"I realized that everybody loves Batman, so why the hell shouldn't I love Batman?" - ADAM WEST, Decoders, Reply All #ReplyAll #Decoders #NationalSuperheroDay #AdamWest

"I started in radio." - ADAM WEST, Decoders, Reply All #ReplyAll #Decoders #WorldRadioDay

"So, we have to call Adam West!" - ALEX GOLDMAN, Decoders, Reply All #ReplyAll #Decoders #AdamWest #AlexGoldman

"I am Batman!" - ADAM WEST, Decoders, Reply All #ReplyAll #Decoders #AdamWest

@gnomelibre @ki personally I've never had to fiddle with #audio under #Linux since it works fine.

Having to use #Jack as the Linux-equivalent of "#VirtualAudioCable" worked fine, and I think #PipeWire not just replaces #ALSA, #OSS & #PulseAudio but also #GStreamer and that is a good thing, because then every Application can just say: "Decode this Audio/Video File" and have a transparent #API & #ABI that automagically does it with the best possible options at hand.

Kinda like #WindowsMediaPlayer on #Windows and #QuickTime on #macOS do by tightly integrating with #decoders amd #drivers...

Also unlike the latter, PipeWire can also be used to record stuff at minimal overhead.

Like with #SystemD this is a complete paradigm shift but like systemd it's kinda "necessary evil" because the status quo evidently sucks for many reasons and many more people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo

Or as some people say who had talked to @pid_eins :
'systemd [and pipewire] is [or rather are] a conspiracy to make #Desktop Linux better than it ever has been!'

On my blog: Optimizing Generative AI for Question Answering

#AI #FoundationModels #Decoders #Encoders #Experiments #HyperParameters

https://heidloff.net/article/optimizing-generative-ai-for-question-answering/

Our #brain does not process #information and it is not a #computer.

Here is what we are not born with: information, #data, #rules, #software, #knowledge, #lexicons, #representations, #algorithms, #programs, #models, #memories, #images, #processors, #subroutines, #encoders, #decoders, #symbols, or buffers - design elements that allow #digital computers to behave somewhat intelligently. Not only are we not born with such things, we also don't develop them - ever.

#essays #AEON

@ScotttSee

When they start referring to #cassette decks as #rust #decoders - we will have a problem..