https://churchofproz.xyz/ Mon, 11 May 2026 15:40:42 +0000 MyBB https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-264.html Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:38:56 -0500 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-264.html
Text: Enter a text prompt, get a text response back.

ChatGPT ( https://chat.openai.com/ ) The most basic, but also the most controversial. Ask it for advice or info like any search engine, converse with it like a person, or have it write some "original" content for you(donut steel). I've heard it helped people with programming problems but I haven't used it for that purpose yet.

Images: Enter text prompt, get an image back with the characteristics you specified.

Bing image creator ( https://www.bing.com/images/create) Very good general use image generator powered by the DALL-E 3 model, I've been getting the best results with this one. Each prompt will get you up to 4 images. Note that there are content filters that block NSFW content and anything involving the names of real life celebrities. Fictional characters appear to be fine though.

Stable Diffusion ( https://stablediffusionweb.com/ ) This web version isn't so good, but with a bit of effort you can set up an instance on your own machine and use a dataset that's closer to what you want.

Artflow.ai (https://app.artflow.ai) focused on creating faces

Audio: Reads a text prompt aloud (also known as Text To Speech or TTS)

Eleven Labs ( https://elevenlabs.io/ ) We've come a long way from Microsoft Sam. Most of the voices sound very natural]]>
Text: Enter a text prompt, get a text response back.

ChatGPT ( https://chat.openai.com/ ) The most basic, but also the most controversial. Ask it for advice or info like any search engine, converse with it like a person, or have it write some "original" content for you(donut steel). I've heard it helped people with programming problems but I haven't used it for that purpose yet.

Images: Enter text prompt, get an image back with the characteristics you specified.

Bing image creator ( https://www.bing.com/images/create) Very good general use image generator powered by the DALL-E 3 model, I've been getting the best results with this one. Each prompt will get you up to 4 images. Note that there are content filters that block NSFW content and anything involving the names of real life celebrities. Fictional characters appear to be fine though.

Stable Diffusion ( https://stablediffusionweb.com/ ) This web version isn't so good, but with a bit of effort you can set up an instance on your own machine and use a dataset that's closer to what you want.

Artflow.ai (https://app.artflow.ai) focused on creating faces

Audio: Reads a text prompt aloud (also known as Text To Speech or TTS)

Eleven Labs ( https://elevenlabs.io/ ) We've come a long way from Microsoft Sam. Most of the voices sound very natural]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-256.html Fri, 30 Sep 2022 04:32:27 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-256.html https://dontkillmyapp.com/
It's a pretty useful resource for heavy android users/tinkerers that explains how aggressively manufacturers prune background apps without your approval.

If you're looking for a new Android device you can see who to avoid. Ironically having a lower rating means it's better.

If you're stuck with whatever device you have, the site also provides possible fixes or workarounds to prevent your apps from being culled.

I discovered this through using the Accubattery app, it's charge current measuring function broke after the recent update on my samsung tablet and sadly it seems nobody has a workaround for this yet.]]> https://dontkillmyapp.com/
It's a pretty useful resource for heavy android users/tinkerers that explains how aggressively manufacturers prune background apps without your approval.

If you're looking for a new Android device you can see who to avoid. Ironically having a lower rating means it's better.

If you're stuck with whatever device you have, the site also provides possible fixes or workarounds to prevent your apps from being culled.

I discovered this through using the Accubattery app, it's charge current measuring function broke after the recent update on my samsung tablet and sadly it seems nobody has a workaround for this yet.]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-244.html Thu, 25 Nov 2021 21:40:55 -0500 SilkScarf]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-244.html http://www.legittorrents.info/index.php?page=torrents]]> http://www.legittorrents.info/index.php?page=torrents]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-241.html Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:33:26 -0400 SilkScarf]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-241.html https://zim-wiki.org/
https://tiddlywiki.com/


Untested:
https://obsidian.md/ - CLOSED-SOURCE
https://logseq.com/
https://github.com/zadam/trilium
https://joplinapp.org/
https://standardnotes.com/
^ https://github.com/jonhadfield/awesome-standard-notes

Community discussions:
https://old.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/q0g9js/do_you_know_a_good_and_foss_diary_app/]]> https://zim-wiki.org/
https://tiddlywiki.com/


Untested:
https://obsidian.md/ - CLOSED-SOURCE
https://logseq.com/
https://github.com/zadam/trilium
https://joplinapp.org/
https://standardnotes.com/
^ https://github.com/jonhadfield/awesome-standard-notes

Community discussions:
https://old.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/q0g9js/do_you_know_a_good_and_foss_diary_app/]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-229.html Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:44:46 -0400 SilkScarf]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-229.html https://gradio.app/g/modnet
^ https://github.com/ZHKKKe/MODNet - can't figure out how to run this script locally without an Nvidia GPU
^ https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/k4kpw9/news_highquality_background_removal_without_green/

https://github.com/danielgatis/rembg - works without Nvidia GPU, but not as good as MODNet, it seems

Semi-free:
https://www.remove.bg/ - works pretty well. To download full resolution you need to make an account with a non-disposable email, and you can only download full resolution picture for free

Not investigated yet:
https://github.com/FarjaalAhmad/django_bgRemoverML
https://github.com/OPHoperHPO/image-background-remove-tool

EXAMPLES:
Original image - https://imgur.com/a/gplSexm
rembg - https://imgur.com/a/naOHkK1
rembg with alphamatting option -a -ae 15 - https://imgur.com/a/QEdBg7W
^ example shell command on Linux :
{diceroller-code}remove.bg - https://imgur.com/a/26ATrYK]]> https://gradio.app/g/modnet
^ https://github.com/ZHKKKe/MODNet - can't figure out how to run this script locally without an Nvidia GPU
^ https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/k4kpw9/news_highquality_background_removal_without_green/

https://github.com/danielgatis/rembg - works without Nvidia GPU, but not as good as MODNet, it seems

Semi-free:
https://www.remove.bg/ - works pretty well. To download full resolution you need to make an account with a non-disposable email, and you can only download full resolution picture for free

Not investigated yet:
https://github.com/FarjaalAhmad/django_bgRemoverML
https://github.com/OPHoperHPO/image-background-remove-tool

EXAMPLES:
Original image - https://imgur.com/a/gplSexm
rembg - https://imgur.com/a/naOHkK1
rembg with alphamatting option -a -ae 15 - https://imgur.com/a/QEdBg7W
^ example shell command on Linux :
{diceroller-code}remove.bg - https://imgur.com/a/26ATrYK]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-215.html Thu, 21 May 2020 18:13:27 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-215.html

[Text links to be added later*]

*"X to be added later" is a registered trademark of Vroop Inc, all rights reserved.]]>

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*"X to be added later" is a registered trademark of Vroop Inc, all rights reserved.]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-205.html Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:01:14 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-205.html http://kunststube.net/encoding/

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/]]> http://kunststube.net/encoding/

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-188.html Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:34:30 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-188.html https://fount.artequalswork.com/

Founts is a neato easy to use JavaScript Library that identifies what font a text is displayed in, as well as other helpful info. It's a handy utility for web developers or if you just happen to see a cool font somewhere and want to know what it's called.

If you don't code, don't worry, they have a handy bookmark button that does everything for you. Just go to a web page, click the button, and you'll enter 'font-analysis mode' with your cursor turning into a crosshair. Clicking on any text on the page(even links) will display a modal window in the top right with all the characteristics of the font the text is in.

Contrary to what their site says, clicking the bookmark button again didn't turn the mode off for me. Clicking the font information modal window did the trick.]]> https://fount.artequalswork.com/

Founts is a neato easy to use JavaScript Library that identifies what font a text is displayed in, as well as other helpful info. It's a handy utility for web developers or if you just happen to see a cool font somewhere and want to know what it's called.

If you don't code, don't worry, they have a handy bookmark button that does everything for you. Just go to a web page, click the button, and you'll enter 'font-analysis mode' with your cursor turning into a crosshair. Clicking on any text on the page(even links) will display a modal window in the top right with all the characteristics of the font the text is in.

Contrary to what their site says, clicking the bookmark button again didn't turn the mode off for me. Clicking the font information modal window did the trick.]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-183.html Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:40:26 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-183.html
https://downdetector.com/]]>
https://downdetector.com/]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-175.html Tue, 16 Apr 2019 02:05:15 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-175.html https://windows101tricks.com/remove-activate-windows-10-watermark-permanently/

The registry one didn't work for me as the value was already 0, but the batch file did the job.]]> https://windows101tricks.com/remove-activate-windows-10-watermark-permanently/

The registry one didn't work for me as the value was already 0, but the batch file did the job.]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-174.html Sun, 07 Apr 2019 22:51:05 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-174.html Unless you're a disgusting Mac user, in which case you suck, or you use something weird like Solaris or Unix, in which case you probably already know how to find out all this stuff.
In case it's not clear, this is mostly for Windows users.

CPU-Z: A hardware scanning tool that reports real time information on your CPU, RAM, Mobo, GPU, and their clock speeds. It's a bit more in depth and specific than AIDA32 or AIDA64
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

GPU-Z:In the same vein as CPU-Z but surprisingly enough by a different developer(convergent evolution in software naming?), this tool specifically scans and analyzes your graphics card. It reports helpful statistics like ongoing GPU load, frequency and VRAM usage.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

SpeedFan: Great tool for measuring the temperatures of your machine's most critical components, including processors and hard disks. It displays system fan speeds, and also allows fan control if you have custom case fans installed in your desktop.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

SysInternals Process Explorer: This motherlode of programs is essentially Task Manager on steroids. You can set process priorities without having to go through UAC every time, which is already a plus in my book. It lets you kill processes, see what their dependencies/children are, log users out, and view graphs of obscure statistics like GPU committed bytes and IO delta.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx

HWiNFO: This tool does pretty much everything that CPU-Z, GPU-Z and SpeedFan do and more, so you could technically just get this one and skip out on the rest. I think it's rather cumbersome in comparison and sometimes you have to click through a lot of menus to get to the information you want.
https://www.hwinfo.com/]]> Unless you're a disgusting Mac user, in which case you suck, or you use something weird like Solaris or Unix, in which case you probably already know how to find out all this stuff.
In case it's not clear, this is mostly for Windows users.

CPU-Z: A hardware scanning tool that reports real time information on your CPU, RAM, Mobo, GPU, and their clock speeds. It's a bit more in depth and specific than AIDA32 or AIDA64
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

GPU-Z:In the same vein as CPU-Z but surprisingly enough by a different developer(convergent evolution in software naming?), this tool specifically scans and analyzes your graphics card. It reports helpful statistics like ongoing GPU load, frequency and VRAM usage.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

SpeedFan: Great tool for measuring the temperatures of your machine's most critical components, including processors and hard disks. It displays system fan speeds, and also allows fan control if you have custom case fans installed in your desktop.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

SysInternals Process Explorer: This motherlode of programs is essentially Task Manager on steroids. You can set process priorities without having to go through UAC every time, which is already a plus in my book. It lets you kill processes, see what their dependencies/children are, log users out, and view graphs of obscure statistics like GPU committed bytes and IO delta.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx

HWiNFO: This tool does pretty much everything that CPU-Z, GPU-Z and SpeedFan do and more, so you could technically just get this one and skip out on the rest. I think it's rather cumbersome in comparison and sometimes you have to click through a lot of menus to get to the information you want.
https://www.hwinfo.com/]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-164.html Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:33:43 -0500 SilkScarf]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-164.html

https://www.pine64.org/


News:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/01/30/the-new-pinebook-pro-will-challenge-google-chromebooks-for-199/]]>

https://www.pine64.org/


News:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/01/30/the-new-pinebook-pro-will-challenge-google-chromebooks-for-199/]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-152.html Tue, 27 Nov 2018 20:33:40 -0500 SilkScarf]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-152.html https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-97.html Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:10:36 -0400 SilkScarf]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-97.html Riot.im - https://riot.im/ Wrote:Create, Share, Communicate, Chat, and call securely, and bridge to other apps!

Server lists:
https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php
https://www.anchel.nl/matrix-publiclist/
https://matrixservers.anchel.nl/

Random Servers (We do not necessarily support any political or cultural views prevalent on these servers, they're just here for completeness as a list of public servers):
https://kiwifarms.net/threads/official-kiwi-farms-riot-matrix-server.53185/page-2

---

Sign-up guide:

1. Go to https://riot.im/app/#/register

2. Click 'Custom server,' and replace the 'Home server URL' with "https://matrix.sibnsk.net"

---

F.A.Q:

How do I get rid of the Community Panel on the left-hand side (since it's taking up horizontal space)?
1. Click your name in the upper left corner
2. 'Settings'
3. 'Preferences' section in the left-hand nav-bar
4. Uncheck 'Enable Community Filter Panel'
5. Refresh your browser twice OR close and open your desktop client twice]]> Riot.im - https://riot.im/ Wrote:Create, Share, Communicate, Chat, and call securely, and bridge to other apps!

Server lists:
https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php
https://www.anchel.nl/matrix-publiclist/
https://matrixservers.anchel.nl/

Random Servers (We do not necessarily support any political or cultural views prevalent on these servers, they're just here for completeness as a list of public servers):
https://kiwifarms.net/threads/official-kiwi-farms-riot-matrix-server.53185/page-2

---

Sign-up guide:

1. Go to https://riot.im/app/#/register

2. Click 'Custom server,' and replace the 'Home server URL' with "https://matrix.sibnsk.net"

---

F.A.Q:

How do I get rid of the Community Panel on the left-hand side (since it's taking up horizontal space)?
1. Click your name in the upper left corner
2. 'Settings'
3. 'Preferences' section in the left-hand nav-bar
4. Uncheck 'Enable Community Filter Panel'
5. Refresh your browser twice OR close and open your desktop client twice]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-81.html Wed, 30 May 2018 20:32:29 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-81.html
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/just-pair-11-radio-gadgets-can-steal-car/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/more-more-people-now-keeping-12578427]]>
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/just-pair-11-radio-gadgets-can-steal-car/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/more-more-people-now-keeping-12578427]]>