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7y ago
I've never recorded for Librivox. I just record music and have gear so I know what the work entails. I couldn't provide a voice actor's inherent vocal quality, which seems to be some neutral everyman's voice you could&
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7y ago
What is so special about Audible recordings that is unnattainable by Librivox? You mean sound quality? You mean some holy grail vocal mics? Or vocal talent? I don't get it.
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7y ago
People do Librivox recordings free of charge as volunteers. Those recordings are just as good as Audible recordings. I myself, with rudimentary gear and a free DAW, can create an Audible level recording for the mere cost of my time. I&#x
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7y ago
Why are the costs to produce audiobooks higher? Librivox has public domain books for free, submitted by volunteers.
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7y ago
Audible's greatest assault is on my wallet. So many audiobooks on that platform are exorbitantly expensive.
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7y ago
Who... buys onions on the internet?
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8y ago
At this point in my observation of the diet wars I have concluded that no diet is based in science and everyone is wrong. Like religion.
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8y ago
American Truck Simulator: https://youtu.be/AzOiYfL7l7Q Just me, my rig, and the open road.
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8y ago
I need depositories like this for many things.
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Well there's also many examples of people who pulled their own plug when the going got too laborious and they saw the writing on the wall. He could end up being one of those people. Not everyone changes their tune regarding this matt
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I set off an alarm recently that triggered much the same auditory effect. Also similar is if I listen to binaural beats for 10 minutes and remove the headphones. I have no idea what's going on there.
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8y ago
This is a slim summation of the contents of a fat book.
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8y ago
https://youtu.be/0iKAyfaPqKM
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8y ago
What about stains and raw denim? Does raw denim just get tattooed over time with various impossible stains?
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8y ago
Makes me think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov Imagine an AI in such a scenario. Count me as one of those people who thinks we are headed into a kind of hell.
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8y ago
Sounds like neurotic Judeo-Christian work ethic propaganda.
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What social issues have been postulated?
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8y ago
I think we are in a different place than the Luddites were.
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I thought every CEO's ultimate vision was to increase shareholder value. Does the vision of company really come from one person's declarations? Just look at what the company is doing as a whole and you can get a picture of what
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If you work BOH in restaurants you develop a distaste for servers. Not only do they make far more money but they do it in half the time. Time is money and money time. I've worked in the industry in SF and I can tell you there is no
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Basic Indicator of Gender Inequality (BIGI)
(bigi.genderequality.info)
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Setting foot on Hyrule Field in OoT after crawling out of the cave of 90's 2D games was momentous for me as well. "I can just run around wherever?" Yes there was still a fence and you were in a yard still and linearity was
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The Anti-Natalist Paradox
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