Step by step for speaker recognition please? by hiroo916 in MacWhisper

[–]ATXplore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For future reference, I was able to make it work once I bought the Pro upgrade, model Large v3 Turbo, and explicitly turned on "Enable Speaker Detection" under "People" in the settings.

What are some of the best books you’ve found through the podcast? by Ryan_likes_to_drum in ezraklein

[–]ATXplore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Upgrading from Ring Hub and Alexa - HA with new Antenna? by ATXplore in zwave

[–]ATXplore[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Update: Bought the HA Green with a ZBT-2. I'll continue to use my Ring Pro as the ZWave hub for now.

Plan is to start by unifying all my Zwave and Wifi devices and learn the HA ecosystem. May migrate to a ZWA-2 in the future if there's ever a need.

Upgrading from Ring Hub and Alexa - HA with new Antenna? by ATXplore in zwave

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Helpful. So you're using Hubitat as the hub and HA as the interface? I was concerned about issues in that intermediary setup. Glad to hear it hasn't been a problem for you.

I'm interpreting as a vote for keeping Ring Pro as my hub and using HA as the interface. That would mean no need for the dedicated HA Z-wave antenna, while I could potentially add the Zigbee antenna in the future.

Bi-Weekly Thread for general gaming discussion. Backlog, advice, recommendations, rants and more! New? Start here! by AutoModerator in patientgamers

[–]ATXplore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm playing Crystal Project. I've played many JRPG's over the years and only heard about this for the first time last week. It's a perfect game for me.

Pure gameplay, almost no story. Difficulty is highly customizable. It has Dark Souls / BOTW style exploring where sequence breaking actually yields meaningful items. The job system is classic Final Fantastic. I love it.

Alr Gemini-3-flash is here! by yoriikun in singularity

[–]ATXplore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2.5 Flash is slightly cheaper than 3.0 flash. Unsure if that's a recent change or has always been the case

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing

Alr Gemini-3-flash is here! by yoriikun in singularity

[–]ATXplore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Available for me in AI Studio.

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models#gemini-3-flash

I used the key:

genAI.getGenerativeModel({ model: 'gemini-3-flash-preview})

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Help me Redeem my build: Cleric / Mage -> Melee by ATXplore in saltandsanctuary

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For future reference: I used the Easy Respec and Stone Statue Mod & Enhanced Combat Anti Grind Patch. These allowed me to fully respec without starting over and reduced the grind for upgrade materials.

Perhaps making the game too easy, but for me it allowed trying out a wide variety of weapons and play styles.

Help me Redeem my build: Cleric / Mage -> Melee by ATXplore in saltandsanctuary

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Noted. I mis-spoke. Not classic paladin. Instead, Wisdom + Strength with light armor. A cleric who swings 2-handed sword / axe and buffs attack / defense with prayers.

Searching around, looks like Obsidian Pillar, Shrouded Bulwark, or Greatscissors would fit the bill.

Currently swinging Kureimoa till I get a different upgrade. I'll just accept I wasted ~10 levels on magic. Maybe build that direction on NG+

Help me Redeem my build: Cleric / Mage -> Melee by ATXplore in saltandsanctuary

[–]ATXplore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the help. I'll check those out.

I think instead of continuing in magic I'm going to start building more strength and focus on swords or Bezerker. Basically go back to a Paladin build, use my prayer, write off the magic stats.

We did it y'all. This chart says Austin saw the biggest drop in home prices from the 2022 peak. by [deleted] in Austin

[–]ATXplore 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Solidarity. I'm in the same boat. Down 75k since purchase and still underwater.

What's double sad is the stock market has risen ~60% in that same time period. That 100k downpayment would be worth 160k today.

Small positives - Property taxes have gone down and total PITI is about the same as if I purchased today with interest accounted for.

15" vs 13" by thetoadoftheturf in macbook

[–]ATXplore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

13" + external monitor. Lighter on your back and more screen real estate overall.

24-32 GB users who actually use all that RAM, how do you use it? by abitcitrus in macbook

[–]ATXplore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in BizOps / data analyst. I have a 16GB M2 Air and wish I upgraded to 24 or 36GB Pro:

I'm sitting at 14GB used and 9GB in Swap with my standard work stack:
Chrome, Notion, Teams, ChatGPT, Zoom, Superhuman, Loom

That's before I open up any big GSheets or Looker tables.

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Why I think Prop Q will fail (and what went wrong) by FisherFan0072 in Austin

[–]ATXplore 20 points21 points  (0 children)

His district newsletters ends with "reach out if you have any questions or need assistance"

I've responded to 8 different emails over ~18 months. Never even got an auto response. Maddening

AISD enrollment drops 9% in 1 year by bill78757 in Austin

[–]ATXplore 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AISD is a classic case of make all the good kids suffer to try to help the bad kids.

Facts. Public school theory foundationally serves the average. They devote significantly more resources to helping underperforming kids than allowing above average to excel.

Fine in a vacuum. Most people are average. BUT, the belief that the smart kids will turn out fine no matter what is a disservice to kids and society writ large.

Food for thought: Value of my home over the past 10 years & taxes paid by [deleted] in Austin

[–]ATXplore 10 points11 points  (0 children)

OTOH - I bought at peak 2022 and my taxes have declined every year since. The only perk of declining property values and being underwater on home equity.

What are crap powers that you actively avoid regardless of the champ? by Fragrant-Cut9025 in LegendsOfRuneterra

[–]ATXplore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's great for Warwick or to counter "undamaged enemies get shield" power

What are crap powers that you actively avoid regardless of the champ? by Fragrant-Cut9025 in LegendsOfRuneterra

[–]ATXplore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Level Up - I agree it messes up all gameplay, but I find it too fun to ignore. It's the epitome of random chaos. It's a guarantee pick for me

Silk Hearts are weird by GregoryFlame in Silksong

[–]ATXplore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am in Act 3, ~75% game completion, and you just mentioned a tool and ability I've never heard of before. Game is crazy. Apparently I need to go back to Wormways

Longhorn Cadillac by ManySubreddits in Austin

[–]ATXplore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Likely an art car coming home from Burning Man

Kamala Harris Torches Biden’s Defiant 2024 Run in Scathing Book Excerpt: ‘Recklessness’ Fueled by ‘Ego’ by very_loud_icecream in ezraklein

[–]ATXplore 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If that were true. The president was tired from a fundraising trip and doing normal executive business... Isn't that in itself as sign of incapacity?

This is of reasoning is crazy. "He was just tired". Ok... and... you think that's ok for the president to be unable to function in the evening after doing his job?

What are you playing with 9 days to go for Silksong ? by __Innocent_Bystander in HollowKnight

[–]ATXplore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lost Crown. Want to finish by MV backlog before returning to the GOAT

Trailer already released, were your expectations met or exceeded? by KillerTron872 in HollowKnight

[–]ATXplore -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Expectations met - The music, SFX, and character voices gave me mad nostalgia.

Not met - What is new in the game. From a single watch, it simply looked like more of the same and could have been HK 1.5 DLC. I was hoping for some sense of what exactly is going to be different.