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mesh··on HERMES radio enables voice and data communication over vast distances
In the US with an amateur radio license you can have one to one communication (transmit) but not one to many (broadcast).
mesh··on HERMES radio enables voice and data communication over vast distances
Yes! Broadcasting is prohibited!

(and this all reminded I need to renew my license which I haven't used in about 8 years! Looks like I also need a refresher!)

mesh··on HERMES radio enables voice and data communication over vast distances
This is a cool project, but fyi, in the US, this would require a license to broadcast (not receive), and I am pretty sure encryption, even with a license, is not legal (again, when broadcasting from US).

And then only on certain bands:

https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band%20Chart/Hamb...

mesh··on Apple Creator Studio
In general, they are included with CC.

More info here:

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html

mesh··on Apple Creator Studio
What this misses is that Creative Cloud is much more than a bundle of apps. It includes everything you need around the apps for pro workflows (i.e. fonts, AI, stock, collaboration, etc...).

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Apple Creator Studio
No, Lightroom is a dedicated photo editor and DAM.

Pixelmator is closer to Photoshop, you can do some photo editing, but its not focused on it, and does not have asset management.

mesh··on Dropping Trust in US Media
Relevant read is Chomsky's and Herman's Manufacturing Consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

Basically, there has always been a strong bias and structural constraints toward US / elite views.

I think the core question is why trust has gotten particularly bad over the last decade (I have some ideas, including one side particularly trying to weaken trust in it).

mesh··on Rethinking how we think about AI in the Creative Community
Yes. I think Generative Remove is a perfect example of a use of ai that augments the user. It of course possible to remove items in the past, but now it is much quick / easier.

There are still gaps sometime with quality and control, but both of those are improving at a rapid pace.

mesh··on Adobe Project Indigo is a new photo app from former Pixel camera engineers
>4.2 Ownership

>As between you and Adobe, you (as a Business User or a Personal User, as applicable) retain all rights and ownership of your Content. We do not claim any ownership rights to your Content.

https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html

mesh··on Exploring AI Integrations with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro
Sorry for the delay on this and hope you see this.

MOGRT support will be in the uxp 1.0 release. I dont have a specific date to share with you, but around end of summer time frame (subject to change). Will probably be in the beta builds before that, so I would keep an eye out over the next couple of weeks.

Transcriptions are not planned to be in the 1.0 (we are focusing on parity with CEP initially).

Hope that helps...

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Exploring AI Integrations with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro
Got it. You want to see some screenshots of the output? (I had been focusing on the process, but let me see if I still have some of the files created).
mesh··on Exploring AI Integrations with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro
Yeah, I really like UXP in general, but to your point, it requires that the App expose the APIs. Premiere Pro support is just in beta, so its pretty basic right now.

For what its worth though, they have been open to the feedback and prioritizing requests for this use case when Ive shared with them.

If there anything that would be a specific unlock for you?

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Adobe deletes Bluesky posts after backlash
This is something that the teams within Adobe take really seriously. More info here:

https://adobe.design/stories/leading-design/reducing-biased-...

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Adobe deletes Bluesky posts after backlash
For reference, here is Adobe's approach to generative ai:

https://www.adobe.com/fireflyapproach/

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Control Adobe Photoshop / Premiere Pro with Claude / MCP
Proof of concept project to create AI Agents for Adobe tools (Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere) by providing an interface to LLMs via the MCP protocol.

Video examples here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrZcuHfRluqt5JQiKzMWe...

It has been really interesting playing with this, seeing how well the agents can control the apps, and understand what they should do. Ive been particularly surprised by how "creative" the agents can be, both in solving how to accomplish tasks, but also in seemingly creative choices in what they do. Really excited (and scared) about this space.

mesh··on Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024
Something can be subjective, without being a scam.

Are you suggesting they are deliberately misleading people, or are you saying grading is not consistent and is subjective based on circumstance around when the item is graded.

mesh··on President signs order refusing to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days
I dont think its good for anyone that the executive just says it won't enforce a law.
mesh··on TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
Just because you share an opinion does not mean that opinion has not been shaped, directed or influenced.

"The Overton window is the range of subjects and arguments politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time.[1] It is also known as the window of discourse. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

mesh··on TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
>voters are not individual agents but rather a mob subject to manipulation by propaganda

That has nothing to do with China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

mesh··on California's most neglected group of students: the gifted ones
I grew up going through a gifted program (in the 80s) and it was the gifted program that was the subculture i fell into that really pushed me.

Before that I was isolated and flunking out. Maybe I would eventually have found my people, but at least for me the gifted program found me, and got me on the right path at an early enough age to matter.

Btw, this was in a region where intellectual capability and success was not as celebrated as it is in the Bay area.

mesh··on Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen
That should read "is NOW one of the top 5 used features in Photoshop".
mesh··on Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen
You can have both!

Cool features that excite users (and that they ultimately end of using), and that get investors excited.

(i.e. Adobe mentioned in the day 1 keynote that Generative Fill, released last year and powered by Adobe Firefly is not one of the top 5 used features in Photoshop).

The features we make, and how we use gen ai is based on a lot of discussions and back and forth with the community (both public and private)

I guess Adobe could make features that look cool, but no one wants to use, but that doesn't seem to really make any sense.

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen
The audience is creative community members who use Adobe tools and are attending max (around 11,000 for this event).
mesh··on Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen
This is Adobe Max, which is a huge event held by Adobe for creators.

This session is "Sneaks" which is held every year, and has a fun, casual atmosphere. i.e. it has a theme, has a celebrity co-host, lots of jokes, food and drink served, etc...

Its basically a bunch of people who are creative, and are having fun nerding out on the tech...

Its a lot of fun.

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer
This brings back so many memories. When I was in graduate school in the mid 90s (economics and European politics), it was difficult to get detailed, daily news in English on Eastern Europe. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was one of the best resources, with a daily email with an overview of news from the region.

I would print this out every single day on an old dot matrix printer so I could then take it to the library where I would read it with everything else.

Can find the archives (in a not very user friendly format) here: https://www.rferl.org/Newsline

btw, second best source of daily news in English in Eastern Europe was shortwave.

mesh··on Behind OpenAI's plan to make A.I. flow like electricity
Do data centers drive a lot of jobs or revenue for local or federal governments?
mesh··on Adobe Firefly Video Model
> Given that they can train their models on your Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere projects according to their ToC,

No, that is not correct.

https://www.adobe.com/ai/overview/firefly/gen-ai-commitments...

> Adobe Firefly is trained on a dataset of licensed content, such as Adobe Stock, and public domain content where copyright has expired. Adobe Stock content is covered under a separate license agreement, and Adobe compensates contributors for the use of that content.

> We do not train and have never trained Adobe Firefly on user content.

> We recently updated our General Terms of Use to explicitly spell out this commitment (Sections 2.2F and 4.3C2).

From the TOU:

https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html

> (F) Generative AI. We will not use your Local or Cloud Content to train generative AI models except for Content you choose to submit to the Adobe Stock marketplace, and this use is governed by the separate Adobe Stock Contributor Agreement.

> Generative AI. We will not use your Content to train generative AI models except for Content you chose to submit to the Adobe Stock marketplace, and this use is governed by the separate Adobe Stock Contributor Agreement.

(I work for Adobe)

mesh··on Boox Palma Review: A Phone-Sized E-Ink Android Device That Isn't a Phone
Here you go:

https://mikechambers.com/blog/post/2024-08-02-digest--improv...

Ping me if you have any questions.

mesh··on Boox Palma Review: A Phone-Sized E-Ink Android Device That Isn't a Phone
Oh! How is the Koba scrolling performance? I want to scroll my articles, not page them.
mesh··on Boox Palma Review: A Phone-Sized E-Ink Android Device That Isn't a Phone
I have been seriously considering picking up one of these for a dedicate e-reader device just for The Economist (using a custom version of the Economist I create every week), mostly for around my house.

The main thing holding me back is still needing to carry two devices when im mobile, and of course, investing in hardware for a single publication.

I really prefer reading on e-ink, I like the form factor of this, and the performance seems decent for reading.

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