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OK. The add-on that does work! Minimal pops, if any. Yes, maybe occasionally, but I compared this driver with the previous one, and we get a slightly faster speed for speech in this one, so pops may also be because we're able to interrupt the engine a little faster by optimizing code. eurpod.com/synths/nvSpeechPlay…
Remember new settings defined in default.yaml inside the packs\lang: legacyPitchMode, legacyPitchInflectionScale. All there. Toggle it off if you hate it.
Another setting for languages: lengthenedVowelFinalCodaScale, It applies to any vowel that has a length mark ː, only when the vowel is followed by one or more consonants in the same word, and there are no later vowels in that word (so it’s the "final syllable” vowel".
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Tamas G

@jmd2000 yeah, was wondering how divided people would be on LegacyPitch, that's what the formula it used before moving towards ESpeak. If I get like, a majority of people saying the synth is horrible with it I'll ship it with it off. I think it for sure gives it more of an Eloquence feel, Espeak tends to do word inflection downwards more heavily and that's what they borrowed as well in later drivers.
@John Dowling, Jr.

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Finally we have reached racial equality

rawstory.com/don-lemon-2674908…


Trump's DOJ plans to hit ex-CNN host Don Lemon with Ku Klux Klan Act charges

A top Justice Department official floated the idea Monday of charging ex-CNN host and journalist Don Lemon – who had reported on an anti-ICE demonstration at a Minnesota church Sunday – under an 1871 law designed to combat the Ku Klux Klan.
Alexander Willis (Raw Story)

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Here's a new thing I've been toying with. #FastGH, a desktop client for interacting with GitHub. github.com/masonasons/FastGH You can download a test alpha release already here: Windows: github.com/masonasons/FastGH/r… Mac, untested: github.com/masonasons/FastGH/r…

GitHub - masonasons/FastGH: A GitHub desktop client built with wxPython

A GitHub desktop client built with wxPython. Contribute to masonasons/FastGH development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#fastgh

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Jage

Ya since you have view info already. Some repos have very long descriptions.
enricoros/big-AGI: AI suite powered by state-of-the-art models and providing advanced AI/AGI functions. Includes AI personas, AGI functions, world-class Beam multi-model chats, text-to-image, voice, response streaming, code highlighting and execution, PDF import, presets for developers, much more. Deploy on-prem or in the cloud. | 6821 stars | TypeScript | Pushed 7 hours ago

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Time once again to offer this community a chance to step up. Introducing Mastodon for Minneapolis, a fundraiser to benefit the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund organized by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Let’s see what we can do to support the people of metro Minneapolis as they grapple with a federal invasion. grapevine.org/giving-circle/do… 1/

Mastodon for Minneapolis | Join and Donate | Grapevine

Learn more about Mastodon for Minneapolis on Grapevine.org
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Please Boost!

Many are probably familiar with how unfriendly the #Fediverse / #Mastodon is to non-white cultures.

In my opinion, if you really care about wiping out Fediverse white supremacy with actions and not just empty words... you should be following ALL TurtleIsland.social moderators and admins.

@miyotehew (Nehiyaw)
@ashley (Nehiyaw)
@amandamakepeace (Tsalagi)
@dillyd (Great Ally)
@Tzipporah (Mvskoke)
@Yehuda (Mvskoke)

#Native #Indigenous #Allies #AntiRacism


Turtle Island Social

Native owned and operated for Native/Indigenous people and true Allies only. TurtleIsland.social is ad-free, corporate-free, bigotry-free, and culture respectful.
Mastodon hosted on turtleisland.social
#fediverse #Mastodon #indigenous #antiracism #native #allies @Tzip @Yehuda TurtleIsland.social @miyo🪶 @dillyd @Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) @Ash
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This is a podcast.
no no, just wait a minute.
This is not just *any* podcast, this is #StroongeCast.

Strange name, great cohost in the form of my lovely wife Kirsten.

Come for the name, stay for her dulcet tones, I promise you won't be disappointed.
Here's a 5-minute highlight reel from a handful of episodes over the last year.
Time for the blurb.

Why does F4 feel like a boob?
Why do Jake's friends think his dad is a lazy sod?
Why does being guided around all day make you want to go sit in a quiet hotel room and jump on dating sites?
Why did my wife faint at a bus stop at 5 in the morning, mere moments before we were supposed to catch a plane?
Why did an angry mum smack her child and say 'WE don't smack?'

Time to find out.
youtu.be/_0elPYMFTn4
Connect with us: onj.me/stroongecast
Follow us on Fedi: @StroongeCast


StroongeCast Clips

Welcome to StroongeCast Clips.this is a collection of segments from various episodes throughout the last year.Check out the StroongeCast Playlist for all epi...
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#stroongecast @StroongeCast

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Sadly, During cancellation, the current approach doesn’t allow for a proper fade-out, as isSpeaking is set to False too quickly, stopping the audio loop from processing the fade-out frame. Hmm. Now that's a challenge to solve. Instead of using silence frames, I could create a separate pending queue for index markers I think.
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RE: mastodon.social/@adastra1930/1…

can you imagine the kind of cultural and technological engineering effort it took to make it so installing an unknowable surveillance device in your home is easier than being able to use the abundant internet coursing through reality that you already own to simply be able to ... have your own camera

Alison Pitt

2026-01-17 01:40:38

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Let’s be honest, Ring was already some technocratic, dystopian BS, but if you needed a reason to finally, finally kill it with fire, here’s your reason: Ring is partnering with Flock to help ICE spy on you and your neighbors for the government 👀

#Technology #InfoSec
techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amaz…



Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)

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✧✦Catherine✦✧

this is exactly correct. i've had the misfortune to do some camera wrangling. this is very much a case of "please consider if you really need it, and if you do, here's [2-3x my normal hourly rate]".

only in this line of work have i seen a large corporate customer not be given a complete schematic for a devboard (a very basic one, p much just MIPI, I2C, and a few sidebands connected) except as a blurry image in microsoft teams screenshare with a pinky promise that you won't screenshot it (because the terms of the NDA with $sensor_vendor prohibit even acknowledging that the sensor has pins)

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Michal Špondr

@sesivany @jimmac Mám tam Heltec Wireless Lite, nějakou baterku a z té skříně, kterou mám na tyči po TV anténě, vede dolů pod střechu cca 3metrový USB kabel do zásuvky. Anténa je Mikrotik 868 Omni, jestli si dobře vzpomínám.
Na solární panýlek jsem si zatím netroufl, mám ho sice koupený laskakit.cz/solarni-panel-5v-4… , ale zatím jsem se nedostal k tomu jak to propojit s nějakou baterií a nodem.

Solární panel 5V 4W s držákem na zeď | LaskaKit

Solární panel 5V 4W s držákem na zeď
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@Jakub Steiner ⭐ @Jiří Eischmann

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RE: social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrass…

Mozilla wants your input. Here's mine:

Mozilla should be doing two things and two things only:

1: Building THE reference implementation web browser, and
2: Being a jugular-snapping attack dog on standards committees.
3: There is no 3.

Mozilla should have NOTHING to do with AI. Nobody wants it. Stop forcing AI into every corner of every project because your VC-brained management have completely lost the plot.

mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net…


VM (Vicky) Brasseur (@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com)

Attached: 1 image Mozilla wants your input. Please provide it. https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201 Here's mine. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #Privacy #AI
VM (Vicky) Brasseur (VMB Social)

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Welcome tommy as #curl commit author 1434: github.com/curl/curl/pull/2027…

bugfix: `SA_SIGINFO` should not be set when it is using `sa_handler` by Tommy-LXDAO · Pull Request #20278 · curl/curl

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904875/functions/sigaction.html SA_SIGINFO should not be set when it is using sa_handler. If we set sa_handler as SIG_IGN and sa_flags with SA_SIGINFO.The s...
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#curl

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Welcome Arnav-Purushotam-CUBoulder as #curl commit author 1433: github.com/curl/curl/pull/2030…

docs: update configure examples by Arnav-Purushotam-CUBoulder · Pull Request #20301 · curl/curl

Autotools ./configure requires selecting a TLS backend explicitly (or using --without-ssl). Several docs/examples still show ./configure without any TLS backend flag, which fails on current sources...
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#curl

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 16 updated and 3 added apps, plus 1 added from the weekend:

* Quick UPI: QR code generator via Quick Settings Tile 🛡️
* Oksigenia SOS: safety and distress alerts with fall and inactivity detection 🛡️
* RepoStore: turns GitHub releases into a clean, Play Store-style experience 🛡️
* advanced text encryption utility designed for zero-trust environments 🛡️

RB status: 806 apps (62.2%)

Enjoy your #free #apps at the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
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#free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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I think it’s really stupid that in order for you to type the period on a touchscreen keyboard, you have to click the numbers at the bottom just to get to it. In address bars, and email address fields, it’s right there next to the spacebar. Why can’t it be like that in all textfields? This is why I prefer texting on my laptop. I think there should be an extra row of preferred and most used punctuation symbols. That would make typing a whole lot more convenient.

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What the shit? Listening to Spotify while being in a Discord voice channel (alone) made it buffer, or as I found out, auto stop every few seconds. I only have one question: why? Apparently this is a feature? Who wants that kind of piss as feature. Leave my music alone.
Edit: this. Not quite a feature, but still ridiculous af: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/a…

Spotify Auto Pause

Oh no! Spotify keeps pausing while you're listening, but why?! If you are transmitting with your mic in voice chat for 30 seconds while Spotify is playing, Spotify will stop playing, and you'll get...
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#Oracle stock is now lower than before they touched #OpenAI ... turns out making up numbers and throwing around rumours of "300bn deals" and whatnot with nothing but butterfly farts behind it is bad.

Lawsuit filed. Main plaintiff -- love it -- the Ohio Carpenters' Pension Plan.

Sources:

youtube.com/watch?v=RF3BuIcDYj…

pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/15/bon…

via @davidgerard @ParadeGrotesque

A chart showing Oracle stock prices. 9 Sept 241.51 USD. 15 Jan: 191.24 USD.

Bondholders sue Oracle over OpenAI debt deals

Oracle sells enterprise databases. It’s a very solid business. They have so many corporate and government deals that Larry Ellison doesn’t even slightly have to pretend to be human any more. But El…
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#oracle #openai @Parade du Grotesque 💀 @David Gerard

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"The idea of using a YAML map for flexible vowel scaling seems good. It allows any vowel to be specified, not just English ones. I think applying the scale only to lengthened vowels fits with the user’s request while keeping short vowels unchanged. I'll check the existing setup to make sure everything aligns."
You better. I'm done implementing settings by hand into this thing. C++ is getting old.
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CapitalB

ok who should give us the electricity?

Germany needed 17GW (NOT GWh, GW!!) redispatch last year. France is toast each summer. Austria has Slowakia/Ukraine or the Balkans (lol) and the Italians are frozen or fry every half year.

Ofc we import oil but YOU urged we all do something different which at this point is physically impossible here.

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POV: Macie #ADHD i naprawdę spore problemy z przetwarzaniem tego, co słyszycie, a typ z którym rozmawiacie przez telefon się bardzo spieszy. Najważniejszym elementem rozmowy ze spieszącym się typem jest zdobycie adresu. Adres jest w miejscowości Mąchocice-Scholasteria.

Koniec żartu.

***badum-tsssssss***

(tak, typ powtórzył pięć razy, ja musiałam zapisać)

🙈

#adhd
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