michael_h

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by michael_h 8y ago
"A problem occurred with this webpage so it was reloaded"
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by michael_h 8y ago
It definitely won't of course, and I'm not saying it's right , but people who think that a mass people-to-automaton transition is going to go smoothly without a plan in place for the 'people' may lack perspective.
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by michael_h 8y ago
If the Amazon warehouses become fully automated and a big group of people lose their jobs and there's no safety net, the warehouses will be burned to the ground within 24 hours.
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by michael_h 8y ago
Sure is: Festival, HTS, Merlin, and a gaggle of wavenet implementations. You'll have to put in some work, it's not turnkey, but you can get some really good results.
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by michael_h 8y ago
> It’s developed and maintained by Google. As such, a continued support and development is ensured Yes. Google - definitely not known for suddenly abandoning things.
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by michael_h 9y ago
Being honest, what I would do: schedule a time for the call back and make sure to not pick up the phone at that time.
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by michael_h 9y ago
How many cold calls can you make per day? What if they're 52 minutes long?
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by michael_h 9y ago
Eating a spoonful of powder sounds like a nightmare I sometimes have.
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by michael_h 9y ago
What am I supposed to do, not click on this? I'll be back... Edit: could have been worse, but still very gross. Not Trypophobia triggering
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by michael_h 9y ago
"Intern! Get on wikipedia and edit the article for Boba Fett. The world needs to know that he's not as cool as they think he is."
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by michael_h 9y ago
I'm not sure - the exact voices themselves generally aren't published, but the papers are detailed enough that you could recreate the system if you wanted.
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by michael_h 9y ago
This was kind of the target of the 2016 Blizzard Challenge ( http://festvox.org/blizzard/blizzard2016.html ), as the training data was children's books (clean audio, 'reading voice' prosody, etc). Some of
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by michael_h 9y ago
I heard the Razer Blade was flaky.
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by michael_h 9y ago
Kroger sells unsweetened applesauce under their house brand as well as the national brands.
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by michael_h 9y ago
'He said the company is a “platform” for a new model of food delivery, where fresh fruits and veggies are delivered regularly to the home' For the past five years, I have gotten a box of fresh fruits and veggies delivered every Mo
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by michael_h 9y ago
Why can't you opt out of Google?
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by michael_h 10y ago
'Dozen or so'? You can get a lamb roast at Costco .
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by michael_h 10y ago
"In the US peeps don't drink it because there isn't any good ones available" The internet has taken care of that. Also, the Canadians have been supplying us with Red Rose for more than a century, which, while not top of
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by michael_h 10y ago
Mountains, glaciers, hot springs, huge forests, beaches, wineries, rugby, meat pies. Yeah, it's a real snooze-fest.
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by michael_h 10y ago
I think you can just set DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH to /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-8.0/lib and not have to copy anything around.
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by michael_h 10y ago
Just to clarify: a white person in a supermarket speaking Polish is necessarily an immigrant?
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by michael_h 10y ago
Suddenly, the school for gifted kids is inundated with new students.
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by michael_h 10y ago
PSA: Ads on that link are NSFW.
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by michael_h 10y ago
You have 50 seamless interactions, one bad one, then you go home and say, "You won't believe what happened to me at the pharmacy. I can't wait for robots to take over."
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by michael_h 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Under "In Comments", third paragraph.
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by michael_h 10y ago
Just to clarify: if you rent an apartment that is in an area with high property taxes, you still get to go to the same local school as the people who own their homes.
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by michael_h 10y ago
It doesn't really matter if $12/hour is good or bad. If you're having trouble finding new workers, you're going to have to poach from the existing labor pool (aka from your competition) with higher wages and better benef
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by michael_h 10y ago
I'm always baffled by the people in these articles. From the anecdote at the beginning: he's having trouble hiring people for $12/hour (up to $70K/year with bonuses, etc). I am also having trouble hiring people: I need a
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by michael_h 10y ago
Try to close your AMEX account, then watch the veil of friendliness drop. I had two accounts and called to close one. The lady yelled at me (yelled!) because I didnt feel like I needed to give them a reason for closing the account beyond &q
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by michael_h 10y ago
Regarding the reference you linked, there's a tiny part of the phone that they did not include in the bill of materials: software. That might add a few bucks to the final price.

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