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by jetrink 2y ago
I got nerd-snipped by this. I transcribed the match using the whisper-small.en and then asked ChatGPT to create a summary using a neutral prompt: Here is a transcript of a soccer match. In the style of an experienced professional sports rep
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This match was broadcast by ESPN on both ESPN2 and ESPN+. In that case, they are presumably paying two knowledgeable commentators to talk about the match before, during, and after it happens, adding context and describing the important even
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Starbucks has a 401k with 5% match, as well as medical, dental, and vision insurance for its baristas. It's not an impossibility, it's just not something we expect from fast food companies. 1. https://careers.starbucks.
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I had Ambetter for dental insurance when I damaged a tooth and experienced this first hand. I think spent between 30 and 40 hours over two weeks calling Ambetter and dozens dentists all over my state. The worst part, besides not being able
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What if instead of a video game, this was trained on video and control inputs from people operating equipment like warehouse robots? Then an automated system could visualize the result of a proposed action or series of actions when operatin
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I don't think you've understood the project completely. The model accepts player input, so frame 601 could be quite different if the player decided to turn left rather than right, or chose that moment to fire at an exploding barre
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by jetrink 2y ago
Tip: The Internet Archive's advanced search can return results as an RSS feed, ready to import into your podcast app! Here's a feed of The Famous Computer Cafe episodes. You will need to rename it after adding it. 1. https:/
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by jetrink 2y ago
I'm allergic to business books, but I think a flywheel is a better metaphor by a mile. A flywheel is a tangible object that everyone has interacted with at some point. They're fun and satisfying to spin up to high speed. They are
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> Are the shadows of the runners artificial then? As the runners' shadows cross the finish line, they are recorded by the camera in the same way that the runners are.
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The "area" that you want to minimize is the number of digits, d, times the base, b. A = d * b d is roughly equal to the log of the number represented, N, base b. d ~= ln(N)/ln(b) Substituting, A ~= b *
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They used to be reliable until Google bought the company. I'll never buy another piece of Google hardware after my last Fitbit. It lasted 18 months and they declined to replace it since their warranty is even shorter. I refuse to buy d
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That reads like an extract from a John le Carré novel.
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Can't you just ask it to set the volume to a specific volume as a percentage, like 38%? This works on Google Home. In the Google ecosystem, it also usually works if you ask it to raise the volume by a small increment like 5%. (Other
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Very interesting. An example that users of this forum will be familiar with is Edsger Dijkstra.
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I can't believe the manufacturer didn't alert them and they had to hear it from another customer. Surely the manufacturer wouldn't want to be named as the reason that a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter went dark due to their fault
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Those don't have to be mutually exclusive though. To take AI out of it, think of those murder mystery parties where actors interact with attendees. Actors have roles to play and things they must do to move the story forward, but they i
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The point is not that he merely continued flying, but that he made the same reckless decision to fly over the mountains a second time. Most people who have a close call on the road drive with more care afterward.
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I had a remarkable experience with GPT-4o yesterday. Our garage door started to fall down recently, so I inspected it and found that our landlord had installed the wire rope clips incorrectly, leading to the torsion cables losing tension. I
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by jetrink 2y ago
I was doing ecological work in a lake when we came under spudgun fire. Someone (kids?) began slowly firing from a distant treeline on the side of one of the hills that surrounded the lake. I knew the distinctive thump, so I was looking out
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I would guess that it means that 96% of the components come from within China. Self-sufficiency is important in China right now, and it's doubtful that 'localization' refers to just the company itself.
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To a technoutopian, scientific advances, and AI in particular, will one day solve all other human problems, create heaven on earth, and may even grant us eternal life. It's the most important problem in the same way that Christ's
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> Given this glaring overstep and our steadfast effort to protect our journalists and our sources, we declined to turn over that information, citing a First Amendment protection called “reporter’s privilege.” Reporter’s privilege, which
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Regardless of inflation or changes in the money supply, new techniques, new technologies, trade, and population growth can cause the value of everything bought and sold to increase over time. You can measure that value in dollars, or you ca
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One of the aspects I'm most concerned about is the number of people who smoke while driving. I frequently see people blowing vape smoke out of their windows in traffic. I walk past people parked in their cars smoking. So many delivery
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It's not a terrible name either. Assistant would be better, but they can't use that name[1] of course... I'm having a hard time thinking of something else that instantly communicates this idea of an intelligent subordinate ai
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> create an atmosphere where everyone talks to everyone else. The company is an interesting example of Conway's Law[1]. I learned from the recent Acquired episode on RenTech[2] that in contrast to how most other firms work, there is
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The difference is clear if you go to Ghost Pro's pricing page[1], which looks just like SquareSpace's or WordPress'[2]. The product is the software, support, and hosting. Ghost is focused on providing value directly to the wr
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> Seattle Times: Computer Pioneer's Death Probed -- Kildall Called Possible Victim Of Homicide > Kildall was injured at the Franklin Street Bar & Grill on July 8 but refused medical treatment. He was taken to a hospital the f
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> I don't know where to look to confirm that can current computers do 1 billion MIPS (Million Instructions per Second?) as predicted by this article? An RTX 4090 has AI compute of up to 661 teraflops in FP16[1]. FLOPS and IPS are n
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by jetrink 2y ago
> The point is that the police can't prove you do or do not remember a code. Consequently, they can't compel you to use that code. Also, they can't coerce you to reveal the code even if they can prove you know it. Confessi

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