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Comment · 5 years ago
Why digital keychains (password managers) can in some cases be unsafe.
Comment · 5 years ago
The most common hack and/or cyber security threat in the world.
Comment · 5 years ago
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. I just finished a COBOL contract for a FOREX broker like 3 weeks ago so that inspired this video. It's a really cool niche actually.
Comment · 5 years ago
A YouTube video explaining my thoughts on what languages pay the most and least.
Comment · 5 years ago
I really want to see the lockpicking lawyer pick that lock now, darn...
Comment · 5 years ago
Of course, there are no absolutes. But how common are projects like that? Exceedingly rare in my experience. The great majority of projects (especially web and tech) are no longer profitable or decreasing majorly by the time of sell. That's been my personal experience from extensive study and searching for profitable projects for sale. But one could always get lucky I suppose.
Comment · 5 years ago
Every time I tried to do anything useful, it crashed, though that could have to do with my high bitrate 4k footage origin. While attempting to use some tools I noticed the quality of the footage was degraded around the actual pixels where masks normally would be. I really just don't think tools like this are ready for mainstream professional use, but that's just my opinion. I still LOVE the idea though, and I hope this company keeps developing it, could be great one day. I HATE working with web-based tools though, wish they just produced a proper application.
Comment · 5 years ago
No. The IDEA and what they're proposing it can do is incredible, not the actual product. As far as I can tell it doesn't really work that well, and that's me being generous. It has a LONG way to go, and a massive amount of development before it's anywhere near ready for real production. In about a decade tools like this will be practical and ready using A.I. Right now we just aren't there yet.
Comment · 5 years ago
The idea is a bit different. Filming clones usually requires leaving the camera "still" without moving it, then you re-film the same scene and same position multiple times so you can drop the backdrop very easily using very basic cutting or masking.

This is different though. No cutting or masking, the actual A.I. itself is doing it automatically. No filming the same takes with the same camera position 3 times in a row then doing tedious editing that takes hours.

I have my doubts as to how well it would work... But assuming it did then it's a real game-changer in the editing world because it could not only save a ton of time, but actually produce new abilities, like cloning with object crossover, and while the camera is moving around erratically.

Comment · 5 years ago
If somebody is selling something it's because it's not making them money, and that's the end of it. Nobody would sell you a project for 5k that's generating 1k per month. People sell when either the writing is on the wall, or they can't finish the project and don't care anymore. Just expect that.
Comment · 5 years ago
Absolutely true. You need to finish everything you start (within reason), because starting new projects then quitting becomes akin to an addiction. Don't develop bad habits, start only projects you know you can finish and see them through to the end if you want to be successful.
Comment · 5 years ago
The VAST majority of mask wearing I have seen in California has been average cloth-covers. I have only seen a handful of people out of thousands actually wearing N95 masks, so perhaps N95 is highly effective at stopping viruses, but I see basically nobody wearing that. Stores, offices, buildings, all are completely fine with you wearing a bandana over your face. There is effectively no point in even mandating mask laws unless you actually mandate the TYPE of mask that must be used. The coffee filters people are wearing over their face will do close to nothing, if not even make everything worse for their own personal health (lung issues, bacterial infections, etc.)

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