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Thoughts on The Potential TikTok Ban, We Should have Privacy Regulations Instead

March 15, 2024 by chikorita157

    I admit that I’m not a big fan of TikTok. I hate it, given the adverse effects on society in terms of mental health and that it encourages young people to do things that can get them into trouble or self-harm along with concerns of brain rot due to the addictive nature of …

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AIVoice 2 – An Improved Japanese TTS Program to Check Out?

December 27, 2023 by chikorita157

Surprisingly, without me knowing, there is now a new version of AIVoice called AIVoice 2. The previous version of AIVoice is just an updated version of Voiceroid 2, which allows for expressiveness. However, I felt that AIVoice TTS quality sounds a bit rough compared to TTS software from other TTS software for Japanese like Cevio …

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Japanese TTS Software Comparison. Good for Listening Practice? Can it do Pitch Accents?

December 11, 2023 by chikorita157

Once you start immersion in Japanese after finishing beginner and early intermediate Japanese, you might wonder how you get that listening practice. How do I practice pitch accents? Sure, people will say you shouldn’t use TTS since it sounds unnatural. But Japanese TTS has improved drastically in recent years.

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Apple Gaslighting People saying that 8 GB is 16 GB of RAM. The 8 GB RAM Problem and Apple’s Corporate Greed

November 14, 2023 by chikorita157

Just recently, Apple released their M3 MacBook Pros. However, the base model 14” sparked outrage since it only has 8 GB of memory. Of course, Apple Fanboys and Apple are gaslighting everyone, thinking that 8 GB is like 16 GB. We know that isn’t true, as an M3 MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM …

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Playing with Cevio AI – Impressions

August 10, 2023 by chikorita157

To introduce more people to Mastodon, I made some introduction videos. That is after discovering that on DLSite during a summer sale. Besides the usual games, manga, and other Japanese-related media, you can buy voice banks and voice synthesizer software. It got me the idea.

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ROG Ally – 1 Month Later Impressions – Better than the Steam Deck

July 10, 2023 by chikorita157

Now that I have had the ROG Ally for at least a month, you might wonder, how is it? Sure, many of those Steam Deck Fanboys are getting upset and bashing the Ally, but is it justified? Also, is it any good? Well, here are my brief thoughts.

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The Reasons Why I Sold my Steam Deck and I’m Glad I Did

July 8, 2023 by chikorita157

When I started hearing about the Steam Deck in November, I eventually decided to buy one as supplies improved. The idea of a handheld gaming PC seems like a novel idea. However, after I started using it, I increasingly discovered that while the device was cool, I found things I disliked. After discovering that other …

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Welcome to Ama Usa An, My “New” Personal Blog

July 5, 2023 by chikorita157

It’s been a while since I kept a personal blog. My first side blog, Atelier Shiori, hasn’t been updated for years. However, I felt that there was a need to change the name of the side blog and start off new since I hadn’t updated that blog in years. With centralized platforms like Twitter imploding, …

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