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michael_hon Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

"A problem occurred with this webpage so it was reloaded"

michael_hon I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right to target them

It definitely won't of course, and I'm not saying it's right, but people who think that a mass people-to-automaton transition is going to go smoothly without a plan in place for the 'people' may lack perspective.

michael_hon I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right to target them

If the Amazon warehouses become fully automated and a big group of people lose their jobs and there's no safety net, the warehouses will be burned to the ground within 24 hours.

michael_hon “I Used AI to Clone My Voice and Trick My Mom into Thinking It Was Me”

Sure is: Festival, HTS, Merlin, and a gaggle of wavenet implementations. You'll have to put in some work, it's not turnkey, but you can get some really good results.

michael_hon Show HN: Simple and comprehensive tutorials in Deep Learning using TensorFlow

> It’s developed and maintained by Google. As such, a continued support and development is ensured

Yes. Google - definitely not known for suddenly abandoning things.

michael_hon Cold calling for my startup and how I learned to embrace the challenge

Being honest, what I would do: schedule a time for the call back and make sure to not pick up the phone at that time.

michael_hon Cold calling for my startup and how I learned to embrace the challenge

How many cold calls can you make per day?

What if they're 52 minutes long?

michael_hon Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds

Eating a spoonful of powder sounds like a nightmare I sometimes have.

michael_hon [dead]

What am I supposed to do, not click on this? I'll be back...

Edit: could have been worse, but still very gross. Not Trypophobia triggering

michael_hon A bot that tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits from IP addresses in the US Congress

"Intern! Get on wikipedia and edit the article for Boba Fett. The world needs to know that he's not as cool as they think he is."

michael_hon WaveNet launches in the Google Assistant

I'm not sure - the exact voices themselves generally aren't published, but the papers are detailed enough that you could recreate the system if you wanted.

michael_hon WaveNet launches in the Google Assistant

This was kind of the target of the 2016 Blizzard Challenge (http://festvox.org/blizzard/blizzard2016.html), as the training data was children's books (clean audio, 'reading voice' prosody, etc).

Some of the voices that came out of that were incredible.

michael_hon Ask HN: Linux laptop with MacBook-like build quality

I heard the Razer Blade was flaky.

michael_hon The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious (2014)

Kroger sells unsweetened applesauce under their house brand as well as the national brands.

michael_hon Juicero May Be Feeling the Squeeze

'He said the company is a “platform” for a new model of food delivery, where fresh fruits and veggies are delivered regularly to the home'

For the past five years, I have gotten a box of fresh fruits and veggies delivered every Monday. The produce is organic, often local, always tasty, the box they come in is reusable, and it doesn't have DRM (that I'm aware of).

Edit: “Williams, a self-proclaimed health-food evangelist, said she’d like to see the company sell packs by themselves to people who can’t afford the device”

Can't spare $400 for the device? How about $5-$8 for 8 oz of fresh juice? Make sure to put it into a paper cup with a lid and a straw so we can maximize the amount of waste generated (along with the juice packet).

michael_hon Campaign to Buy Browsing Histories of Politicians Who Passed Anti-Privacy Law

Why can't you opt out of Google?

michael_hon Cardiovascular Deaths Linked to Poor Dietary Choices

'Dozen or so'? You can get a lamb roast at Costco.

michael_hon “Alcohol and caffeine created civilization”

"In the US peeps don't drink it because there isn't any good ones available"

The internet has taken care of that. Also, the Canadians have been supplying us with Red Rose for more than a century, which, while not top of the line, is a highly acceptable everyday bag tea.

Also, you can get PG Tips pretty much everywhere.

Edit: To be clear, I'm not holding up RedRose and PG as the pinnacle of teadom - they're just very acceptable and available widely.

michael_hon New Zealand Is ‘the Future,’ Peter Thiel Said in His Push for Citizenship

Mountains, glaciers, hot springs, huge forests, beaches, wineries, rugby, meat pies.

Yeah, it's a real snooze-fest.

michael_hon TensorFlow 1.0.0-rc0

I think you can just set DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH to /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-8.0/lib and not have to copy anything around.

michael_hon How to Deal with Populism

Just to clarify: a white person in a supermarket speaking Polish is necessarily an immigrant?

michael_hon Should gifted students go to a separate school?

Suddenly, the school for gifted kids is inundated with new students.

michael_hon I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

PSA: Ads on that link are NSFW.

michael_hon People's underestimation of AI

You have 50 seamless interactions, one bad one, then you go home and say, "You won't believe what happened to me at the pharmacy. I can't wait for robots to take over."

michael_hon Cat-proofing a cat feeding machine

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Under "In Comments", third paragraph.

michael_hon If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will

Just to clarify: if you rent an apartment that is in an area with high property taxes, you still get to go to the same local school as the people who own their homes.

michael_hon There Are Plenty of Jobs Out There, America

It doesn't really matter if $12/hour is good or bad. If you're having trouble finding new workers, you're going to have to poach from the existing labor pool (aka from your competition) with higher wages and better benefits. If you can't pay the same wage as your competition because your business is swimming in overhead costs, then you will soon go out of business in favor of your more efficient competition. I believe this is supposed to be the good bit of the capitalist system.

michael_hon There Are Plenty of Jobs Out There, America

I'm always baffled by the people in these articles. From the anecdote at the beginning: he's having trouble hiring people for $12/hour (up to $70K/year with bonuses, etc).

I am also having trouble hiring people: I need a senior software engineer. Pay is $12/hour. It's taking me a long time to find workers. I guess people are just lazy and don't want to work.

michael_hon My Pixel has a manufacturing defect

Try to close your AMEX account, then watch the veil of friendliness drop. I had two accounts and called to close one. The lady yelled at me (yelled!) because I didnt feel like I needed to give them a reason for closing the account beyond "I dont want it anymore".

michael_hon I am not a self-made man

Regarding the reference you linked, there's a tiny part of the phone that they did not include in the bill of materials: software. That might add a few bucks to the final price.