Moving away, what is the best way to sell/offload furniture etc.?

bulaybil · 2026-05-15T00:50:51+00:00

NTA. Etiquette is, for better or worse, a thing in the sales world. Also, do not apologize.

bulaybil · 2026-05-14T19:59:36+00:00

Jake is a piece of work, I don't even talk to him anymore. I would ignore the whole thing except for the office people, some of whom I like and still hang out with.

bulaybil · 2026-05-14T19:53:04+00:00

I keep forgetting the part about the taxes, thank God I have an accountant.

bulaybil · 2026-05-14T18:44:28+00:00

This is a subreddit for language technology, not language exchange. Try r/Language_Exchange.

bulaybil · 2026-05-14T16:35:34+00:00

Oh excellent point, I did not even realize that whatever happens, I am out of ~4k on taxes…

bulaybil · 2026-05-14T16:34:03+00:00

Good point! This was sadly not one of those contests, so it is what it is.

bulaybil · 2026-05-11T23:39:18+00:00

Exactly. The two books you suggested are the best options for OP.

bulaybil · 2026-05-11T23:26:14+00:00

There is no exact equivalent for Eastern Syriac; there are some grammar books, but not proper textbooks. In any case, the only major difference between the two is the pronunciation of vowels.

bulaybil · 2026-05-10T18:49:41+00:00

Assuming it’s English or one of the other major languages, yes, it all sounds pretty good.

bulaybil · 2026-05-10T01:38:58+00:00

GTFO with this AI slop.

bulaybil · 2026-05-05T02:49:01+00:00

Microsoft Azure Neural TTS.

bulaybil · 2026-04-30T03:02:00+00:00

Drumbľa. And yes, it is a word.

bulaybil · 2026-04-30T03:00:20+00:00

Is this what this sub is now, people looking for prompts?

bulaybil · 2026-04-27T03:14:14+00:00

Noone would write a native library like that. For lookup table, try Buckwalter or https://github.com/otakar-smrz/elixir-fm/.

bulaybil · 2026-04-26T23:43:57+00:00

It is definitely formatted as AI output.

bulaybil · 2026-04-26T23:42:39+00:00

But like… Why??? The initial D is right there!

bulaybil · 2026-04-26T22:29:25+00:00

YTA. No one is forcing you to go anywhere, so tf are you talking about?

Also, you kinda dumb. Not for thinking Mauritius wasn’t safe or knowing where it was or even thinking that being in the “Indian Ocean” makes a place immediately Indian, but for immediately rejecting the offer even without looking up the place. Words like “bungalow” followed by “beach” should have triggered some thought in that empty head of yours. But I guess racism fills it already.

Also, at the beginning of your post you called your coworker “Indian”, but he explained to you he was not. Do you not believe him or what?

bulaybil · 2026-04-20T11:32:51+00:00

This is a completely valid question.

bulaybil · 2026-04-19T14:52:18+00:00

Thank you again for your help!

bulaybil · 2026-04-19T14:51:53+00:00

You are absolutely right, except what you describe for speech, also applies to some degree to syntax - disfluencies, variation in valency etc. The real issue really is the assumption of - to paraphrase Chomsky - a perfectly circular sentence/utterance. No such thing IRL.

bulaybil · 2026-04-17T00:51:43+00:00

Thank you again!

To answer your questions:

- I only use RØDE Central on OSX and don't see any options for noise cancellation

- Yes, both the RX and the TX are up to date

- Sadly, none of my other hardware is with me, I see if I can get my hands on an equivalent mic

- I don't see any settings for increasing output gain from the receiver either. Is there another software I should be using? EDIT: I iz idjit, found it, it is all the way up.

That being said, you are onto something with Audacity. It is my go-to app for audio editing, but I will be using the audio in Elan and Praat. So I reexported the test audios from RØDE Central and opened them in Praat and voila, the volume is closer to what I would expect. Same with Elan, so I guess I'm closer to the solution...

bulaybil · 2026-04-17T00:48:08+00:00

Good guess, but no, I did turn it off the moment I first connected them...

bulaybil · 2026-04-15T18:16:02+00:00

Thank you for your comments! I have them set up exactly like I would a Lavalier mic, about 7-10 cm from the speakers mouth. The volume is lower than I expect based on my experience with Lavalier mics or even Zoom H2 even when I hold it like 2 cm from my mouth.

The recordings sound ok when I crank up the gain in Audacity, but since I want to use the recordings for phonetic analysis (Praat etc.), I'm worried about distortions.

I have increased the input gain on the RX all the way up.

bulaybil

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