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Isn't it a strange coincidence that this shows up on HN while Claude Opus is also announced today and is on HN front page? I mean, what are the odds of seeing t

Isn't it a strange coincidence that this shows up on HN while Claude Opus is also announced today and is on HN front page? I mean, what are the odds of seeing the word "Opus" twice in a day on one internet page?

declaredapple 3y ago
Well it was released today Very likely a coincidence. https://opus-codec.org/release/stable/2024/03/04/libopus-1_5_1.html https://opus-codec.org/release/stable/2024/03/04/libopus-1_5...
mattnewton 3y ago
Not that strange when you consider what “opus” means- product of work, with the connotation of being large and artistically important. It’s Latin, so it’s friendly phonemes to speakers of Romance languages and very scientific-and-important-sounding to English speaking ears. Basically the most generic name you can give your fine “work” in the western world.
- behnamoh 3y ago
  Thanks for the definition. I like the word! I just haven't come across it in a long time, and seeing it twice on HN frontpage is bizarre!
  - stevage 3y ago
    It's funny, I was expecting the article to be about the Opus music font and was trying to figure out how ML could be involved.
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