The Shop
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The Shop

So lately I have been a bit busy in the background helping my wife and daughter with a big project. They are opening up a vintage clothing store. They already sell online, but they are now working on opening a physical store as well. Technically, my daughter is opening up a store, and my wife is going to be running her online stuff out of the back. They have talked off and on about renting or buying a space and found a location a few months ago that fits their needs and budget. They have done a lot more of…
Vote By Mail Should Be Standard
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Vote By Mail Should Be Standard

Something I feel like I take for granted a bit is just how good my state handles everything election wise. And it's politics in general, for the most part. I mean, like everywhere it's full of nuts in the rural areas, but overall, it's traditionally just been a "safe" state. One thing that I love that is newer is vote by mail. This started back in 2020 because of COVID of course. I mean, maybe it was an option before, but it was made extremely easy in the 2020 election. Previously, like many others, I would go down to my…
Code Project – Python – Raspberry Pi Keyboard Jiggler
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Code Project – Python – Raspberry Pi Keyboard Jiggler

So I did a pretty simple but amusing little project recently, a bit on a whim. Let's say, I have a few games that it would be useful to just, let idle for experience or whatever. The problem is, that these games also have built-in idle deterrence. Your character falls asleep, or you just time out of the game after five or ten minutes. I initially start off trying to use AutoHotkey, a program that basically does what I wanted here, you program it to press keys at certain intervals, basically just a simple keep-alive movement every couple of minutes.…
AI Music and the Dead Internet Theory
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AI Music and the Dead Internet Theory

A man was arrested for creating AI music and using bots to stream it, netting 10 million dollars from Spotify. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2024/09/08/man-charged-with-10-million-streaming-scam-using-ai-generated-songs A few things to note here, and some thoughts on it in general. He was doing this for a while, since 2017 according to the article, so it wasn't like he made it in a month. Apparently, he was a music maker, he just wasn't getting anywhere with his produced music. As he has been doing it since 2017, this predates even ChatGPT by about 5 years. He was not using the current crop of "AI" tools. My guess,…
Blaugust 2024 – The End and What I Learned Week
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Blaugust 2024 – The End and What I Learned Week

I kind of let this one really fall off after a strong start. I've already kind of touched on the various whys of it all. Mostly just a combination of being busy and the usual lack of motivation. I can't say I learned anything new that varies from last year's wrap up. I wish I could be more positive. I'm still pining for the days of old I guess. Which also may be part of why I'm so jaded. I've been blogging for a long time. Like, a really long time. Since before Live Journal was a thing really, though…