A co-host (who happens to be my worst friend) blew up next week's all-timer episode by stealing our topic for that dorky little hen party he does with Phish Boy and Windshield.
But, while he allegedly may no longer be welcome on his estranged emerald isle, I'd totally leave Siracusa for @kjhealy.
Just…Statistically.™
(You can just HAVE that, K.)
Last night, a computer built me a completely searchable archive of RecDiffs, with all 279 episodes transcribed via Parakeet with verified Merlin/Siracusa speaker labels, plus a dictionary for fixing common Whisper errors. Then, it built some tools for batch transcription, full-text search across 5.8M words, plus a stats index for instant queries. Oh, also it curated custom stuff, like a people index, friends of the show, title evaluator, and even a jargon glossary.
Or, as you call it, "slop."
Some folks I love and admire do come off sounding a little like the same people who loudly hated Little Richard and disco music.
Honestly, sometimes it's legit difficult to notice when we've gotten more emotionally invested than we'd realized in seeming right.
And that shit is a LOT to decide to carry forever.
@hotdogsladies I haven’t had much luck using AI for my thing. I’m glad it’s working for you, and it seems you’re having a lot of fun.
Beyond the immediate results, do you have any worries about bigger picture stuff or knock-on effects?
My nature — both as a programmer and a neurotic — requires worst-case scenarios be in the mix.
Disco resulted in a _lot_ of cocaine.
She comes in incense.
AND patchouli, Greg.
Exactly zero percent apropos of anything: this bagatelle came up in my thing on Tuesday night and my god I forgot how much I loved this song when I was 12.
It sounds like five of my favorite bands, all of whom I would be happy to share upon demand.
@hotdogsladies counterpoint: neither Little Richard nor the Beegees sucked up all available power and water while poisoning rural communities and/or contributing to a pretty historic level of shitcanning workers. I get why people love it, but there are very valid reasons to hate it, even when it isn't stumbling around and bumping into shit.
If I'm going to fall prey to a bad look, I'd rather come off as a kneejerk Luddite than the alternative, frankly.
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