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Re:Open Music Foundation Models for Full-Song Generation on Friday August 08, 2025 @09:19AM (#44836625)
You might find what you're looking for in VST plugins for DAWs, rather than standalone AI products
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.
Re:OpenAI O3-Mini on Friday January 31, 2025 @08:11PM (#42894575)
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...
You can listen to actual AI-generated songs in the style of Nirvana with the OpenAI Jukebox: https://jukebox.openai.com/?song=807313705
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.
Could you not find it again via the HN site search? https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22hot%20sauce%22%20recipe&sor...
Re:Aphex Twin Speaks to Tatsuya Takahashi (2017) on Saturday April 13, 2019 @04:01PM (#19655395)
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

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.

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

Re:Big List of Naughty Strings on Friday November 16, 2018 @07:27AM (#18468265)
Re:Asking the wrong questions on Sunday February 05, 2017 @12:25PM (#13573358)
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
Re:Kevin Rose Leaves Google Ventures on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @04:24PM (#8889191)
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
Re:Always Talk to Strangers on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @04:57PM (#8199783)
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.
Re:A +Pool in the East River on Thursday July 31, 2014 @10:21PM (#8118115)
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.

[1]: http://www.pluspool.org/about/

Re:Patoline: A modern digital typesetting system on Saturday July 12, 2014 @11:16PM (#8026523)
The duck is a (mistaken) interpretation of an early French automaton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digesting_Duck
Re:Google Nest on Thursday May 08, 2014 @03:15PM (#7717081)
There's no form to "Report a site that steals your trade dress and presents itself as a division of your corporation"
Re:Google Nest on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @10:34AM (#7710337)
Exactly - Here's Google's page to report a phishing site: https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?rd=1
Re:The Meaning of Life on Sunday May 04, 2014 @12:25PM (#7694780)
Re:Ask HN: Idea Sunday on Sunday April 13, 2014 @03:26PM (#7582566)
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

Re:Thoughts on Bitcoin on Sunday December 01, 2013 @03:18PM (#6829083)
Looks like the last time it traded below $500 was November 17th[1] - so everyone you know who is interested has only become interested in the past two weeks?

[1] http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/bitstampUSD#rg30ztgSzm1g10zm...

Re:An engineer's emergency kit business card on Friday November 29, 2013 @02:07PM (#6820589)
It displayed as the default "Microsoft Word" layout when I first viewed it (after enabling Javascript), but then, when I used the "back" keyboard shortcut to try and come back here, the page re-displayed in a lightbox. Fun.

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