Depends who you ask. Personally, I think AI is fine if used ethically, and I think that's an ethical case - as long as the voice actor is compensated for their voice.

hot take is that I think they can... if applied well. I think about some of the shopkeepers in Skyrim or the Witcher, the background NPCs that only have 1 line. Those are characters that AI could really enhance.

However, I do not think that it means executives can start firing actors right and left. The shopkeeper in Oxenfurt would be great with AI to help, ask it things like "What's going on in town?". Yennifer or Dandelion would not.

I'd be interested to hear how it goes, I'm looking at replacing mine. If you get yours to work, please report back. I'm actively looking for a new LTO8 drive

oh man, at least two, don't you think?

In my experience? Minimal. Although when you buy a single drive for over $1k you're also not super into cracking it open and repairing things. From what I can tell, it's like a blu-ray drive, but more complex, and more delicate. Not to mention since it's tape you technically need a clean room, because dust can fuck up the heads.

If I could source decent drives for less than 10 grand I'd be a huge supporter of it, but us pro-sumers are pretty much left with ebay.

I used an LSI 8i SAS card, with a standard SAS cable to my internal SAS tape drive. Then I just used plain ubuntu to get it up and running. The LSI cards are my go-to for anything SAS, used them for 10 years and never had a single one fail.

Edit @constantokra@lemmy.one I remembered I had this saved, this saved me a ton of time setting up my drive last time, everything I needed: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/lto-tape-drive-linux-experience-4175620090/

I've had horrible times with EA and steam together. However launching EA from lutris works well for me

I've done a good chunk, but I haven't found a good source for tape drives. Mine I bought second hand and it overheats and I found that it actually fails it's testing, so be extremely weary on buying them. I did LTO-8, but I've been waiting for years now for them to drop in price. (I probably did the same comparisons as you, TB/$ pricing).

The biggest thing is to make sure you support LTFS. I've tried multiple softwares, even down to tar, but LTFS will make your life simpler. It acts as a simple mount in linux, you just copy and paste.

Tapes themselves are all pretty much the same. I buy them new, never used, just like HDDs, and they're cheap enough that who cares. Note that the compressed sizing will never be reached. Remember that most ISOs are already compressed, and most of your data is already compressed, you can't compress compressed data, so it's pretty much a straight shot.

Tape can be a great option, I keep mine in a safety deposit box, fully encrypted. However getting it all set up is a pain in the ass. If you find a good drive at a good price, let me know.

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After hating Ubisoft for months because of all of this, I see people fawning over the new Assassins creed that was just announced, as if that isn't going to be the exact same, overpriced, boring sorry, empty world game. This one will be different!

I will probably get it - in 2 years when it's priced at 10 dollars, and I'll know they will take it away from me. I will basically rent it for 10 dollars. How anyone is gleeful about paying full price for an Ubisoft game is beyond me.

Ubisoft doesn't care about a great game that's only modestly profitable. It is too afraid of that. Shareholders demand mediocre games that a lot of people will buy.

Jesus one joke people.

No nuance, they got their one joke, and they're stickin with it.

It was funny for about 3 weeks when the apache helicopter joke ran it's course, but these folks are determined to keep using that same joke, driving it so deep into the ground that I'm pretty sure it's covered in molten iron right now.

Don't think of what she's reading as she knows you, but think about the dozens of skeezy guys that have come before you, and the shitty tricks they've tried to pull from her. It's shitty, but a lot of women have their guard up immediately assuming that guys are just trying to get in their pants. I guarantee some sleezebag has tried saying "Oh no way I have no interest of being FWB. Unless you would be interested, hahaha jkjkjk but really?"

Today's word of the day - Miscommunication!

I think she thought you took "Adventure Buddies" as FWB, and then when you tried to explain yourself she saw it as backpeddling. Weird to use a term like that, I would usually call them "friends". Anyway escalation, escalation, then over.

I get what you were trying to say, but it did come off as a bit oversexual. You didn't mean it, don't beat yourself up over it, just take it as a learning experience. Saying something outright like "FWB" to me comes off as "They have sex on the mind." Rewording it to "I get it, I've tried the more casual thing and I think I'm looking for something more serious. Sounds like you aren't, I get it, I've been through the same. If you do become ready, I'm always happy to meet for coffee". And that's it, no more follow ups, that's the end of the conversation.

She isn't innocent either, but I think she had her guard up and so she was in a mindset of taking things negatively. Just next time with the next person just keep it light, chill. Understanding, but yeah steer away anything that might come off as you're trying to get in their pants. HR's favorite phrase is "Intent is Irrelevant", if they took it that way, then you probably should reflect on why they took it that way.

Last thing, the last message is very passive aggressive, and I know you were mad, but phrases like "You are" and "I'm sorry you feel that way" are very confrontational. A better closing would have been a simple "I'm sorry, I think we had a miscommunication, I apologize if what I said came out wrong." "I'm sorry", "I think", "I apologize" instead of you

Exactly, it's naiive to think that because someone isn't actively doing something means they don't care. It's great to remind them, even try to keep it in their heads, but never assume they just don't care until they prove otherwise.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, I was having full-on panic attacks. I could barely sleep, I lost weight, it was bad. I got help, and I learned how I just can't think about the entirety of the world. Exactly what you said - vote, call my senators/congressmen, but that once I've done what I can then I have to be content with that, that's all I can do. What I've started doing is becoming more vocal and active in my local community on a few issues, and that has brought me a lot of peace and content, it's something I can actively do to make people's lives better.

Thank you!

You're not being kind by doing this! You're being kind to the one person you see but being an asshole to everyone behind you! Follow the rules of the road and everyone will get on better.

It's mental exhaustion. I wouldn't take seeming uncaring about it, I know personally it's just so much bad happening that if I forced myself to pay attention to it all I'd collapse in a pile of anxiety. I don't like anything you posted, but I wouldn't be able to carry on myself if I didn't look the other way on some of it.

You know, I've never had to deal with that.

Bah what do you mean? They're only losing... all of their institutional knowledge, handing off a complex piece of software to a more junior, less qualified, probably offshore team.

This is a cause for celebration! Bonuses for the MBA who came up with this idea!

absolute truth right here. I used to be like that, "Brehh Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd and Queen were the last good bands". Looking back I was such a tool. First because it's such a douche thing to belittle people for their music preference, and second because there is a ton of a great music. Now I can say I'm honestly a huge swiftie and I like a ton of music across several decades.

We have the most variety of music in history right now. To say "I don't like new music" is absurd, and you're exactly right, just means they just don't even try.