimize your product titles and descriptions: Make sure your titles and descriptions are clear, concise, and relevant to the product. Use keywords that customers are likely to search for, and include important details about the product, such as size, color, and material.
2. Use high-quality product images: Customers want to see what they're buying, so make sure you use clear, high-resolution images that show off your product from multiple angles.
3. Offer competitive pricing: Customers are more likely to purchase a product that is reasonably priced, especially if it's well-reviewed.
4. Encourage customer reviews: Product reviews can help increase the visibility and credibility of your product. Encourage satisfied customers to leave reviews by offering incentives or sending follow-up emails.
5. Utilize Amazon's advertising tools: Amazon offers several advertising options that can help increase the visibility of your product, such as Sponsored Products, Amazon Marketing Services, and Amazon Advertising.
6. Use Amazon's fulfillment services: If you use Amazon's fulfillment services, such as Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), your products may be eligible for Prime two-day shipping, which can increase their chances of being purchased.
7. Keep your product in stock: Customers are more likely to purchase a product that is in stock, so make sure you have a reliable inventory management system in place.

By following these tips, you can improve the ranking of your Amazon product listing and increase your chances of making a sale."