Jack Al'Tradies's page

NobodysHome wrote:

This morning: "I need to generate closed captioning for this video! I bet our AI tool can do that!"

Nope.

"I bet ChatGPT can do that!"

Nope.

ChatGPT at least recommended some paid programs such as Otter to do it for me. But it wanted more access to the file and asked me to put it on Google Drive so I did, then it said, "Hey, did you know Google has a video transcription service?"

It wasn't great, but it was at least a speech-to-text tool with timestamps, and you could tell they'd run it through an AI because it didn't have all of the usual nonsensical stuff you get with non-augmented speech-to-text, so I'd say the dirt-standard speech-to-text tool saved me about 4 hours of work, and the AI correcting all the typos and incorrect transliterations saved me maybe 5-10 minutes. (I had to fix it all anyway 'cause all the timestamps overlapped, so you ended up with 3-4 captions on the screen at once a la Elf Princess Raine.)

Yet again, the tried-and-true tools we've been using for decades vastly outperform AI in saving me time, but yet again nobody cares because the executives want to shove AI down our throats whether we want it or not.

BUTLERIAN JIHAD.

I'm ready. After all, my name is a killing word.

I am the Quiznos Haddockrack. The one who can be nowhere and at no time. I shall overthrow the Paddington Bearperor, and take my rightful place as ruler of the stars.

NobodysHome wrote:

And for anyone who can log in, is there any way within the rules to hide a simple spell effect?

Arcane Sight wrote:

This spell makes your eyes glow blue and allows you to see magical auras within 120 feet of you.

So permanent Arcane Sight is extremely useful, but you do really want to always have to go to the tavern with glowy eyes, or behave like Cyclops and wear sunglasses all the time?

It seems kind of silly, because it creates unbelievable headaches for something fairly trivial in game terms (except in rare situations).
"We try to hide in the dark."
"Sorry. Bert's eyes are glowing. The bad guys see you."
"Darn it, Bert! We TOLD you to close your eyes!"

And even a first-level wizard can cast Detect Magic and maintain concentration while moving around a dungeon or town, while not having blue glowy eyes. So Arcane Sight is convenient, but not game-breaking, but those blue glowy eyes really make a mess of things.

*removes cookies* (It occurred to me that I might need to clear the cookies, though it took me a moment to recall how could I do that without flushing all the cookies... then I remembered that I can simply use the chrome padlock icon to remove existing cookies of the website I am on... proceed and reload... now it works)

Note there is no word about them sheding light or being compared to an established light source, so it is no stronger than wolf/cat's eye being visible in the dark. SO yeah, you get to be Cyclops or Agent Smith with dark-tinted glasses all the time.

Or you can join the Jihad and spread the word of my glory. Screw that Maud'Dib poser. I am the chosen one. My name is a killing word.

captain yesterday wrote:

Scintillae wrote:

Is this a bad time to mention I didn't care much for Dune?

I hate Dune, possibly more than any other movie other than Poltergeist, but it's a gold mine for outdated references.

My name IS a killing word!

You trying to steal my schtick?

Amby's Brain wrote:

There really should be a bard/ninja archetype that wields puns like Weirding module shurikens.

I AM THE QUICKWITZ JOKEYHACK!!

My name is a killing word.

gran rey de los mono wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

gran rey de los mono wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

Oh so apparently he's batman. also just terrible at keeping a secret identity.

Can I like burrow some cash since you have practically theoretical infinite amount of it? by burrow I mean give me btw.

You want to dig in cash? That's odd.

Or did you possibly mean borrow?

That one was a legitimate typo that I didn't notice. Now give me the money!

Only if you say the magic word.

avada kedavra!

(or wait is that the killing one? I probably shouldn't of used that one if my goal was to get money from you... I mean I seriously doubt you have THAT much on you.)

My name is a killing word.

*raises fist* solidarity!

Solid air titties? Where?

*surreptitiously places cucumber behind Mort*

*pulls Mort's tail*

My name is a killing word.

*lurks*

Weird things we ask our kids to do.

"Can you draw your mother, in a long skirt with outstretched arms, as a Muppet" - Myself to Pea Bear.

Kinky.

As soon as I have a name I can be your paladin, my lord Punniculus. Following the tradition of bards that pretend to be something else.

How about "Lady Menage d'Trois"?

...(Autocorrect wanted me to say "nekkid bards" which also seems like a nice experience)

Let's find out. *begins to remove clothes*

Hmm..."Freehold and the Baron." Kinda sounds like the name of a comedic anime, doesn't it?

gran rey de los mono wrote:

I still maintain that the best name for a Bard is Jack Al'Tradies.

Of House Al'Tradies, sound striker archetype? :)

My name is a killing word.