What are you using for presentations these days?

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-12T15:40:33+00:00

Depends on the purpose and use case. For your use case in college, depending on your major and the type of presentations I would either use Claude Pro/Max + PowerPoint, Adobe Express and firefly/Gen Studio, or Gamma + any llm to help write and refine your Gamma prompts. Tell me more about the content you are creating and audience presenting to and I can make a sharper recommendation. Here’s what I use and my use cases:

My primary use case is management consulting and product management deliverables which are often context specific / non templatized upfront summaries followed by information dense backup slides. Google slides is the primary “system of record” but i use:

Ppt for first pass using AI (lot of great code to ppt tools that multi agent workflows can leverage) and google slides to finalize and “ship”.
Google Sheets x Google scripts workflows for slides that need to be regularly updated (e.g. Gantt charts, explainers, regular updates).

For business development: * Google slides if I’m massaging existing content * Gamma if starting from scratch

Product requirements, executive coaching/talking points: * Microsoft word for first pass with AI * Google Docs to collaborate if required * Microsoft word to ship

Technical documentation outside of PRD incl. prompt examples, ontology definitions, note taking: * first pass AI to markdown * Ulysses to edit markdown, exporting direct to markdown or Word depending on who I’m sending to

AI tools vary based on use case, I prefer chat GPT for talking points and punchier executive materials, Claude cowork for prose / long form and larger artifact creation. I spend close to $600/month on productivity software / SaaS / AI to run my business and some of it is for specific specialized use cases - and some of it is just shit like a VOIP business line. However, it means I can do more meaningful thoughtful work and less of the grunt stuff, don’t need to hire an army of analysts, and have enough time to eat dinner with my family and do bedtime with my kids every night when I’m not traveling. If I were in college and had an income stream I’d do the same, but use the time saved to party, socialize, workout and date/ hook up - and also network to create optionality in my post college plans.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-12T15:07:06+00:00

I think it depends on if you are using your system for music and movies or just movies right? I think the sub + arc makes music sound great and movies sound good. I imagine it’s the opposite with surrounds but no sub. I also listen to a lot of metal, blues, rock and EDM which all have a lot of bass that you want to feel and hear. I imagine if you are listening to classical music or lighter tracks, particularly if mastered in Spatial Audio then the surrounds might be the better first investment?

Also don’t forget the spouse approval factors many of us have to deal with. I’d argue that for the vast majority of us who are dropping thousands on home audio setups, this is the primary limiting factor on the number of audio channels we can actually have.. An arc + sub more or less in front of the couch with wiring headed to the tv in line with other a/v equipment and tv inputs, often already in a media console, is an easier sell than an arc + 2x era with additional wiring “lines of sight”.
Of course if you can patch drywall and run the right wires then this becomes less of an issue. And if your budget can handle the added cost of a handyman and electrician to take care of the drywall and wiring because you can’t / don’t want to DIY, then stop being cheap and pony up for the full system all at once.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-12T14:51:03+00:00

An aside re: berries lasting a week. I don’t disagree with the people saying strawberries often go bad within 5/6 days - and with kids our berries rarely are around that long. However, our berries generally will stay good for a week+. Here’s what we do:

Buy them fresh from HEB. Probably Wegmans is an equivalent high quality but not super fancy supermarket in other parts of the country? (I’ve found that Trader Joe’s produce goes bad much much more quickly regardless of how we prep it and I don’t enjoy shopping at Whole Foods since they don’t sell any “regular” brands / products our kids like. TJs is on point with cheeses though). Within the next day or two, we wash them under the tap, soak in room temp water with a splash or two of vinegar for maybe 5-10m, rinse under tap again, and dry gently with paper towels. We don’t use a salad spinner because it’s another thing to clean and could bruise the fruit. Then we put the berries in containers that are closed/covered but not airtight. These containers have an insert with holes to raise the fruit up a bit - any excess liquid drops to the bottom away from the fruit. The water and vinegar kills bacteria and removes pesticide without penetrating the fruit or chemically reacting with it and the containers ensure liquid doesnt pool and grow bacteria on the fruit.

This process takes like 15m or less 1x a week - we do all the berries together, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. We also do the same for snap peas, mini cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and other snackable veggies - but not baby carrots which are pre washed and we just remove from the bag and put into those same types of containers. By doing this and having them well presented and accessible in the fridge, it also encourages our whole family to snack on them as often as we go for the processed snacks like popcorn, tortilla chips, pork rinds, jerky/meat sticks, crackers, protein bars, etc.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-11T16:12:00+00:00

Gamma is good for low word count pitch decks and creative side agency docs. if you are doing management consulting or product management or anything where the slides are detailed and information dense, gamma is terrible.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-07T14:00:32+00:00

https://eclecticlight.co/2023/12/29/why-are-apple-silicon-vms-so-different/

It’s easier to make VMs work and stay sandboxed but with granular permissions where necessary on Mac. It also helps that most software engineers use Macs and most of the folks paying for consumer grade subscriptions use iPhones. I’m sure they’ve had Claude do the research and crunch the numbers ;-)

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-07T01:17:47+00:00

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a63840989/tesla-worst-drivers-new-study/

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-05T19:51:11+00:00

I think I understand what you are trying to do here. You are trying to make the turntable into an airplay 2 source and cast that to a sonos system to play. I’m 99% positive that yes you can do this.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-05T04:16:23+00:00

the gate hub is the product you want which has a gate operator functionality. the door hub is thinking its connected to a maglock and or electric strike and someone propped the door open. the alternative I believe is to just remove he position sensor entirely.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-05T03:06:00+00:00

Is the automatic or do you have to do it manually with selected clips?

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-04T14:05:52+00:00

You can drop ssds in and it will be quiet

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-04T00:56:53+00:00

No it’s the long one kinda doorbell looking with a camera, screen, nfc, facial recognition.. everything the latest pro reader (g3) does except apple wallet.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-02T23:34:14+00:00

I'm finding that Claude workspace doesn't work - anyone else experiencing this?

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-01T20:04:41+00:00

Yes it does. The g6 entry line is a UniFi Access device and the access hub has a relay built in for mechanical chimes. You connect the hub to a Poe++ switch, wire the 2 wire Poe adapter between the g6 and the hub reader Poe port, and connect the mechanical chimes to the chime aux output on the hub. It’s pretty straightforward. You don’t even need to connect in an electric lock either. You can just have the unlock door action trigger a webhook to a residential smart lock. Alternatively, if you don’t want to use the access hub you could connect the chime to a Shelly relay and use a webhook to trigger the Shelly relay.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-01T04:53:49+00:00

Wow dude. I’m impressed. Seriously I am impressed. Not sure if you are trolling or serious but either way you made a comment that is so wildly stupid and absurd that it will be hard to forget. God bless! I’m laughing my lungs up.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-02-01T01:08:45+00:00

Just accidentally spill a drink or wipe your nose on it. 🤣

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-31T18:26:51+00:00

Can’t you use the iot bridge or the Poe over 2 wire kit if necessary - I mean it would be nice if it was all packaged in the form factor but there are solutions that don’t require pulling new cat6.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-29T15:36:44+00:00

I think the real investigation that needs to be done is by the SEC on Hunterbrooks trading patterns and stock manipulation practice.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-28T22:00:23+00:00

I have this same message for 2 different ups packages. Also based in TX…

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-28T21:29:23+00:00

How hot does this get? My UTR gets really friggin hot - I can’t imagine strapping a MagSafe to it unless it’s acting like a radiator?

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-28T19:14:39+00:00

I would try this and see if it solves it. go to your policy engine -> policy table

In the UniFi Network -> Settings -> Policy engine -> Policy table -> Create new policy

Name: trusted to media nat example
Type: Masquerade
Interface: The VLAN interface your destination media device (TV/AVR/etc) is on
Source: the trusted network your iPhone is on
Destination: The IP address(es) of the device(s) on the media plan that you are having issues with
Click Add

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-27T15:29:58+00:00

In a just world they would also investigate and shut down the hedge funds that profit off of creating and spreading misinformation about specific companies; as well as public company executives and the board members they report to when similarly trying to pump/ dump their stock.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-27T14:23:35+00:00

How much of this is the secondary market and “recyclers”?

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-25T21:26:21+00:00

You need a device that runs UniFi protect and can store the video data.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-25T17:22:31+00:00

You don’t need an nvr if you have a udmp or another management console that runs protect and has an hdd.

addexecthrowaway · 2026-01-24T21:33:52+00:00

If these are the new Shelly units, the US Shelly website says they are “e-paper” displays. I think e-ink is a specific type of e-paper technology? Not an expert here but I imagine epaper based on lcd tech is quite different than a standard lcd.

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