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rayckeith, 1 day ago to random

AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once | ScienceDaily

"School of Computer Science & Engineering. …

To use the system, a person wearing off-the-shelf headphones fitted with microphones taps a button while directing their head at someone talking. The sound waves from that speaker's voice then should reach the microphones on both sides of the headset simultaneously; there's a 16-degree margin of error. The headphones send that signal to an on-board embedded computer, where the team's machine learning software learns the desired speaker's vocal patterns. The system latches onto that speaker's voice and continues to play it back to the listener, even as the pair moves around. The system's ability to focus on the enrolled voice improves as the speaker keeps talking, giving the system more training data."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240524171429.htm

StillIRise1963, 2 days ago to random

His other accuser kept her clothes. So, now, we have a video and clothes for DNA.

msquebanh, 3 days ago to Canada

FYI - I worked on 2 different #RealityTV shows in #Canada & after those lived work experiences - told everyone I could - don't agree to go on these shows. It's almost all scripted, not reality. Crews are forced to put pressure on voluntary participants - who rarely know WTF they're signing up for & producers exploit naivety. Don't chase easy fame/easy money - they both come at high personal costs. Don't agree to be traumatized on TV, for money. You'll regret it.

vwbusguy, 6 days ago to guitar

This is my general recommendation for the best acoustic #guitar for the price. They play and feel like an $800 guitar. The tone, neck, and overall quality is phenomenal. You can occasionally find deals on these around $300. The "folk" version is incredibly versatile, so it is worthy for unplugged campfires as well as playing live. It's a solid workhorse that won't have a problem keeping up with a Martin or Taylor and won't give you "glass mandolin syndrome".

https://alvarezguitars.com/guitar/af30ce/

Mrfunkedude, 7 days ago to random

Tell me the story of the last time you committed an act of kindness in 500 characters or less.

There’s nothing wrong with bragging about creating kindness. There’s nothing honorable about not sharing the joy of creating kindness.

We need to uplift and encourage people who create kindness in their daily lives.

So tell us your story. It doesn’t have to be something big. It can be something as simple as helping someone carry a bag of groceries.

How did you create kindness this week?

GottaLaff, 7 days ago to random

#WompWomp Arizona’s attorney general says Rudy #Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn #Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, confirmed Giuliani was served Friday night after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car.
https://apnews.com/article/86f4938ff4570a833dd4d1c44705460f

mcc, 8 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to random

TFW you're a few hundred pages into a book series and suddenly out of nowhere they drop this batshit ligature on you

strypey, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to random

When overcrowded buses replace train services, they should be free of charge. It's nowhere near the same quality of service, and charging for it is kind of rude. If it's free, it encourages train operators to do everything they can to avoid replacement bus situations.

They could make it half price, at the very least.

#PublicTransport

dickrubin716, 16 days ago to bookstodon

I would love to get your thoughts and feedback on my #BookCover from my latest book, The Challenges of Being Me. Do you like it? Does it capture your attention? Without knowing anything about the book, what genre would you say this cover best fits? #writingcommunity #bookstodon #authors @bookstodon

longreads, 18 days ago to LongReads

"'It works for my lifestyle,' he said. 'It has thick walls, [and] good insulation for the weather. I’d rather live for free in my ambulance than pay for a house I can’t afford. That’s what it actually means to be stuck.'"

For the Los Angeles Times, Jack Flemming profiles a man who lives in an #ambulance:
@jflem94 @latimes #longreads

#Longreads #Housing #Homeownership #California #LosAngeles

Mrfunkedude, 24 days ago to random

I've said this before and I'll say it again...

I don't care how famous your favorite comedian is. If they complain that they can't write funny jokes anymore because the culture has become too PC, they are in fact a hack.

Being politically correct (or as I like to refer to it, "not being a dick".) doesn't kill comedy. Bad writing does. If you can't write better jokes, don't blame it on the culture. Comedy like any art should reflect the culture.

Don't blame the times. Blame the comedian.

foone, 1 month ago to random

I just have to say: Mastodon is better than twitter or X or bluesky or whatever.

negative12dollarbill, 1 month ago to random

@futurebird
https://aeon.co/essays/the-strange-and-turbulent-global-world-of-ant-geopolitics

michael, 1 month ago to webdev

I’ve worked in web development for what feels like a century. I must’ve written a bazillion redirects in Apache, nginx, php, node, and probably half a dozen other languages/configurations.

And still, to this day, I need to Google ‘302 vs 301’ every single time I write a redirect to remind myself which one is the permanent and which one is the temporary.

If someone has a tip to help me remember, I’ll be forever grateful!

#webdev #webdevelopment

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to legal

#TrumpTrial #legal #Trump Not sure how much I can post. Now my iPhone is slow. Via McBrien:

…waiting for the Sandoval hearing to begin, despite the tragedy that unfolded earlier this afternoon just outside the courtroom.

As Merchan said earlier, "We've come too far in this trial to jeopardize it now."

rebeccawatson, 1 month ago to random

someone called the cybertruck an "incel camino” and I've been laughing about it for hours

Mrfunkedude, 1 month ago to random

Not Dead Yet and Animal Control are fun little sitcoms on Hulu.

What are a couple of your favorite sitcoms right now?

aeveltstra, 1 month ago to webdev

#html fits every screen size out of the box. #css gets abused to stop it from doing that; to constrain the display by web browsers to specific widths. That’s counterproductive. The solution therefore is to remove such constraining CSS. Don’t apply a minimum width rule, and allow on-screen components to flow underneath each other as screen size dictates. Stop trying to make computer screens behave like hard-copy magazine paper.

melikhovo, 1 month ago to Writers

Today would be the great writer Carol Emshwiller's 103rd birthday. She is too little known today, and so my message to the world is a simple one: Read Carol Emshwiller!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/read-carol-102216945

#Writers #Books @bookstodon

rayckeith, 1 month ago to random

dreamed that different programming language's objects/classes felt like physical objects: Java objects felt like old AT&T phones: heavy, old electronics in a black Bakelite® enclosure.

davidho, 1 month ago to random

I was at a conference and a speaker dismissed my question by saying that I should check out the work of David Ho. 😵‍💫

herhandsmyhands, 4 months ago to romancelandia

@romancelandia
Brit friends, help? Would someone from a good family--not aristocracy, but perhaps landed gentry--refer to themselves as "a posh" when talking to someone else. As in, "I may be a posh from (place), but..."

(please share for reach)