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Submission + - Actor James Earl Jones Dead at 93. Agreed to AI Recreating His Voice. (nypost.com)

cold fjord writes: Actor James Earl Jones, star of stage and screen has died at 93. Jones is famous for roles in such films as the Star Wars series, Field of Dreams, The Hunt for Red October, the Lion King, Conan the Barbarian, and Doctor Stragelove. Jones also appeared as a guest star in various television shows such as the Big Bang theory, and others, Jones defied expectations as he was mute between ages 6-14, after which he spoke with a stutter for years. Jone's high school English teacher inspired Jones to memorize and recite poetry, and eventually engage in debate and dramatic readings. Jone's favorite? Edgar Allen Poe. Jones went on to college at the University of Michigan where he joined ROTC. After graduation Jones was commissioned as an Army 2nd Lieutenant and completed Infantry Office Basic Course and Ranger school. After leaving the Army Jone's theater career blossomed. Early on Jones had a reputation as a Shakespearean actor which soon widened into a number of roles in other plays, eventually leading to television and movie roles. Jones won a number of awards, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a special Tony for lifetime achievement, a Grammy, and an honorary Oscar.

Jones retired from voicing Darth Vader in 2022, but agreed to have an artificial intelligence program re-create his voice in future shows.

Comment Re:Problem solved! (Score 0) 255

I live in Canada... I can tell you from first-hand experience that gun and stabbing-related homocides are way up over the past decade. My own children were exposed to gun violence while biking down the street of a very quiet suburban neighborhood... It's quite scary.

It doesn't matter how much you criminalize gun ownership... the criminals are still finding a way to get their hands on it. To make matters worse, I have yet to hear of anyone getting arrested for these attacks.

With respect to health care, people are literally dying waiting for treatment or being denied treatment altogether because it isn't cost-effective (per government judgement) to treat them. It's universal healthcare... but it's universally bad.

Is it better or worse than the US? I'm not sure. But you should be aware that it's very very bad. No one seems to have figured out how to fix the healthcare problem, worldwide.

Comment Re:Kind of scary (Score 1, Insightful) 169

If Israel can do this publicly for a fee, how confident are we that foreign intelligence agencies cant do it privately?

Also, note that Israel has sold secrets to China before.

Nothing gets sold by Israel to China without the US's approval. Many weapon sales and port administration contracts have been rejected for this reason.

Every once in a while, the US throws China a bone, but it's never anything meaningful. Besides which, there are plenty of US firms that do business in China with the US' approval.

Comment 96% of Jews in 13 EU countries say they experience (Score 0, Flamebait) 184

Source: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofisrael.com%2F...

Remind me, how many Arab people are targetted by Jews worldwide? Thought so...

It works like this: Arabs slaughter non-Muslims, immediately blame the victim for doing what they just did, victim complains, Arabs complain of Islamaphobia.

Folks... There was a ceasefire on October 6th. Just like every single time before then, Arabs broke the ceasefire, went in to massacre civilians and then cried foul when Israel responded.

And for those of you who claim that Israel has hurt Arabs prior to October 7th, do your research.... this has nothing to do with occupation or land. Arabs have been massacring Jews for *decades* prior to 1948. Look up the Hebron Massacre for one of many example.

Palestine was never a country. It was the name given by the Romans to the land that used to house the Kingdom of Israel, Judea and Samaria. Look it up in the history books and see for yourselves.

Comment Re:Time for AI (Score 1) 361

I don't know what you're referring to exactly. Israelis have more children because they are (surprisingly) one of the happiest nation on earth and is very kid friendly. Young children kids walk around unsupervised and they are quite safe. If you were to try the same thing in North America, someone would call child services on you :)

The country is quite parent-friendly as well. You get long maternity leave and daycares are reasonably affordable.

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