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https://simplespectrogram.app/

I think the quality will keep improving, because humans will keep curating the training data to compete for best results. The downside is that "quality" is conflated with "performs…

The name comes from Phenakistiscope, an early form of animation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenakistiscope

I see lots of “google is evil” narrative here… in reality they could add a feature to collect spam flags and still disregard user preferences. It’s just that the data will probably…

persondothing.com is a guessing game version using only 36 words - fun to play with friends

Can you resize the window mid-game to misdirect the AI?

I was a Pivot - this article rings true. When I first joined people would often describe with joy how exhausted they were every single day for months when they first joined, as tho…

Google can't say this directly; forcing people to use your upsell for preferential treatment is likely anti-competitive. Instead, Google ranks on page speed (among many many factor…

I’ve used Inkscape for about 10 hours, and found it tough to use. Do you automate or script any of this process?

I want judges to be safe. I also want to understand the motivations of this attacker. Their actions weren't justified, but having a long-running court case that can decide the cour…

demonstrating intent in court can often be quite difficult. focusing instead on outcomes for the judges may help

A known limitation - wish I could control browser behavior here. Add it to your home screen for a better experience :)

Some time ago I looked for a piano app - something I can use on the go to harmonize with, try some chords, or just play. I wasn't happy with anything that I found, so I made my own…

Here's a concrete example. Some of my spaced repetition is to translate between languages. When I do a translation, if it's different from the canonical answer, I write it in below…

Anki was my introduction to spaced repetition and started me down a learning journey that I'm very happy to be taking. That said, Anki didn't end up sticking as the way I do spaced…

There's certainly truth in this notion - if you have a goal in mind, going directly after it is often the most effective and straightforward choice. What I'm advocating is that the…

There is an effort under way, one of which is led by Tim Berners-Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_(web_decentralization_pr...

I made https://simplespectrogram.app/ which y’all may also enjoy. With the web audio API I was able to do it in less than 100 LoC - take a look at source

Similarly I appreciate the notion that wheat domesticated people :)

I watched the whole thing. 2 things stood out to me. - It really illustrated the point made in the article of how labor is really what makes it difficult to accomplish. Weeks of ef…

I have also seen this example, where a man blinded by strokes still avoids obstacles and recognizes emotions, without any conscious awareness[1]. Is this the same phenomenon? [1] h…

"not hotdog" was satire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACmydtFDTGs was

Something fishy is going on here...

Firefox can screenshot the whole page - it's built in. I believe it can be done in headless as well. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-screenshots