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Microsoft now owns, or will soon own, one of the best text-to-speech engines for blind power-users, through its acquisition of Nuance. But the code has been abandoned for years. It seems unlikely that this TTS engine is a valuable asset for Microsoft. So let's petition them to open-source it. change.org/p/microsoft-open-so (No, I didn't start the petition, but I'm in agreement with it.)

throwback tuesday to the send my dork ass junk mail and find out i dare you

@fillertrack criminal there's no reply with Kronk talking to his shoulder angel from Emperor's new groove and saying "No no, they've got a point".

Yesterday was Lesbian Day but it was also Alien Day. The most powerful lesbian there is, the Xenomorph.

@diogenes genuinely surprised that they didn't make coconuts a weapon in tf2 somewhere along the line.

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wait... actually no maybe I know why they didn't. They were worried the addition of usable coconuts might cause the load bearing jpg to fail.

My favourite bit of gamedev lore is the load-bearing jpeg in TF2

@sunsetmoth and the moral of the story is "be careful what you wish for", because he gets ...what he wanted? Maybe not what he expected, lol.

I love how the intro to Helltaker is basically just the guy going "F*** it, demon harem."

@heatherhorns @SuricrasiaOnline i feel like pop team epic's characters would be a perfect fit for this.

the real question is...

...who would be the gun?

re: signs that you are trapped in your emo phase 

@shadow8t4@masto.werefox.dev "WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING SAID A BRIDESMAID TO A WAITER"

@LANthus (if coloured, transparent plastic though, 100% acceptable)

@noiob DIN, Serial, or PS/2 only. pick one.

you only have one ps/2, MAYBE one DIN. and two serial ports.

that is all. good luck.

Also if your pentium is more than a pentium 2 i'm sideeying you like fuck.

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I wanna see NO MORE than ONE (1) ps/2 socket on that case! NO MORE.

And if there isn't two 3.5" drives, there had BETTER BE AT LEAST ONE, AND MAYBE A 5.25"!

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