Linus ✦ Ekenstam

This $2 chip can enforce one rule on every device in your house. Most companies can't say that about their AI. An open-source project runs a Pi-hole-style DNS ad-blocker on a ~$2 ESP32-C3 board. Per its README: 140,000+ blocked domains as short hashes in about 0.7 MB of flash, All while only using roughly 50 KB of RAM

This new device is what Apple should have released. Apple have clearly failed at reading the room when it comes to dedicated music players. People want to disconnect from their phones, but not from their music. Building an offline+Streaming device, that does one thing really well, playing music is goated. I'm not sure where this will go, but my feed is full of people putting down pre-orders for this. It most likely won't come at the build quality of an Apple device, but one can hope it gets close. The new era of bespoke hardware is truly here. Modretro as a gift at Devday, Freckle phone, and now this. We're in some wild times. Have a great day, and see you on the interwebs. Plus more examples below 👇

Griffin, first ever at passing video turing test I took the early preview for a spin, I'm super impressed. Natural flow, very promising technological advancements from prev gen. 48% of folks who tried it thought they talked to a real human. Full duplex-video is here.

It still baffling to me that people still think AI video is rolling a dice. We're so beyond that. Jonathan Degueldre from South Africa, clearly shows how you can direct using very low poly assets, and by combining high quality assets, you can scope a car commercial for pennies. Car folks know this is expensive to shoot IRL, so anything you can do pre-viz or even to remove a location shoot all together, is worth exploring.

This is quite brilliant, nostalgia meets city cheek.

Directability is everything that matters now. Tom Tykwer, the director of Run Lola Run is now actively using Seedance to shoot his movies. This movement re-shapes the entire industry, as we've heard from multiple voices in Hollywood, directing and telling stories is the moat. When everyone can generate great looking visuals, having full control matters more than anything. Is the sentiment in Hollywood shifting?

Why do Millennials love being at home so much ?

We need Meta x Strava collab Seriously you need this to happen, so that you all can race your ghosts like we are playing Mario Kart. we must have the tech to pull this off !?

A walkthrough of the current state of PLY. I know many are eager to give it a go, I'm currently in the process of improving core mechanics. Quality of life stuff. If you don't mind rough edges, comment below, I'll get you in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQeeBXlftUA

I think it's safe to say at this point that SF is back.

World: AI, AI, AI, AI, AI, AI, AI, AI, AI... Spaniards: IA, IA... Trumpo: SI, SI, SI, SI, SI... Spaniards: IS, IS !?

Seeing quite instant results on my recent cardio workouts. trending in the right direction.