u/Spirited_Ask_965

I’m building a pricing sheet for STT APIs and the headline price is basically useless by itself. “$x per minute” tells me almost nothing. Because the actual workflow may need:

• realtime streaming
• diarization
• timestamps
• redaction
• language detection
• speaker/channel handling
• retries
• storage
• concurrency
• region/data retention
• support/SLA
• telephony
• human cleanup.

A cheap transcript that needs a human to fix it is not cheap.

A cheap realtime API that bills weirdly on silence may not be cheap.

A cheap STT layer that needs separate redaction/timestamp tooling may not be cheap.

I’m using a Google Sheets calculator with columns like:

batch price realtime

price features included silent audio handling

failed stream handling

retention concurrency

docs quality

latency notes

human correction cost

effective cost per 1k live call minutes

Smallest AI Pulse is in my sheet because I’m trying to compare real-time STT APIs by workflow cost, not only the posted per-minute price. What columns would you add before choosing an STT API?

Lately I’ve been seeing Steam Machine discussions popping up again and it got me thinking…was it actually a bad idea, or just too early for its time? Back then it felt like the hardware+Linux or SteamOS ecosystem just wasn’t there yet. But now with

SteamOS getting way better, Steam Deck proving the concept, plus all these mini PCs and eGPU setups, like Onexgpu, Gpd, Minisforum, Nimo etc, it kinda feels like the original Steam Machine vision is finally becoming realistic. Wondering what people think, idea was solid but ahead of its time, or still flawed even today

I teach at an international school in Germany and while the school itself is quite international, most of the parent WhatsApp groups for my classes are almost entirely in German. Between updates about trips, homework deadlines, events, and general chat it’s a lot to keep up with. Other teachers in similar situations how do you handle the volume of messages in the local language without spending your evenings translating?

i just wanted to share aight im gonna bounce bye

as i am posgting this cutie fanart i am jealous /j lol

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I had Ivory Coast beating Curaçao 2–0, and my wallet was definitely grateful for that prediction. At the same time, Ecuador's gritty win over Germany was probably my favorite match of the tournament so far. They played like a team with everything on the line to avoid elimination, and I honestly didn't see that result coming.

The biggest surprise for me, though, was Japan vs. Sweden. I genuinely didn't expect the match to end in a draw. I had Japan edging it 2–1 because I thought they'd push hard to finish top of the group and avoid a potential clash with Brazil. Instead, they dropped points, and it feels like Hajime Moriyasu's World Cup journey may be coming to an end when it hits Brazil next game.

After the match, I used SportEval, a site that brings together predictions from multiple AI models, to see how the game had been called. Interestingly, most of the models agreed on the overall direction of the match, and one of them even nailed the exact score.

That said, I definitely wouldn't blindly follow AI when betting or making my own predictions. For me, it's more of a tool to double-check whether I've overlooked something. Sometimes, after reading the AI analysis, I actually end up feeling even more confident about my original pick.

Now I'm really curious to see what the models will predict for the upcoming Brazil vs. Japan match.

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