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covercash··on Show HN: Image Upscaler AI
Gigapixel is no longer in active development, they’re focusing on Topaz Photo AI (which rolls all of their AI photo tools into one app, including upscaling) and Video AI. Both are pretty decent considering they’re just recently out of beta, and they do roll out updates with fixes and new features fairly frequently. I’d say they’re both pretty good at what they do but on the photo side you can definitely get some decent results using free tools and models if you have the time to play around.
covercash··on Show HN: Image Upscaler AI
Topaz Labs makes a stand-alone upscaling app with proprietary models, or you can use something like Cupscale and try various models that are freely available. You usually need to chain multiple models together with the latter option in order to get decent results.

Edit: here are some links to get started…

Cupscale - https://github.com/DrPleaseRespect/cupscale/releases

Models - https://nmkd.de/?esrgan

More models & info - https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Main_Page

covercash··on Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely
And those devs are getting no guarantees from Reddit that they won’t cut off API access at some point in the future.
covercash··on Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely
Just use the pushshift archives?
covercash··on Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon
But it’s the nicest knife I own… and I’m saving the box.
covercash··on How to make fermented hot sauce (2021)
r/fermentation is another solid resource. Definitely search the archives over there for a ton of valuable info.
covercash··on Gurman: Apple's headset will likely cost $2k and have two CPUs
Robert Scoble has been saying it’s more of a home theater & computer monitor replacement. So instead of a 4k HDR 80” screen and accompanying surround sound, you get one of these. Instead of a Pro Display XDR, this headset will provide you with a virtual display that is just as good if not better.

He also has been saying there is some insane tech partnership with the NFL to bring an immersive viewing experience to the headset.

covercash··on Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot?
Unfortunately there is no cure and everyone’s disease can differ so there isn’t one particular way to manage it. You’re going to have a journey of trial & error, my recommendation is to find a great GI doctor who will work with you on the medication side of things as well as advise you on the dietary aspects. I run the r/CrohnsDisease subreddit[0] which has a pretty responsive community and a ton of useful information you can search through to further educate yourself.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/CrohnsDisease

covercash··on Crohn’s Disease: Is the Cold Chain Hypothesis Still Hot?
Just avoiding triggers, there is no cure.
covercash··on Notes on ConstitutionDAO
I only put in ~$20 worth of ETH to participate in the community excitement, the gas fees were 2.5x that so it won’t be worth it for me to reclaim it. I’m sure there are others in a similar boat who won’t be getting a refund. I hope they’ll donate whatever is leftover.
covercash··on OBS Studio 27.1.1
It would be cool if streamers had a universal OBS appreciation day where all donations get funneled to OBS, similar to the charity streams.

“What we do wouldn’t be possible without amazing software so if you want to help support the team that helps me and many of your other favorite streamers do what we do, head on over to obsdonos.com” kinda thing.

covercash··on ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store
It was on sale for $1.99 yesterday.
covercash··on iOS 15
Reporting accidents, hazards, and speed traps has been in there since iOS 14.
covercash··on Sheriff's Office Told Officer to Play Copyrighted Music to Shut Down Recordings
If every police station and cop car in the country exclusively streamed this album, they could probably generate a decent amount of money from Spotify/Apple/YTmusic.

I tried doing something similar a while back, I made tracks with white/brown/pink noise to stream while you study or sleep called DonateYourStreams, with all the money going to nonprofits like Watsi & charity:water. Unfortunately DistroKid thought that was a ToS violation and disabled my account.

covercash··on Epic tests Apple with new request: let us relaunch Fortnite in Korea
Pretty sure the judge said they could be reinstated months ago, with IAP held in escrow until verdict.
covercash··on Reddit raises $410M in new funding
Maybe a Reddit coin? Use that money to mine it and then seed the Reddit ecosystem at first with coin upvotes/awards, build a merch market for subreddit specific merch, allow advertisers to list items on the marketplace funneling sales there from Reddit ads/promoted posts, original content -> NFT…

I don’t know the details but I think the core base of Reddit would be into a project like that.

covercash··on The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
There’s also a 4 part Netflix series of the same name featuring the author, each show tackling one of the four elements in the title. It’s not a replacement for the book but it’s a good visual companion.
covercash··on Breathing exercise lowers blood pressure better than working out, medication
I think this is that device: https://hiccaway.com/general/
covercash··on J. Kenji López-Alt is Seattle’s reluctant powerful food influencer
That’s also a good technique for bruschetta and avocado toast!
covercash··on Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche
Those topics are still too generalized which tends to indicate the sub has a lot of casual and beginner members. Larger communities also mean they’re a target for low quality/repost material that accounts can use to significantly increase karma in a short amount of time.

If you check the sidebars, you can usually find more niche related subreddits. r/3Dprinting actually made a multireddit with all of the subs that relate to them: https://old.reddit.com/user/Devtholt/m/3d_printing?utm_sourc...

covercash··on Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad
I think it only matters if that was the expectation when you purchased it. Nobody buys an iPhone with the expectation that they’ll be able to install apps anywhere outside of the App Store. In fact, a single place to buy and install apps is a selling point to many people.
covercash··on Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad
> With all Android devices that aren't managed (read: business device), you can sideload a third party app store without the need to use system exploits to 'jailbreak.'

Is an average Android user actually going to do any of that?

covercash··on Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for Five Weddings
There’s an entire 2 million subscriber subreddit that was built on screen caps of people trying to pay in “exposure”… r/ChoosingBeggars
covercash··on Adobe Photoshop's 'super resolution' made my jaw hit the floor
Look into Cupscale, it’s a GUI for all of the ESRGAN models.

https://github.com/n00mkrad/cupscale

covercash··on Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
You do have that right, it’s called Android.
covercash··on Upvote to encourage more people to visit New Links on Hacker News
A decade ago my friend and I built our “better digg” with a box at the top that cycled through new submissions to help those new stories gain traction. You need a downvote or skip button.
covercash··on Building my own HomeKit Thermostat
I ran Homebridge for a while but got tired of dealing with maintenance. The Starling box is set-it-and-forget-it. I don’t think I’ve had to access the control panel since installing it so it was well worth the $100 imo.
covercash··on Building my own HomeKit Thermostat
I’ve had a very good experience using one of these to provide HomeKit compatibility to Nest devices: https://www.starlinghome.io
covercash··on ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville
There’s always the option of disgruntled/fired employee out to destroy the company.
covercash··on Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub Can Take a Cut (2019)
> what's to stop Seamless (for example) from winning the SEO race against a non-trivial chunk of small restaurant websites? This would mean that there are plenty of cases in which you search for a restaurant and end up on Seamless, even though that's not the "right" search result.

This is exactly what Slice does. They create a plausible sounding url and outrank small pizza shops. They also replace the phone number so orders get routed through their call center. They end up charging more for both phone and online orders through their site. They also encourage users to install the Slice app.

Before I realized what was happening, I ordered through Slice twice (one online and one phone order) and both times they sent my order to a completely wrong address 15 minutes away from me. That’s what made me dig a little bit and discover their shady practices.

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