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14 links from the last 24 hours · 8 November 2026

CHIMERA

CHIMERA: a physically modelled voice synthesizer. Every sound comes from a simulated airway.

The End of AI Frontiers – Machine Learning (Theory)

In 2023 after the ChatGPT release, it was clear to me that research needed to be more organized to succeed than was typical within Microsoft Research. The amount of support and focus which other research groups were applying was great enough that even with a …

The Port That Does Not Exist

Port 0 is the port you are not supposed to use, so nobody looks there. So we put an IRC network on it. Then I got curious whether anyone else had, and scanned all of IPv4 for port 0. Turns out we weren't alone, and some of our neighbours really shouldn't be th…

UploadYourRam.org

Sam Altman sure is convincing when he says it is inefficient for us to have RAM in our computers. But RAM that has been purchased already can't be un-purchased so consumers are left to feel the guilt of having unused RAM in their computers. Right?

Underground 2 Revived

Play Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004) in Chrome and Firefox with WebGPU graphics, Web Audio, up to 120 fps widescreen, controller support, free roam and Online races with friends. Fan project, not affiliated with Electronic Arts.