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Re:Spamnesty – A Bot to waste spammers' time on Saturday December 30, 2017 @07:30PM (#16038555)
Let's just hope the scammers don't start using AI/NLP to generate the emails they send to us....
Re:Spamnesty – A Bot to waste spammers' time on Saturday December 30, 2017 @03:01PM (#16037170)
I saw www.rescam.org on here a while ago, definitely worth a visit!
Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:36PM (#14861689)
Ah. Indeed.
Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:33PM (#14861676)
How so? You mean due to sea level?
Re:Longest Lines of Sight on Earth on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:27PM (#14861642)
Surely the longest distance would be, from the top of the highest point on Earth (top of Everest), to the horizon?
Re:Ask HN: What code samples should programmers read? on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:18PM (#14489355)
500 or fewer lines :)
Re:Lyrebird – An API to copy the voice of anyone on Monday April 24, 2017 @04:24AM (#14182714)
Interesting thought: is it easier or more difficult to make a synthetic voice undistinguishable from a human one, compared to producing speech copying a real voice?

To me, at least, the voices I heard in Lyrebird's demo actually sounded more 'real' than Microsoft Sam for example.