The #riffusion#AI says you can upload songs, give it a prompt, and it will make a remix for you. Being in capable of doing audio editing myself, that sounded exciting! So I grabbed an old @Onj track from his TBRN days, and asked for a hardcore dubstep remix. It gave me, uh, something. It's called Frankie Wolf, apparently. You remember that time you wrote Frankie Wolf, right Andre? Seriously, I bet nobody can even identify what track this was before the AI did unspeakable incomprehensible things to it.
@rlegowski1@Onj It deeply amuses me that the most identifiable thing it kept from the original track was the telephone ringing sound. Everything else came from, I don't know where. Some sort of AI fever dream.
I originally tried with Cheap Plastic Roger, but it just turned that into horrific shrieking noises with someone smashing a drum behind them. Completely unlistenable.
Its the day after valentines day. Also I was curious about how much effect my prompt has. I asked for the same track as a romantic love ballad. Why is it in german? This German man eventually gets just as excited about Frankie.
Right, one more and now I'm off to do something productive with my life. This time I wanted to be a bit more fair and ask Riffusion for something at least vaguely musically similar. I asked it to turn the track into a kpop song. It, uh, just kind of ignored me. Anyway, here's the Bollywood Freaky Freaky Fwoof remix everyone always wanted!
You should. It's free while you're in beta. It also advertises that as you favourite songs, and upload your own tracks, it can train itself to better match your musical style. So...I...ummm...I guess I'm pretty screwed.
Also, I'm not exactly being fair to it by giving it a track as strange as Freaky Freaky Fwoof to work off of. I suspect that people who aren't trying to be funny could make something pretty okay.
Did you maybe give it the instrumental version, not the version with the TTS voices and Patrick and the sheep and the ripping noises and the telephone and everything? Also, I don't pay for Suno. Does it let you describe what you want in a cover? For reference, this was the track I gave Riffusion.
Wen you pay, you can upload a track and have it covered in a variety of styles, give lyrics or specify instrumental, etc. When you use the free account you can only extend a track which is a different thing.
Oh, interesting. In riffusion you upload, then you just get a textbox to type your prompt. You can change the lyrics and pick instrumental if you want. But you don't have to select a particular style or anything. Just type whatever. You can also extend audio, but I think there's maybe a bar I have to drag or something? I haven't figured that part out yet. It would explain why Suno makes so much more sense if the input is more restricted.
Does suno try to transcribe the lyrics for you and do it really, really badly? These...are not the lyrics to Believer by Imagine Dragons... [Verse 1] First thing first, I'm the singer of the world It's down to my think I'm one percent on my services I was broken for my age, thinking my friends would make me so out I think my parents would build them to be my turn to show me high, high
[Chorus]hey hey hey i oh oh hey hey is You're the face of the future, of the blood of the rain. Woo -hoo! The blood of the rain. Woo -hoo!
[Verse 2] hey maybe now you maybe not believe me Hey, I like the butterfly, don't let me wait. My life is to the mind, just for today.
I didn't, until I went looking for Freaky Fwoof. And found that, and a thing you recorded about how you're really really bored, and pop rocks.ogg, and many other glorious things. No, I'm not a data hoarder! Shut up! LOL If they didn't want me to keep everything, they wouldn't sell me 20 tb drives on Amazon.
It's a case study about a piece of code from the game _The Witness_ (actually, from the art editor for that game) which he rewrote with dramatically better performance.
Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/annarettberg/meow-the-infinite-book-twoThis was a presentation I gave to the University of Twente in e...
My summary is that he addressed the original code's poor performance in three stages:
1. He came up with a new algorithm that didn't get progressively slower like the original, and also produced better output. 2. He found that even the new algorithm's inner loop was calling into code that did lots of unnecessary work, including memory allocation, so he instead wrote code that did something much simpler. 3. While he was doing the rewrite for #2, he went ahead and used SIMD.
He had some provocative things to say about the dangers of code reuse and "modern" C++ about an hour and a half into the talk. And I think we Rust programmers have to watch out for these things as well. It's easy to casually use high-level abstractions that aren't appropriate for the situation. I don't think we have to give up Rust's safety to avoid that problem, though; we just have to be aware of what the functions we're calling are doing.
Been running some keyboard demos through Suno's cover feature. Here's a very different cover of Unterlandersheimweh with lots of rhythm and some not-so-normal pacing.
Tyler L. Russell is ripping off Nick Fuentes with the aim of securing a white ethnostate in Canada. He's recruiting "an army of nameless, faceless" kids to do it.
Hi there. We have had multiple discussions within the company about leaving Meta and X. We have decided to stay on them for now, as it is a channel for us to actively spread privacy and educate people on those platforms. We not pay or advertise on these platforms, we simply use them to spread privacy.
@Tutanota est réellement meilleur et aussi moins pingre : - l'app desktop fonctionne même pour les comptes gratuits - le calendrier aussi - les labels ne sont pas limités - la poubelle se vide automatiquement - etc. et surtout le cryptage sécurisé est post-quantique !
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The lesson here is that if you don't own it, it will undergo enshittification. Even if it looks cool today.
Posting your blog articles on Substack? Telling people to use Bluesky or Threads? Enshittification is only a matter of time. I'm not sure why most people never learn the lesson.
Shockingly, ChatGPT doesn't consume as much power as previously thought — A new study reveals the stats were based on "napkin math" with the assumption that OpenAI powers next-gen models with dated GPUs windowscentral.com/software-ap…
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Yesterday was a big day in the ebook world, and not in a good way. In case you missed the news, Amazon is planning to remove the ability to download purchased ebooks from their website starting February 26th, 2025.
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Eigentlich wollten wir heute in die Therme gehen. Dann nochmal auf deren Webseite geschaut. Menschen werden nach **biologischem** Geschlecht (deren Betonung) beim Eintritt einsortiert und evtl. abgewiesen.
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The lifehistory 'curve of happiness' does not look the same in non-industrialised populations. Interesting comparative study by #MichaelGurven Not really surprising, a bit stunning that there is any assumption Western lifestyles represent some kind of 'universal'?!
'In our study, we found that happiness levels did not consistently follow the U-shaped trajectory commonly observed in industrialized societies. In some cases there was a U-shape. But more often we observed an inverted U-shape, where middle-aged adults reported the highest level of happiness, or no significant age-related trend at all.
Overall, well-being often declined after middle age among resource-poor populations lacking social security and other institutionalized forms of protection. This aligns with prior research among low-income countries and even of wealthy nations during economic crises.
That being said, age itself was a weak predictor of life satisfaction everywhere. Sickness, disability and loss in productivity do a better job of explaining well-being than age. In fact, the few positive effects of age we did find usually disappeared when including measures of these misfortunes in our analysis.'
In nonindustrialized societies, health, productivity and economic security play much larger roles in determining happiness among aging populations, a new study finds.
As a non-programmer who works very closely with a programmer, I was doing a bit of reading and found this little piece of text that made me laugh, hard.
"Python and Go pick up your trash for you. C lets you litter everywhere, but throws a fit when it steps on your banana peel. Rust slaps you and demands that you clean up after yourself."
Not quite, IMO. Rust does clean stuff up for you in most cases; if it truly made you clean up after yourself, you'd have to call the drop function all over the place. What it slaps you for is making you prove that only one piece of code at a time owns each resource, so it can insert the cleanup code in one precise place rather than having to either scan all of memory to see what's being used (Go, JavaScript, Java, PyPy) or do reference counting everywhere (CPython, Swift).
But I can't immediately come up with a correction to the witty analogy. And witty analogies that are subtly wrong probably spread faster than correct but pedantic explanations.
@matt To me, that is a subtle difference. To me, that's analogous to a loud park attendant yelling "that banana peal belongs with all the other banana peals! Put it there!"
I think my point is more relevant to Rust versus C than Rust versus Python or Go. Rust will clean stuff up for you once you've proven single ownership. C makes you clean up stuff manually and does nothing to verify that you're doing it correctly. And then there's C++, which has the option to do automatic cleanup like Rust (Rust even uses the same confusing term for it as C++), but, like C, C++ doesn't verify single ownership, so you can get double-free or use-after-free like in C.
OK, I guess I do also have a point compared to Python or Go. Because Rust does cleanup that's both precise and automatic at compile time, versus Python or Go's automatic cleanup that requires runtime overhead due to its lack of precision, *and* Rust verifies that you're doing it correctly, Rust brings efficiency on par with C or C++ within reach of more programmers.
Have you seen the drama about some Linux kernel maintainers fighting back though? Some of these old guys really don't want to let go of C, I guess. Or, more charitably, I know at least one of them is concerned about the kernel using multiple languages in general, and I guess that's defensible.
The thing that brought it back to my attention this week is that the creator of Asahi Linux, the port of Linux to Apple Silicon Macs, resigned. marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as…
Back in the late 2000s, I was a major contributor to the Wii homebrew scene. At the time, I worked on software (people call them “jailbreaks” these days) to allow users to run their own unofficial apps on the Nintendo Wii.
@matt Does it bring it within reach of that many more programmers though? One of the reasons I haven't taken the plunge in even trying to learn Rust is that I'm somewhat convinced I'll have to basically rethink all the patterns I'm familiar with and effectively start from scratch, and the Rust folks who effectively say "if it isn't working, it's fundamentally flawed and you need to refactor it coklletely" pretty much reinforce that. So I'd argue it only brings it within reach of a small subset of programmers who have been able to train themselves to think in very specific, pure "safe" ways.
@jcsteh Interesting perspective. I think it's fair to say that, in cumulative working hours, you've spent more time immersed in C++ than I have. In my Serotek days, I used C and C++ as little as possible, and yes, System Access's performance might have suffered some as a result. I admit that when I joined Microsoft, I was a bit incredulous that Narrator really was written all in C++, and interns even prototyped new features in C++. So maybe I was more open to learning the Rust way?
@matt @jcsteh I think there is something to that as well, because the programmer I work with attempted to write a boot watcher that was prototyped in Python in Rust. Meanwhile, he has experience with things like Objective C, C#, Java, Xojo, to name a few disparate examples. He found himself tying his brain into knots learning the concepts and had other things he needed to do. Go, on the other hand, he liked for the same project.
@jcsteh I admit I would find it nearly irresistible to write such a utility in Rust and try to make it as lean as possible. (Did you see my project to rewrite the System Access API client DLL in Rust and make it super tiny?) But I'm sure Go was adequate for getting the job done.
@jcsteh To actually answer your point though, yeah, I guess the rules around ownership, borrowing, and mutability required some relearning, though certainly not relearning how to program from scratch. I feel it's been worth it, but I know others may not.
In Brussels, I'll have the opportunity to present in the plenary session how Open Food Facts officially became a #DigitalPublicGood, transforming the food system worldwide in pursuit of United Nations's SDGs goals. After years of lightning talks, @openfoodfacts will also have its first stand at @fosdem this week-end. mastodon.social/@openfoodfacts…
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This weekend, we’ll keep a stand at FOSDEM’25 event in #brussels to connect & chat !
Free event at the @ULBruxelles@mastodon.online.
Doggy photo! Sleepy dog haha. She's kind of a guard dog/pet. #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon Described with Gemini because I give credit where it's do even if it's a software/computer thing.
When love is in the air, it's time to put it down on paper. If you ever find yourself having trouble thinking of Valentine's Day or anniversary gift ideas, how about sending your sweetie pie a billet-
Bývalý švédský premiér přirovnal Trumpův telefonát Putinovi k mnichovské zradě v roce 1938
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I must admit that as a blind trans woman of somewhat elderly years, there's not much I can do to stem this awful tide of anti-trans bs that's being spewed out of a country I once thought was free, so here's my little contribution. If you don't particularly like the music, please listen to the words. #LGBT #LGBTQ #trans #transRights
(AP) - White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding the presidential airplane. apnews.com/article/trump-ap-ne… (Disclosure: I’m an ex @apnews.com staffer)
The Trump administration blocked The Associated Press from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One and also from covering an Oval Office event. It's part of an ongoing terminology dispute over the Gulf of Mexico.
I heard about this app this morning. Thankfully, they didn't go with their original name: Buy Beaver. I kid you not. They settled on Shop Canadian. Phew! mobilesyrup.com/2025/02/10/edm…
Wow, that is truly amazing! Didn't realize that, although now that I think about it, the first OSARA tutorial I listened to was the series on the AudioPizza podcast done by Garth Humphreys, and that was in 2017 I think. And of course, later the "ten things" series done by Scott. Nowadays, I can't imagine using another DAW any more, OSARA and REAPER just work so damn well.
@Marco Zehe @Jamie Teh Yes I can't write it better but I have to add that you helped to make it happen again. Not only we have access to computers, musicians and audio enthusiasts have equal access to high quality sound engineering and music production since #osara has been introduced. Congrats on such an achievement!
Explorers, we have exciting news—the Walmart Access Pilot Program has been extended! 🎉 That means you can continue using both location-based and online Walmart offers until further notice. This program has already made a huge impact, helping Explorers across all 50 states shop with greater independence and ease.
Your participation can help shape the future of inclusive programs like this one. Let’s keep the momentum going and show why #AccessForAll matters! 🚀
if I want offline OCR that works just on my PC without calling out to the web, what's a good application? Is there one you use yourself? (Linux or Windows/WINE)
@modulux @David Gerard For making missing text part for scanned PDF files and OCR-ing other images I like to use a python based command line app called ocrmypdf which uses #tesseract as a dependency. It runs on linux and windows.
Mijn intropraatje bij de commissie Digitale Zaken van de Tweede Kamer gisteren over waar het heengaat met de digitale soevereiniteit in Nederland. Het is niet best. Ook te bekijken op debatdirect.tweedekamer.nl/202…
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Does suno try to transcribe the lyrics for you and do it really, really badly? These...are not the lyrics to Believer by Imagine Dragons...
[Verse 1]
First thing first, I'm the singer of the world
It's down to my think I'm one percent on my services
I was broken for my age, thinking my friends would make me so out
I think my parents would build them to be my turn to show me high, high
[Chorus]hey hey hey i oh oh hey hey is
You're the face of the future, of the blood of the rain.
Woo -hoo! The blood of the rain.
Woo -hoo!
[Verse 2]
hey maybe now you maybe not believe me
Hey, I like the butterfly, don't let me wait.
My life is to the mind, just for today.
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