u/juggalojedi

I've been running openai-whisper installed via pipx for some while now, using it to transcribe voice notes taken via a digital recorder, and while I'm generally very happy with the results I'm confused about one aspect of its behavior.

I run a bash script to recurse through an import directory to transcribe any new notes that are present, invoking whisper from the cli. Often, when I start the script or even in between one note and the next, I'll get this error:

/<local>/venvs/openai-whisper/lib/python3.14/site-packages/whisper/__init__.py:69: UserWarning: /<local>/.cache/whisper/large-v3-turbo.pt exists, but the SHA256 checksum does not match; re-downloading the file

This file download typically takes the better part of an hour, so this obviously represents a significant bottleneck in the workflow.

What I'm wondering is, why does this error keep happening? Why is the act of transcribing mp3-format voice notes altering the model at all? Is there any way I can prevent this from happening?

Thanks!

Hey y'all,

I remember reading, many years ago, a SW d6 book that included a series of tables for randomly generating a planet. The idea, IIRC, was to be able to quickly generate a planet that the characters happen across in the course of exploration/hyperspace mishap.

Trouble is, I don't remember which of the books it was.

Anyone know what I'm talking about, and which book it's in?

Thanks!

ETA: Thanks to those who commented! Pretty sure that what I was looking for was Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One (WEG40050).