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  1. Okay, here's a long shot for the #Fedi hive mind. If you are in the intersection of "#musician or musician-adjacent in the 1980s" and "keyboard / #synthesizer aficionado", this one is for you.

    In the mid- to late-80s, I used to spend a lot of time in music / #instrument stores (not selling CDs, selling guitars and amps and drums and whatnot). Synthesizer tech was advancing rapidly at this point, with digital starting to overtake analog by leaps and bounds.

    At some point, one of the stores got a new #keyboard model in. I can't swear to it, but I think it was either a #Roland or a #Korg. This one had a floppy drive built in, on the side of the #synth. And they had a demo on a floppy disk that was incredible at the time.

    It wasn't an official #demo disk. It was a normal consumer floppy, presumably copied far and wide. Hand-Sharpied on it was the name/title "Amin Phone". It was a musical, bright and upbeat piece, rock/pop, maybe 30s long, and included digital samples of a person's voice.

    The entire thing was a ridiculous #answering machine outgoing #message. I think there was even a sampled voice at the end taken from someone leaving a message, commenting on it being over-the-top or something.

    "Amin phone" is unsearchable on the 'net. Everyone has a phone, and there are millions of people named Amin or el-Amin.

    Anyone else remember this? Anyone actually able to point to a recording of it?

    #KeyboardDemo #SynthDemo #AminPhone #Amin #AnsweringMachine #FloppyDisk

  2. Okay, here's a long shot for the #Fedi hive mind. If you are in the intersection of "#musician or musician-adjacent in the 1980s" and "keyboard / #synthesizer aficionado", this one is for you.

    In the mid- to late-80s, I used to spend a lot of time in music / #instrument stores (not selling CDs, selling guitars and amps and drums and whatnot). Synthesizer tech was advancing rapidly at this point, with digital starting to overtake analog by leaps and bounds.

    At some point, one of the stores got a new #keyboard model in. I can't swear to it, but I think it was either a #Roland or a #Korg. This one had a floppy drive built in, on the side of the #synth. And they had a demo on a floppy disk that was incredible at the time.

    It wasn't an official #demo disk. It was a normal consumer floppy, presumably copied far and wide. Hand-Sharpied on it was the name/title "Amin Phone". It was a musical, bright and upbeat piece, rock/pop, maybe 30s long, and included digital samples of a person's voice.

    The entire thing was a ridiculous #answering machine outgoing #message. I think there was even a sampled voice at the end taken from someone leaving a message, commenting on it being over-the-top or something.

    "Amin phone" is unsearchable on the 'net. Everyone has a phone, and there are millions of people named Amin or el-Amin.

    Anyone else remember this? Anyone actually able to point to a recording of it?

    #KeyboardDemo #SynthDemo #AminPhone #Amin #AnsweringMachine #FloppyDisk

  3. Okay, here's a long shot for the #Fedi hive mind. If you are in the intersection of "#musician or musician-adjacent in the 1980s" and "keyboard / #synthesizer aficionado", this one is for you.

    In the mid- to late-80s, I used to spend a lot of time in music / #instrument stores (not selling CDs, selling guitars and amps and drums and whatnot). Synthesizer tech was advancing rapidly at this point, with digital starting to overtake analog by leaps and bounds.

    At some point, one of the stores got a new #keyboard model in. I can't swear to it, but I think it was either a #Roland or a #Korg. This one had a floppy drive built in, on the side of the #synth. And they had a demo on a floppy disk that was incredible at the time.

    It wasn't an official #demo disk. It was a normal consumer floppy, presumably copied far and wide. Hand-Sharpied on it was the name/title "Amin Phone". It was a musical, bright and upbeat piece, rock/pop, maybe 30s long, and included digital samples of a person's voice.

    The entire thing was a ridiculous #answering machine outgoing #message. I think there was even a sampled voice at the end taken from someone leaving a message, commenting on it being over-the-top or something.

    "Amin phone" is unsearchable on the 'net. Everyone has a phone, and there are millions of people named Amin or el-Amin.

    Anyone else remember this? Anyone actually able to point to a recording of it?

    #KeyboardDemo #SynthDemo #AminPhone #Amin #AnsweringMachine #FloppyDisk

  4. Okay, here's a long shot for the #Fedi hive mind. If you are in the intersection of "#musician or musician-adjacent in the 1980s" and "keyboard / #synthesizer aficionado", this one is for you.

    In the mid- to late-80s, I used to spend a lot of time in music / #instrument stores (not selling CDs, selling guitars and amps and drums and whatnot). Synthesizer tech was advancing rapidly at this point, with digital starting to overtake analog by leaps and bounds.

    At some point, one of the stores got a new #keyboard model in. I can't swear to it, but I think it was either a #Roland or a #Korg. This one had a floppy drive built in, on the side of the #synth. And they had a demo on a floppy disk that was incredible at the time.

    It wasn't an official #demo disk. It was a normal consumer floppy, presumably copied far and wide. Hand-Sharpied on it was the name/title "Amin Phone". It was a musical, bright and upbeat piece, rock/pop, maybe 30s long, and included digital samples of a person's voice.

    The entire thing was a ridiculous #answering machine outgoing #message. I think there was even a sampled voice at the end taken from someone leaving a message, commenting on it being over-the-top or something.

    "Amin phone" is unsearchable on the 'net. Everyone has a phone, and there are millions of people named Amin or el-Amin.

    Anyone else remember this? Anyone actually able to point to a recording of it?

    #KeyboardDemo #SynthDemo #AminPhone #Amin #AnsweringMachine #FloppyDisk

  5. Okay, here's a long shot for the #Fedi hive mind. If you are in the intersection of "#musician or musician-adjacent in the 1980s" and "keyboard / #synthesizer aficionado", this one is for you.

    In the mid- to late-80s, I used to spend a lot of time in music / #instrument stores (not selling CDs, selling guitars and amps and drums and whatnot). Synthesizer tech was advancing rapidly at this point, with digital starting to overtake analog by leaps and bounds.

    At some point, one of the stores got a new #keyboard model in. I can't swear to it, but I think it was either a #Roland or a #Korg. This one had a floppy drive built in, on the side of the #synth. And they had a demo on a floppy disk that was incredible at the time.

    It wasn't an official #demo disk. It was a normal consumer floppy, presumably copied far and wide. Hand-Sharpied on it was the name/title "Amin Phone". It was a musical, bright and upbeat piece, rock/pop, maybe 30s long, and included digital samples of a person's voice.

    The entire thing was a ridiculous #answering machine outgoing #message. I think there was even a sampled voice at the end taken from someone leaving a message, commenting on it being over-the-top or something.

    "Amin phone" is unsearchable on the 'net. Everyone has a phone, and there are millions of people named Amin or el-Amin.

    Anyone else remember this? Anyone actually able to point to a recording of it?

    #KeyboardDemo #SynthDemo #AminPhone #Amin #AnsweringMachine #FloppyDisk

  6. A quotation from The Bible

    To answer before listening —
    This is foolish and disgraceful.
     
    [מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃]


    The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
    Book 20. Proverbs 18:13 (Prov 18:13) [RJPS (2023 ed.)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/82765/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #proverbs #activelistening #answering #conversation #dialog #discussion #engagement #listening #reply #responding #response #retorting #selfabsorption #selfcentered #speaking

  7. A quotation from The Bible

    To answer before listening —
    This is foolish and disgraceful.
     
    [מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃]


    The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
    Book 20. Proverbs 18:13 (Prov 18:13) [RJPS (2023 ed.)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/82765/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #proverbs #activelistening #answering #conversation #dialog #discussion #engagement #listening #reply #responding #response #retorting #selfabsorption #selfcentered #speaking

  8. A quotation from The Bible

    To answer before listening —
    This is foolish and disgraceful.
     
    [מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃]


    The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
    Book 20. Proverbs 18:13 (Prov 18:13) [RJPS (2023 ed.)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/82765/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #proverbs #activelistening #answering #conversation #dialog #discussion #engagement #listening #reply #responding #response #retorting #selfabsorption #selfcentered #speaking

  9. A quotation from The Bible

    To answer before listening —
    This is foolish and disgraceful.
     
    [מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃]


    The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
    Book 20. Proverbs 18:13 (Prov 18:13) [RJPS (2023 ed.)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/82765/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #proverbs #activelistening #answering #conversation #dialog #discussion #engagement #listening #reply #responding #response #retorting #selfabsorption #selfcentered #speaking

  10. we #are live #answering YOUR #QUESTIONS about COMPUTER #VIDEOGAMES

    join for a fun time; we are also playing Street Fighter Alpha 3!

    twitch.tv/buru5

  11. 'Atlas: Few-shot Learning with Retrieval Augmented Language Models', by Gautier Izacard et al.

    jmlr.org/papers/v24/23-0037.ht

    #retrieval #atlas #answering

  12. 'Atlas: Few-shot Learning with Retrieval Augmented Language Models', by Gautier Izacard et al.

    jmlr.org/papers/v24/23-0037.ht

    #retrieval #atlas #answering

  13. Teaching Smaller Language Models To Generalise To Unseen Compositional Questions

    Tim Hartill, Neset TAN, Michael Witbrock, Patricia J. Riddle

    Action editor: Karthik Narasimhan.

    openreview.net/forum?id=d4Vr6E

    #retrieval #answering #multitask

  14. Teaching Smaller Language Models To Generalise To Unseen Compositional Questions

    Tim Hartill, Neset TAN, Michael Witbrock, Patricia J. Riddle

    Action editor: Karthik Narasimhan.

    openreview.net/forum?id=d4Vr6E

    #retrieval #answering #multitask

  15. Thanks, Yunyao Li, for inviting me to present my work on "#ChatGPT versus Traditional #Question #Answering for #KGs" at the Apple Knowledge Platform team! It was an honor to share with such an engaged audience, and I appreciated the thoughtful questions and comments.

  16. Thanks, Yunyao Li, for inviting me to present my work on "#ChatGPT versus Traditional #Question #Answering for #KGs" at the Apple Knowledge Platform team! It was an honor to share with such an engaged audience, and I appreciated the thoughtful questions and comments.

  17. Proud of my PhD student, Reham Osama, and my Master's student, Ishika Dhall, for their dedicated work on our paper "KGQAn: A Universal #Question-#Answering Platform for #KGs" which was accepted to #SIGMOD2023. This is their first paper with me and the first SIGMOD paper from my CoDS lab. KGQAn can work as an on-demand service to answer questions from an arbitrary #KG without any pre-processing. This is an excellent collaboration with Panos Kalnis.