Wait, there is an audio book version of this?

This has existed long before the AI hype. Dialog systems were around in the 80s, operating off of tapes. The concept itself is even older.

I ran an Asterisk server with speech recognition 20 years ago. Sure, TTS didn’t nearly have the recognition rates it has today, but it was enough to figure out the caller’s intent from the email message that was delivered after the fact.

I still run a very similar setup today, except I no longer self host and pretty much ever component has improved. Honestly, its a godsend to be able to deal with people or businesses that still rely on phone conversations, something I will never tolerate. I simply don’t do phone calls.

The latest Raspberry Pi cameras have decent sensors, variants with night vision are available. Axis makes reliable, network attached cameras.

Open-source software like Frigate or ZoneMinder exists.

https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate

https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder

Still, would you really want that? A half-baked device in your network, a device you suspect would constantly betray you, if given the chance?

I personally can’t imagine getting used to that. I’d despise the device (and myself probably).

I’m 100% sure I can wash that throw.

In the 40s, fluoroscopy became available, basically giving you a real-time, animated view of an X-ray picture. And yes, it did have all the associated dangers of prolonged X-ray exposure.

Let’s not forget to mention that these resistant bacteria start to spread, making antibiotics less and less useful over time, for everyone.

We’re already at a place where antimicrobial resistance has become a huge issue, rendering treatments with antibiotics useless in many cases.

https://www.who.int/news/item/13-10-2025-who-warns-of-widespread-resistance-to-common-antibiotics-worldwide

If you ever suffered through a bacterial infection and remember how you felt once the antibiotics finally kicked in, and the prolonged suffering resistances would cause, or ever watched a loved one in a hospital die from a bacterial infection just because the were in a weakened state and the stem they caught was already resistant, you’ll understand why that sucks so much as it does.

Cosplay is by https://www.instagram.com/strawhiskey/

In fact, the German government operates a dedicated website offering information for farmers who want to do exactly that:

https://www.bundesprogramm.de/foerderung

Additionally, federal options exist:

https://www.oekolandbau.de/bio-in-der-praxis/bio-verarbeitung/unternehmensfuehrung/foerderung/staatliche-foerderprogramme/

I’d argue that you see a lot more people having no clue about audio and doing a podcast / stream use the SM7B.

It does so indirectly, otherwise, the joke of having 340 left wouldn’t really work out.

The 4k was a monthly figure.

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The stylophone is probably not a very good choice if you actually want to make a musical track, it’s quite a bit limited.

Also, please don’t assume that hardware is simpler than plugins. A lot of hardware has plenty of menu diving or arcane shortcuts due to the limited hardware controls, tiny (or absent) screens etc. You should be looking at “one knob per function” devices.

If you just want to explore a bit and make tracks, get a groovebox l. If you are looking to dive into synthesis and a bit of sound design, look at the Arturia Microfreak.

A groovebox like the Circuit Tracks is a good recommendation.

I agree, but I’d also like to mention that it’s absolutely possible to get great mileage out of a “toy” synth, provided you already know what you’re doing.

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