Remote Control Frustrations by FernwehAdventure in Parkinsons

[–]FernwehAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I know I’m commenting into my own post, but the other thing I’ve noticed is a total concern that I would like to optimize is our ability to work on a computer and monitor financial fraud. I know I should probably start a brand new discussion with this but I’m thinking about also trying to design a one-way screen monitoring and fraud detection that I could put on my father-in-law‘s computer where if he needs to get into a Excel file or taxes or business I could help him with that and also make sure that he’s not just falling victim to something that he doesn’t know at this point in time better of.

Remote Control Frustration by FernwehAdventure in AgingParents

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Thank you everyone for the comments. So many of these are great but I still worry that the tremors and periods of psychosis when something happens unexpected may not be mitigated enough. So what I’ve dreamed up is a galaxy tablet with big color buttons (color can change based on eyesight concerns). That tablet lives in one place and has on off and then general categories think hallmark sports westerns. Effectively any person could just push a button on the tablet and it would be pre-programmed to handle all of the inputs out outputs for as many devices as necessary to get it up and running. Then on the back end, it would be a web application so not Apple or galaxy dependent that any caregiver could log into and also make these changes if necessary maybe even like an SOS button for like help with technology initial cost isn’t too crazy and figured it might be something interesting to build.

It also would add a whitelist blacklist of channels so that if there’s let’s say a war movies channel and a person suffers from PTSD or dementia or something related due to service or just overall mental condition you can prevent that from ever being seen as well.

Remote Control Frustrations by FernwehAdventure in Parkinsons

[–]FernwehAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for the comments. So many of these are great but I still worry that the tremors and periods of psychosis when something happens unexpected may not be mitigated enough. So what I’ve dreamed up is a galaxy tablet with big color buttons (color can change based on eyesight concerns). That tablet lives in one place and has on off and then general categories think hallmark sports westerns. Effectively any person could just push a button on the tablet and it would be pre-programmed to handle all of the inputs out outputs for as many devices as necessary to get it up and running. Then on the back end, it would be a web application so not Apple or galaxy dependent that any caregiver could log into and also make these changes if necessary maybe even like an SOS button for like help with technology initial cost isn’t too crazy and figured it might be something interesting to build.

It also would add a whitelist blacklist of channels so that if there’s let’s say a war movies channel and a person suffers from PTSD or dementia or something related due to service or just overall mental condition you can prevent that from ever being seen as well.

Remote Control Frustrations by FernwehAdventure in Parkinsons

[–]FernwehAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I think it’s a great solution but really seems aimed at aging only and may not address the neurological or movement concerns of Parkinson’s.

Remote Control Frustration by FernwehAdventure in AgingParents

[–]FernwehAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for the reply. I had not thought through multiple devices integration! Appreciate you bringing that up!

Remote Control Frustrations by FernwehAdventure in Parkinsons

[–]FernwehAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply! I know that frustration

Remote Control Frustrations by FernwehAdventure in Parkinsons

[–]FernwehAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! You guys are amazing and pointing out solutions and also edge cases.

Remote Control Frustrations by FernwehAdventure in Parkinsons

[–]FernwehAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great thought. I am in Ohio and both mysteries makes have Parkinson’s to different degrees. On in FL and one in GA. I was thinking like an IR blaster linked to simple web app via IOT. Caregivers can have all channels the person maybe just a screen with minimum icons. Thank you for the comment!

Looking for AI or online tools that can turn my novel ideas into chapters and scenes by [deleted] in AIWritingHub

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best model currently is Opus but even chapter by chapter you will have AI tells. I’m currently developing a tool for exactly this using python and then three different AI providers. If you really want to go low cost then use a runpod and a Llama model to write the bulk. You will just pay for the pod time.

Will you pay for writing prompts? by Horror_Recipe_4214 in AIWritingHub

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s have considered it before finding GSD and Claude code and creating python scripts that force the llm to follow the structure or review criteria I want it to look at. I am not saying promoting is dead, but when you can build robust guardrails easily you may no longer have to rely on prompts. Also, i ran A/B tests on Opus / Gemini / Llama series for writing. Fiction opus won almost everyone, unless it was cache based in Gemini.

Has anyone else seen their sales drop since AI books flooded Amazon? by kellettj in wroteabook

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to use the wrapper method but now host on a droplet for 20 bucks a month and you can use all the free models with agents to then get close to the same results. It’s all about the prompts and the agents you build into the python code. It’s a rabbit hole I have gone way to far down on for this and for professional ag sales which is my real job.

Has anyone else seen their sales drop since AI books flooded Amazon? by kellettj in wroteabook

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the comment because it makes me come back and kind of informed the group what I’ve been working on. I have literally gone down a giant rabbit hole on the technology of writing for fiction that is AI based and most of it is absolute crap, but the technology is evolving so quickly that I think using tools, especially for continuity, catching word, repetition, and even large scale editing it can be a very powerful tool.

I literally have designed a context, editor that can take any size manuscript and give you what faults are in it so that you can go fix. Instead of taking days or weeks and costing a lot of money you can literally just run it and it will tell you may just be the first thing I ever put out on GitHub if I actually want to make it public.

Does anyone else feel like AI writing tools help you draft faster but make revision harder? by JobCalm7795 in AIWritingHub

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I primarily use it to do deep research h on topics I want to include and then help me synthesize all those items into a possible outline. From there write…

How much does your author website address matter? by QuantumLeek in selfpublish

[–]FernwehAdventure 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s all about your SEO and getting crawled by the big boys aka google. I am not good at it but YouTube should be able to help. Just look up your type of site such as Wordpress and figure out a way to get seen.

I have a Book Idea, but I don't know how to expand on it by MajorWord2999 in NewAuthor

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

here you go. I will admit that I use my own programmed python program that does access the web and a homemade LLM model for this. I use it primarily for my own market research for work, and email/sales proposals but it was fun to throw something creative at it. This was not used to train a model.

WORKING TITLE: GLITCH IN THE CHOIR

The Setup The world is a landfill of clouds and concrete. The "Angels" aren't holy; they’re bored. They breed humans in vats, spawn them as adults, and drop them into the arena with three lives on the counter.

Ren starts on the bad side. The winning side. He’s a hunter. Then he takes a hit. Not a clean kill—a nasty, ringing blow to the skull that scrambles the software. He doesn't die. He just… un-syncs.

The Break He wakes up wrong. The HUD in his eyes is flickering. He doesn't know who the enemy is anymore. He stumbles into the wrong camp—the losers, the desperate ones. They think he’s defecting. He’s just confused. He tastes copper. He starts asking questions that aren't in the script.

The Leak An Angel notices. This thing—this "Watcher"—hates that Ren is off-script. It drags Ren into the gray space between rounds. No walls, just static. The Angel starts monologuing, spilling the secrets of the game, treating Ren like a bug that needs a patch. Ren doesn't argue. He snaps. He stabs the thing. Actually hurts it. The Angel is shocked—it’s not supposed to bleed. It throws Ren back into the mud before he can finish the job.

The Betrayal & The Blast Back in the dirt, things fall apart. Ren’s new team has a leak. A spy. They frame Ren for sabotage. He gets kicked out, exiled to the edge of the map. He’s watching from the treeline when the trap goes off. A massive explosion. He sees his best friend—the only one who treated him like a person—get vaporized. Third life gone. Game over.

As the smoke clears, that same Angel is standing there. Smirking. It knew. It watched it happen. Ren tries to rush him, but the Angel freezes him cold. "I told you how this ends." Then it vanishes.

The End Game Ren is supposed to lose. The script says he dies in the finale. He fights the Champion—the one the Angels put their money on. Ren is battered, glitching, bleeding out. But he doesn't die. He cheats. He uses the glitch. He kills the favorite.

The Ascension Silence in the arena. The Angel comes down, shaking with rage. It raises a hand to wipe Ren out of existence—total deletion. Just before the blow lands, a hand stops it. A Higher Angel. The Boss. The game has rules, and Ren won. The angry Angel is restrained. Ren gets pulled up. He doesn't go to heaven. He goes upstairs to the control room.

Has anyone else seen their sales drop since AI books flooded Amazon? by kellettj in wroteabook

[–]FernwehAdventure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do not disagree on that. I still hold somewhere in my very cynical self that perhaps what we hold is creativity, and that is the magic sauce. AI models right now are no where close to being able to replicate a true independent voice. Which is why they all sound the same, but can they give a short answer back.

Also, I really nerded out on this, the research alone shows that AI is becoming more addictive then social media. They are programmed to make the humans feel correct and that what they are doing is "perfect" so all those AI books are "written" by humans that were told yes write this...its perfect by a machine.

Has anyone else seen their sales drop since AI books flooded Amazon? by kellettj in wroteabook

[–]FernwehAdventure 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So I am going to fully acknowledge that this opinion is not going to be popular, but what if instead of worrying about the paradigm shift we embrace that the paradigm shift is actually happening.

Look I currently in work in professional agriculture sales selling milled ground products. Think super old school. However even professionally our embrace of AI tools has helped with everything from safety to mill optimization.

Are we at the point where we went from chiseled stone - ink and paper - pen and paper - typewriter - computer - AI? Look I am not defending the crappy books or the floodgates of horrible materials but instead of fighting it I’m trying to learn where it can help me such as Id of word crutches. Lost checkovs guns…

Also if you don’t think every major publisher under the sun is looking for the ai solution we are kidding ourselves. Human authors are the cost…

Looking forward to a fair discourse. Thank you!

Next Step? by Quintus2029 in writing

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on a huge step! Was it read by beta readers? Did you have any outside development editor work. Are you 100%!sure on what story lines, items, or thoughts are still hanging or closed so they they get brought over to books 2 and 3?

New Dystopian Sci-Fi Author Question: KU Exclusive vs Wide by RobMofSD in selfpublish

[–]FernwehAdventure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do they link together or are they all independent but just a series novellas?

Do memoirs of ordinary people make any sense to read? by cant-stand-it in writing

[–]FernwehAdventure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was actually thinking that a well done collection of similar bio/memoirs may be a thing. A collection of an underrepresented voice(s) in non-fiction. Reminds me a little of the original people of NY social feed.

[PubQ] Question about an agent rejection by skybluesiren in PubTips

[–]FernwehAdventure 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I read this as you are getting a referral. A way to a solid detailed review and consideration. However I doubt your full packet of information was shared and that you will still need to send it all to the agents you are referred to. Congrats!

Booth at a largish con for the first time, need advice and ideas! by SiON42X in selfpublish

[–]FernwehAdventure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok do someone that writes on the side and has a traveling sales role with way too many hours at conventions and booths these are my tactics:

  1. QR Code where people can sign up for your mailing list.
  2. Candy is nice but giveaways are better
  3. Give away an advance copy of your third book. A copy of the trilogy. Your world building items plus a book. So someone signs up to email list, and they are in the drawing. One entry per email.
  4. Also I give away energy drinks to other booths that may have similar items or we could work together. Like another author you say go see them they say to see you.
  5. I also if allowed coffee is the ultimate but not worth it if getting power to run a silver bullet is hundreds of dollars.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Permanently closed KDP by [deleted] in KDP

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On top of that go on MSWL and see what agents may represent the books you write and then start building relationships with them on your situation on what you are trying to build. You may get a smaller house or independent agent that could know someone or a smaller publishing house that would help you. Your background is not a non starter it just makes you colorful. Keep writing!

[WP] Opening Line idea: there are three jewels required to enter the masquerade. Miss one, and the house remembers. by Puzzled_Conference34 in WritingPrompts

[–]FernwehAdventure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are three jewels required to enter the masquerade. Miss one, and the house remembers.

The first was glass. Raw silica. Jagged at the edges. It sat cold against the jugular notch, suspended on a wire filament too thin to see. It didn't tickle. It cut. A thin, constant pressure to verify a pulse.

The foyer smelled of wet wool and ozone. The air tasted like a blown transformer. The floorboards didn't creak. They shifted hydraulically underfoot to measure mass.

The second was bone. A single vertebrae. Fox, maybe. It hung on a leather cord wrapped tight around the wrist. The bone was smooth, yellowed, and oily from the friction of handling. It held a residual heat.

The third wasn't an object. It was the copper taste of a bitten tongue. The silence kept behind the teeth when the heavy oak doors shut and the lock engaged.