8 September 2016
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WaveNet: A Generative Model for Raw Audio | DeepMind
The babbling nonsensical speech in the “Knowi What to Say” section is really eerie. Like the sound of a computer becoming sentient moments before it decides all humans should die. (via @tomtaylor)
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I suppose I should be at least familiar with this season’s front-end build tool.
Tweets

@tomstuart Maybe we’re twins?!

@panjapop It certainly made me relieved that it was a world I’ve never experienced!

While I’m at it, ‘Fleabag’ is also very good. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04… Out to the licence fee payers!

The pilot of ‘Motherland’ is laugh out loud good: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

@jkottke Ugh I can’t even boast correctly… Looked up the dates and realised it was A Close Shave I worked on (for two whole days). Anyway.

@philgyford Nice try at being balanced and philosophical, rather than angry and despairing about irrelevant musical differences.

Installing a “This man would rather watch U2 than Sia” filter to future reading of Daring Fireball. Good that everyone’s different I s’pose.

@kottke I painted the patterns on some of the wallpaper you can glimpse at 1:32.

@cabel Edgware Road tube station, London: flic.kr/p/HKyAZz