thinkalone | 7 months ago | on: Open music foundation models for full-song generation
You might find what you're looking for in VST plugins for DAWs, rather than standalone AI products
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thinkalone | 8 months ago | on: Impacts of adding PV solar system to internal combustion engine vehicles
The initial use of solar on the Prius was to power a ventilation fan while the car was parked, and the current version seems to specifically be designed to provide power to the air conditioner while driving. But, I also can't imagine the difference between cooling down the cabin is much different from parking in the sun or in the shade - you'd be running it continually to achieve "room temperature" during the entire drive either way.
thinkalone | 1 year ago | on: OpenAI O3-Mini
That's a fun, simple test! I tried a few models, and mistral-nemo gets it every time, even when run locally without any system prompt! https://build.nvidia.com/nv-mistralai/mistral-nemo-12b-instr...
thinkalone | 5 years ago | on: YouTuber creates fake Nirvana song using artificial intelligence
You can listen to actual AI-generated songs in the style of Nirvana with the OpenAI Jukebox: https://jukebox.openai.com/?song=807313705
thinkalone | 6 years ago | on: 8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service
I think they only switched to Epik/Voxility for a few hours after being kicked off Cloudflare, but I'm not familiar with where they would have been hosted or what services they used 3-4 years ago.
thinkalone | 6 years ago | on: To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public
Could you not find it again via the HN site search? https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22hot%20sauce%22%20recipe&sor...
thinkalone | 7 years ago | on: Aphex Twin Speaks to Tatsuya Takahashi (2017)
His current live show is a bit intense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj9URI2aKgM
But it's also very rare for him to tour
thinkalone | 7 years ago | on: A Woman Who Harvested a Two-Acre Wheat Field Off Wall Street (2018)
The garden is overseen by professionals, so it has likely had soil testing done, especially since they are growing produce.
Manhattan is mostly an island of bedrock, and there is no manufacturing or industrial areas in Lower Manhattan that would contaminate the soil. The only concern would be protecting the garden from water running off the streets bordering the park, but those all have drainage and curbs installed.
thinkalone | 7 years ago | on: A Woman Who Harvested a Two-Acre Wheat Field Off Wall Street (2018)
Today there is an educational organic farm about 1,500 ft away from where the wheat was grown: The Urban Farm in Battery Park http://thebattery.org/destinations/urban-farm/
And there are hundreds of community gardens across the city that are maintained by neighbors and supported by the Parks Department.
Bonus: A time capsule was also part of the piece, set to be opened in the year 2979 http://www.agnesdenesstudio.com/works7.html
thinkalone | 7 years ago | on: Big List of Naughty Strings
There is Corpora: https://github.com/dariusk/corpora/tree/master/data
thinkalone | 9 years ago | on: Asking the wrong questions
For anyone interested: There's an enjoyable radio adaptation of 'A Logic Named Joe' from X Minus One in 1955 https://archive.org/details/XMinusOne55122831ALogicNamedJoe
thinkalone | 11 years ago | on: Kevin Rose Leaves Google Ventures
Kevin was interviewed by his former TechTV co-worker Leo Laporte on Leo's podcast Triangulation, if you're interested in Kevin's story: http://twit.tv/show/triangulation/162
thinkalone | 11 years ago | on: Always Talk to Strangers
I've found "Conversationally Speaking" quite helpful, also: http://www.amazon.com/Conversationally-Speaking-Increase-Per... An easy read with practical tips on how to communicate with others in various situations.
thinkalone | 11 years ago | on: A +Pool in the East River
Their intention is for the pool to act as a filter to clean NYC's waterways[1]. Research into effective water filters could be worthwhile, but the floating pool seems to overshadow that aspect.
thinkalone | 11 years ago | on: Patoline: A modern digital typesetting system
The duck is a (mistaken) interpretation of an early French automaton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digesting_Duck
thinkalone | 12 years ago | on: Urgent Security Update Regarding Your Bitly Account
Looks like there is no way - http://support.bitly.com/knowledgebase/articles/105373-how-d...
thinkalone | 12 years ago | on: Google Nest
There's no form to "Report a site that steals your trade dress and presents itself as a division of your corporation"
thinkalone | 12 years ago | on: Google Nest
Exactly - Here's Google's page to report a phishing site: https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?rd=1
thinkalone | 12 years ago | on: The Meaning of Life
Snopes on the Santa/Coca-Cola myth: http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/cocacola.asp
thinkalone | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Throwing in a mention for PodKicker[1], since you mentioned searching/discovery. The UI needs a lot of work, but it is nice to have the search engine built-in (they claim an index of 250,000), instead of trying to grab RSS links from a podcast's homepage. The search itself is even available as a separate app[2].
[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.podkicker
[2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ait.podsearch
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