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It is indeed a common weakness of TTS models. Unfortunately it makes it unsuited for my use case, which is almost entirely single words, as I don't particularly want to deal with s…

I tried that, and found dryers actually vibrate so little that most sensors have a hard time reliably detecting it.

It's actually really, really easy to get the state of a "dumb" washing machine (or any other electric machine) into Home Assistant using a smart plug. You can use something really …

All major online game companies are moving towards kernel-level anticheat, as it's almost pointless to attempt anticheat otherwise.

I played on a fantastic MUD as a kid. It was based on the code for some other MUD, and the admins were unhappy about some things, so they decided to write their own MUD engine from…

Even worse, some will simply arbitrarily silently truncate the password. But not everywhere! The sign up page might silently truncate and then the actual login page might not.

And Hasbro: https://www.polygon.com/23695923/mtg-aftermath-pinkerton-rai...

Unfortunately, traditional pinsetters are well on their way out. All of the chains now use new models with strings that are much cheaper to operate. Non-chain bowling alleys with t…

You can get a technically-legal Professional license from shady websites for $20. Retail price is ~$140 for Home.

The kingpin at the top of the food chain sold the metals to a refinery. There were many levels below him of catalytic converters being bought and sold before they got to the kingpi…

There absolutely exist fungi that feeds on writable discs. Supposedly more common in tropical, humid areas.

I've always only bought Taiyo Yuden media since ~2000. Every CD-R and DVD-R I still have that I've tried is still readable. Taiyo Yuden at least used to be white labeled sometimes,…

You've had the ability to turn off team chat in settings for quite awhile. I also turn it off, both all and team.

Oh hey, I sold them that github account name for 0.11 BTC. They obviously had deep pockets but I wondered whether they'd end up having any success.

There's no shortage of adwall sites, which is pretty much the evolution. Outsourcing of ad fraud is their bread and butter.

That's quite disingenuous. Entirely different circumstances and facts. You're using the absolute maximum prosecutors were threatening Swartz with in order to extract a plea deal. T…

You do when you also commit fraud with a 7 year sentence.

Also, if you have a Windows Update pending that requires a reboot, attempting to install anything from the Windows Store will fail, sometimes with a cryptic error code and sometime…

Uber deals with a commodity - the variance in someone driving you from point to point is pretty low, and the qualitative parts are basically all consumer visible. The market for co…

ShopRunner is also free, forever, if you ever sign up for one of their free trials - I think they tend to happen around Black Friday. I signed up for a free 1 year trial 5+ years a…

I wonder whether this is why every Google router (OnHub, Wifi) on Earth shut down about 2PM PST yesterday and requires a factory reset to get running again. https://productforums.g…

And you are a case in point; spez (Steve Huffman, CEO) actually made those decisions and used Pao as a fall-woman.

Once there is more than a single product being produced by an organization, hiring and firing is not generally correlated.

Some states have tried, including Colorado in the most recent election via ballot measure, but the plans have been resoundingly defeated at the ballot. I doubt even Massachusetts's…

Naan is everywhere in the US. I'd expect tourists preferring naan is pure familiarity. I see naan at every grocery store, much like sushi. Or pita, thinking of breads.