I went in with a similar thought, but the video explained it better

I was expecting them to compete against a rapper or something, but what they meant was being faster than conversational speeds

Someone who is mute explained to them about not being able to communicate at the same rate as other people during conversation, despite being able to think and absorb info at the same speed.

So they put some time into recommendations of a text-to-voice setup, demo-ed it in the video, and put the source CAD files / app open for people to use + offered to help anyone else for whom the tech might change their lives

I’m not sure if the keyboard will catch on, but I thought that attempt was cool

See also this comment in the other thread: https://lemmy.world/comment/14448522

Some kind of “panic button” to press if you’re being stalked or something

Maybe something like this?

https://security.ubc.ca/home/safety-prevention-resources/emergency-blue-phones/

That’s a cool idea, it could eventually help them adjust service if a lot of people are requesting buses a certain day.

Or simply act as an anonymized data source for future changes. The time when someone requests a bus is different from when someone actually gets on a bus

Some way to know how far away the next buses are.

If we’re going all out, then a real time map of nearby buses

We believe that the washing machine is the hearth of the modern laundry room

I was going to try and edit in some more "AI"s but it’s already near saturated

They even changed their name to SoundHound AI?

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/24339817/vlc-player-automatic-ai-subtitling-translation

The popular open-source VLC video player was demonstrated on the floor of CES 2025 with automatic AI subtitling and translation, generated locally and offline in real time. Parent organization VideoLAN shared a video on Tuesday in which president Jean-Baptiste Kempf shows off the new feature, which uses open-source AI models to generate subtitles for videos in several languages.

Ok now that’s cool. Since it’s often all doom and gloom here, celebrating good tech is a nice change :)

I looked up “Parent AI”, and was disappointed

That all sounds delicious 😊

also thank you for adding photos of the process in the comments!

Wow those are beautiful, what are the flavors?

No problem, I had to ask as well when I was looking for it :)

Profile > Saved > tap the filter menu on the top bar > show comments

This is especially true with the RSS feed communities

Also I don’t think you’re the only one. Often when I come across a clump like that, most of them are sitting at only a few upvotes while other posts in the community do much better.

That seems like an optional feature that competing products have.

I’d rather the fediverse friendly open source version have features I won’t use, if it means it can continue to grow and compete with the proprietary ones

Discussions often feel like they’re happening within an ideological bubble.

While this can be true for some communities, I find that users here do still engage with other viewpoints when the discussions are in good faith.

I think the reason why a lot of users lean in a certain political direction is because of

• the origins of Lemmy
• users that choose to leave the older platforms may have done so for social / political reasons
• threadiverse is still relatively small

Do you think Lemmy is at risk of becoming an echo chamber for leftist views, a sort of Truth Social, Parler, Gab, etc., esque platform, but for Leftists?

I feel like we’re getting more politically diverse over time. It’s only a risk if we force a certain political leaning through moderation.

Is this a problem we should be concerned about, or is it a natural result of Lemmy’s community-driven nature?

Worth keeping an eye on to see how it changes over time

How might we encourage more diverse political perspectives while still maintaining a respectful and inclusive environment?

Mainly moderation. If a community or space is intended for a particular group, it’s perfectly fine to moderate how you see fit. If it is meant to be a general space, try to limit political biases when moderating and focus on bad faith comments.

If a post/comment was in good faith, it’s more effective to let someone explain why it is wrong rather than removing it. Chances are that others can learn from the explanation (or that they were correct to begin with, and you’ll learn something)

What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of having a more politically diverse user base on Lemmy?

The benefits are easy, I can’t think of many drawbacks. Maybe:

• More people = higher moderation costs (which can be dealt with by having bigger teams)
• More drama (we have drama already)

But we may have friends and family members asking about it

Great to hear, thank you!

Can you try uploading it on the website and see what happens? Some instances might be blocking uploads of certain types.

You can also upload elsewhere and link to it

On mine, I can press the info icon (i) -> Remove EXIF