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dr_pardee

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I still don’t like macOS and would prefer to run Linux on this laptop. But Asahi Linux still needs some work before it’s usable for me (I need external display output, and M4 support). This doesn’t bother me too much, though, as I don’t use this computer for serious work.

“I don’t use this computer for serious work.” Dropped $3K on MBP to play around with. Definitely should have gotten MBA

While I am aware that it is possible to use software to clone someone's voice, I am uncertain if it is currently feasible to utilize the cloned voice in real-time situations.

I am curious if these scammers are pre-recording conversations and playing them back in real-time or if they are actually able to speak using the cloned voice technology.

The thing about the unsubscribe button that I've found, if you use an alias, hackernews@example.com but your 'real' email is mike@example.com (catch-all email), Gmail unsubscribe will submit the 'real' email, mike@example.com, which doesn't work and can back fire by giving spammers your 'real' email.

Finally, a phone aimed at me! GREATEST PHONE EVER. I told Eric we could do this and he went ahead and did this. He's a genius, not like me, I'm an ultra genius, but good guy - Donald Trump

Does Not Translate 5 years ago

As of writing this, 53 Interesting Words in English That Don't Translate... "pearl-clutching" English speaker and I never heard this. If pearl-clutching counts, there's a million more words on Urban Dictionary I'm sure