Memory is funny. Stuff can play in the background and become familiar without you being consciously aware of it.
It would be possible to do this study without contamination by using completely unknown and newly-released songs as a dataset, and checking against future chart data regarding the popularity, or by examining the reaction of an isolated group of people without constant musical bombardment.
This is very preliminary. The samples were songs that were already hits at the time of the study, with no way to account for contamination. It’s highly plausible that the subjects had heard the “hit” songs before the study, and they were just measuring recognition.
Full paper is here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2023.1154663/full
I like mine. It has a lot of nice convenience features, and it feels good to have stuff happen automatically based on your presence. Scripting useful automations if a time-consuming hobby though, and if you’re mostly just interested in doing voice control for lights it may not be worth it.
I’d recommend staying away from anything that connects directly to the wi-fi if possible. ZigBee lets you isolate the garbage hardware from the Internet so they can’t be used as zombie devices in a botnet or worse, and have home assistant be the one point of contact.
You’re doing great. I’m not on your subreddit, but you don’t deserve people piling on here. Thanks for everything you do, and I hope this transition doesn’t cause you too many gray hairs :)
You’re doing great. I’m not on your subreddit, but you don’t deserve people piling on here. Thanks for everything you do, and I hope this transition doesn’t cause you too many gray hairs :)
Because I like complaining.
I bet they were designed by people who text and drive. Darwin will push them out eventually.
Will do :)
That is, unless I get super distracted and never do it, which is also extremely plausible.
This was a good push. TBH I’ve been thinking about doing that for a while, but I think you’re the first total stranger to suggest it. It’s probably time.
But how else are we going to be able to hear Squidward singing Never Gonna Give You Up?
Right? Federated is the way to go. Why tie yourself to a corporation if you don’t have to, especilly when you’ve done the hard part and learned how to work with federated platforms?
I’m pretty sure that was keynote-friendly code for “look how detailed the VR porn is going to be.”
I did this with an original HTC Vive back in the day. Developed a full VR game in Unity on my PC, which I called “Nearly Headless Nick” because it didn’t have a monitor attached. The only real problem was the pixel density. I got used to the weight of the headset after a while, especially when reclined (the chair takes a lot of the weight off).
I used to use my Google Daydream for that. It let me watch Westworld on a plane without being inappropriate, and it cost me about fifty bucks.
I may be in the minority here, but I do, and frequently have. There is a sizeable community like that, but we don’t seem to really fall into Apple’s target market, and it will be interesting to see how orthogonal that willingness is to being a techie shut-in.
For me, the big reason I don’t wear it 8-10 hours per day when I’m working like I do when I’m playing is the pixel density. Current VR headsets (except maybe Varjo’s) don’t do a good job of simulating even one 4k screen, let alone competing with a multi-monitor setup, so they fall short for productivity. Once that’s solved (and that’s the claim Apple seems to be making here), the case for use as a primary work machine is very compelling. It lets you set up something like this for the cost of a headset and a reclining office chair, and is also somehow portable.
It fails if you use it exactly like you use a laptop, just like a phone does. If you take advantage of the increased flexibility though, it has pretty transformative potential.
That said, that’s the perspective of a technologist with no kids who works from home. I wouldn’t buy this because its standout features are irrelevant to me, so I’m from a representative sample of the market they’re chasing.
You might like Wesley Willis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jTPbcnqPxQ