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  • Michael
    I am curious should I update the wsl2 guides i have on the site, they are a few years old and are on windows 10. windows 11 changed a few things and the guide will work for windows 11, but the video isn't all that great. even tho i provide the text and links i use in the video, the biggest complaint i get is i didn't zoom in on the terminal window so they could see what i was typing in. so if i was to redo the video, i would make sure to zoom in the terminal and offer a more comprehensive setting it up, along with how to get custom URL's to work, along with getting certbot certs so you can use like a .dev domain.
    let me know if you think i should update these guides  
  • Michael
    Recently I've replaced Github's copilot with tabbyml. it is an opensourced, locally run ai assistant. it works fairly well, it does have some limits and its not quite as good as github's copilot. but imho it has several advantages over copilot and other ai assistants for coding. the biggest benefit to me is that it is free and offers most of the features the other do. the second is the privacy of my data, it doesn't feed back to the models as i understand it, so your code is safe.
    https://tabby.tabbyml.com/docs/getting-started/
    the installation and using of it is pretty straight forward. the more powerful nvidia gpu you have, the larger the models you can run and the more "accurate" they will be. currently i run a 3B model on my nvidia rtx 3050 with 4gb, it struggles a little bit, but it does remarkably well imho. so if you have a rtx 4060 with more than 8gb of video ram, you'd probably have no trouble running most of the models. check the link out above and give it a go.
  • Michael

    Update 2

    By Michael, in General,

    I'm still around and kicking, just been busy getting everything ready. been working on the new apps, along with some wordpress plugins too. 
    I've created a discord channel, it's usually on on my phone/tablet/pc, so if you want, come join. let me know who you are and all that  
    https://discord.gg/cRc5u9G
  • Michael

    Announcement

    By Michael, in General,

    I wrote at the first of the year i might have some news to share with you all. I've decided to come back partially to IPS development, and re-release some of my bigger apps. 
    Bringing Back:
    Stratagem Formularize   
    these are the two apps i'll bringing back very soon.
    Possibly New Apps:
    Meals - This will be a "recipe" app. it will allow you to define ingredients, build recipes (with measurements), so you can create a daily/weekly/monthly meal menu that will also generate a groceries list of what you need to purchase or have to make each meal. Chrono -  this is will be a time logging applications. it will allow you to log hours, costs, task, as well as send task and pay individuals thru any of the support payouts in nexus (since nexus/commerce is becoming apart of the whole IPS suite).  Easy Tables - This app will allow you to build data tables, with some computation abilities (like a worksheet) and use them in various places on your site.   
    Going Open Source:
    Babble names 2 avatar Toolbox Babble and N2A will likely be released under an open source license that will prevent monetization of the apps, but allow any one to modify it but not claim it as their own by changing the name or any other means. Toolbox will be released under its MIT license its always been under, toolbox will likely be only viable for IPS 4.x development, 5.x sounds like it kills off most of what it was designed to do, but it also extensively uses the hook system. So i highly doubt they put much thought into having the new "event" system, cover 1% of the places i hooked into to make most of the advanced features in this app work properly. which is sad, cause it has a lot of features i do use. 
    after i make their repositories available, i will no longer be supporting this apps free of charge, they will be released as is. 
    deader than disco:
    group menu manager downloads plus I wont be releasing these apps under Open source, and would just rather see them die. I don't think they will be able to be updated for IPS 5,  as both used the hook system extensively, to do what they did. 
     
    Pricing:
    TBD
  • Michael

    Illness

    By Michael, in General,

    Where to begin, i thought 2020 was a bad year, but so far 2021 has turned out to be a pretty bad year as well.
    the year started off with loosing my business, and having to find a new job. then i got the flu, and it took me down for several weeks, and then in early may, i was attacked by a cat on my leg. I kept the wound clean and all seemed to be going fine. it barely hurt, there was no discoloration, there was some slight swelling but it "seemed" fine. then about a week after the attack, after dinner, i got really tired, like to the point, where i "passed" out at my desk and hit my head. I just thought i was just exhausted, as i hadn't gotten that much sleep the last few nights. so i went to bed, then the next 4 or 5 days, i was in and out of it and hadn't realized that 5 days had passed, till my sister showed up one morning, as i hadn't been answering my phone. she thought i was dead, and forced me out of bed and rushed me to the emergency room.
    The cat bites had become septic and i was very close to death, if my sister hadn't come when she did, i would've probably been dead the next day or so. They admitted me, and started me on a massive amounts of antibiotics. I also went thru 3 surgeries on my leg, to remove damaged or dead tissue and i have a gaping wound and under home wound care (as i have a wound vac attached to my leg to help the wound heal). I will more than likely need to under go another surgery for skin grafts.
    I was released last week, and i was unable to walk on my own (i required use of a walker or wheel chair, as i was unable to stand for more than a few seconds on my own). All last week, i had a home care nurse for physical therapy come every day, forced me up out of bed, forced me to walk around, and to get me back to doing things on my own. after about 3 days, I realized i no longer need the use of the chair or walker, and that i was able to stand and do a fair bit of walking with only a fair amount of discomfort that went away if i sat down. 
    Today i was able to walk up the 25 or so stairs to go up stairs on my own, it hurt quite a bit, but what is it they say "no pain, no gain", my PT nurse says i've made excellent progress in a very short amount of time. I am also now able to sit at my desk for than a few minutes, so i will be returning back to at least work on my apps and anything else outstanding, as i'm on extended medical leave from my other job atm (as the shop insurance wont cover me if i had any accidents or injured my leg while i was there). 
    so to say the least, i defied death once again, and i am quite eager to start doing something again, as i've been going stir crazy this last month or so (as the hospital wouldn't let me have my laptop, the reason they gave was i needed to rest, so they only left me with my phone and i watch a buttload of youtube and netflix. btw, army of the dead, what a god damn let down.)
    anyway, i hope you all are well, and if you have any questions, let me know. Like i said, i'm quite eager to be more productive again.
  • Michael

    Demo Request and Site Url's

    By Michael, in General,

    When you request a demo key, the process requires you to be registered member of the site and for you to enter your site URL.
    It is important that you enter your site url or other wise the demo will not work, as babble will use your site's url as an identifier when it connects to the chat service.
    Now i don't harvest the URL's or even keep them in a human readable format, I use a hashing algorithm. My goal is to keep as much identifying information off my servers as possible, in case of breaches or other uncontrollable things.
    for the demo keys, this is what the information looks like when I view it in the ACP and what is stored in my database:
    ACP:

    Database:

    I offer up this information freely and want to be as transparent as i can about it, to show that the data is in a virtual unusable state, and is only being used to generate the key and to connect babble to that key so it can operate. 
    If you have any questions or concerns about this, let me know and i will try to answer and/or address them.
    Regards,
    Michael
  • Michael
    This Monday 10/19/2020 I will be launching babble 3.0.0 chat service.
    2.9 chat service will continue to operate for 30 days after wards, and then i will be shutting it down and you will need to upgrade to babble 3.0.0.
    I will also be launching a 30 day "get demo" for babble, that will allow you to get a 30 day key to test babble 3.0.0 if you haven't already gotten it.
  • Michael

    Babble 3.0.0 Preview

    By Michael, in General,

    I'll be releasing Babble 3.0.0 preview this week, ONLY UPGRADE if you are wanting to test it out. this will be a post beta release, but it might still have bugs in it.
    You will also need to have IPS 4.5 installed, as 3.0.0 has been designed around to work best with it. It might work with 4.4, but there is no guarantee that it will. 
    I will be releasing the self hosted preview tomorrow, but the chat service version will come a few days later. 
    Once i move from preview to the release, there will be a 30 day period in which babble 2.x will continue to operate on the service, after this, i will be shutting down the 2.x chat service servers.  Self hosted will not be effected by this, so if you wish to continue to run the 2.x branch, you can, but no updates/bug fixes or improvements will be made to it after the 30 days.
    Regards,
    Michael
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