Jo Miran
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Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooksEnglish1·1 day agoThey didn’t replace Fry. When the Audiobooks were released in the US, they were read by Jim Dale. Fry was for the rest of the English language releases. During the run, Jim Dale broke the world record for the most character voices performed by a single actor in an audiobook (146).
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooksEnglish41·2 days agoAll I can think of is Jim Dale’s reading of the Harry Potter books. Fucking epic.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds251·2 days agoI have been saying this for a while. It seems like a really bad idea to push the most armed populous on the planet to the breaking point. One day the shooting is going start and it isn’t going to stop.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.works•Sacrifices have to be made for profit41·2 days agoI have been in tech for almost thirty years and this August will mark the 20th anniversary of the company I started.
In my experience, there are two predominant types of tech exec. On the one hand you have the folk who invest in “human capital”, which makes it sound awful but it is meant as a way to acknowledge that your workforce is your main asset, not a liability to be trimmed for cost savings. The other are douchebags like this guy who start and run companies putting out sub par garbage on the cheap. Some of these companies do business at a loss, just so they can show an active book of business so they cam borrow even more money. They are rarely profitable and produce nothing of value…but they do love to circle jerk each other to no end.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto World News@lemmy.world•Nissan slashes 15% of its global work force as Japan automaker sinks into losses (20000 people)English13·2 days agoThey need to answer the most basic question. Why should someone choose to buy a Nissan over its competitors?
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto Gaming@beehaw.org•Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy7·3 days agoMy first Nintendo console was an NES that I got for Christmas the year it was released in the US. You can say thay I have been a Nintendo fan for a bit. Nowadays I repeat the same thing over and over again.
Nintendo? Not even pirated. I avoid it all.
“Functioning Humans” are a myth. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you could get the powers/skills of any book/game/movie/etc villain, which would be most useful?2·4 days agoThe Refugee’s power as offered to Sally Faye Vierra at the end of Warbound (Grimnoir Chronicles, Book 3, by Larry Correia).
EDIT: If that’s too OP, then Sally Faye Vierra’s own true power is pretty solid.
I am hard pressed to think of any Americans older than twenty five that I have ever met IRL that was truly opposed to colonialism. High-schoolers and college students; sure. That’s about it though.
EDIT: To be clear, I am not defending colonialism. I just don’t think most Americans understand or think about its impact. Out of sight. Out of mind.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto World News@lemmy.world•European leaders demand unconditional Ukraine ceasefire from RussiaEnglish224·5 days agoMeanwhile, Putin…
That asshole doesn’t respond to empty threats, only action.
Lately it seems like I’m living #4’s life.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•14 nurses at the same hospital are pregnant at the same time151·5 days agoIt was one hell of an office Christmas party.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Wolfenstein 2 is Available Free with Prime Gaming61·6 days agoI genuinely enjoyed that game. So silly.
Jo Miran@lemmy.mlto World News@lemmy.world•India-Pakistan jets clash in one of the largest dogfights in recent historyEnglish81·6 days agoThis headline is like saying there was “a big brawl between two neighboring schools” when in reality it was just kids throwing rocks over the fence.
I think it’d be weird if I didn’t come across an adult juggling or similar when I go to the park.
Banning nuclear reactors was one of the worst environmental decisions humans have ever made.