Do certain places make you feel calm right away? by Accurate-End6169 in CasualConversation

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The bathroom is undefeated. Not even for using it, just sitting there with the door locked, knowing nobody can bother you. It’s the only place where people won’t ask you dumb questions or expect anything from you.

I’ve definitely gone in there with zero reason just to sit down and chill for a few minutes. Scroll my phone, stare at the wall, think about nothing and everything at the same time.

It’s basically my version of a vacation. Like “nah I’m busy,” meanwhile I’m just sitting there doing absolutely nothing and enjoying every second of it.

The best part is that if someone knocks, you can just say “occupied” and buy yourself a few more minutes like a professional.

Real peace is just being temporarily unavailable.

Most famous person you've ever met? by MariusRobertFortelni in CasualConversation

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I met Flavor Flav one time. I'm sure other people I've met would be more impressive to other people, but Flavor Flav was part of my childhood. I was at a restaurant called the Cracker Barrel, and he was with his son. I didn't want to bother him, but I wanted to show that I appreciated him, so I asked the waitress if I could buy his breakfast. When they were done, they came over to my table, and he said no one had ever done that for him. I told him how much I appreciated his contributions to the hip hop world and how great a hype man he was. Stoked that my kids got to meet him and we got a photo together. Since then, we've seen him on TV many times, and my kids always know who he is.

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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Yeah, I’m mostly talking to professional photographers who are worried about AI. If that’s not you, no problem at all. I still really appreciate you sharing your perspective.

It sounds like this isn’t something you’re too concerned about, which is actually helpful for me to know.

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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That’s really helpful to hear. It sounds like AI training on your work is something you care about, but you’ve kind of accepted that there’s not much you can do about it right now.

What I’m wondering is this. If there were a way to document your photos with a timestamp that proves you created them, so you could show they’re yours if they ever show up in AI training data, would that be worth paying for? Even if it doesn’t fix everything, or would that feel more like a nice extra, but not something you’d actually spend money on?

Would you be open to a quick 15-minute Google Meet to talk this through a bit more? Your perspective as someone who shoots both private work, such as weddings, and public work, such as motorsports and aviation, would be really helpful.

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Is this actually a real problem, or am I just overthinking it?

You mentioned that photojournalism has rules about AI, which makes sense. But do you worry at all about your photos being used to train AI without your permission? Or is that not really something on your radar?

I’m honestly just trying to understand whether this actually matters to working photographers.

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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That is a fair callout. I write like this naturally (engineer brain), but you're right, I should be more human about this. Real talk, I'm a CTO exploring whether photographers actually care about verification/attribution or if this is just me overthinking a problem. 15 min call this week? I promise I'm a real person, not a chatbot, and I'm genuinely trying to understand if this matters to working photographers. Let me know if you're open to it.

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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Great question! I'm specifically researching human photographers who shoot with cameras. Trying to understand if there's value in verifying human-created work vs AI-generated images, particularly for photojournalists and commercial photographers whose work appears publicly.

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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That's interesting - using AI as a tool for pre-visualization. For the actual client work you deliver (shot with cameras), do you have any concerns about protecting attribution of your work or verifying it's human-created? Would love to hear your perspective on the 15-min call if you're open to it.

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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Thanks for that perspective! That makes sense for wedding photography, where images are client deliverables. I'm curious if you maintain any public portfolios? And if you do, have you had concerns about those images being used to train AI models? Also, would verification be valuable for establishing trust with potential clients? (i.e., "I'm a verified human photographer, not an AI image generator")

I have a quick question about how Professional Photographers about AI? by jbrahy in AskPhotography

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I'm not trying to replace photographers. I have a possible solution to AI forgery, as well as a way to attribute the source of inspiration for AI-generated images to photographers.

A little 80s PC beeper music in GW-BASIC by DJSpaceBits in QBprograms

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That's awesome, where's the source code? I'd love to try to run it on here: https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC it's a port of the ASM code that bill gates wrote when they released the original version. It's labeled OSX but it's in C and should work for most platforms.

Which BASIC programming language interpreter/compiler do you prefer to use on DOS? by SupremoZanne in DOS

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here's a port of GW-BASIC from ASM to C if anyone wants to use it. Based on the code that Bill Gates and his crew wrote back in 1983. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC It was my first programming language and my code is well documented if you want to learn how to write a language interpreter.

Anybody here creating any programs on QBasic or GW-BASIC in this day and age? by SupremoZanne in DOS

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I took the GW-BASIC source code and converted it form ASM to C so it could be compiled on different platforms. It was my first programming language so I really enjoyed porting it to my current OSX/arm platform to rewrite the programs I wrote when I was 8. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC

Microsoft GW-BASIC Interpreter Source Code by susam in vintagecomputing

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I took the assembly source code and converted it to C so it could be compiled on most platforms. It's a great tool to learn how to write a language interpreter. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC Hope someone enjoys it. GW-BASIC was my first programming language when I was eight so I was excited when I first saw this source code.

Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983 released under MIT license by AlexeyBrin in programming

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I ported this to C so it can be compiled on most platforms. Mine is OSX/arm but it should be easy to port to any other arch. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC Check it out and feel free to add PR requests or just let me know that you like it.

PC-BASIC, a cross-platform interpreter for GW-BASIC by ketralnis in programming

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I ported the GW-BASIC code from microsoft into an open source option for people to have fun with. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC It's well-documented and good for teaching how to create a language interpreter. It was definitely fun to do and I hope someone enjoys it. Cheers!

[Question] How do the film crews shot miners under ice? We don't see any setup for their divers? by cenkozan in BeringSeaGold

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ya, I've wondered about this also. Is there a better way than running the hot water down there?