Readit NewsMattieTK commented on OTranscribe: A free and open tool for transcribing audio interviews otranscribe.com/... · Posted by u/zerojames
Kinda surprised to not have AI integration.
You do still need to proof and QA even AI results, if you want a publication quality result, and do things like attribute who is speaking when (at least Whisper can't do that), and correct "unusual" last names and things. So I feel like people using AI still need good tools for the correcting/finishing/proofing too, that would be similar to the tools for non-assisted transcription.
This was written a really long time ago by a former WSJ Graphics reporter (Elliot Bentley) who is now at Datawrapper.
It is now operated by Muckrock and hasn't seen changes made to it in a while.
That's why it doesn't have any of these integrations, the technology just didn't exist.
MattieTK commented on How to opt-in (or opt-out) of Slack’s new UI alexwilson.tech/content/d... · Posted by u/a8n
I'm so mad about Slack removing custom themes as part of this update. Seems entirely pointless given the volume of themes they now provide, it seems arbitrary that they have limited your own choices.
MattieTK commented on Wordle for Math from NYT Introducing Digits nytimes.com/games/digits... · Posted by u/uptownfunk
This is highly reminiscent of the numbers game from the British daytime gameshow Countdown.
Contestants are given a choice of six numbers, from which they can choose how many big (25, 50, 75, 100) and small (1-10), and are then given a random three digit number. Closest within 30 seconds using standard operations wins.
MattieTK commented on How prestige outlets get away with copypasta erikhoel.substack.com/p/h... · Posted by u/exolymph
Opinion pieces have opinions clutches pearls and you think the times under Murdoch's hands is still worthy of being valued as a paper of record?
The graun's reportage is good. Just ignore the editorial.
Murdoch owns The Times" in London, not "The New York Times" (commonly referred to in the US as just The Times*).
In the US his holdings are the Wall Street Journal and New York Post.
MattieTK commented on How prestige outlets get away with copypasta erikhoel.substack.com/p/h... · Posted by u/exolymph
Interestingly, "The New York Times no longer considers itself a newspaper of record in the original, literal sense."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record#Etymolog...
But that's because the definition of a paper of record has changed, not because they no longer align themselves with the current definition.
By that traditional definition the only paper of record in existence today is the internet itself.
I dropped pinboard.in recently. The interface hasn't had improvements in years, the extensions are all third party, and the API if you wanted to build your own is pretty limiting. The mobile interface is pretty poor too.
I'm now moved over the Raindrop.io[1], which is another solo-developer outfit, but has had a lot of work put into it. It does all the same stuff Pinboard does (including page archiving but beside the social and public directory things... which nobody uses), but has a bunch of additional features. It has a much more complete API, a well maintained extension, and mobile apps! Definitely worth giving a go.
[1]: https://raindrop.io/
MattieTK commented on The complicated futility of WordPress coderjerk.com/the-complic... · Posted by u/ddevine
I used to work for a major multinational media company.
A few years ago the CTO at that media company looked to slash costs. They have a bunch of newspapers all over the world, and they had just acquired an Indian software development agency with experience in WordPress.
You can see where this is going.
Soon, a programme to launch WordPress globally to every publisher as their CMS.
But of course you would be allowed some flexibility. You could bring your own CDN if needed, you could bring your own frontend to read off the API, you could harness some identity management system for login, you could even build your own content store.
At that point "using WordPress" just became modifying Gutenberg. I feel sorry for the staff still there who have to constantly fight against Automattic's clear direction in building a Squarespace competitor, to build a tightly locked down and limited editor against the frustrations of the rest of the WordPress ecosystem.
WordPress is great, if you realise what WordPress wants to be, and don't fight that.
Receive! Like the moment someone knows you are using them as a provider they would be able to DoS your account as no other provider charges this way.