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I’m sure it’s doable. I think you’d want to break it into a few discrete steps for the best quality. First process the book and identify key info like genre, tone, etc. Use that to determine the best voice(s) and reading style, assign actors for multiple characters/subjects. Maybe output some examples to spot check for approval. Tweak based on that then generate the audio. Prob a couple other steps in there and maybe a bit of custom work to optimize in key areas. If someone wants to do this as a side project I can help scope the architecture and process but I don’t want to code it. :p

Perpetually reloads in Brave on iOS (never resolves).

Anytype recently made a significant change to the way certain types of information are categorized and related-- which resulted in the "What's New" note you saw. That's just unfortunate timing on your part and was a one-off change that's long been in the works. Not a regular occurrence.

I will say Anytype (and the like) can come off daunting at first, depending on your specific use case. Especially if you're just using it for notes/info/etc, I would recommend not getting too lost in examples and templates. Just make something simple for your purposes using the built-in types. (The "notes" type should suffice for you.)

Then as it evolves over time, you can expand and elaborate as needed. But trying to dive straight into the deep end and create some overarching master system right off the bat will definitely leave you feeling overwhelmed and questioning whether it's worth it.

How would you describe your circle (socio-economically or otherwise)?

"If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help. Hypernormalization is a heady, $10 word, but it captures the weird, dire atmosphere of the US in 2025. First articulated in 2005 by scholar Alexei Yurchak to describe the civilian experience in Soviet Russia, hypernormalization describes life in a society where two main things are happening. The first is people seeing that governing systems and institutions are broken. And the second is that, for reasons including a lack of effective leadership and an inability to imagine how to disrupt the status quo, people carry on with their lives as normal despite systemic dysfunction – give or take a heavy load of fear, dread, denial and dissociation."

Curious to hear how this narrative resonates with folks here. Does it feel spot-on, out of touch, or something in between?

Anytype (https://anytype.io), Appflowy (https://appflowy.com)

Love the theme.

Now if only Thunderbird weren’t a clunky POS. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve given it another chance after people swear “it’s really better now” again.

Still refuses to follow chosen settings for how much mail data to download/store locally (it always eventually downloads everything).

Meta buying their way into trends generally seems to pan out (WA, Insta, Oculus). Any reason to think this will be different? I’m not familiar with Scale but the particulars of this deal seem odd to me.

This is cool and I love it. Wish I had more to say than that haha.

Also: https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep

This is shameless "AI is not bad, we swear" propaganda. Study looked at 11 occupations, 25k workers, in Denmark, in 2023-2024. How this says anything of consequence for the world at large (or even just the US) with developments moving as fast as they are, in such an unstable economic environment, is beyond me. What I do know is that I have plenty of first-hand anecdotal evidence to the contrary.

The counter argument is that once art is released into the world, it becomes a conversation with the people consuming it and no longer belongs solely to the creator.

I empathize with, and see the validity in, both sides.

Nearly all of the arguments here are easy to dismantle but I don't feel like arguing with a half-baked Substack post, so I'm not going to.

Just want to highlight one element in particular that jumped out at me:

"AI has nothing personal at stake. It doesn't feel the pressure of missing quota or the exhilaration of exceeding it. It doesn't have a mortgage payment riding on that commission check."

So the AI doesn't manipulate power dynamics to control its employees... and that's a bad thing? Okay. (It isn't true anyway; AI can easily do that.)

Let me toss a grenade in here.

What if we didn’t measure success by sales, but impact to the industry (or society), or value to peoples’ lives?

Zooming out to AI broadly: what if we didn’t measure intelligence by (game-able, arguably meaningless) benchmarks, but real world use cases, adaptability, etc?

Can it just be forked into a branch with telemetry removed/disabled?

Do you have any details on this? With a quick search I could only find some older attempts at rooting but no custom firmware.

I predict we’ll end up going full circle.

AI is hot now and there’s perceived value in having answers just spoon-fed.

But eventually, at least some people will want to explore contrasting takes, dig deeper to understand context, and so there will be a desire to have access to the source material (ie: lists of links like we have now).

“…$116 million…”

does spit-take

Quick and easy? Phone apps:

• Scaniverse - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scaniverse-3d-scanner/id154143...

• Polycam - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/polycam-3d-scanner-lidar-360/i...

• Luma3D - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/luma-3d-capture/id1615849914

Higher quality (potentially), more time/effort (definitely)? Dedicated camera + desktop apps:

• RealityCapture (free) - https://www.capturingreality.com

• Metashape (paid) - https://www.agisoft.com/

If any Android interoperability happens, I doubt it will be because Google is encouraging or allowing it.

They’ve refused to officially support Play Store apps on Meta HW, intentionally released the most barebones versions of their products on Meta platforms, etc.

They don’t seem willing to play nice and now that they have their own platform to push, I can’t imagine that would change for the better. But would love to see it.

My initial thoughts:

- Some cool ideas at the OS/UXD level. Genuinely impressed the thinking behind them seems more thoughtful and innovative than what Apple did with VisionOS. (Not surprising given that Apple doesn’t understand or believe in XR from the top down.)

- Not looking forward to continued knee-capping of their products/services on other XR platforms but c’est la vie.

- I have zero faith they’ll actually invest resources in this long-term, given how they treated their previous XR efforts. As an XR dev, I doubt I will bother to build anything for their platform until I see a serious long-term investment in the space, and decent momentum / market share.

There are people in the government who know exactly what these are, and why they are not threatening. I assume the vague non-response is because if they reveal this information, the very next question is “how do you know this”? And the answer to that question involves revelations that could very possibly lead to upheaval and civil unrest.

In short, they’re at a total loss on how to respond to this phenomenon, because the answer opens a big ol’ can of worms, or Pandora’s Box, or pick your metaphor.

FWIW, the “drones” (they’re not drones though some present as such) are the opposite of a threat. They’re here to help, if they’d be allowed to. Can’t wait to hear the justification for why they haven’t been allowed to. grabs popcorn

This is partially a business issue; there’s a lot of money exchanging hands to push specific artists and the major labels are obviously the primary beneficiaries. This affects everything from playlist placement, recommendations, search results, etc.

Hoo boy... if you think chatbots are all this is... wait til you find out what's next.

The difference here is that these aren't standard-issue HR/legal issues. The technology they're working on poses the gravest of dangers. This is uncharted territory, not just for the tech sector, but period.

Whether the recent public back-and-forth is just internal drama/politics spilling out, or there really is a lack of gravitas around the handling of these issues within the company-- neither is good.

Others have said in comments below, and I agree: this organization is increasingly looking like a circus, and arguably worse, one that has taken its eye off the ball. It's extremely disconcerting that this is the group of people "leading" the commercialization of this technology (and generally setting the tone for the industry). Particularly when it seems many of the key players who joined on principled/moral grounds are dropping like flies.

I guess we're on the fast track to finding out how well putting all of this money, power, responsibility, and faith into SV works out for us.

Same; the most spiritual experience I've had in a man-made structure. Had chills the entire time.

The Economist doth protest too much, methinks.

This. Just because your standups are inefficient (and not actually standups) does not mean the process/practice is inherently bad.

Yogis would posit it's prana shakti.

A nice companion piece with thoughts on the lasting impact of this crisis in various arenas of life: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/19/coronaviru...