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The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

SSAB - October 5, 2026

The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski · Oct 5, 2026 · 49:35

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Blue skies and holidays, but getting cold outside.
Automation success! On-device transcription done! But is it a good idea?
Terminal AI!? Better or worse? It’s very… computery. Claude Terminal could look at a JSON and create FCPXML files. The problem? Is it safe? Now someone knows which files I have on my computer and how I structure my system. Security risk? Or paranoia?
And videos getting done, almost time to publish!
Donate to the show! PayPal link below!
https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA
***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
Transcript and more available on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1om1Geup1o6Adi-A8kTAnCf12Zo7nDkAt?usp=sharing
Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com
Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog
Google Stock Tracker Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharing
Hope you have a great start of week!
00:00:05 Opening Notes00:00:27 Introduction and Microphone Troubles00:03:15 Why I Started This Podcast, and the National Day Break00:04:20 Beijing Weather00:06:13 A Run, a Workout, and End-of-Range Squats00:10:49 Bench Press and Explosive Circuit Work00:11:57 Fitness Channels I Follow00:12:43 Holiday Plans and a Day of Tinkering00:13:47 Scaling Back My AI Subscriptions00:15:07 The Translated Podcast Summary Workflow00:17:02 NetworkChuck, Ollama, and Running AI Locally00:20:05 Models, Inferences, and Harnesses00:21:58 OpenClaw and Agent Permissions00:23:40 The Privacy Risk of Giving AI Access to Your Files00:26:23 Why Use the Terminal?00:29:14 Automating My Daily Workflows00:31:56 Replacing Descript with On-Device Transcription00:33:16 Hotkeys Versus Folder Actions00:34:55 Clipping with Claude and Final Cut Pro XML00:37:54 Cutting Out the Sesame Street Alien Moments00:39:27 Explaining It All to My Girlfriend00:40:54 A B-Roll Folder Dream00:41:56 Is It Any Better?00:44:08 AI-Written Pitch Emails00:45:06 Linux Versus macOS00:45:49 Video Progress: The Toronto Video00:46:52 YouTube Shorts and a Possible Book00:47:34 Closing Thoughts on Local AI00:48:35 Outro

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