Wait, there is an audio book version of this?

I’m really glad that it works, and please don’t take this the wrong way… but the solder joints look awful.

The only reason I’m saying this is because I suspect that after repeated use, they might fail and you will have to redo them. Maybe redo them now?

May I ask what your soldering technique is? Did you by any chance try to apply the solder to the iron and then struggle to apply that to the pins? This is a common misconception among beginners, hence me asking - you’re supposed to heat the pins with the iron and then apply solder to the heated pins, where it will flow into place. Also, applying flux beforehand will help with that.

If we’re talking about profanity, I think I’d go for either

Das geht mir am Arsch vorbei.

• or -

Das interessiert mich einen (scheiss) Dreck.

So that you can get a version that you don’t have to host yourself? Needs differ, and businesses exist, you know.

Also:

This has existed long before the AI hype. Dialog systems were around in the 80s, operating off of tapes. The concept itself is even older.

I ran an Asterisk server with speech recognition 20 years ago. Sure, TTS didn’t nearly have the recognition rates it has today, but it was enough to figure out the caller’s intent from the email message that was delivered after the fact.

I still run a very similar setup today, except I no longer self host and pretty much ever component has improved. Honestly, its a godsend to be able to deal with people or businesses that still rely on phone conversations, something I will never tolerate. I simply don’t do phone calls.

Would you do this mainly because you want to figure out if you can, or mostly due to the 40€ price difference?

The latest Raspberry Pi cameras have decent sensors, variants with night vision are available. Axis makes reliable, network attached cameras.

Open-source software like Frigate or ZoneMinder exists.

https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate

https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder

Still, would you really want that? A half-baked device in your network, a device you suspect would constantly betray you, if given the chance?

I personally can’t imagine getting used to that. I’d despise the device (and myself probably).

Also, let’s not forget gamebooks.

It’s canon that he can alter the speed at which information is processed / how he perceives the flow of time / events.

Where are those shots?

Nah really, I’d like to see some examples of said aesthetic to figure out if I can see it. If you don’t want to post your own, store bough examples are fine, too.

Pretty cool

Alright, still lost the modifier key though.

Quick reminder that, if you’re working with foxes, echinococcosis is an issue in the US and Canada as well. It’s still pretty rare, but boy does it suck if you become infected.

When I moved to Europe, I worked as a ranger’s assistant for a while and vaccinations were mandatory. A screening of foxes revealed around 22% of all foxes screened (around 500 at the time) were infected.

If you work in or operate a sanctuary etc., I think it’d be worthwhile to think about getting the vaccine no matter what part of the world you’re in.

I’m 100% sure I can wash that throw.

IMHO, they have expanded their range of looks quite a bit. But, to be completely honest, I’m currently even wearing a pair of pretty unsightly Crocs, just because they are so goddamn pleasant to walk in.

In the 40s, fluoroscopy became available, basically giving you a real-time, animated view of an X-ray picture. And yes, it did have all the associated dangers of prolonged X-ray exposure.

Not so much trademarked, but having a protected origin:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_designation_of_origin

You’re not supposed to like Carol Sturka, so great - the writing worked.

I consider Pluribus to be one the really great shows in the last decade, and I also do not like Carol. Often, I’m annoyed by her actions, and once or twice I was really pissed at how she interacted with the Others, because IMHO, there was just so much unnecessary hostility, or she was just being a dense cunt.

Why would a movie, a TV show or a play require the audience to like the protagonist? Outside of these fictional depictions, I’d probably not be acquainted with someone like Carol - but here, I want to watch her. I want to see how she deals with the overall situation, how choices made by someone who is fundamentally different from me play out, how she grows as a character, how she overcomes her flaws, of which there are many, or how she might completely fail. There even is the option I eventually grow to like her. Wouldn’t that be great, an actual character arc?

Carol is an alcoholic who doubts her self-worth and has just lost her love, a death which she directly blames on what she considers to be the alien invaders she now has to interact with on a daily basis. She was also recently promoted to one of the greatest mass murderers in history and the isolation she suffered as consequence of her actions made her realize she really can’t exist in complete solitude, leading to a complex relationship with an entity she wants to hate. I think she deserves some jagged edges.

I really don’t think Pluribus is a comedy show.

Naturally, given its setting, it will be absurd at times, and how people deal with situations will be equally absurd - there can be comedy in those moments, but that’s about it.