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Using NHS data for scientific research – without creating a privacy nightmare
Article URL: https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-to-use-nhs-data-for-scientific
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075261
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NeurIPS 2024 Call for High School Projects
Article URL: https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/CallforHighSchoolProjects
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075260
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Dozens arrested and thousands contacted after scammer site taken offline
Article URL: https://news.sky.com/story/dozens-arrested-and-thousands-contacted-after-scammer-site-taken-offline-13117618
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075258
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Is a watchdog for corporate climate commitments caving to industry?
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24130886/climate-change-corporate-watchdog-sbti-carbon-offsets
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075256
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Students turning to CyberFraud as phishing site infiltrated, police reveal
Why do we lose so much hair?
Article URL: https://www.livescience.com/health/why-do-we-lose-so-much-hair
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075253
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A Rarely Used Technique Could Double U.S. Grid Capacity
Article URL: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/A-Rarely-Used-Technique-Could-Double-US-Grid-Capacity.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075238
Points: 1
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Prisma, tRPC and Next.js: Ultimate Fullstack Template [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDikCMFNf-k
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075220
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Gig worker rest stops are hard to find. Nippy wants to change that
Article URL: https://restofworld.org/2024/gig-worker-rest-stop-nippy/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075218
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Ask HN: Cheapest way to build custom audio TTS in 2024?
Many years ago, I participated in a very odd/unique museum project, where I was asked to just "talk through" my entire life. Someone came to my house, hit record, and I started talking. The objective was to be as detailed as possible, and to try and stay in sequence and not skip over anything. This took several days/sessions, but I think I ended up with 12 CDs of just me recounting my life. Super odd.
I had no use for it, so far. It sits in a musem (along with other people's stories), to have a sort of time capsule of what life was like, for a regular person, at the time.
I now started to wonder, if that would be enough audio content to just train a TTS model _properly_ (language is German). I know, some will respond saying "you only need 15 seconds of audio" — but I have NEVER managed to get any of these things to work properly, or to produce nice results. It seems like those things were mostly made to hit the news, but not for actual use.
So, in 2024, without a 4090 card or A100 sitting in my basement, and without wanting to spend a considerable amount of money on it, what would be the best approach to build a voice model out of this?
What I have is: Windows, OS X, Linux, and x64 as well as Apple M2 Pro. AND, I have A LOT OF TIME to let these things run on their own. Time is NOT an issue here, this can take however long it needs.
So, how would you build an audio model out of this? Without subscription services, without renting A100s — just, here, at home?
Thanks!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075202
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Qpply to ICAP Job DRC
https://kivuhub.net/job/coordinateur-denquete-1-codphia/ https://kivuhub.net/job/head-of-operations/ https://kivuhub.net/job/conseiller-en-laboratoire-1-codphia/ https://kivuhub.net/job/ict-manager-at-icap/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075196
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The real reason for tech layoffs: to invest in AI
Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/lay-off-workers-for-ai-investment-19408308.php
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074948
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Boston Dynamics' new humanoid robot
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/boston-dynamics-debuts-humanoid-robot-destined-for-commercialization/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074916
Points: 1
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Sweden's stock market became the envy of Europe
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/edc1bba0-25ca-4148-96f6-d67e30f11a2e
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074891
Points: 3
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Shouldn't it be easier to understand grammar with help of a "language" model?
Article URL: https://chat.openai.com/share/99085a98-6524-4193-930e-9398c149264f
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074885
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C Program Interview – Dennis Ritchie
Article URL: http://genius.cat-v.org/dennis-ritchie/interviews/drichie
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074876
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Open Sourcing a Python Project the Right Way in 2024
Article URL: https://jonathanadly.com/open-sourcing-a-python-project-the-right-way-in-2024
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074869
Points: 1
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Software glitch saw Aussie casino give away millions in cash
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/18/software_glitch_casino_cash_giveaway/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074866
Points: 3
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Mexico, facing US pressure, will halt incentives to Chinese EV makers
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/18/tiktok_lite_eu_info_demand/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40074857
Points: 3
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