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niksmac / merrin-private-ai.md
Last active October 7, 2026 04:40
Private AI Journal for Reflection & Voice Journaling | Merrin

Merrin: A Private AI Journal for Thinking, Reflection, and Everyday Life

Sometimes you do not need another productivity app. You need somewhere to think.

Merrin is a private AI journal and personal reflection companion designed to help you talk through your thoughts, capture moments from your day, revisit what you have said, and understand patterns over time.

Instead of forcing you to write structured journal entries, Merrin lets you start with a conversation.

Merrin uses local AI to process supported interactions directly on your device. Its local LLM architecture means your personal conversations can remain on your device rather than depending entirely on cloud AI services.

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niksmac / ondevice-voice-models.md
Created September 1, 2026 05:32
On-Device Voice AI Models — Minimal Size Preference

On-Device Voice AI Models — Minimal Size Preference

Best models for running Voice AI entirely on a phone, ordered by size and priority.

STT — Speech to Text

Model Size Quality Notes
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niksmac / how_to_get_telegram_chat_id.md
Created May 26, 2026 02:13 — forked from nafiesl/how_to_get_telegram_chat_id.md
How to get Telegram Bot Chat ID
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niksmac / FoundersAreHiring.md
Created July 9, 2025 16:10
FoundersAreHiring: Rethinking Startup Recruitment

FoundersAreHiring: Rethinking Startup Recruitment

Why FoundersAreHiring Exists

The startup hiring process is broken. Traditional job boards are cluttered, recruiter-driven, and overloaded with noise. Resumes are keyword-stuffed, cultural fit is impossible to assess, and early-stage founders waste hours sifting through irrelevant applicants.

FoundersAreHiring (fah.) was built to fix this. It's a global, AI-powered hiring platform that connects founders directly with vetted talent—no recruiters, no noise, just clarity and speed. It’s founder-led, culture-first, and designed for impact.

“Hiring your first 25–30 people determines your startup’s DNA. You don’t outsource that.”
— Pratik Deo, Hiring Strategist

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niksmac / prompts.md
Created March 28, 2025 03:17
10 Prompts Will Humanize Your AI Content in Unbelievable Ways

10 Powerful Prompts that Will Humanize Your Written AI Content

Write for a 12-year-old. They should be able to understand this, so provide relatable information and 
examples, but don’t sound cheesy, as adults will be the ones actually reading this article.

Please generate text that avoids using formal or overly academic phrases such as 'it is worth noting,' 
'furthermore,' 'consequently,' 'in terms of,' 'one may argue,' 'it is imperative,' 'this suggests that,'
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niksmac / seo-guide.md
Last active September 19, 2023 07:08
Bare minimum SEO Guidelines for launching a website

Basic technical SEO guidelines for a webpage:

  1. Unique H1 Tag: Ensure there's only one H1 tag per page, which typically represents the main heading or topic of the page.
  2. Hierarchical Use of Heading Tags: Use H tags (H1 to H6) in a hierarchical manner. H1 for main topics, H2 for subtopics, H3 for further subtopics, and so on.
  3. Distributed Use of Headings: Use H2, H3, H4, etc., tags appropriately to break down content into readable and organized sections.
  4. Meta Description and Titles:
    • Title Tag: Ensure each page has a unique and descriptive title that's within 50-60 characters.
    • Meta Description: Write a concise summary of the page's content within 150-160 characters. It should be unique for each page.
  5. Social Media Integration: Incorporate social sharing buttons or links to improve visibility and shareability.
  6. URL Structure:
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niksmac / tiffdump.py
Created July 8, 2023 06:24 — forked from pebbie/tiffdump.py
hopefully generic TIFF file format extraction tool (GeoTIFF, NEF, ARW)
"""
\description TIFF file format dump
\author paryan
"""
from __future__ import print_function
import argparse
from struct import *
import os
import os.path as path
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niksmac / TouchIDSudo.md
Last active August 27, 2022 03:31
Use TouchID to Authenticate sudo on macOS

Use TouchID to Authenticate sudo on macOS

How to use TouchID to Authenticate sudo on macOS

Use your favorite text editor and open the file

/etc/pam.d/sudo

and add the following line

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niksmac / iptables.md
Last active April 25, 2022 05:07
Persist iptables even after reboot Ubuntu

Set the rules

sudo iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3000

On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent

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niksmac / google-location-opt-out.md
Last active June 21, 2021 18:23
How to opt out of Google's Location services for your WiFi Router

How do I opt my access point out of Google Location services?

To opt out, change the SSID (name) of your Wi-Fi access point (your wireless network name) so that it ends with _nomap. For example, if your SSID is 12345 you would change it to 12345_nomap.

Follow general steps for many access points

  1. Make a physical connection between your access point and your computer with an Ethernet cable.
  2. Find the default gateway of your connection:
  • On Windows, type "ipconfig" into the command prompt (on the Start menu).