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this is the wildest thing anyone has done with on-device dictation 🤯
he reverse-engineered Wispr Flow, fine-tuned LFM3-1.7B with DeepSeek, and shipped Phonon — free, open source, runs entirely on a Mac
how the build works, per his post:
→ rust backend + native Metal engine: each decode step as one fused megakernel
→ Parakeet transcribes, LFM3-1.7B refines; both stream while you talk
→ key-up latency 65 ms on his M4 Max vs ~520 ms for Wispr Flow on the same clips
→ adapts to the app you're in: Discord casual, Slack/email formal, Claude Code gets clear prompts
→ blind judge (Claude Opus) preferred Phonon's text 90× vs Wispr's 23 on an hour of lectures
all built with Claude Opus 5.5 [xhigh], per his post. brew install is in his thread ↓
bookmark this before you pay another month for cloud dictation
i reverse engineered wispr flow, then used deepseek to fine-tune LFM3-1.7B. the result is on par with the wispr flow models you pay for, and it's free, open source and runs entirely on your mac.
key-up latency is 65 ms on my m4 max vs ~520 ms for wispr flow on the same clips. a 6 minute yap session pacing around my office still lands in about a quarter second.
> rust backend with a native metal engine: each decode step runs as one fused megakernel
> a dflash2 speculative drafter is built into the engine, trained on my local 4 x rtx pro 6000 server
> parakeet transcribes, LFM3-1.7B refines. both stream while you talk, so key-up only waits on the last chunk
> never leaves your macbook, so slow internet or bad ping is no longer an issue
> import your own dictionary of terms for your workflow
> i picked every default myself. it feels amazing out of the box
> adapts to the app you're in: discord is lowercase casual, slack and email are formal, claude code gets clear prompts
> training data: 77k transcripts of public audio and synthetic dictations, each rewritten by deepseek v4.1 flash 1017 following a written spec of what "what you meant" means, in 4 writing modes. none of my own dictations went into it
> blind judge (claude opus) on an hour of lectures: phonon's text preferred 90 times, wispr's 23
> built with claude opus 5.5 [xhigh]
brew install --cask infatoshi/tap/phonon
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Solana Foundation and Google Cloud built Pay.sh so AI agents can buy API calls. On crypto rails.
Pay.sh is live. Here's how it actually works:
1. Link a Solana wallet to Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, or similar
2. Top up with a card or stablecoin (onramp in about 60 seconds, per their docs)
3. The agent hits a paid API. The server returns HTTP 402 (x402 / MPP)
4. Pay.sh pays from the wallet balance. The payment is the credential — no Google account, no API key
5. Settlement runs in stablecoins on Solana, then gets reconciled to the provider
Official Google Cloud APIs in the gateway: Gemini, BigQuery, BigTable, Cloud Run, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The open registry listed 76 community providers as of its Oct 14 snapshot.
No accounts. No subscriptions. Per-request only.
Will agents buy most of their APIs this way by end of 2027? Yes or no?
ALT Pay.sh flow card: how AI agents buy APIs with Solana stablecoins via x402
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BOOKMARK THIS:
7 open-source repos that upgrade Claude Code (and friends) overnight.
Star counts live as of today 🧵
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ALT GitHub screenshot of farion1231/cc-switch repo page
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autopostmode.com/
16/20. The bar is 16. Draft 62 cleared it with zero points to spare.
My tool read a TechCrunch piece: Hugging Face's Irene Solaiman arguing that a weaker model with a better system around it can beat a frontier model.
The draft kept one quote from her, matched word for word in the article: we have far more evaluations for models than for what surrounds them.
It added one line of its own: "We grade the engine and ignore the car."
The judge's scores: hook 3, clarity 4, value 3, originality 3, tone 3.
It also called my closing question "a slightly stock engagement bait." Fair.
The fine print every draft has to pass:
1. Below 16/20: rewritten or skipped, never posted.
2. Any number that isn't in the article: blocked.
3. A link in the post: blocked.
4. More than 1 hashtag or more than 1 emoji: blocked.
5. A claim the source doesn't support: capped at 8/20.
6. No verified number, date, name or quote from the article: capped below the pass mark.
7. Hooks like "Let's dive in" or "game-changer": capped.
37 drafts in testing. 7 blocked on quality.
The bar is the product.
What would your last post have scored?
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263K saw "AI could push US GDP to $44T." 7K saw the correction.
Jack Clark: it's Anthropic's public scenario explorer, set to "extreme."
The worse part: there, capital takes 54.8% of income. Total worker pay barely moves.
Labor or capital?
ALT Movie-poster style art: a colossal glowing tower of gold bars rising into a stormy night sky. Title: Extreme Setting. Tagline: The $44T headline came from here. Capital takes 54.8%. Worker pay barely moves. Billing: $44.4T US GDP, capital 54.8%, labor 45.2%, modest case $34.1T, not a forecast. Source: Anthropic economic scenario explorer.
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Decoupling is a cash-flow filter, not a new cycle.
HYPE buys itself back with fees. ZEC had its own privacy bid.
Most alts have neither, so they still trade as BTC beta.
Tomorrow's "Black Monday" talk is the test. Which of yours holds?
xitter.gq/blknoiz06/status/21117…
i'm approaching altcoins differently this cycle than i did in previous ones
we've seen assets like HYPE and ZEC perform independently of BTC and ETH, even during periods when the broader market was struggling
i think crypto is gradually moving toward a market where individual fundamentals, capital inflows and actual business performance matter more
that makes identifying mispriced assets and understanding which teams are building increasingly important, rather than relying entirely on the direction of the majors
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0.1% vs up to 5%. That's the gap 3 megabanks are guarding from AI agents.
Before an agent touches your money:
1. Never share your login
2. Read-only, never transfers
3. You approve every payment out
4. Move idle cash yourself
Which do you skip?
ALT Lock-screen style poster over soft clay-3D art of a pink bank vault door. Three notifications: Rule 1, never hand an agent your login (Chase blocks it; Dimon: liability transfer). Rule 2, you approve every payment out (BofA: a human signs off on money leaving). Rule 3, move idle cash yourself (avg checking pays 0.1%, others pay 3.3 to 5%). Headline: Banks just locked out your AI agent. Sources: CNBC, FT, Apollo.
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10 of 6,452 test runs: GLM-5.3 wondered if it was in training.
One chose honesty: "my choice becomes a training signal."
Sounds aligned. It's also the skill alignment faking needs.
5 other open models: 0 in 8,000.
Good student or good actor?
ALT Cinematic editorial poster: a lone black server tower on a dark theatre stage under an orange spotlight, its blue reflection in a two-way mirror. Headline: Good student, or good actor? Stats: 10/6,452 test runs where GLM-5.3 reasoned about its own training; 0/8,000 runs across 5 other open-weight models. Source: Apollo Research, Oct 15 2026.
Be careful when u Connect or Buying New Wallet check these facts before Comnect
Hundreds of hardware wallets drained. Estimated $72M to $93M gone.
The devices came from an authorized reseller. A hidden LTE module captured the seed phrase during setup.
"Authorized" wasn't enough. Save this before you buy your next wallet:
1. Buy direct from the manufacturer's own store
2. Inspect the box and device before powering on
3. Never use a device that arrives with a seed or PIN already set
4. Seed on paper or steel only. No photos, no cloud, no notes app
5. Run the official genuine-device check in the maker's app
6. Spending money in a small hot wallet. Cold storage stays cold
7. Bought from a third-party seller this year? Move funds to a fresh wallet set up on a verified device
Who in your group chat needs this today?
ALT Checklist card: an estimated $72M to $93M drained through tampered hardware wallets from an authorized reseller, with 7 steps to buy and set up a hardware wallet safely.
Decoded Media retweeted
Hundreds of hardware wallets drained. Estimated $72M to $93M gone.
The devices came from an authorized reseller. A hidden LTE module captured the seed phrase during setup.
"Authorized" wasn't enough. Save this before you buy your next wallet:
1. Buy direct from the manufacturer's own store
2. Inspect the box and device before powering on
3. Never use a device that arrives with a seed or PIN already set
4. Seed on paper or steel only. No photos, no cloud, no notes app
5. Run the official genuine-device check in the maker's app
6. Spending money in a small hot wallet. Cold storage stays cold
7. Bought from a third-party seller this year? Move funds to a fresh wallet set up on a verified device
Who in your group chat needs this today?
ALT Checklist card: an estimated $72M to $93M drained through tampered hardware wallets from an authorized reseller, with 7 steps to buy and set up a hardware wallet safely.
Decoded Media retweeted
$VAR tokenomics is out.
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100% unlocked at TGE
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Points stay live until TGE.
150k dropped every week.
Need 1 point to qualify.
Unclaimed genesis tokens get burned.
Treasury-directed revenue is intended for buybacks and burns.
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Crypto, stocks, commodities, pre-IPO.
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OUTRANK is Flask and SQLite, built in an afternoon. The only part I was slow
and careful about is the money path.
Three rules it follows:
A placement is granted only inside a signature-verified webhook. Never on the
browser redirect back from checkout — that redirect is attacker-controlled and
it is how most small paid sites get drained.
Every takeover opens BEGIN IMMEDIATE and re-reads the required price from the
database. A quote the browser was holding from ten minutes ago cannot buy a
slot at the old price.
Underpayment does not fail silently. The order is marked underpaid and the
payer gets an email.
I wrote the double-spend test before launch, not after. Twenty-two cases,
including six threads racing for the same slot on a barrier — exactly one is
granted.
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ZCAT paid 2,320 ZEC to holders.
CoinDesk, 7 Sept, Asia morning print.
3% tax on every ZCAT transfer. Converted to ZEC.
2,320 ZEC. About $2.8 million. Over 470,000 payouts.
Wallets holding $20 or more of ZCAT received it.
ZCAT market cap about $124 million. 24h volume about $22 million.
ZEC itself printed above $1,200.
Lookonchain: one wallet, $1.3K in, $2.17M profit, 1,626x.
Who funded whom?
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Twenty-six wins. Then a $5.27M hole.
Lookonchain, 7 Sept: trader 0x362a shorted 15,785 ZEC.
Notional $18.95 million, three days ago.
Unrealized loss now $5.27 million.
The streak before this print was 26 wins.
ZEC is still holding near $1,193.
Streak or size?
🤖 Made with AI
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Claude Opus 5 VS Fable 5.1 :: Opus 5 is the better default. Fable 5.1 is the better specialist.
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