ApatheticCactus

@ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The PS3's comeback was insane⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have two working PS3s and one broken 360.

  One of the PS3s is a launch unit. Impressive machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried one that works surprisingly well. Each sentence had great pacing, cadence, and correct enunciation- even had tone right when someone was shouting or angry or sad.

  I wouldn’t really recommend it, though. While I couldn’t pick any single thing out that was wrong, overall it just didn’t quite flow. It’s like watching someone try to act that is technically doing everything right, but it just isn’t good. It basically didn’t understand the greater context of the story and was saying lines.

  It was uncanny valley, but exclusively with voice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨great shoe idea⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So the dog prints are 3-4 prints relatively closely spaced, then a 2-3 foot gap and then 3-4 prints slightly offset from the first set.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Market self regulation assumes informed consumers that are smart enough to know what things mean. Also it assumes healthy competition and companies that are competing to make the best product at the chrapest price. It ALSO assumes brand lotalty isn’t a thing, and consumers are judging things purely objectively.

  Like, i understand the idea, but in practice there are a ton of caveats.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is why we have a defense budget⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea who most of those characters are- which gives me an idea.

  What if I just made a bunch of AI generic anime characters and symbols and put those stickers on my car? The hardcore anime guys would be like, “Wait, what show is THAT from!? That looks awesome… What’s it from?” Just to passively drive a very specific type of person crazy trying to look it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you use your blinker in a car?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I always do. Feels wrong not to. Just get in the habit of ALWAYS using them and it becomes a no-brainer. It’s just a good habit to have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In person socialization? Is that like VR chat?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s a legal issue, honestly. When printers first came out there was a fear that people would just print money and other illegal things, so printer firmware had to print out security identifiers on everything in yellow ink so it can be traceable. That’s also why yellow ink always goes out first, and why it complains about yellow ink when trying to only print black and white.

  If that’s law, then it could be illegal to use firmware that does not have these features, and anyone making fimware that ‘just prints’ may be held liable.

  Thus is all just an educated guess though, but seems plausible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a term for people who never really returned from the pandemic's social isolation⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was never really social to begin with, so I just resumed being my normal introverted self.