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Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by mmh0000 »

grudg3 wrote: post #40
laborcontract wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just realized the idle chatter filled up my head. Using LLMs to summarize them have also made me realize how repetitive and samey the insight-based interview podcasts are. It's not accurate that I divorced podcasts fully. I listen to one or two shows a week. One is a technology podcast and the other is a film podcast, both have a group of friends. So long story short, chemistry is all that matters to me about most…

How did you summarize them with LLM? I'm curious to try it please.

I don't know how OP does it, but here's how I'd do it:

* Generate a transcript by runing Whisper against the podcast audio file: https://github.com/openai/whisper

* Upload transcript to ChatGPT and ask it to summarize.

* Automate all the above.

EDIT: Apparently I'm not keeping up with the times. ChatGPT can directly read/transcribe mp3 files now. Step 1 I guess isn't really needed.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by kingofpandora »

alangibson wrote: post #37

I love Dan Carlin too, but you have to listen with a critical ear. He endorsed the standard, but very questionable, idea that the US basically had to atom bomb two Japanese cities because if we didn't they'd fight to the last grandmother. IIRC he also endorsed the now largely discredited idea that the atom bomb attack is what caused the Japanese to surrender.

I don't listen to his podcast, but I understand that Carlin is discredited by most serious historians in general.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by kqr2 »

kingofpandora wrote: post #52
alangibson wrote: post #37

I love Dan Carlin too, but you have to listen with a critical ear. He endorsed the standard, but very questionable, idea that the US basically had to atom bomb two Japanese cities because if we didn't they'd fight to the last grandmother. IIRC he also endorsed the now largely discredited idea that the atom bomb attack is what caused the Japanese to surrender.

I don't listen to his podcast, but I understand that Carlin is discredited by most serious historians in general.

Any good sources?

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by mooreds »

Here are two of my favorite odd lots episodes.

How banking worked before computers: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kYpe_K8PzbQ

What it takes to convert commercial buildings to residential buildings: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNkLcD3PKyk

Sharing YouTube links because they don't have paywall free podcast pages, though the podcast is free to subscribe to (with ads).

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by s1artibartfast »

gruez wrote: post #43
benwoodruff wrote: post #6

SBF on Odd Lots describing yield farming [1]. For context, this was before the FTX meltdown or any allegations about Alameda using FTX customer funds. Was honestly stunning to hear someone unintentionally explaining their business as a ponzi scheme. [1] - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-bankman-fried-and-...

>Was honestly stunning to hear someone unintentionally explaining their business as a ponzi scheme. Technically he was describing tokens for a hypothetical dapp that had questionable/unproven value, whereas the business he ran (FTX) and the associated tokens (FTT) were straightforwardly profitable, but went bankrupt due to bad investments/trades. Also the interviewer (Matt Levine) came away with a totally different c…

This was my take as well, and I dont know how people who listened to the interview get it so wrong.

He basically described how you can make transaction fees or arbitrage fees on others engaging in speculation.

A very dumbed down example would how the post office can make legitimate income on postage while someone else operates a Ponzi by mail schemes. Or for that matter, brokerages take commissions when people trade meme stocks and unprofitable companies every day.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by kingofpandora »

kqr2 wrote: post #53
kingofpandora wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't listen to his podcast, but I understand that Carlin is discredited by most serious historians in general.

Any good sources?

Trying to remember where I've read this in the past. I used to follow AskHistorians on Reddit and a quick search shows questions about him being asked quite a bit, for example here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ppmsm/comme... (it's not all negative!). There are a ton of other threads too.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by bcantrill »

tuckerman wrote: post #44

I'm a big fan of listening to Oxide and Friends [1] on my commute. Two of my favorites this year were "On Silicon Valley Bank with Eric Vishria" [1] and "DTrace at 20" [2]. The SVB episode in particular was super interesting to hear from their perspective. [1] https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1255721 [2] https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1503057

Thank you for the kind words! Glad that you liked the SVB episode; that's a personal favorite of mine too. Eric -- like many of the best VCs, in my experience -- carries a low profile, so I was really happy that he agreed to join us to offer his perspective.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?

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Post by dansult »

cavisne wrote: post #46

Steve Coast (OSM founder) on Minds behind Maps [1]. Erik Prince on Shawn Ryan show - the host is a bit cringe but Erik has very unique perspective. My dream podcast for 2024 would be Erik Prince w/ Dwarkesh (someone a bit smarter to push back and get more insight). [1] https://youtu.be/uB9NxbnE1i0?si=C8gU9tkmh37kStBd

The Erik Prince episode was fantastic.
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