Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
YouTube previewed a tool to use generative AI to replace copyrighted music from your videos without affecting anything else. A few years ago this would have been expensive and time-consuming if it was even possible - soon it will just be a button. This is the natural life cycle of all ‘AI’. LINK, VIDEO
Benedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 548
Not sure if this is the most positive, but like images, I’m using more and the production value of all my stuff is improving thanks to AI.
Czech president and writer Vaclav Havel:
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we... See more
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we... See more
There is research showing that when we introduce what are known as “emergency reserves,” basically “get out of jail free” cards, into the process of goal setting, we’re much more likely to stay the course and to reach those goals.
FS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Letting Go
can’t believe I never thought of this. I do it when budgeting, never imagined doing it for goals.
The metrics are terrible. The format itself is monolithic and static, and very un-digital. It’s as though, instead of the web, which is after all an open, composable, extensible, programmable network, we were all using random FTP apps from indie developers to download PDFs to read, and those FTP apps each had their own Yahoo-like hand-written
... See moreBenedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 548
Podcasts might be the space with the most room for UX innovation around.
“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want. Indeed, the moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist, and becomes a dull
... See moreTim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Chimp Discoveries, Lucid-Dream Tech, Sam Harris and Learning to Think, and More
I am not an artist, I’m learning. I change with the whims of people’s responses. Except I guess when I work on my little side project. So maybe it’s time to lean more into that.
And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”
Tim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Richard Feynman, Music for Flow, AI Eye-Poppers, the Most Brutal Great American Novel, and a Quote to Wake You Up
What we fill our lives with is who we are. I’ve spent so long removing and thought so little about what I add.
Train yourself to love the feeling of constantly learning and pushing your boundaries. Feeling comfortable is the system blinking orange , and it should make you uneasy.
charity.wtf • The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)
Both in the United States and in the European Union, buildings account for about 40 percent of total primary energy consumption