I’ve also used it in a hacky script pipeline to bulk download podcast episodes with yt-dlp, create searchable transcripts, and scrub ads by having an LLM sniff out timestamps to cut with ffmpeg.

This is genius. Could you appify this and I’ll pay you in real or pretend currency as you prefer

I’ve found it great for DMing TTRPGs — simply record your session with a conference mic, run a transcript with WhisperX, and pass the output to a long-context LLM for easy session summaries. It’s a great way to avoid slowing down the game by taking notes on minor events and NPCs.

Okay that’s just crazy. ;)

Nope. Dashboard is buttonless, offcenter, and a long wide tablet.

Next!

Noooooooo EV sales are drying uuuuuup! Everyone wants gas and oiiiiilllllllll!

So long as you’re not using an app or a standard browser, sure. Everyone’s running Tails?

Fine, but don’t log in. Stop allowing full unfettered access to every bit of data that comprises your daily existence. That’s obviously my point.

What’s great about YouTube and other corporate social media is that you can never use it.

I highly recommend that.

That’s on PBS.

Stung by the party’s sweeping losses in November and desperate to win back working-class voters, the Democratic Party is in retreat on climate change.

That’s not how you- . . . ahhhh fuck.

'ee’s a witch!

Terrible. I lol’d.

Well duh

Because it pays well and is in an industry you’re interested in. Why would you want to work for anybody?

I’d agree except I’ve known way, way too many people who think certification is some elite level of anything.

Do it, get the cert, why not. Some moron will give you an extra point on your interview or what the fuck ever.

Gorn Train

“Huawei and Xiaomi are in every car,” Farley said, referring to two of China’s tech giants. “You get in, you don’t have to pair your phone. Automatically, your whole digital life is mirrored in the car. You have an AI companion that you can talk to … All the automatic payment is already there. You can buy movie tickets. It has facial recognition so it knows who’s in which seat and which media you like.”

It’s hard to express just how much I don’t want that.

Ow . . Ouch . . .*snif* . . . oh thats good

Werd

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and Gentleman, in tonight’s performance of Deep Space Nine, the role of “Ben Sisko” will be played by Bill “Spaceman” Lee.

RSN: Let’s talk about pitching, and pitchers. We’ll start with Oil Can Boyd.

BL: The Can! Man, he’s a great story. As a matter of fact, if they ever do Satchel Paige’s life story, Oil Can should play the lead role. He’s Satchel, incarnate! I was sort of a left handed Paige, myself, but The Can was the real deal.

RSN: I brought up Oil Can because he threw such a variety of pitches, and from a lot of different arm angles. Warren Spahn, meanwhile, said you only need two: the one the hitter’s looking for, and the one he’s not. Where do you fit in?

BL: I know it’s a cliche, but pitching is like real estate: location, location, location. That, and changing speeds. It takes guts and confidence to throw slow stuff over the plate, but you have to do it. Greg Maddux pitches like the Spahn quote. He gets hitters looking for one thing and freezes them with another. I think he looks at the plate differently than other pitchers. He looks at it in three-dimensions, with a spatial relationship.

RSN: What did you throw, and how hard?

BL: I could get as high as 90, but I was mostly around 86. I could be pinpoint at 85-86, so that’s where I stayed most of the time. I threw a change and breaking ball, too. Sometimes a cutter off my fastball. My change was like a screwball. I threw a 12-to-6 curve, sort of like Barry Zito does now. And I knew enough to stay away from guys who were hot.

RSN: Tell us about that.

BL: There are times when you have to pitch around guys who are hitting everything. Derek Lowe, for instance, has the problem of not knowing when a hitter is dangerous. Sometimes you can’t attack every hitter. You have to stay away from the guys who are hot. Of course, sometimes the whole team is hot and then you need to get lucky. I once saw Catfish Hunter give up seven consecutive fly-outs to the warning track.

RSN: It sounds like you might be a believer in charts on hitters, more than pitching to your own strengths.

BL: I believe you should know the hitters, but you should KNOW them — not have to rely on charts. That’s one of the problems with baseball. There are too many academics and slide rule guys, and not enough baseball guys. Why use charts when you can use your mind? That’s what your neurons are for.

Fake news! She’s not in a bag.

remember when they demanded you take off your mask at the no kings protest?