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PM @ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Twitter - @singhkays Blog - https://www.singhkays.com/
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singhkays··on World Labs is Joining AMD
just like NFTs :)
singhkays··on NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook
thanks for sharing! saving this to refer back to this
singhkays··on MAI-Code-1-Flash
I've always wondered where Consumer CoPilot's design language was from.

If you watch the Build keynote with Satya, you'll notice that the design of the slides changed to Serif typography and warmer colors when Mustafa/Microsoft AI segment came on which was completely different from the rest of the keynote. Now it makes sense!

singhkays··on Dav2d
Codex is actually short for `Code Execution`
singhkays··on What drawing lines on football pitch taught me about future of human-AI collab
How I used Codex, computer vision, and football intuition to measure a UEFA Champions League goal.
singhkays··on GPT Image 1.5
GPT Image 1.5 is the first model that gets close to replicating the intricate detail mosaic of bullets in the "Lord of War" movie poster for me. Following the prompt instructions more closely also seems better compared to Nano Banana Pro.

I edited the original "Lord of War" poster with a reference image of Jensen and replaced bullets with GPU dies, silicon wafers and electronic components.

https://x.com/singhkays/status/2001080165435113791

singhkays··on Claude 4.5 Opus’ Soul Document
this sentence is breaking my :brain: trying to read :)
singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
PM :)
singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
it is indeed Datawrapper like other posters have said. It works well for interactivity on a static blog like Hugo.
singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
This test wasn't done on mobile.

For mobile, I don't know who outside of Netflix is delivering AV1. If they are, I expect them to be leveraging the hardware AV1 decoders for battery life instead of employing a software only solution like dav1d. Saying that, I think Netflix was using dav1d solution where it had a benefit (e.g. low quality cellular networks)

https://netflixtechblog.com/netflix-now-streaming-av1-on-and...

singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Wondering about the flag myself

>Those bit rate numbers are appalling! 2-4Mbps average bitrate?

While those may sound low, what I'm thinking is Netflix didn't see any benefit in perceptual quality (or VMAF scores) but sending more bits down the pipe and increasing their bandwidth bill.

singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Sorry but don't believe everything is now written by AI. Some people still know how to write addressing feedback and take accountability.
singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Sorry for that. I turned those off while I figure out what's going on.
singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Thank you. Weaving in humor and wit was a conscious choice :) Based on some of the comments above, I might have gone a little overboard.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45446589

singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
It's what the above comments said. I tried taking screenshot comparison but due to the DRM (I think it's called HDCP?), the netflix content ends up as black screen.
singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Life and other priorities :)

But on the bright side I've got a large backlog of ideas now just waiting to be turned into pixels

singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
That's kind of you. Thank you for taking the time to look through my older posts. Will be addressing this post based on the feedback here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45446589

singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Point taken :) In retrospect that metaphor doesn't add any technical clarity. Will address in the rewrite

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45446589

singhkays··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Wow, this entire thread is some direct and very valuable feedback. Thank you to everyone who weighed in. I hear you all loud and clear!

To be transparent, I was experimenting with a more "punchy," narrative style to weave in some wit and humor. I didn't want the writing to feel dry and was aiming for a flow that was more entertaining. In retrospect, I clearly overshot the mark and ended up with something that feels inauthentic and distracts from the main point.

The experiment and the data are what I was most excited to share, and the writing shouldn't obscure that. Based on this feedback, I'll revise the article to be more direct, cut the fluff, and let the numbers do the talking.

Seriously, I appreciate the reality check! This is a great lesson in "know your audience." :)

singhkays··on Nvidia's RTX 5050 GPU starts at $249 with last-gen GDDR6 VRAM
huh..you might has well get a 5090 for that price. Seems like it's dipping below MSRP there - https://www.techpowerup.com/338256/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-b...
singhkays··on Nvidia's RTX 5050 GPU starts at $249 with last-gen GDDR6 VRAM
I know you're being facetious but such is the market atm. I put something together to track the absurdity of it all :)

https://gpuisfine.singhkays.com

singhkays··on AI-generated thumbnails used to promote 12 Angry Men on Amazon Prime
It's a thing at Netflix! And a pretty extensive and detailed approach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axCBA3VD5dQ

https://netflixtechblog.com/artwork-personalization-c589f074...

singhkays··on M1 Pro and M1 Max MBP owners complain of crashes playing HDR YouTube videos
It's not that bad. Lower than decoding VP9 with a software decoder

https://singhkays.com/blog/apple-silicon-m1-video-power-cons...

singhkays··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
But it will the the max M1 forever. When M2 comes around, that's a different class.
singhkays··on Firefox 91 introduces enhanced cookie clearing
I use this extension

- https://github.com/blaise-io/forget-about-this-site

- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/forget-about-...

singhkays··on All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot
Nice! Will try this out. Are you planning on taking advantage of in-built neural engines like that in Apple M1 for speeding up object/facial recognition?
singhkays··on Reimagining video infrastructure to empower YouTube
So they ended up adopting MongoDB? :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs

singhkays··on OBS Studio 27.0
That doesn't seem like a new feature. I can access that encoder on OBS 26.1.2 on a M1 Mini under Output -> Recording -> Encoder
singhkays··on Oracle Cloud free tier – up to 4 ARM CPUs and 24 GB RAM free
The "Always Free Tier" is 0$. I work there but I'm also running "Always Free" resources for my side-project (2 compute instances that have been running for more than a year + the associated network and storage resources).

So far no charges on my credit card.

Even Corey Quinn was surprised - https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1389696434283245568

singhkays··on Use native context menus on Mac OS
One of the problems I've found with native context/drop down menus is that when you're sharing a specific window on Zoom, the context menus don't show up on the video.

You have to share your entire screen to show someone all the available options in the context/drop-down menu.

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