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I don't play guitar but I like to hit poo poo with sticks and here are my toys: The electronic kit I bought this year, it's an entry level Roland but with mesh heads all around. It's nice to be able to play again without annoying the neighbors.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Guitar chat: any recommendations for a decent guitar I can gift to a beginner? Budget conscious but I’ll pay for something decent (and used is totally fine) - it’ll be a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. High quality stuff for starters and working musicians alike.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Guitar chat: any recommendations for a decent guitar I can gift to a beginner? Budget conscious but I’ll pay for something decent (and used is totally fine) - it’ll be a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. Acoustic or electric? If the latter, Epiphone does a few budget lines of SGs and LPs, usually 2 or 3 lines under $300 per body style, can't go wrong with the second cheapest one of either style. I'm not crazy about any of the cheaper stuff on the Fender side personally. Don't start with a used guitar unless you're absolutely certain it's in excellent shape, you do not want to be fighting a wonky instrument while you're starting out. Ask me how I know.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Guitar chat: any recommendations for a decent guitar I can gift to a beginner? Budget conscious but I’ll pay for something decent (and used is totally fine) - it’ll be a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. It’s hard to go wrong with an electric Squier these days as well. I’d go new too, but even their $200 guitars are pretty great. Yamaha would be my first choice for an acoustic, but Epiphone and Seagull are also generally pretty good. There’s a guitar thread in Musicians’ Lounge if you’re really in the weeds.
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I mean, most of those words make sense to me, but is this basically Long Haul++?
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I've got a '78 Ibenez PF200  And an Ibenez banjo of similar vintage  Neither see much use these days unfortunately, especially the banjo cuz it's still at my mum's
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nitsuga posted:It’s hard to go wrong with an electric Squier these days as well. I’d go new too, but even their $200 guitars are pretty great. Yamaha would be my first choice for an acoustic, but Epiphone and Seagull are also generally pretty good. There’s a guitar thread in Musicians’ Lounge if you’re really in the weeds. Thanks for all the recommendations folks! How are the cheap yamahas? I see them and then I see “no-name” ones that look exactly the same. I think she’ll want an acoustic guitar (tho maybe an electric would be fun for her). She’s a pianist if that makes any difference in recommendations.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Thanks for all the recommendations folks! I have a no-name cheapo one and works fine. Haven't bothered to buy new hardware yet but works for my purposes of learning to play.
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Computer stop-gap advice needed -- I'm using an old Dell with an i7-2600 and 8gb ram for now. I just got a nice LG 27" 4k monitor, but the old computer won't even drive it at full resolution, it tops out at 19x10. It's using internal Intel Graphics. What's a cheap reasonably modern graphics card that will preferably handle both monitors? Plans are to have this one dumped to linux distro duty once I get a new system, so it's a permanent solution, but not one to dump a ton of money on. Edit: looks like I'm looking for a PCI x16 card... I've been using laptops almost exclusively for a decade, so going back to a unit this old with desktop components is a bit of a learning curve. Edit2: Looks like a 1050Ti would fit and work with the current power supply. Anything else I should consider? meatpimp fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Dec 2, 2020 |
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Welp, guess I signed up for the ethics and behavior committee because too many people in my building are shitheads!
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Krakkles posted:I mean, most of those words make sense to me, but is this basically Long Haul++? That, and aren't descriptions like this usually reserved for things like mesothelioma?
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fridge corn posted:I've got a '78 Ibenez PF200 That is a gorgeous guitar, I love Ibanez, great company that makes great guitars. Previa_fun posted:I don't play guitar but I like to hit poo poo with sticks and here are my toys: That's awesome. I'm a drummer first and foremost (see Keith Moon avatar) but my house (2 bedroom) is too small to keep a drum set. I had a really nice Slingerland acoustic set for awhile set up in my son's room but it took up half his room and was too loud obviously. Then I had an electric set that had a smaller profile but it still took up quite a bit of room. I was hoping my son would take an interest, but he couldn't care less and it was unfair to him to have it in his room. I was thinking he'd get into it and we could jam and stuff, but he just wasn't into it unfortunately. That's the one reason I'd like to have a bigger house with a garage, so I could have a proper drum set with a bass and guitar and some amps for jamming. I miss being in a band and just jamming out 
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Krakkles posted:I mean, most of those words make sense to me, but is this basically Long Haul++? Pretty much, I still have the telltale lung damage, among other things
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meatpimp posted:Computer stop-gap advice needed -- I'm using an old Dell with an i7-2600 and 8gb ram for now. I just got a nice LG 27" 4k monitor, but the old computer won't even drive it at full resolution, it tops out at 19x10. It's using internal Intel Graphics. What's a cheap reasonably modern graphics card that will preferably handle both monitors? Probably an RX 550 or GT 1030. Anything lower looks like they max out at 2560 x 1600. You might be able to get a B-Stock or used one to save a few more dollars. I haven’t used an AMD card with Linux, but I think the driver situation is much better than 10 years ago. A brief look on eBay turned up a few good options, but I think I’d opt for the 1030. They’ve got passively cooled ones, which I’d definitely lean toward. nitsuga fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Dec 2, 2020 |
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The Door Frame posted:Pretty much, I still have the telltale lung damage, among other things That sucks man, sorry to hear that. Is it permanent damage or will it heal? What are the other things?
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meatpimp posted:Computer stop-gap advice needed -- I'm using an old Dell with an i7-2600 and 8gb ram for now. I just got a nice LG 27" 4k monitor, but the old computer won't even drive it at full resolution, it tops out at 19x10. It's using internal Intel Graphics. What's a cheap reasonably modern graphics card that will preferably handle both monitors? Do you game at all? If not, a GT 7xx will do 4k* (only at 30 hZ though). It's ~$50. Otherwise a 1030 is your best bet.
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meatpimp posted:Computer stop-gap advice needed -- I'm using an old Dell with an i7-2600 and 8gb ram for now. I just got a nice LG 27" 4k monitor, but the old computer won't even drive it at full resolution, it tops out at 19x10. It's using internal Intel Graphics. What's a cheap reasonably modern graphics card that will preferably handle both monitors? If Linux is your end game, I think AMD has driver issues. Stick with Nvidia. My information may also be out of date and wrong.
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STR posted:Do you game at all? If not, a GT 7xx will do 4k* (only at 30 hZ though). It's ~$50. Otherwise a 1030 is your best bet. So get a 1050Ti? Okay.  nitsuga posted:Probably an RX 550 or GT 1030. Anything lower looks like they max out at 2560 x 1600. You might be able to get a B-Stock or used one to save a few more dollars. I haven’t used an AMD card with Linux, but I think the driver situation is much better than 10 years ago. mariooncrack posted:If Linux is your end game, I think AMD has driver issues. Stick with Nvidia. My information may also be out of date and wrong. It was a metaphoric Linux reference. Plus, I see what the discussion here was earlier about video cards being hard to get... drat, Bezos is out of stock with everything. Got a 1050Ti coming, I'll try it and see if it works. It's got 2 HDMI, 1 Display Port and 1 DVI connector... if I can run 3 monitors from one card, I'd be super happy. Also, I'm going to switch this to a SSD... it may be a viable thing for a bit with those two upgrades.
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I'm running an i7 2600k (slight overclock, I think I'm running it at 4.1?) with a SSD, 32GB RAM, a GTX 960, and a very old SSD (Samsung 840 - not even the Evo, the OG 840 - I guess that'd be the Pro today?). It's PLENTY fast for everything I do (which includes plenty of Photoshop, Plex, some gaming, etc). I don't think it'd like serving up 4k transcodes (even if it tried, Plex doesn't do HDR), but outside of that it's great. Chuck a SSD and bump that RAM to 16GB and you're good for a long time, just don't expect to play the latest and greatest most demanding games @ 4k. e: running one monitor on DVI, one on Displayport (DP to DVI adapter), and connected to a TV over HDMI. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Dec 2, 2020 |
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mariooncrack posted:If Linux is your end game, I think AMD has driver issues. Stick with Nvidia. My information may also be out of date and wrong. My RX560 works perfectly in Linux, using the open source driver. 4K60 on displayport and HDMI.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:That sucks man, sorry to hear that. Is it permanent damage or will it heal? What are the other things? No one knows for certain! It's fun to be on the cutting edge Random cysts appearing everywhere, exhaustion, and horrible pain throughout the body appear to be my number. At least I haven't gotten blood clots, diabetes, or brain issues like other people
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STR posted:I'm running an i7 2600k (slight overclock, I think I'm running it at 4.1?) with a SSD, 32GB RAM, a GTX 960, and a very old SSD (Samsung 840 - not even the Evo, the OG 840 - I guess that'd be the Pro today?). It's PLENTY fast for everything I do (which includes plenty of Photoshop, Plex, some gaming, etc). I don't think it'd like serving up 4k transcodes (even if it tried, Plex doesn't do HDR), but outside of that it's great. If I could only get to 16GB RAM... Dell 0gdg8y motherboard tops out at 8GB.  Looking at the specs on the vid card, it says it'll run 4 monitors, so my goal of 3 is no problem. Should be here later in the week... It's nothing exciting, but should be a world better than the integrated graphics that I'm using now. The Door Frame posted:No one knows for certain! It's fun to be on the cutting edge Jesus, that sucks. And that's Covid-related?
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FINALLY have an interview for an IT job after being unemployed for 4 months, now to spend the next 27 hours internally freaking out about doing my first interview in 14 years
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Wrar posted:Buying a newer GPU this year sucks. No poo poo - been window shopping builds on couple new gaming PCs for my friend and I and they are constantly out of stock everywhere. Is that just how it is now with bitcoin being a thing, or is it that+coronavirus/supply/chain etc?
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BraveUlysses posted:FINALLY have an interview for an IT job after being unemployed for 4 months, now to spend the next 27 hours internally freaking out about doing my first interview in 14 years I get it man, I have my disability hearing coming up and I'm freaking out that I'm gonna screw it up for myself because I always tend to downplay my issues like it's not a big deal, and my lawyer is telling me not to do that so I have to consciously complain about poo poo to the judge when I'm not used to doing that
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:No poo poo - been window shopping builds on couple new gaming PCs for my friend and I and they are constantly out of stock everywhere. Is that just how it is now with bitcoin being a thing, or is it that+coronavirus/supply/chain etc? Both Bad year for hardware in general. CPU and Motherboards have been hit hard too.
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meatpimp posted:Jesus, that sucks. And that's Covid-related? Post COVID syndrome is what I keep hearing whispered, because they can't find anything besides transient cysts and literally nothing explains the pain or exhaustion
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:having a wine rack in the table is a silly gimmick imo Late to this party, but agree. My table has one and it only collects dust.
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The Door Frame posted:Pretty much, I still have the telltale lung damage, among other things The Door Frame posted:Post COVID syndrome is what I keep hearing whispered, because they can't find anything besides transient cysts and literally nothing explains the pain or exhaustion I really hope that they figure this out and heal it.
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STR posted:(even if it tried, Plex doesn't do HDR) Sure it does, I've been watching HDR content off my Plex server for a couple years now.
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Man I am really bad at Christmas. I just bought myself like $50 worth of soldering supplies because I can't be arsed to wait a month to get them if anyone needed gift suggestions. Then again I'm not really a great gift receiver. I usually just don't give a gently caress. I'd rather you just get me socks or something incredibly weird that I would have never gotten myself anyway. BraveUlysses posted:FINALLY have an interview for an IT job after being unemployed for 4 months, now to spend the next 27 hours internally freaking out about doing my first interview in 14 years opengl128 posted:Sure it does, I've been watching HDR content off my Plex server for a couple years now. oh gently caress thanks for the reminder that I need to actually DO something with that 64TB NAS I built like 3 months ago.
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mariooncrack posted:Both Also motherfucking scalper scum buying up all the desirable hardware. One dirtbag I saw on eBay selling Xbox Series X for $1500 had sold 14, and had more. Of course, if people wouldn't pay these assholes...
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Can someone point me to the Photography thread? I can't seem to find it. Also, this: https://petapixel.com/2017/07/31/photographing-2500000-car-50000-camera/
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Krakkles posted:Jesus, man ... I'm sorry. That's awful. Not that it's at all the same, but I've had the "we can't figure this out" thing as well, and I know it's unbearably frustrating. Yeah, it can make you feel crazy when tests come back clean, but you're in enough pain to want to be in the ER. For me, it's just knowing that there is something wrong that's starting to make it bearable In a weird way, it also helps that even though I feel more sick than I thought I could endure, I'm not really that sick in the medical sense, or in comparison with what I could be facing. I'm not throwing clots, my heart doesn't appear to have been damaged, I haven't developed diabetes, no necrosis, I only have a tiny GI bleed, I only have suspected varicosities, and it's only "small" lung damage. I might not even need to have a scope shoved up my dick, which is a great relief. Seriously, a cytoscope is ~7.5mm thick at the base, a foot and a half long, and gave me phantom pains every time I saw it in the OR. Medical stuff doesn't normally bother me, but that thing scares me It sounds like yours was more gentle than mine, which is great to hear. I don't remember who else has tested positive on the forums, but I hope that you stay healthy and don't get the short end of the stick
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The Door Frame posted:Seriously, a cytoscope is ~7.5mm thick at the base, a foot and a half long, and gave me phantom pains every time I saw it in the OR. Medical stuff doesn't normally bother me, but that thing scares me My wife is a urologist, and showing people pictures of cytsoscopes is her favorite way of freaking people out. Was the one you saw flexible or rigid? Regarding Covid, everything I've been hearing from the doctors I hang out with is that Covid is weird and a lot of people have different experiences with the same disease. The thinking is that it actually attacks your circulatory system, so you get different long term symptoms depending on what part of your circulatory system it attacks. I got my ankle x-rayed and my cast changed today. It was so weird seeing my left foot again. I didn't really try to bend my fused ankle, but I can feel that it's rigid. Should get the cast off for good in 5 weeks! Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Dec 2, 2020 |
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I just learned what a cystoscope is and I hope to never see one in person. I've had a catheter before and that was extremely uncool. The Door Frame - your lungs kind of sound like what people look like after asbestos exposure, goddamn. This long term effects will be heavily studied so hopefully you'll get good news in the future, but what a lovely situation.
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The Door Frame posted:Yeah, it can make you feel crazy when tests come back clean, but you're in enough pain to want to be in the ER. For me, it's just knowing that there is something wrong that's starting to make it bearable When I started my current job, I met with our imaging department at each site. On the last tour, the tech took me (the new guy) to the "probe closet". I will never get that image out of my head.
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Safety Dance posted:My wife is a urologist, and showing people pictures of cytsoscopes is her favorite way of freaking people out. Was the one you saw flexible or rigid? We used to have this ancient set of sounds, they went up to something obnoxious like 32fr with these big handles you could put your entire hand into, so they looked like costume pirate hooks. They're what I'd use to scare the new kids at work any time I had access to the GU cart But I've seen both scopes. I know that the rigid is less common now because it requires so much more sedation, but the flexible ones are usually ~19fr at the base (as opposed to the ~23fr rigid), and that's still not small. It's 6.3mm-ish, so about the size of a fine tip sharpie barrel instead of a round tip sharpie barrel. Whoopee E: yeah, that's why I'm just happy my heart is ok and I'm not throwing clots, I've heard too many stories of strokes and heart attacks in young, healthy people that had recovered from COVID a few months prior MomJeans420 posted:I just learned what a cystoscope is and I hope to never see one in person. I've had a catheter before and that was extremely uncool. Ah, add it to the asthma and chloramine exposure. That pile of lung scars are half the reason I quit smoking. Unfortunately I won't get the mesothelioma compensation that comes with the damage, but I wish I could be a part of one of those studies, this weirdness should be documented The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Dec 2, 2020 |
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