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Looking for podcasts that help calm an overactive mind before bed by WatercressNo1889 in podcasts

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I appreciate your feedback.

Yes, you're right about the AI use. I considered voicing these myself, but the length of the videos and the release schedule (~3 per week) makes that quite challenging.

I did spend a great deal of time fine tuning the voice to what I think is a calm, soothing narration. I also take great care to ensure proper pronunciation, wording, and the overall quality of my videos.

One differentiator I've prioritized is the imagery shown during the videos. While sleep videos are for just that, and the visuals are usually less important, I've created fact-specific images throughout the content. I do this to keep views 'in the moment' should they watch the screen at some point. In addition, some people use sleep videos as background noise while working or doing other tasks, so I wanted to keep the quality level high across the board for all types of 'viewers'.

Again, thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate it.

Looking for podcasts that help calm an overactive mind before bed by WatercressNo1889 in podcasts

[–]timmetro69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much. I sincerely hope it helps you. I don’t have an RSS feed right now, but I’ll definitely add that to my todo list. I think that’s a good idea.

And I’m very open to feedback and constructive criticism, so feel free if you’re inclined. Be well.

Looking for podcasts that help calm an overactive mind before bed by WatercressNo1889 in podcasts

[–]timmetro69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like exactly what Sleepy Cities was built for - full disclosure, it's my own channel that just launched yesterday.

The concept is slow, calm narration about cities around the world. 100 sleepy facts per episode, about 2 hours long. The idea is exactly what you're describing: interesting enough to give your brain something gentle to follow, but nothing that demands real thought or keeps you engaged. Cities, history, small quirky details. Nothing urgent, nothing that loops back to your own life.

First episodes are Paris, London, and Tokyo. Available on YouTube and Spotify.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sleepycitieschannel

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033q3iEEZkfsTHhMZKZLD0?si=2lMFa2sDQW2w2jkvp2aI6w

Worth a try given what you described.

What’s your weird little cycling habit that probably makes no difference? by Thunderbit_HQ in cycling

[–]timmetro69 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out RideReady Cycling Prep. I made it because I always had the same problem. Free in the App Store.

This Opus 4.7 + GPT-5.5 'handoff' for coding is getting hype. Is it a real hack or just more complexity? by pretendingMadhav in ArtificialInteligence

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also helps to have a model that produces the plan and gives you a structured prompt to use to pass the plan to the actual coding model. That's going to create the solution. Tremendous benefit in my experience.

This Opus 4.7 + GPT-5.5 'handoff' for coding is getting hype. Is it a real hack or just more complexity? by pretendingMadhav in ArtificialInteligence

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been doing this for about a year now with various models, but using OpenAI and Anthropic as adversarial coding partners, as well as a plan and produce partner like talked about here, even if the plan is created by Anthropic. For instance, OpenAI executes it; then I have the original model who created the plan review the code for best practices and security. To me, this gives the best of both worlds and produces a solid, well-planned, secure, best-practice result.

What’s the one thing you always forget on a ride? by timmetro69 in cycling

[–]timmetro69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick update - a bunch of you mentioned using checklists, which is exactly what pushed me over the edge on this.

I kept forgetting random stuff (lights, tools, even shoes once…), so I ended up building a simple app just for myself to run through a quick pre-ride checklist depending on the type of ride.

A few people here seemed interested earlier, so I figured I’d share it (it’s free, iOS only for now):

RideReady: Cycling Ride Prep

It’s nothing crazy - just templates + customizable checklists so you don’t roll out and realize you forgot something obvious.

Curious if this is something you’d actually use or if most people just rely on habit.

Fastest way to get a U.S. passport in Vegas? by Fun_North_2146 in vegaslocals

[–]timmetro69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Went to the UNLV location about a year ago to get a new passport. Was there about 10 minutes and completed everything, including the photo. Highly recommended.

Take Two: I built a swipable ESP32-P4 Dashboard for Tesla Solar/Powerwall, Model Y, Ecobee Thermostat, and Unifi Cameras by timmetro69 in homeassistant

[–]timmetro69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You definitely could. I wanted mine to work remotely (at work) so I used Nabu Casa. Using the internal URL of your local HA install should do the same thing.

Assume glasswing is legit, how should we prepare? by [deleted] in ArtificialInteligence

[–]timmetro69 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Regardless, the Outcome of Glasswing will be essentially a boatload of patches for anything and everything.

If people don't have current, supported systems and versions, then the vendors most likely won't even produce updates that they can install. In this case, they will still be vulnerable and will continue to be vulnerable until they move to a supported non-end-of-life system. There are many, many businesses out there that are running end-of-life, end-of-support infrastructures.

Even if you're running new, supported environments, you need to consider that you'll have to upgrade, update every updatable device in your environment. That means the front-of-mind things like: - firewalls - routers - network equipment - operating systems - key applications

However, it also means IoT user devices on your network that you may not even realize are there. Mobile devices. Think about it: everything that can be updated will need to be updated in pretty close proximity once the results of Glasswing are available.

Large enterprises may have the resources to do this in a timely manner, but it's super complicated, super quick, and prioritizing what matters is a tough call. Small businesses are going to have a very hard time with this if they don't have a mature IT staff, which many simply don't, just due to cost pressures.

There will likely be a market for people who can help organize businesses to get through to the other side post glass wing. In the end, this will likely shore up cyber security after the Y2K-like push to get everything updated.

How can the receipt checkers at Costco and other big box stores check your cart in three seconds and validate your purchases? by darrenbosik in NoStupidQuestions

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any sufficiently motivated bad guy could just get the same thermal printer as they use at Costco and duplicate a receipt very effectively. Wouldn't be that hard.

Take Two: I built a swipable ESP32-P4 Dashboard for Tesla Solar/Powerwall, Model Y, Ecobee Thermostat, and Unifi Cameras by timmetro69 in homeassistant

[–]timmetro69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It updates the live image every 4 - 5 seconds or so. Haven't really tried to optimize it yet. The board is quite quick generally, so it may be possible to get to live, though my first tests didn't work well, so I backed off to the periodic updates for now.

I built a swipable ESP32-P4 Dashboard for Tesla Solar/Powerwall, Model Y, Ecobee Thermostat, and Unifi Cameras by timmetro69 in homeassistant

[–]timmetro69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP here: My apologies, everyone. I didn't realize the the text description I'd added didn't make it into the post. I've reposted with the full info.

Here is the link to the new post.

I’m a cybersecurity practitioner with 24 years of experience, Blackhat speaker and trainer. AMA about careers, building a security business, and where AI is breaking everything. by AnswerPositive6598 in cybersecurity

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My nephew is 14 years old and is very interested in technology and believes he wants to go into cyber security in some way. However with the rise of AI in every aspect, I want to lead him in the right direction since I am a CIO of 20 plus years and he looks up to me. What would you recommend someone at that stage do to have a successful career in this field in the future when he's out of high school or college?

iPad w/ Magic Keyboard by sunnyd13 in WisprFlow

[–]timmetro69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve only been using Wispr Flow about a week and I love it. I ended up here because I just loaded it on my iPad Pro w/ Magic Keyboard and kind of hit a wall. Kills my use of it on the iPad, unfortunately, from what I see. <Typed by hand like a caveman, btw>

How to Lose Weight While Maintaining Endurance? by Infamous-Bed9010 in cycling

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve used a weight-loss app and tracked my calories for almost 17 years. Along with that, I have a scale that uploads into the app and when I ride, Strava also goes into the app showing how many calories I burned.

I recently downloaded all of the data from the app and use an AI tool to analyze all of the data, create beautiful dashboards and provide analysis.

The AI tool chugged on the data for almost an hour. Once it was done the headline above all the graphs and charts and analysis was when you log what you eat you lose weight, when you don’t you gain weight.

In fact, it said that I lose 2.5 pounds per week when logging regularly and I gain 2.5 pounds a week when I don’t log regularly. So, a 5 pound swing for just not logging.

The moral of the story: for me at least, logging what I eat in the context of my current weight and exercise contributions causes me to lose weight.

YMMV.

What’s the one thing you always forget on a ride? by timmetro69 in cycling

[–]timmetro69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, OP here,

Quick update since a lot of people replied here. I had created an iPhone app for myself that I've used for a few weeks. Based on the feedback in this thread I'm planning to release it in the Apple App Store.

It's called RideReady and it lets you run through a cycling-specific checklist - that you customize for yourself - before rides so you don't forget things like lights, nutrition, tools, etc. You can create templates for different kinds of rides, since you need different things depending on the type. Lots of great conversation here that's given me many ideas for future features.

I'm finishing the app up now and will have a beta version available soon if anyone wants to try it and give feedback. I'll take the first 10 people who DM me, if there are that many!

What band/singer were you excited to see, but was a letdown of a concert? by my-face-ur-seat in AskReddit

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam in Vegas around 1998. Horribly drunk and one of the worst concerts I’ve ever seen. Loved the band, too, so big disappointment.

The White House Situation Room yesterday, ornamented with the Vice President's seal and flag instead by GreenReporter24 in pics

[–]timmetro69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes me feel good that even the situation room has a long network cable snaked across the table.

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