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The Affirmation Age
The 'Information Age' is over. We're now in 'The Affirmation Age' – an era where our digital existence isn't measured by what we know, but by what validates us.
Developers: It’s Easy to Publish & Monetize Your API with RapidAPI
RapidAPI makes it easy to monetize the application programming interfaces you've built.
Read Propane Levels from Anywhere with Home Assistant and an ESP32
Remotely read a liquid propane gas (LPG) tank with a cheap ESP32 board, Raspberry Pi and a little cleverness.
Working with Environment Variables (Tech Note)
Here's a quick cheatsheet on setting and reading environment variables across common OS's and languages.
Enchanted Rose 2.0 with Falling Petals
Revisiting the Enchanted Rose project four years later, this time with an open-source build based on Raspberry Pi.
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a Web Server with Its Own Wifi Network (Tech Note)
The Raspberry Pi microcomputer is great for building "Internet of Things" devices. This technical post describes the steps to get your Raspberry Pi to broadcast its own local network and bridge to an Ethernet network if available. There are other guides showing how to do this on the Internet, but they are often woefully out of date, leading people down real rabbit holes.
Engines of Wow, Part III: Opportunities and Pitfalls
This is the third in a three-part series introducing revolutionary changes in AI-generated art. In Part I: AI Art Comes of Age, we traced back through some of the winding path that brought us to this point. Part II: Deep…
Engines of Wow: Part II: Deep Learning and The Diffusion Revolution, 2014-present
A revolutionary insight in 2015, plus AI work on natural language, unleashed a new wave of generative AI models.
Engines of Wow: AI Art Comes of Age
Advancements in AI-generated art test our understanding of human creativity and laws around derivative art.