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RossDCurrie

Re:Ask HN: What caused the downfall of Sun Microsystem? on Friday June 14, 2024 @09:39PM (#40686815)
They got acquired by Oracle for $7.4B

Ask HN: ChatGPT- Cross-chat memory causing context bubbles?

I rarely use HN, so I apologise if my etiquette is off, but I think I've found 'a thing' and I'm really not sure where I can have a smort conversation with smort people about it, and well, this seems like a good starting place.The basic premise is this: After a few months of ChatGPT saving chats with its new Memory feature, I feel like it's starting to put me into context bubbles that I can't...

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Re:OpenVoice: Versatile Instant Voice Cloning on Friday January 05, 2024 @12:27AM (#38876029)
I went through downloading the open source version yesterday and tried it with my voice in the microphone, and a few other saved wav files.

It was terrible. Absolutely terrible. Like, given how much hype I saw about this, I expected something half decent. It was not. It was bad, so bad bad bad.

I was thinking maybe I did something wrong, but then I watched some of the youtube reviews - these guys were SO excited at the start of the video and then at the end, they all literally said, "Uh, well, you be the judge"

I still can't help but feel there's some kind of trick to it - get the right input sample, done in the right intonation, and maybe you can generate anything

Yeah, on Steem it doesn't take a whole bunch of people to disagree with your opinion... you just have to piss off one person who holds a ton of Steem ;)