Hacker News: chainbear

New comment by chainbear in "Startup is selling tech to make call center workers sound like white Americans"

chainbear — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:16:22 +0000

For some side amusement, here’s an email I received about a technical course I published. For context, I have an Indian name:

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Are you able to share what text-to-speech or voice acting service you used to produce your videos? I'm working on producing some internal training videos for my workplace that may be released externally and since 'generic North American male voices' seem to poll best with viewers I was thinking I'd "re-dub" my content either using a voice actor or text-to-speech is real-sounding enough I'd use that to read my course content.

New comment by chainbear in "Failed for the past 12 years as an tech entrepreneur"

chainbear — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:37:31 +0000

Do you have suggestions on how to best observe in the age of covid?

New comment by chainbear in "Opt Out of Cynicism"

chainbear — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 03:29:44 +0000

Most of the ultra successful people I've known were optimists in speech, cynics in action.

Best to participate in the theatre. Once you play a role long enough but also seem "pragmatic" in action, others of the same ilk will find you and invite you behind the curtain.

New comment by chainbear in "Opt Out of Cynicism"

chainbear — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 03:00:43 +0000

"Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money." is being used a lot by the Web3 crowd whenever questioned.

Yes, optimism has its benefits but beware of those weaponizing it.

Ask HN: Is Attention Now a Superpower?

chainbear — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:17:28 +0000

And I mean the biological attention (not ML attention).

It seems like everyone's attention span is getting lower. And I figure in this climate, the ability to pay attention and focus for long spans should give someone a competitive advantage.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29540297

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