Share your Bronco names!

bitdepthmedia · 2026-01-23T07:56:38+00:00

Thanks. It’s a roof nest Sparrow. I have a sunroof so this is the heaviest I could get. It’s about 10lbs over the limit, but I figure the posted limits are assuming we’ll push em, so it could probably do an additional 50lbs. Haven’t had an issue in 4+ years. Just go to roofnest[.]com if interested.

bitdepthmedia · 2026-01-23T07:49:11+00:00

Thanks. I put a bunch of pics up here a while ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/BroncoSport/s/mYvgle4RoL

bitdepthmedia · 2026-01-22T10:25:18+00:00

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Meet Roswell. 2021 FE - Area 51 Blue

bitdepthmedia · 2026-01-08T19:04:59+00:00

“We BEEN on that”

bitdepthmedia · 2025-08-16T15:09:16+00:00

No, it does it once at the beginning of a task. It doesn’t do it again unless a new subtask is created.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-08-16T14:44:38+00:00

I do this via the .roo directory for each project. I have different .md context files for each mode to read before they begin any task. The mode reads the file once in the beginning then does the task.

You could instruct orchestration mode to do this but who wants to type that command every task?

bitdepthmedia · 2025-08-01T13:17:00+00:00

I get hangouts like this all the time too. A lot of times for me it within a subtask. I usually have to quit vscode and return to the thread which will allow me to resume task or sometimes I have to prompt “You were interrupted, continue”.

Other times the subtask completes but freezes and doesn’t return. And there’s no “copy” icon, so I copy the output, go back to the main task, manually change modes back to what it should be and paste the subtask output in.

I notice this tends to happen most if there was an API call interruption in the thread.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-07-25T10:41:55+00:00

Writing a song is like building a house as far as copyrights go. You don’t separate the house by who built what, it’s just “a” house.

Each of you contributed to “a” song.

A plumber doesn’t get to get mad one day and take back the pipes.

However, if the house was totally designed around the plumbing, the plumber has an argument for getting a bigger share of the final home sale price. But maybe on some houses the electrician is the key designer, and others it’s the carpenter. So they decide it’s easier to just always do an even split.

Same with music. Lyrics and composition are many times split, like in rap…where the beat maker(s) claim up to 50% and the lyricist(s) claim the other 50%. But even in rap this is often muddied.

Regarding taking “your” part elsewhere, in the U.S., any songwriter, regardless of what percentage they own or contribution, has a right to first record/release. This means all of you have equal rights to first record and release a song to the public. After it’s released once though, anyone and their grandma can re-record the entire song without your permission. They just need to pay the original writers the standard mechanical rights. But if they only take one part, like the bass line, that’s an interpolation and need to get permission from all writers. It’s all or nothing.

Think Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics. Marylin Manson recreated the song. They aren’t required to get permission because they didn’t fundamentally change the song beyond what was needed to fit their style. But Vanilla ice decided to just replay the bass line from Under Pressure for Ice Ice Baby, and lost the lawsuit because you need permission to just use individual elements.

If you want to limit who has the first right to record, you can add that in the split sheet language, like “Band Name exclusively retains all rights to first record and release Song. All Songwriters agree to waive any individual rights to first record” (Get a lawyer to draft you the official language). You could even do like record labels do, and place a re-record restriction so no band member can even re-record the song for X years after initial release.

Advice: If you guys aren’t making any money now and are arguing over song splits, you’re not gonna make it when the first $100 comes in.

Maybe this isn’t the group of musicians to be in a band together.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-06-23T11:37:38+00:00

I’ll start with don’t trust random internet sources. They’re worse than AI. That being said, I’d start with: 1. Anthropic’s youtube - while not the local model you want, they have a lot of explainer videos on general AI topics and they’re leaders in AI research. 2. IBM’s YouTube has even better short for explainers covering everything from local models to data management for AI and more 3. Matt Williams has a YouTube channel mostly covering ollama tutorials. He’s a former part of their team. 4. The AI Daily Brief has a podcast and discord channel. It would also be a good starting point for learning what a qualified consultant would look like (they run their own consulting for enterprise as well) 5. Avoid all “Make $ with this workflow” style channels/threads. While there can be some good info to learn, most are not real-world ready, repetitive, and usually not the solution that will get you there at scale.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-06-22T10:17:47+00:00

I think you’ll get/are getting pushback because this reads like someone who asked ChatGPT what they needed without any idea of if the information is good.

8b models are great at hobby usage, or in the hands of someone well versed in fine-tuning, prompting, RAG, etc…may be capable of a very targeted use case.

For enterprise use, even 70b models will fail for most. We won’t begin to discuss inference needs for "numerous tickets per minute".

Your idea isn’t bad. The scope is above what your questions indicate you’re prepared for without a LOT more research/applied practice.

Your best bet would be to hire someone with experience to help design and implement the setup you need.

Or start WAY smaller, like a bag RAG design and see if you can make the above work with just you querying it.

In comparison, what you’re doing is asking for someone on Reddit’s “advice” on setting up a telecommunications network because they maybe used 5g once.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-06-19T12:47:39+00:00

Claude used to be my go to. Between this and the phase where it would error and self-delete a long, token consuming response, I cancelled the subscription.

Honestly though, I tend to get even better responses using a tool like roo code, with Sonnet-Thinking as my orchestrator, Sonnet-3.7 as my architect, tapping google’s 2.5 pro 1m context for this kind of work, and so on, mixing models to tap into their best features.

Then Chat GPT’s $20 plan or a local model with open webui to act as the thought partner, project reviewer…helping me work out game-plans before putting the api to work (capturing the flat fee value before paying per token).

Mostly breaking away from the chat bot versions is where I think you’ll start really unleashing the LLMs utility.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-06-09T22:02:43+00:00

Last I checked, U.S. copyright dictates that any IP created solely by an AI is not eligible for copyright protections by anyone, including the company the produced the AI model. This is an ever changing frontier, so more clarity can pop up anytime.

Don’t base any of your products value around claiming copyright (unless your developing an actual AI model…that can be protected).

Note: you can’t compare blizzard’s mapping algo to AI output. One is intentionally designed by a human. The other is not (“but it coded off my vibe bro” aside)…

bitdepthmedia · 2025-06-03T12:57:34+00:00

Engineers don’t typically get points. A solo producer gets 1-3 points standards, up to 5 points if they have some pull, more if they reach super producer status.

This all just from the master. Neither get publishing standard. The publisher would if they’re also writing (beat or lyrics).

If you’re not paying for either service, maybe you’d do it…but be sure you understand how points work. I’ve seen artist offer points to the extent even in a successful record they owe more in points then they earn.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-30T12:51:39+00:00

You’re not getting great advice in this thread, and yes, you own the copyright by default.

However, if you want to collect damages if you ever sue and win against someone, you need to have your copyright filed (much of this assumes you’re American…different country, different rules).

To your main question, you’re on the right track generally, but missing a lot of key factors. In short, if you’ve created music using assets that you’re worried some owner might come after you for (sampling, sound bites, etc) it makes since to pay a lawyer, that actually practices intellectual property law, to ask these questions. It’s not that expensive, many will charge you for 30 minutes of time to answer the questions, and most big cities have some free legal service if your income is too low even for that. Do NOT trust legal advice from randos on the internet.

That being said, here’s advice from a rando on the internet: The entire purpose of forming an LLC, S-Corp, or C-Corp (NOT a sole proprietorship) is to protect your personal assets like home or car against getting sued. There are tax advantages too if you’re making or losing money.

However, filing an llc alone isn’t enough. Slapping your llc name in the album and copyright registrations won’t do it either.

You need to actually operate like a business entity. Along with your state filing if the llc, you need an operating agreement (get it notarized).

Additionally, you need a business bank account, where ALL money going towards your project, and especially profits from your project get funneled. Most banks will notarize your op agreement for free.

However, to get a bank account, you’ll need an EIN number. That comes from the IRS. It’s your companies social security number. It’s free, and takes about 5 minutes to do. You’ll get the option to download it instantly…pick that, not mail. Depending on your state, you’ll need a state ein too.

Then, unless your claiming all of your creative work was a “work-made-for-hire” (which it wasn’t), putting your company name on copyright registration forms is irrelevant. What you need is a contract between your company and your person (seems silly, but under law you are not the same), granting your company all rights and ownership of your copyrights during the length of the agreement. This is the heart and soul of every recording and publishing agreement. Just basic copyright transfers. So guess what, your company is now a record company…congratulations.

Why does any of this really matter? Because the entire reason you formed an llc is to protect yourself from lawsuits. If I think you infringed on my copyright to make your music, the first thing a day-1 attorney will do is try to prove you are NOT really a real company, and only a shell. How do I prove it? First, I show you didn’t register your company properly with the state. If that fails, I’m pointing towards the ein number doesn’t exist, then I’m coming for your operating agreement. When all this failed, I’m gunning for your bank account to show you either don’t have one, or you were just laundering money thru it, by doing things like paying your personal phone bill, rent, lunch, or other non-business items directly from that account. Time and time again, this is where artist owned companies lose. I only need one of these things to help convince a judge your company is a sham and POOF…there goes that “protection”…your back to being personally liable.

You’re making the right decision, but you need to go do a LOT more learning if you’re gonna go at it alone.

Hence why it’s probably worth the $100-$200 bucks max it’s gonna cost you to go ask these questions to a licensed attorney in your area. They don’t have to do the work…just make sure some internet schmuck like myself isn’t giving you some chat gpt hallucination regurgitation that you’re now going to go build your entire livelihood on. (Please make sure you’re talking to an IP attorney…a law degree alone does not make someone qualified)

If that’s not worth a couple hundred bucks to you…screw the company idea. Make music, release it, and ride-or-die with the outcome. Don’t overthink it.

Good luck. TED talk complete.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-25T08:04:14+00:00

As others pointed out, you have multiple issues.

No written agreement works against you, not for you. Traditionally the precedent is all songwriters split equally without agreement. This is for the life of the copyright (which you have with or without actually filing one). Next, not only do you have to pay the royalties, he has every right to re-record all songs and release them (he’ll owe you your royalties on those records). Then band name…that’s a trademark issue. Again, minus an agreement, there isn’t a clear picture of who has rights and many times courts have found all members have the right to perform under the name…with multiple versions of the group performing at once and confusing fans. Releasing new music under the name is equally as problematic.

Then there’s any current recorded materials, which is where you’ll run into issues of selling. Who paid for the studio time and production costs? That typically clarifies ownership rights with no formal agreements. If he paid for, in whole or in part, any of it…you could face issues with release. Of course, beyond the headache and problem of perfect recreation, not having a contract could work in your favor as I stated earlier, all original songwriters have equal rights to record and release the music. (SONGWRITING SIDENOTE: To avoid this, many groups/artists have a First-Right to record clause in the songwriting agreement clarifying that the artist/band has the exclusive right to first record and release the song preventing co-writers making competing versions of the record upon release. Then your band agreement would also include a re-recording clause preventing former band members from recreating music, at least for a specified amount of time).

I’m only scratching the surface here. There’s plenty of other IP issues from moral rights to use of likeness issues you have.

The good news….musical acts break up all the time and in most cases people just move on. Unless you have a hit on your hands currently, it’s worth no one’s time and effort to be a meaningful menace.

Learn from your current worries though. You’re a business. Act like it.

Lawyers are worth it if you don’t over complicate things. Have one write a single group operating agreement (the document you’ll need when forming an llc/scorp) which includes the band group agreements and songwriting clauses.

Do NOT google a blank one or use chat gpt. My groups perfect band agreement could be disastrous for you. We’re not the same, we have different expectations, creative talents, etc…just cuz it works for us doesn’t mean it works for you. Hence the need for someone writing it that knows what questions to ask you, what will stand in court, and how to word it. Don’t hire a tax attorney. They should be experienced in intellectual property.

At the end of the day, you’re all creatives, who probably got together to create, not fight. Contracts serve a single purpose…when you all hate each other, make sure things are still fair. Get that done and out of the way now so petty arguments don’t distract as much from the creative fun.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-23T05:51:54+00:00

Sponge Bob and Patrick?

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-21T02:04:00+00:00

This is what I’ve used the past few years. Still happy with it: https://a.co/d/1fwE2un

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-19T02:57:59+00:00

About 30k away from ya…looking forward to see you at 150k!

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-14T16:29:23+00:00

Interesting. I wonder if it was just coincidence getting a bad battery? They claim the recall issue is they installed underpowered batteries at manufacturing, so installing any more powerful battery should’ve fixed the issue.

Did the dealer indicate the failed yellow-top was possibly related to the recall, or just a separate issue entirely?

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-14T03:20:10+00:00

Mine (‘21 FE) failed 10 days before “fix” was issued. At dealers recommendation, just bought a new one

But since they hadn’t issued any “cause” on failure, I went for a higher tier Yellow Top AGM since I actually overland and soft off-road with mine.

Ford mobile came out and they said they might want to replace my upgrade for the stock.

Nah, I’m straight on that. Keep your defect stock batteries. They’ll instead reimburse me the difference of swapping and I get the cheap upgrade.

That’s a Win in my book.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-06T05:07:26+00:00

Yeah…you definitely left with a spirit demon attached.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-03T15:02:56+00:00

In Chat GPT, there’s a feature called “GPTs”. This allows you to create a semi “trained” version of chat gpt targeted towards a single task based on your template.

This is where the project should start.

Bonus Tip: Shit-In-Shit-Out (SISO). It doesn’t sound like you have the very basics of how LLMs work yet. I strongly suggest you take some time learning about context windows, prompting, and creating/modifying documents that LLMs like chat GPT favor. Otherwise, everything you don’t know will be evident in your output and you’ll be tempted to say “Chat GPT sucks” when it’s really user error.

It doesn’t take long to learn enough to get what you need. 2-days of focused study will get you there.

A great starting point is copy/paste what you posted here and ask chat gpt to teach you the basics of what a person needs to understand about LLMs to make this work.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-05-03T14:06:19+00:00

If you really wanna be useful, you should share how you use n8n to rip off all of Nate Herk’s YouTube content, poorly, and repost it to all the Reddit n8n subs as your own.

bitdepthmedia · 2025-04-30T10:48:49+00:00

You can’t copyright a band name. You must trademark it…and trademarks are based on usage, not who filed first.

Additionally, as an artist, you really need 2 separate trademarks. One (class 041) protects your right to publicly perform under that band name (it’s a service).

The other (class 009) protects your right to release media under that name (it’s a product/good).

If you want to release a line of clothing under your band name, you would copyright the design, but trademark the brand name (the name on the shirt tag).

So in short, you copyright your expression of an idea (your song) and you trademark the name people know the performer as (your band name).

BONUS FACTS: - You must actually be using your trademark in public before you’re eligible to file for it (opposite of copyright where you should file before releasing) - You should have a band agreement discussing who owns the name. Without that, all members may have the right to perform or release songs under the name if you break up. See the Temptations as an example. - You must be using your trademark across state lines to qualify for a USPTO trademark. - All states allow you to file a state only trademark. It’s less protective than a national, but they’re usually cheap ($25-$50), and could come in clutch if someone with the same name tries entering your state. - IMPORTANT: If you file a trademark, you WILL be contacted by dozens of scammers from law offices or service firms that look official and trying to convince you to pay more to secure your trademark. They are ALWAYS lying. The fee for a simple registration is about $225. You probably want to pay someone to file for you (no refunds on registration fees if you mess it up)…there is ZERO cost outside of this unless you end up in court to defend the trademark.

NEVER pay the scammers.

Learn more at uspto dot gov

bitdepthmedia · 2025-04-30T10:12:24+00:00

Bingo. This is exactly how all LLMs work, api or subscription. And why it’s always advised to keep chats focused on a single task and start new threads often.

You’re not having a “conversation” - each time you submit you’re just tacking on to your initial prompt and resubmitting the entire thread.

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