mesh

Oh! How is the Koba scrolling performance? I want to scroll my articles, not page them.

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.

I know that a lot of people on here read The Economist, so I wanted to share a project I have put together that improves the experience for reading and listening to it.

Yeah, page is busted for me also, super janky, images flashing in and out.

Firefox on macOS

>they are going to start (or maybe clarifying that they already do) actively monitoring creations for illegal activity

Adobe was already doing that. The main info in the TOS changes was a little more clarity on how they do that.

You can find more info, included what actually changed here:

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-a...

(i work for adobe)

fyi, Adobe posted more info here: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-a....

This includes what actually changed (word for word), as well as some info trying to clear up some misunderstandings / mis-perceptions.

(I work for adobe)

Adobe post info here:

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-a...

Including a diff of what actually changed in the TOS.

I worked with the team and had input on the Player, but my job was in community / evangelism.

I owe my entire career to the fact that Winamp added the ability to re-skin.

I had just graduated graduate school for international economics, and was working for a government contractor who only hired me because I had a masters (they could charge the government more). Because of this, I literally had nothing to do and would just sit in the office.

I eventually figured out an excuse to get my employer to buy Photoshop for me and I started learning it on company time. When Winamp came out with the update to add skins, I ended up making one of the very first skins (meshAMP) which became really popularly.

https://archive.org/details/winampskins_meshAmp

(I am cringing looking at it now)

This led to contract job with STB (to design interfaces for a TV Tuner card they had) and eventually 3DFX (paid in 3d video cards), and eventually a career change and a job as a graphic designer.

Except, I was not a good designer, so I quickly learned to program (ASP.net and then JAVA), which led to Macromedia Flash, which led to Macromedia Generator, which eventually led to a job offer from Macromedia (now Adobe), where I still am (sadly, sans Flash).

Anyways, thank your WinAMP!

fyi

Report suspected misuse of your IP https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-report...

Growing Responsibly in the Age of AI https://blog.adobe.com/en/fpost/growing-responsibly-age-of-a...

Yes. If I could have one thing back from old internet, Usenet might be it. Loved the discussions and sense of community.

Generally salaried positions, at least in tech on west coast include lunch, breaks, etc...

In two years time, no one will know what was created with AI, what was created by humans, or what was created by both.

No they are not. They train their models on Adobe Stock content. They do not train on user content.

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/machine-learnin...

"The insights obtained through content analysis will not be used to re-create your content or lead to identifying any personal information."

"For Adobe Firefly, the first model is trained on Adobe Stock images, openly licensed content, and public domain content where the copyright has expired."

(I work for Adobe)

So many found memories of Red Alert 2 and Quake 2 playing at lan parties in the 90s.

I was lucky enough in the early 2000's where I could use my love of video games and lan parties as part of my job. I was responsible for the Flash community at Macromedia, and we would set up 4 xboxes with split screen for 8 player Halo 2 and 3 tournaments in conference rooms (which has multiple plasma screens already set up).

I quickly realized that we could use this to make friends in the broader community, so we bought a bunch of LCD monitors and pelican cases, and began to take our setup on the road to Flash conferences. During the day we would hang out at the conference, learn new programing / visual techniques and generally see super cool Flash stuff, and at night we would invite everyone over to our hotel room and then play Halo all night. We made so many friends and close contacts in the community through this, and it really help us meet a lot of people, and build strong, personal relationships.

I remember we were on a 6 week bus tour in North America doing events for Adobe AIR, and making a detour to NYC for the Halo 3 launch at at Best Buy. We then played on the bus all night long.

Here is a clip of me walking to the launch, so happy and singing about it being my Halo birthday (whatever that means!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVQKgui28O8

So many good times.

Of all of the software EOLed by Macromedia / Adobe, this is the one I probably hear the most from people wanting it to come back.

(I worked for Macromedia, work for Adobe).

fyi, Macromedia had a counter law suit, and both eventually settled.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-30-fi-techb...

(fyi, I worked for Macromedia, and work for Adobe).

I don't mind being in the office. I do mind going into the office.

It feels like he trying to create the sense among Reddit employees that they are the victims, probably with the hope that it will temper internal criticism and create a sense that they are in this together (as opposed to its basically execs against everyone else).

>The point I'm wanting to make is that users will go to whoever has the best model.

Best isn't defined just by quality though. In some instances for some groups, things like whether the model is trained on licensed content (with permission) and / or is safe for commercial use is more important.

This is one reason why Adobe's Firefly has been received relatively well. (I work for Adobe).

Adobe Firefly is not based on Stable Diffusion.

(i work for Adobe)

Yeah, we are being a little more open, a little earlier, in part because this space is so new, and we really want feedback / direction from the community.

Currently in the beta, there is text to image, and text effects, and will have vector recoloring in the next couple of weeks.

Yes. Although we are working on allowing you to train on your own content.

We are working on a compensation model for Stock contributors for the training content, and will have more details by the time we release.

The training is based on the licensing agreement for Adobe contributors for Adobe Stock.

(I work for Adobe)

Does not include Behance data or user data.

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/machine-learnin...

"The insights obtained through content analysis will not be used to re-create your content or lead to identifying any personal information."

You can see it in action here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkTXyY9cnEs

and there is a live stream later today here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3z9jYtPx-4

Not specifically in comparison to Stable Diffusion, but in general our approach is to provide a model that is really easy to use, can be used commercially, and has deep integration with our our creative tools.

On this last point, we have really only shared about the model and "playground" which is a web based interface to play around with Firefly. We are working on initial integrations in the tools, and will have more info on that in the coming weeks / months (particularly for Adobe Express and Photoshop).

While you can do a LOT with plugins in tools like Photoshop (which may be enough for some users), we can do much deeper integration into the tool, and integrate it in ways not otherwise possible.

(I work for Adobe)

It would have trouble matching on trademarked styles, or individual artists / creators styles.

One of the primary goals for Firefly is to provide a model that can generate output that respects creators and is safe for commercial use.

(I work for Adobe)

We dont. More info here:

>The insights obtained through content analysis will not be used to re-create your content or lead to identifying any personal information.

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/machine-learnin...

Just to be really clear what we do and do not train on:

Firefly was trained on Adobe Stock images, openly licensed content and public domain content, where copyright has expired.

https://firefly.adobe.com/faq

We do not train on user content. More info here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/machine-learnin...