zackkatz | 3 years ago | on: AI Voice Generator: Text to Speech Software
Here are the docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/s...
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zackkatz | 3 years ago | on: Comparing Google and ChatGPT
They could still serve AdSense-style ads inside the generated content.
zackkatz | 3 years ago | on: Yahoo Pipes
Yahoo Pipes even supported running YQL as a node inside a pipe!
It was so good.
zackkatz | 4 years ago | on: Britain's largest 'Sea Dragon' discovered in UK's smallest county
There’s a great short video on the Anglican Water website:
zackkatz | 4 years ago | on: I switched my newsletters from Substack and Mailchimp to Buttondown
This is a great thread/analysis on Twitter by a maker of Newsletter Glue. She has extensive experience with all these providers:
zackkatz | 4 years ago | on: Japanese Typewriters
The title should be updated to reflect that it was written in 2009.
zackkatz | 4 years ago | on: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font
I loved designing every single website using Mini 7 back in the day. Amazing that this is just 4px!
zackkatz | 4 years ago | on: Link shorteners: the long and short of why you shouldn’t use them
I run my own using [YOURLS](https://yourls.org). It addresses the issues brought up in the article:
Control your links, override slug names so they are readable, maintain private analytics, keep branded by running on your own domain.
It’s easy to set up and maintained by many of the people working on WordPress core. I recommend it.
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Shepherd.com – Discover books in a new way, like wandering a bookstore
Seconded. Very easy to read!
I’m also impressed by the speed of the site. Well done!
One thing book stores have is gifts for people. “Someone who wants a book about dream interpretation may enjoy a rare minerals Rubin’s cube” may be a good way to increase your average referral fee.
And don’t forget cards and stationary!
You’ve got the layout down. Now I want to see more of the other items I see when browsing a bookstore!
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: Should journals pay peer reviewes?
There’s, ironically, a typo in the title. Should be `reviewers`.
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: High Short Interest Stocks
There are Wall Street traders, not just guys.
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese
Yeah I came here to say the same thing.
I’m 6’8” and if I were within the suggested range, I would be 227 pounds. I’ve been that weight and when I look at pictures of myself at that weight, I always think I look dangerously thin.
BMI is a far too simple a measure to be helpful.
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: I sold Baremetrics
Agreed. Why on earth would investors agree to not getting their money back?
Did they get anything? It doesn’t sound like it.
What are we missing here?
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: New political polarization casts rivals as alien, unlikable, contemptible
My wife wrote a paper about this phenomenon. This happens in specific policy contexts as well as generally.
In political science, the phenomenon is called the “devil shift”, coined by Sabatier. Similarly, there is also the “angel shift”: you see people who agree with you as having more virtuous motivations.
My wife, Dr. Juniper Katz, wrote about these shifts in the fracking context: https://www.academia.edu/37275520/The_Space_Between_Demoniza...
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: A Little Money Laundering Can Have a Big Impact on Real Estate Prices (2019)
Anecdotally, this happened in Denver when marijuana was legalized. Since the pot shops couldn’t store money with banks, many bought homes with cash. This led to a huge increase in cash buyers and a major spike in prices.
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: The Native-American Origins of Gumbo
Do be aware: sassafras has mild carcinogenic properties.
> Sassafras is classified as a carcinogenic substance. It caused liver cancer in laboratory animals. The risk of developing cancer increases with the amount consumed and duration of consumption.
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs...
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: Foiling Electric Boat
The video reports they have delivered 12. Not exactly producing at scale!
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: IBM looking for 12 years’ experience in Kubernetes administration
This sounds like a terrible experience for the recruiter.
I suggest re-examining the response you had based on understandings of gender issues in tech.
zackkatz | 5 years ago | on: Can electric cars on the highway emulate plane-to-plane refueling?
This reminds me of old Popular Science magazines promising a future of unrealized technology.
I do not think this is the future. But it’s something I’d like to see in a sci-fi movie.
zackkatz | 6 years ago | on: Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence is now in
I find it frustrating that the subheading says “less expensive.” No, it’s FREE. Absolutely free. Donations optional.
To me, it sounded like the editor of the piece didn’t want it to sound promotional, which made it less true.