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I’m not trying to plug my unrelated product, I’m just explaining how my unrelated product is cutting edge!

richardfeynman 4y ago
This is such a cynical, unhelpful response. Someone asked HN for recommendations for text-to-speech software. I provided a recommendation and explained my use-case. I wasn't trying to grow my audience by posting this comment. I was trying to explain how I combined two new AI technologies to create a new offering. Of course I could be wrong, but based on my decade-plus experience on Hacker News, I think that this is precisely the kind of project PG intended to be discussed here when he created Hacker News.
- braingenious 4y ago
  Imagine googling “open source text to speech software” and you get a link to Apple Podcasts for children’s stories. That would be wild!
  - richardfeynman 4y ago
    Well, to state the obvious, OP chose not to google it and to ask HN instead, which is why I provided a technology recommendation and an example of a solution I hacked together using the technology.
    - braingenious 4y ago
      I don’t really get why you’re doubling down on your obvious self-promotion. You literally started with “This doesn’t answer the question…” but now you’re claiming that you did answer the question by providing a technology recommendation?
      - richardfeynman 4y ago
        I'm defending myself vigorously because I truly wasn't trying to promote myself, despite what you claim. I took time out of my busy day to explain on this forum my use-case for text to speech, which combines two AI technologies and happens to involve kid's stories. I did not ask people to follow or subscribe to the podcast - that is you putting words in my mouth. I thought this audience would find this use-case interesting because this is Hacker News and I hacked together this solution. I also started my answer with "This doesn't answer the question" because it's not a literal list of TTS technologies; instead, it provides an interesting example of how I used one such technology.
        braingenious 4y ago
        Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to provide multiple links to your podcast as a public service.
        rolenthedeep 4y ago
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This is such a cynical, unhelpful response. Someone asked HN for recommendations for text-to-speech software. I provided a recommendation and explained my use-case. I wasn't trying to grow my audience by posting this comment. I was trying to explain how I combined two new AI technologies to create a new offering. Of course I could be wrong, but based on my decade-plus experience on Hacker News, I think that this is precisely the kind of project PG intended to be discussed here when he created Hacker News.

braingenious 4y ago
Imagine googling “open source text to speech software” and you get a link to Apple Podcasts for children’s stories. That would be wild!
- richardfeynman 4y ago
  Well, to state the obvious, OP chose not to google it and to ask HN instead, which is why I provided a technology recommendation and an example of a solution I hacked together using the technology.
  - braingenious 4y ago
    I don’t really get why you’re doubling down on your obvious self-promotion. You literally started with “This doesn’t answer the question…” but now you’re claiming that you did answer the question by providing a technology recommendation?
    - richardfeynman 4y ago
      I'm defending myself vigorously because I truly wasn't trying to promote myself, despite what you claim. I took time out of my busy day to explain on this forum my use-case for text to speech, which combines two AI technologies and happens to involve kid's stories. I did not ask people to follow or subscribe to the podcast - that is you putting words in my mouth. I thought this audience would find this use-case interesting because this is Hacker News and I hacked together this solution. I also started my answer with "This doesn't answer the question" because it's not a literal list of TTS technologies; instead, it provides an interesting example of how I used one such technology.
      - braingenious 4y ago
        Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to provide multiple links to your podcast as a public service.
        rolenthedeep 4y ago
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