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721.
by nmstoker 5y ago
Also there's a poorly disguised edit when he's sat down by the monitor (his hand jumps). How much of a rush were they in not to think maybe they should redo that part?
722.
by nmstoker 5y ago
The video seems odd on so many levels. They seem to have obsessed far more with obscure technical details than actually making the product look good. To sell phones with great screens it's long been obvious that you need to put great c
723.
by nmstoker 5y ago
I failed to find where this old quote came from, but I recall being taught that for practical purposes it's best to "Understand the long words but use the short ones" - even though it was intended for headlines and written co
724.
by nmstoker 5y ago
The description clarifies the underlying systems: >> Supported speech to text systems include: >> CMU’s pocketsphinx >> Dan Povey’s Kaldi >> Mozilla’s DeepSpeech 0.6 >> Kyoto University’s Julius In case you&#x2
725.
by nmstoker 5y ago
If you're interested in projects on a Pi then you might just be interested in this: https://github.com/rhasspy/rhasspy It's from the same author.
726.
by nmstoker 5y ago
The article's lack of any assessment about the likely duration of the chip shortage seems naïve if they're trying to make a case that major change of the kind they propose will happen. The closing point about it being a tough time
727.
by nmstoker 5y ago
Their use of the term is not meant personally I'm sure, but for anyone applying insights that are ten years out of date in a fairly rapidly changing field of software like this, they are hardly going to win awards for being smart are t
728.
by nmstoker 5y ago
Should probably add "(2015)" to the title as per the convention here, given the video is from six years ago.
729.
by nmstoker 5y ago
Are you possibly overlooking that the page is served from the Google cache? If you see the direct link to the original story (at the top amongst the French text) trying to visit that results in the story not being found on Arstechnica which
730.
by nmstoker 5y ago
Yes, I'm confident it's wrong because it re-use a word in a way that will confuse. It implies it'll be used without a GUI and the first thought is not to think "oh, they must mean it doesn't come with its own GUI&qu
731.
by nmstoker 6y ago
Not necessarily. From reading the piece I understand that the net effect here is to invoke an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (ie to ensure there is sufficient competition in the market, it does not necessarily need t
732.
by nmstoker 6y ago
Oddly the page itself has a different headline to how it is listed on their tech page. Perhaps they tried to jazz it up?! ("Star Trek inspired device sees drones fly off factory line") Anyway, posted it here with the less sensatio
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No humans needed: Drones fly off the factory line(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by nmstoker 6y ago|1 comments
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by nmstoker 6y ago
I respect the writing in the Economist. It's kept to a high standard and they put their cases well with evidence as the article here highlights. Even the times I don't agree with their position, I still respect it. I wonder how mu
735.
by nmstoker 6y ago
It seems like a company that has had many eras, so it's more subtle than the "good old days vs bad new focus" outlook. They're not afraid to reinvent themselves and sometimes that brings benefits and sometimes it ditches
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by nmstoker 6y ago
Whilst it's interesting to think about your points, they feel somewhat orthogonal to my point about the word being adopted into English (so it can have a pronunciation the way native speakers feel comfortable with, which can vary to a
737.
by nmstoker 6y ago
It has been adopted to a degree. Just like you don't need to say Paris as "Pari" in an imitation of the French pronunciation (which would probably sound rather affected and twee in English if you did) Anyway, let's hope
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by nmstoker 6y ago
You make perfectly reasonable points in your second and third paragraph but the name doesn't seem like something to take quite so personally. From a scan of the paper it makes sense as a name and only seems like it would be offensive i
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Bees and drones team up to find landmines(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by nmstoker 6y ago|0 comments
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by nmstoker 6y ago
There was that famous Amex case in the 80s where through some massive misunderstanding the restaurant (I think) got mixed up using the terminal and accidentally entered the long number for the amount. It being the early days of those termin
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Pull requests on GitHub inject GitHub Actions to report out secrets(twitter.com)
2 points by nmstoker 6y ago|0 comments
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by nmstoker 6y ago
I was surprised to see that Google Photos is pretty good at searching for medlar photos I've taken. I knew I'd seen one recently(ish) but couldn't think how I'd figure out where. So I did a search and it found two sets o
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by nmstoker 6y ago
I recall fairly negative attitudes about the name Kevin being widespread in the late 80s in the UK. Is a modern offspring of this the Karen? Certain names end up in cycles, falling out of favour with the privileged as aspirational types ado
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by nmstoker 6y ago
This is ongoing "communication" in the loosest sense right? It keeps the connection open but it's not like the connection is being actively used to pass data, so surely the only information for the server is simply that the u
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by nmstoker 6y ago
Perhaps they chipped in because GPs phrase "Assuming the US" is not a very clear way of saying they want to talk specifically and exclusively about the US, or they thought it fair to broaden the discussion? I don't see how yo
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by nmstoker 6y ago
Years ago I had in wasted interview because a well known financial institution had an internal system named after a particular type of financial product which it later became clear it had zero relation to. Despite flagging concerns regardin
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by nmstoker 6y ago
I wonder if they're any similar effect at play worth those who sleep/breathe with their mouth open vs closed. Would need proper testing but the "arm chair" thinking here is two fold: 1. the nasal passage is specifically
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by nmstoker 6y ago
If you click through to the GitHub repo you can get a vague sense of the benefits it may bring and see what kind of access you're giving them, but seeing how sensible people generally aren't into sharing unknown access in return f
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by nmstoker 6y ago
Struck me as really well written, organised and useful - it resonates a great deal with my experience, whilst teaching me a lot and just patiently going through almost every detail.
750.
by nmstoker 6y ago
Ah, like another left-pad situation?

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