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@ JoeByeThen @hexbear.net

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  • Got it going on my win10 box. Had to downgrade to the 0.1.10 version, 0.1.12 didn't wanna work for me. Their cuda support is buggy, but 45 seconds of audio took about 10 minutes on my CPU. Not sold on quality of the qwen model yet. But to be fair I used kind of a jokey audio. It generates the speech fine but I think my jokey sample may have confused its ability to handle tonality. I'll give it a couple more shots. I see potential, at least. Those screenshots showing timeline and track editing aren't real tho and I question their judgement on sharing that.

  • They're not really lost if you know where they're buried.

  • Hunter

  • Probably FF being overzealous. I would just double check that the file is definitely a torrent and not named something like ReallyCoolStuff.torrent.exe.

  • Oh, I know about them! Had this saved for future sharing.

  • That made me think of the fire that broke out on the Bonhomme Richard about five years ago.

    Oh I missed that one. Too much going on in 2020.

    A Navy report published in 2021 lists numerous deficiencies in leadership, firefighting training, and equipment that contributed to the loss of the ship. In his 3 August endorsement of the report, United States Pacific Fleet commanding admiral Samuel Paparo characterized the crew as "unprepared" and their training and readiness as "deficient" while calling out "a lack of familiarity with requirements and procedural noncompliance at all levels of command." Navy fire safety protocols enacted after the 2012 loss of attack submarine USS Miami in a similar fire were not followed, and Bonhomme Richard's captain, executive officer, command master chief, and chief engineer were criticized for leadership failures that "directly led to the loss" of the ship.

    That x Every Ship and Base out there.

  • We're wholly unprepared for an enemy that would be willing to take the fight to us.

    A really good example of how much mayhem can be caused with minimal resources and just a little bit of effort are the DC Sniper attacks that happened early 2002.

  • ngl, it would be pretty hilarious if the US's Navy fleet just kinda disappeared over night. Like with enough planning, I don't doubt that it would be possible. I did some time in the USN many years ago, when I was much younger and slightly dumber, and I shit you not there was a fire on my ship AT LEAST every other day. These ships are not well maintained, all that MIC money isn't going to the crew or equipment maintenance. In many ways the military itself is run like a business, which means your infrastructure divisions are worried about balancing budgets and cutting costs as much as any private company.

    Plus, back when 911 happened it always struck me how little came afterwards. My friends and I were expecting the weeks following to be filled with car bombs and attacks of the power infrastructure. Crickets. We're wholly unprepared for an enemy that would be willing to take the fight to us.

  • Oh ya, not to call Absolute Evil out, it's interesting enough. I meant tacked on to the Absolute series in general. They just felt very distinctly established imo. They don't even feel like the same time period, to me. But yeah, not horrible or anything. I just feel meh about it.

  • Ya, I tend to read them a couple months at a time so I guess I'm not entirely on top of things. I did notice a couple references here and there, but I chalked it up to coincidence because the style and worldbuilding felt markedly different than each other. No question of it with these past few chapters though. Not sure how I feel about it.

    Edit: it feels tacked on tbh.

  • I'll do it.

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Read Theory, Libs.

  • Slop. @hexbear.net

    AMA - I’m the author of China’s Backstory: The History Beijing Doesn’t Want You to Read. Ask Me Anything!

    old.reddit.com /r/IAmA/comments/1qospp6/ama_im_the_author_of_chinas_backstory_the_history/
  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Dang, just ran across this moving song. If This Were A War – David Rovics

    www.davidrovics.com /songbook/if-this-were-a-war/
  • covid @hexbear.net

    Salting the Vibe by Lollipopulist (lyric video)

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Bringing back a classic from 2019: 'Sexy tricks': How 'mercenary' journalists demonize Venezuela, in their own words - The Grayzone

    thegrayzone.com /2019/12/09/sexy-tricks-journalists-demonize-venezuela-anatoly-kurmanaev/
  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Dang, look at this pic of an attractive guy I just ran across. Quote unrelated. 🤷

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Going into 2026 like...

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    New Manufacturing Consent Dropped: Venezuelan Social Credit!

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    How China is changing its social credit system

    archive.ph /eMOpx
  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    I hope Fidel brought everyone what they asked for!

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Isn't nature beautiful.😍

  • covid @hexbear.net

    Biden’s Handmaidens: Is it surprising that the women on the frontlines of Biden’s effort to minimize Covid are not all doing that well, physically?

    justinebarron.substack.com /p/bidens-handmaidens-is-it-surprising
  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    It's almost April 2026 and you know what that means, The Pyongyang Marathon!

    koryogroup.com /tours/dprk-north-korea/pyongyang-marathon
  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    What about 365 of them?

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    Warm fuzzies! <3

  • Anime & Donghua @hexbear.net

    Oh no! Somebody accidentally shared all of their Light Novels and things publicly on the internet. Somebody should probably warn this person!

    server.elscione.com
  • music @hexbear.net

    Noname - Hundred Acres (Official Music Video)

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net

    At what point?

    tankie.tube /w/sNaBFZt3rKRABM8oz4fUFq