Kevin Mercier

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[Maggie Appleton @Mappletons]

I personally hit the "Speakularity" ~4 months ago – when voice transcription becomes fast, cheap, and good enough to use all the time.
https://t.co/aDkB8o1bN2

Roughly half my text input is voice (when I'm alone in a room). Using OpenAI's Whisper hooked up to a keyboard shortcut and paste the transcription inline.

Quality is the big difference – Whisper never makes a mistake. Unlike Apple's native TTS which transcribes lines from absurdist fiction novellas when I'm just listing grocery items.

Took some adjustment. I had to learn to speak in a "writing voice" without ums, ahs, and repetition. Could probably fix this with a prompt layer though.
But it makes writing much lower friction and faster. I've "written" way more because of it.

Anyone else notice the step change and start exploring voice input more?

[Sanguisugabogg @sanguisugabogg]

People mad about the Pantera Reunion don’t realize it could be your only chance to swing on an off duty cop in a mosh pit

[Kevin Mercier @Stoise]

Oh fuck

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My favorite thing to do is type witty things into the input fields on social media platforms then never pressing send because of self-doubt

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@dribbble @WGMInterfaces @rjohnsonme https://t.co/fLfyjdJ761

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@JustinMezzell Literally never used a rare candy. “Mewtwo? Nah not worthy”

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@DallasBarnes @bryanlives Ugh, you literally got me by 15 seconds ಠ_ಠ

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@bryanlives @DallasBarnes Wait it doesn’t? If everyone is as oblivious as we are.. we may be ok? Otherwise they’ll think I’ve been a straight up asshole.

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@DallasBarnes @dustanner @TwitterDesign One one side I agree with you. Universal icons are fairly safe, but then to be consistent anytime you introduce anything unique, you’re back at square zero because you’re not going to have half labeled half unlabeled. Like what even is this?

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@DallasBarnes I always loved the different types of “claws” designers made when trying to hit the “save for web” hotkey in Pshop, aka command + shift + option + s. If you used both hands you’re a quitter.

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@elonmusk Are there any specs or requirements to get current apps or websites to work with Neuralink? Or will the link just emulate touch / click events?

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@Xianricca @RonnieFieg Same

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Is this what they mean by NFT?

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@eBay Super unpopular opinion, but the Brazil custom series 3. Still seeking out a size 12 but I'm confident they don't exist. -- #cherryontop #sweepstakes:

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@Excluded @themacint0sh @k_mercier

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@themacint0sh Bet

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@ZephyrAIO @k_mercier

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@ExtraButter Ameri one Dream @k_mercier

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@kingfishcoons Assaulting my villagers and testing how the Switch works. I pretty much only use this thing to test code nowadays lol