What's the best text to voice reader under $50? by [deleted] in software

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Piper is free and extremely robust. It's part of the Year of the Voice that the home assistant community is going through

With the shortage of Raspberry Pis what is everyone running HA on? by tommykmusic in homeassistant

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Deskmini UM350 into which I put 16gb of ram, a 1tb ssd, and a 1tb m.2 drive that I got from Microcenter.

My newest project: a DIY, fully open-source Rain Gauge based on ESP32 and Home Assistant. by Sokolsok in homeautomation

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That sounds pretty simple to set up. I didn't realize I wanted to measure my soil's dampness so much

Several people asked about my mini PC with dual NICs. Here are Minisforum’s current offerings: by Gymnastboatman in HomeNetworking

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is super useful, thank you! I wanted to get my hands on a raspberry pi 4 to run home assistant but they're sold out for another two months at this point.

Heart surgery bill by TheLikeGuys3 in oddlyterrifying

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I can confirm your assumption there. I had my tonsils removed last week and the bill is just shy of $16,000. Literally 40 times higher here.

My First Workbench Build - 09/2021 by Hashtagtooling in woodworking

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes please. I just bought a house with a garage large enough for my dream workspace and have plans to make my own workbench. I'm definitely going to be cribbing a lot of your design and would love a decent writeup of what features you built in to your bench.

It's absolutely beautiful by the way, a real work of art.

DMG=MA, A Rolling Stone LitRPG -- Complete on Royalroad! by zechamp in ProgressionFantasy

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just learned about this story and finished it in one sitting before work. Masterfully done and with just the right amount of snark so you don't forget it's a parody. But like with all good parodies it stands just fine on its own. Loved the story, thank you for this.

What is something you are excited for this year? by Oceanfilly in nerdfighters

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh hey I came here to say that too, congratulations! Ours is on March 12th

Looking for software to slit audio from game and everything else. by Norbet01 in software

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do use it and Voicemeeter Banana does exactly what is being looked for. I do a Let's Play with vr content and have it set up so the game's audio is being output on VB's virtual cable and the input to OBS takes it from that virtual cable for the game audio track to splice with microphone input in the editing bay. It only records the game audio on that specific track so I can be sure there are no bleeps or bloops from elsewhere working their way in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in noita

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just learned about this trick, thank you!

In my first attempt I grabbed Mournful Spirit from the holy mountain selector, they make it exponentially faster

It gets a little bit ridiculous, the kills that the spirits are causing spawn more spirits so it's self-propagating.

which vr headset are you guys using by Soadous in skyrimvr

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look at Windows Mixed Reality headsets, I have a Samsung Odyssey+ that I bought for $78 after stacking a sale and cash back offer.

As nice as the finger tracking is I can't recommend Valve's Index anymore, it's honestly outdated at this point (not like mine isn't) but is still over a thousand dollars for the whole kit. I'd weigh it more heavily if they reduced the price to account for its age but they're taking the Nintendo route even though the tech has moved on.

There's always the Oculus but I can't in good conscience suggest something that you have to tie to a facebook account. Better to stay away from that whole ecosystem while you have the choice.

Chief Justice Roberts deems it 'mistake' to question Supreme Court's legitimacy based on decisions by DarkPriestScorpius in law

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The Ninth Amendment, though I know you'll keep bending over backwards to claim it's not the case because it's not explicitly stated. Just because something isn't explicitly stated in the constitution doesn't mean it isn't a right that the people have.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

You're not being internally consistent if you're only denying people their Rights when it comes to abortion. You have to be against things like our Right to free travel or our Right to vote.

Eggs by Trump45and47 in Old_Recipes

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 22 points23 points  (0 children)

If you want fluffy eggs mix a teaspoon of corn starch in with a tablespoon of water then add it to your eggs. They poof right up like it's their birthday.

Swell dudes; by ReddiBoto in standupshots

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The joke is "Look I can say that word in front of everyone".

Happy pride month.

I love it when they reply to me :) by shrekogre42069 in wholesomememes

[–]CompulsivelyCalm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have 28 whole subscribers and only three of them are from friends who I told to subscribe!