Image Creator Using AI

Image Creator is a product to help users generate AI images with DALL·E 3. Given a text prompt, our AI will generate a set of images matching that prompt..

How do I create better prompts?

Creating an image with Image Creator works differently from searching for an image in Bing.

It works best when you’re highly descriptive. So, get creative and add details: adjectives, locations, even artistic styles such as “digital art” or “photorealistic.”

Here’s an example of a how to create a longer, more descriptive prompt:

Original prompt: “astronaut”
Descriptive prompt: “a close-up photo of an astronaut in a glowing suit made of plasma, as if the galaxy is inside of it, putting on their helmet, but you can’t see their face because of the visor, realistic, film stock, bright colours”

Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. These tasks include learning, reasoning, problem-solving, understanding natural language, speech recognition, and visual perception. AI aims to create machines that can mimic cognitive functions and adapt to different situations, making them capable of autonomous decision-making and problem-solving.

ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI. It is based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture, specifically GPT-3.5. ChatGPT is designed for natural language understanding and generation, making it well-suited for conversational applications. It is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow instructions in a prompt and provide detailed responses.

GPT-3.5, the underlying architecture for ChatGPT, is one of the most powerful language models created by OpenAI as of my last knowledge update in January 2022. It has 175 billion parameters, making it capable of understanding and generating human-like text across a wide range of tasks and contexts. Parameters are the internal variables the model adjusts during training, and a higher number of parameters generally indicates a more powerful model.

Linux – Your Details

User Avitar

There is a file in the User directory called “.face“, this is your avatar for logging in.

You can make any picture you want (preferably .png) your Avatar just by renaming and placing the image in your home user folder.

But first when you open your File manager (Thunar) you will need to turn on Hidden Files. All hidden files start with “.“. all your system files that are unique to you are stored here.

Mugshot

Mugshot or About Me is where you help programs like eMail or LibreOffice fill in your details automatically.

Linux – Moving Home Partition

Customizing your File system:

(Having home on separate Hard drive.)

Unlike Windows, Linux has a “Fixed” File system. What this means is no matter how many physical hard drives you have the file structure stays the same!

Linux does not label each hard drive but instead used Partitions. Partitions can span many hard drives and together are called a RAID. Partitions can be formatted to many different file storage formates. e.g. NTFS (Windows 10), ExFAT(USB drives) & Ext4(Linux). There are many more…… But for our purposes here, this is all you need to know for now!

Create a Temporary folder (media/home)
Mount the new Partition(hard drive) to that temporary folder (media/home)
Copy data from current Home folder to the temporary folder (/home to media/home)
Create backup folder (/old_home)
Move current Home to a backup folder (/home to /old_home)
Move temporary folder to original Home location (media/home to /home)

Now you have the Home Directory on a new Partition!

Here is the Detailed Instructions

Windows 10 Setup Guide:

How to Guide :

he problem with Windows 10 is the bloatware that comes with a new installation and whenever there is an update. Microsoft gives you the ability to turn off or delete these bloated software and to make your operating system not track you but……

Microsoft turns them back on and reinstalls all the useless software you don’t want which slows down your computer.

So where to begin :

Getting the latest Windows 10 available direct from Microsoft.

Next is a program to make a USB install disc. It is called Rufus. Creating a USB for Windows should be easy but Microsoft had made it a problem on Linux.

Make the Windows 10 Install unattended, with all updates and auto install 3rd Party software.

Free installer software that installs free useful software without bloatware.

Firefox, Libreoffice, Openoffice, 7-zip, Thunderbird, Krita, Blender, GIMP, XnView, Inkscape, qBittorent, Evernote, Steam, Filezilla, Notepad++, Putty, VLC, Audacity, K-Lite Codecs, Handbrake, Malwarebytes & ImgBurn.

Ccleaner – One of the best free software solutions for cleaning up your PC.

Clementine – My preferred Music Library & Player.

The next step is to remove all the Microsoft and 3rd Party software that you don’t want. We use a program called Blackbird.

At this point your PC should be clean & fast, so its time to back it up.

Downloading with Torrents!

There is always the normal way of Save as… But there are many other ways like Torrents.

A torrent file acts like a table of contents (index) that allows computers to find information through the use of a Bittorrent client. A torrent file gives addresses identifying computers that can send parts of the requested file. With the help of a torrent file, one can download small parts of the original file from computers that have already downloaded it. These “peers” allow for downloading of the file in addition to, or in place of, the primary server.

The Torrent Client (Software)

My choice is qbittorrent (www.qbittorrent.org)

I chose this one as it has a built in Search Tab which will make things easy for new users.

Inside the Search Tab is a button to add Search Plugins. Inside you will find a link to a engine plugin list.

http://plugins.qbittirrent.org

This will redirect you to github.com

to the Unofficial-search-plugins.

There is a download link for each search engine. Copy the link and return to qbittorrent.

Select Install a new one.

& select Web link.

Then paste the link you copied from the site.

Repeat this procedure till all the links have been copied.

Then the final step is to check for updates for the search engines.

Now you can type in one search but get results from them all.

To go along with the torrent client, you will need torrent websites. These websites collect and organise the torrent files into lists for easy searching and activation.

Top 10 List:

1. The Pirate Bay – Best Torrent Site Overall

2. RARBG – Best Torrent Site for 4K Movies and New Releases

3. 1337x – Best Torrent Site for Applications

4. Torlock – Best Torrent Site for Anime and Ebooks

5. Torrentz2 – Best Torrent Site for Music Albums

6. YTS – Best Torrent Site for Movies

7. EZTV – Best Torrent Site for TV Shows

8. Zooqle – Best Torrent Site for Games

9. TorrentDownloads – Best Torrent Site for Software

10. LimeTorrents – Best Torrent Site for PC Games

There are many Open sites but there are also Membership sites too, these sites require you to keep a 1:1 ratio to stay as a member. The benefit of these sites is that they are a lot faster and safe from dangerous fake torrents as only members can upload torrents and membership is limited.

What is DNS…

What is DNS?

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook of the Internet. Humans access information online through domain names, like nytimes.com or espn.com. Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources.

Each device connected to the Internet has a unique IP address which other machines use to find the device. DNS servers eliminate the need for humans to memorize IP addresses such as 192.168.1.1 (in IPv4), or more complex newer alphanumeric IP addresses such as 2400:cb00:2048:1::c629:d7a2 (in IPv6).

How does DNS work?

The process of DNS resolution involves converting a hostname (such as www.example.com) into a computer-friendly IP address (such as 192.168.1.1). An IP address is given to each device on the Internet, and that address is necessary to find the appropriate Internet device – like a street address is used to find a particular home. When a user wants to load a webpage, a translation must occur between what a user types into their web browser (example.com) and the machine-friendly address necessary to locate the example.com webpage.

There are many DNS providers, at all levels of the internet. From ISP, State, Country, Continent & World! They do not have the same list.

This is how a Country can censor the internet and ban websites by redacting/delete them from the DNS.

By choosing a World DNS provider you get the full unedited internet.

CloudFlare
Primary 1.1.1.1 Secondary 1.0.0.1

Google
Primary 8.8.8.8 Secondary 8.8.4.4

NeoFetch

Written in Bash, Neofetch displays information about your system next
to an ASCII operating system logo (or any picture you configure it to
display).

Designed to handle show and tell, apps like neofetch are
a mainstay of desktop screenshots. They can distill information about
the operating system, kernel version, and desktop environment, but also
what theme or icons are being used, which window manager, and even which
version of Bash!

Basically, its the sort of tool made for Linux nerds like us!

One of Neaofetch’s “pluses” over similar CLI system info tools is the extent to which you can customise it. Neofetch
is highly customizable through the use of command line flags or the
user config file. There are over 50 config options to play around with.

Neofetch is now my favourite CLI system information tool.

SSH & Creating keys

About SSH Keys [expand title="Read More..." swaptitle=" "]

Secure Shell (better known as SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol which allows users to securely perform a number of network services over an unsecured network. SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a server with SSH than using a password alone. While a password can eventually be cracked with a brute force attack, SSH keys are nearly impossible to decipher by brute force alone.

Generating a key pair provides you with two long string of characters: a public and a private key. You can place the public key on any server, and then unlock it by connecting to it with a client that already has the private key. When the two match up, the system unlocks without the need for a password. You can increase security even more by protecting the private key with a passphrase.[/expand]

Create the RSA Key Pair[expand title="Read More..." swaptitle=" "]

The first step is to create the key pair on the client machine (there is a good chance that this will just be your computer):

ssh-keygen -t rsa [/expand]

Store the Keys and Passphrase[expand title="Read More..." swaptitle=" "]

Once you have entered the Gen Key command, you will get a few more questions:

Enter file in which to save the key (/home/demo/.ssh/id_rsa):

You can press enter here, saving the file to the user home (in this case, my example user is called demo).

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

It’s up to you whether you want to use a passphrase. Entering a passphrase does have its benefits: the security of a key, no matter how encrypted, still depends on the fact that it is not visible to anyone else. Should a passphrase-protected private key fall into an unauthorized users possession, they will be unable to log in to its associated accounts until they figure out the passphrase, buying the hacked user some extra time. The only downside, of course, to having a passphrase, is then having to type it in each time you use the key pair.

The entire key generation process looks like this:

ssh-keygen -t rsa

OutputGenerating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/demo/.ssh/id_rsa): 
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again: 
Your identification has been saved in /home/demo/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/demo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
4a:dd:0a:c6:35:4e:3f:ed:27:38:8c:74:44:4d:93:67 demo@a
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|          .oo.   |
|         .  o.E  |
|        + .  o   |
|     . = = .     |
|      = S = .    |
|     o + = +     |
|      . o + o .  |
|           . o   |
|                 |
+-----------------+

The public key is now located in /home/demo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The private key (identification) is now located in /home/demo/.ssh/id_rsa. [/expand]

Copy the Public Key[expand title="Read More..." swaptitle=" "]

Once the key pair is generated, it’s time to place the public key on the server that we want to use.

You can copy the public key into the new machine’s authorized_keys file with the ssh-copy-id command. Make sure to replace the example username and IP address below.

ssh-copy-id demo@198.51.100.0 [/expand]

Trash-CLI

Command Line Interface

trash-cli trashes files recording the original path, deletion date, and permissions. It uses the same trashcan used by KDE, GNOME, and XFCE, but you can invoke it from the command line (and scripts).

It provides these commands:

trash-put trash files and directories.
trash-empty empty the trashcan(s).
trash-list list trashed files.
trash-restore restore a trashed file.
trash-rm remove individual files from the trashcan.

Usage

Trash a file:

$ trash-put foo

List trashed files:

$ trash-list
2008-06-01 10:30:48 /home/andrea/bar
2008-06-02 21:50:41 /home/andrea/bar
2008-06-23 21:50:49 /home/andrea/foo

Search for a file in the trashcan:

$ trash-list | grep foo
2007-08-30 12:36:00 /home/andrea/foo
2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/foo

Restore a trashed file:

$ trash-restore
0 2007-08-30 12:36:00 /home/andrea/foo
1 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/bar
2 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/bar2
3 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/foo2
4 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/foo
What file to restore [0..4]: 4
$ ls foo
foo

Remove all files from the trashcan:

$ trash-empty

Remove only the files that have been deleted more than <days> ago:

$ trash-empty <days>

Example:

$ date
Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week
$ trash-empty 7
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
$ trash-empty 1
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today

Remove only files matching a pattern:

$ trash-rm \*.o

Note: you need to use quotes in order to protect the pattern from shell expansion.

FAQ

How to create a top level .Trash dir?

Steps

sudo mkdir --parent /.Trash
sudo chmod a+rw /.Trash
sudo chmod +t /.Trash

Can I alias rm to trash-put?

You can but you shouldn’t. In the early days I thought it was a good idea to do that but now I changed my mind.

Although the interface of trash-put seems to be compatible with rm, it has different semantics which will cause you problems. For example, while rm requires -R for deleting directories trash-put does not.

But sometimes I forget to use trash-put, really can’t I?

You could alias rm to something that will remind you to not use it:

alias rm='echo "This is not the command you are looking for."; false'

Then, if you really want to use rm, simply prepend a slash to bypass the alias:

\rm file-without-hope

Note that Bash aliases are used only in interactive shells, so using this alias should not interfere with scripts that expect to use rm.