#technologies and beyond

[haxyr3]

I've found a fantastic way to practice listening in Russian using an AI voice generator. Here's why you might want to give it a try:

Boost Listening Skills: Listening to AI-generated speech while following along with the text can dramatically enhance your comprehension. It’s like getting double the exposure to the language in one go.

Freedom to Choose: You can convert any text into speech. Whether it's news articles, literature, or even your own writing, you have the liberty to practice with content that resonates with you or matches your learning needs.

Diverse Voice Training: Exposure to a range of voices - male, female, young, or old - helps you get accustomed to various speech patterns and accents. This is crucial for real-life language use where you'll encounter all sorts of speakers.

I've tried several AI text-to-speech services, and for now, I'm sticking with Eleven Labs for its natural-sounding voices and clear pronunciation. However, exploring different platforms can give you a broader experience.

Disclaimer: This post is not an advertisement. I'm sharing this because I genuinely find Eleven Labs useful for language learning, not because I'm sponsored by them.

[captainumayan]

【Beyond the sky】Final chapter①

There is a watermark in the image, which may be a little distracting, but please bear with us. High resolution versions will be posted in the portfolio.

It's a very time-consuming series. If you haven't read this series yet, please start from Chapter 1. You can search for it using the tag "Beyond the sky."

→Next.

I'm not confident in my translation. If you can't read it, just enjoy the pictures.

[nolifecount]

I’ve been busy working on my animation portfolio so I haven’t been able to finish this silly little comic yet, but I wanted to share the first page anyway since’s this one is mostly complete!

[www-pinkhearse]

Whenever ppl send like screenshots of them talking to their parents and its a discord screenshot its always a whiplash how did you teach them that??????

[artsyarrowl]

[keepyourpantsongohan]

Meaningful Highlights from Kakashi Retsuden:

Minato catching Kakashi before he falls, the same way Kakashi always does for his students. And Kakashi, even at eight or nine years old, straight out of his father's funeral and before being his student, immediately relaxing when he runs into Minato: His feet tangled beneath him and he pitched forward. Into someone’s back. “You were really strong back there,” a voice told him, and he suddenly saw bright golden hair. He felt his breathing become a little easier. The Yellow Flash of Konoha. Namikaze Minato.

Kakashi describing his current feelings about his father: Now he felt proud from the bottom of his heart to have been born the child of the White Fang of Konoha.

Kakashi wanting to help the people of Redaku in a way that they can sustain themselves, even as he actually is providing a great deal of support through the process: The people of this country had to learn how to stand up and walk under their own strength. Give a starving person bread or teach them how to grow wheat. As Hokage, Kakashi had always chosen the latter.

Kakashi reflecting on his time as Sixth Hokage he eschewed tradition to build something that developed beyond shinobi: A never-ending peace. That was what Kakashi had sought as the Sixth Hokage. An orderly society that would go on and on even when he was not the Hokage, even when the day came when the role of Hokage disappeared. To create a framework so that they would never again fall into the quagmire of war.

The way Kakashi shows that he still views all of the former students taught by him and his friends in a parental and protective way: They had long since reached adulthood, and some were now parents while others were active on the front lines as shinobi. Even so, no matter how many years passed, to Kakashi, they were his precious students and the next generation who needed to be protected. Seeing them having so much fun was enough to ease his heart.

[tinylightningfics]

A glimpse into their domestic life

[assassin1513]

🌌The Beauty of James Webb 🌌

[superlc529]

Last week, George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri did joint Cameos - us fans dubbed them "Gameoden." (It's just their names and Cameo combined). I'm woefully technologically inept so I don't know how to share the videos themselves on here, but I thought I'd share the screencaps I made from my 2 Gameodens and the links to where you can find the original posts on Instagram and Twitter as well as the direct links to Cameo. 💙❤️ Below, you'll see a little excerpt from my IG posts for them/re-wording to reflect the actual dates I received them. 💙❤️ ---- The top 2 screenshots are from my first Gameoden - The boys had perfect timing. I got the notification my Cameo from them was ready just before I left for work. 🥰 (I received it on 11/19/24 in the morning). There was even a surprise (and a very welcome) appearance from Raffy! ❤️ It truly made my day. Thank you for the very wise words, Jayden and George. I'll truly take them to heart. ✨ Two Tauruses and a Gemini unite! 💙❤️ Love you both so damn much! ✨ *Link to my IG post [x] *Link to my Tweets [x] *Link to my first G&J Cameo [x] ---- The bottom 2 screenshots are from my second Gameoden. I decided to splurge and treat myself to a second one. 💙❤️ I received it on the last day of their Cameo week (11/21/24). The boys are across the pond and so I had the pleasure of waking up on Thursday to a new video from these two incredible human beings again, right before work. ✨ I loved their answers to my questions. 🥰 "The Case of the Flying Bread Bin" - Jayden, that really does sound like quite a supernatural experience. Definite shoutout to the PHENOMENAL Amanda Tapping! 😎 I'm so glad she won a directing award recently. Hope your reunion with Ruthie is wonderful, boys! ❤️ Thank you two again a million times over for doing all these Cameos for the DBD Family! 🥹 I hope you two get some much-needed & well-deserved rest. Love you both beyond words. 💙❤️💀💀 *Link to my IG post [x] *Link to my Tweets [x] *Link to my 2nd G&J Cameo [x]

[allastoredeer]

The funny thing about how powerful Beyong the eight ball! Vox is is that Alastor is technically still way more powerful cause without radiowaves, none of his shit can work. I feel like if Alastor really wanted to he could shut down all of the city for a moment just to fuck with Vox's head more than he has already like, Meet your match Vox, meet your match

Vox definitely wasn't expecting to feel a signal as powerful as Alastor's. Just the fact that it was able to reach out and connect with his network came like an electric shock. Imagine someone reaching into your body and physically touching one of your nerves, out of nowhere, on a boring, random Tuesday, and then disappearing in thin air.

He is shook.

Vox's power is centered in electricity and technology, but he still relies on radiowaves for his content. Alastor's power is centered in the radiowaves themselves, but his power works through technology. No matter where these two go, or what universe they're in, they'll always be connected to each other on the basis that their powers are constantly feeding back into each other.

And that's the beauty of StaticRadio.

Fic Link -> "Beyond the Eight Ball"

[napstabl00k]

technological clairety au coverpage

[fisheito]

i'm not sure this will work cause the machine might hate it (work area is tiny) , but it can't be said i didn't try

OH MY FLORKINGNGI BKROB iT's GLORIOUS.........

[khajiitclaws]

Miqomarch Day 13 — Wonder

Neon lights and the hum of electronics were ubiquitous, catching the eye with flashing images of models and products. This was only the beginning of the technological marvels.

[jessanight]

[aschlepius]

cannot decide if it's more horrifying if gabby arteta's severed self is used for the entirety of gestation or just for labor either way commercial surrogacy must die now!!!

[liketwoswansinbalance]

How do you think the twins (like all of them in SGE) would act in real life?

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting your question correctly, so you can correct me if I'm wrong! I will take the ask to mean that you'd like to know how I think they would they adjust to our modern world, not necessarily them in a Modern AU. (Also, would you like me to include Castor and Pollux? I'm not sure if I'd have an immediate response for them, but I'll try to think of something, if you'd like me to.)

Sophie and Rise Rhian would probably embrace modern conveniences, and Rhian would likely exhibit more fear than Sophie would, in response to them, or he'd conceptualize things like electricity, for instance, as a just another form of sorcery. They would both appreciate modern cosmetics and technology, and Sophie would probably never want to return to old, backward ways when the future is so pristine and sanitary. Rhian, however, would mourn the great architectural feats of our past and our obsession with pragmatism and designs purely focused on utility. Unfortunately, I could see them being prone to believing absurd, medical/political conspiracy theories, and their germophobia becoming worse.

Agatha, Rafal, TCY Rhian, and Japeth would be more skeptical about modernity, at first, I think. Agatha would probably grow used to it, but continue to live by her old ways and values, in many cases. She might get into environmentalism, humanitarian causes, or antiwar efforts, etc. If either Rafal, Rhian, or Japeth saw a use or benefit to modern technology and ways of life, they would likely adapt, especially if it could get them something they desperately wanted. Rhian would probably use some form of broadcasting or social media frequently—and eventually get cancelled. I could also see Rafal or Japeth trying to radically change or impact the modern world if it provoked them. Japeth could go down the activism route (if it's in regards to his being gay), but I can't see him being that selfless about others' rights, others who have nothing to do with him, and I can't come up with any modern objects or activities that might appeal to him. Maybe, he'd even disavow modern technology, if it proved it weren't a means to getting Aric back. In addition, I could also see Rafal being incredibly rude in commanding voice-operated devices, and refusing to entertain the trivial, human-like gestures machines are programmed to recite, like greetings, and he would rarely use "please" and "thank you" in his commands. He'd have no patience for small talk or manufactured, repetitive, pleasantness because it's just a machine, and he'd be damned if a machine expected more respect from him than any human subordinate ever would! And, he'd get irrationally offended by certain output before he realized why things did what they were preprogrammed to do, such as give simple-minded answers that could appear to be an insult to his intelligence and common sense, as, a machine couldn't know his identity. After all, machines aren't capable of being hostile like Adela Sader was. So, eventually, he'd learn. Also, getting automated or human directions from the bodiless voices of intercom systems, at self-checkout lines, or on public transportation would probably infuriate him because he's so used to being the greatest authority at all times. Why abide the law when you can keep above it?