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Mustache Ride posted:I switched from Hawaiian shirts to Fishing shirts and now I can wear them to meetings. I have a stock of Dickies short sleve work shirts, because they wanted me to wear something with a collar, but hell if I was going to crawl around on the floor running cables in even a cheap dress shirt.
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I had a full face beard since puberty and very few people have ever seen my actual adult face. The only times I've shaved it off was for Army and when I would go underground.
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I see a photo of slothrop and to hear that he’s getting negative feedback makes no sense. Dude, you could be missing a front tooth and still be labeled handsome. If you made your way stateside you’d be hired for snow removal because you would be positively plowing your way through the population. Women here are weak for Aussie accents. I don’t think guys in the US realize exactly how little game they have.
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Well I broke down and finally ordered a brushless ESC and motor for the RC10. I busted a tie rod end and figured while I was making an order got some other stuff. I smoked the windings in my Green Machine so I put my Slot Machine in it and it's just, slow. Looked it up and max rpm for the SM is like 25k and the BL is 50k plus I'm sure way more torque. It's going to rip now. Probably should look into upgrading the trans and stuff when it inevitably explodes though there's plenty of torque limiting settings on the ESC and my current trans has a slipper clutch. Also got some fly new wheels and tires so they will match. With all I spent on this car I could have just got something modern and reliable but where's the fun in that?
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I see a photo of slothrop and to hear that he’s getting negative feedback makes no sense. Dude, you could be missing a front tooth and still be labeled handsome. If you made your way stateside you’d be hired for snow removal because you would be positively plowing your way through the population. Women here are weak for Aussie accents. I don’t think guys in the US realize exactly how little game they have. Sometimes I think US women just like British/Aussie accents because they want to be taken away to a country with free healthcare and some semblance of social support network lmao.
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Mar 9, 2021 06:43
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64bit_Dophins posted:Sometimes I think US women just like British/Aussie accents because they want to be taken away to a country with free healthcare and some semblance of social support network lmao. If this were true I wouldn’t still be in Detroit 
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64bit_Dophins posted:Sometimes I think US women just like British/Aussie accents because they want to be taken away to a country with free healthcare and some semblance of social support network lmao. I walked into a store in Minneapolis and they were gushing over my Kiwi/Aussie hybrid like I was Don Juan. Guess they don’t hear too many accents around them parts  Thanks for all the kind words folks, the AI Cheer Squad is top tier.
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Mar 9, 2021 08:05
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I'd do a detective buddy caper film with you, pal.
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64bit_Dophins posted:Sometimes I think US women just like British/Aussie accents because they want to be taken away to a country with free healthcare and some semblance of social support network lmao. nah in the UK i've gotten compliments on my somewhat bizarre mutt but fairly unremarkable New England accent, it's mostly just Difference
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Mar 9, 2021 10:32
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64bit_Dophins posted:Sometimes I think US women just like British/Aussie accents because they want to be taken away to a country with free healthcare and some semblance of social support network lmao. Whatever the reason I found the effect gets more pronounced the further away from the coast or to the south where the accent really stands out and most residents have never heard it live before. Also cross the border to Canada and no one comments - mostly due to the fact Australians roaming about are common. I'm partial to Canadian accents. I kinda find it amusing my wife says she doesnt have much of an accent but LOL yes she does.
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Mar 9, 2021 11:12
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:nah in the UK i've gotten compliments on my somewhat bizarre mutt but fairly unremarkable New England accent, it's mostly just Difference They were taking the piss, fella. 
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Mar 9, 2021 11:27
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Olympic Mathlete posted:They were taking the piss, fella. it was brum mainly so everyone sounds better tbf
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Mar 9, 2021 11:40
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:it was brum mainly so everyone sounds better tbf Birmingham? With real brummies? I bet that was a treat. I grew up about 40 minutes away where the accent is completely different again. And I kinda like a proper Black country accent, it just makes me smile.
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Mar 9, 2021 12:07
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oh indeed, it was quite fun speaking nominally the same but an essentially mutually unintelligible language
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builds character posted:re: mustache chat I definitely look better with a beard. For the above reason. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:nah in the UK i've gotten compliments on my somewhat bizarre mutt but fairly unremarkable New England accent, it's mostly just Difference So you're saying I should go full Texas drawl if and when I visit abroad? Can do. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'm partial to Canadian accents. I kinda find it amusing my wife says she doesnt have much of an accent but LOL yes she does. "Aboot, eh?"
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Mar 9, 2021 17:42
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'm partial to Canadian accents. I kinda find it amusing my wife says she doesnt have much of an accent but LOL yes she does. If they don't find you handsome, at least they'll find you handy.
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Chin hiding crew  When I was in the UK & Ireland a billion years ago we (3 Norcal dudes) got asked if we were Canadian multiple times. It was GWB-era so they were expecting either a Texan drawl or for us to sound like extras from The Sopranos.
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I signed up for phone therapy sessions. I decided to see if I can take better care of myself. Being miserable at work is something I'm afraid will follow me through any career changes, so maybe I can come out on top and stay where I'm at or pursue another career with confidence and focus. Despite having gone to couples counseling and my wife doing therapy and most everyone I know doing it, it took my own breaking point to sign up.
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I need new PC speakers. Just a 2.1 setup. Any suggestions at or under $100ish? Walmart had the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 setup, but it was Walmarted (like a lot of other stuff they sell) and wound up being a bit lower quality. Even on Amazon, the price point makes me question how good they really are, given the fact you can't get a single bookshelf Klipsch for under $200 (for their super low end stuff). These 20+ year old Altec Lansings need to be retired. They still make noises (sub still sounds decent, you can tell the surrounds are gone on the satellites, still sound pretty decent all things considered), but they're well past their sell-by date. Not opposed to powered monitors either, but I think that'd push me well past my price point. Goober Peas posted:Are you guys getting the Pfizer or Moderna 2-shots? Everyone that I know that got the Moderna were knocked out for a couple of days after the first and second shot. No one I know that got the Pfizer had a strong reaction to the first shot. Moderna for me. My boss changed my days off so that I'm working the night that I get the 2nd shot (tomorrow), but have the following two nights off (originally I had Wed and Thu off, now I have Thu and Fri off). That may wind up backfiring, though I didn't have anything except a sore arm for a full day after the first one. About +36 hours is when I felt like poo poo, basically felt like I had the flu for a day, then fatigue for a couple of days. The Door Frame posted:Only my mom has had a strong reaction to either shot out of the 5 people I know who have gotten both shots, so it kind of seems to be luck of the draw My mom got Pfizer, had a somewhat bad reaction (severely elevated heart rate - ~150ish for awhile) luminalflux posted:For the longest time i was clean-shaven until sometime in my 30s i was like "gently caress it let's see how a beard looks". Turns out, it looks great. Not on me, but I've been on the "grow it out until it itches, buzz it off with clippers" bus for awhile. My facial hair is thick, but stops growing at a fairly short length. AND ITCHES LIKE CRAZY. Properly shaved for the first time this year yesterday. 
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STR posted:I need new PC speakers. Just a 2.1 setup. Any suggestions at or under $100ish? Walmart had the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 setup, but it was Walmarted (like a lot of other stuff they sell) and wound up being a bit lower quality. Even on Amazon, the price point makes me question how good they really are, given the fact you can't get a single bookshelf Klipsch for under $200 (for their super low end stuff). I had these, which were the SHSC standard recommendation: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KVEIY4E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ... but found that there was way too much bass and Macbooks/Alexas don't have good ways to dial out bass. The presonus have an adjustment for it.
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I'm fine with not having a sub if I'm using monitors with solid bass. I didn't think you could even find a decent set of monitors for that cheap! The 3.5" driver puts out pretty decent bass? I'm not looking to rattle anything, I just want to actually HEAR drum kicks, gunshots when gaming, etc. And the reviews are a bit better for the PreSonus vs the Mackies. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Mar 9, 2021 |
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STR posted:The 3.5" driver puts out pretty decent bass? I'm not looking to rattle anything, I just want to actually HEAR drum kicks, gunshots when gaming, etc. And the reviews are a bit better for the PreSonus vs the Mackies. There's no replacement for displacement
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There's a use case where there's too much displacement. Like a V-12 Detroit in a 70s Honda. Or 12" woofers 2 feet from my face.
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STR posted:I'm fine with not having a sub if I'm using monitors with solid bass. I didn't think you could even find a decent set of monitors for that cheap! Ehh I don't know about computer monitors when it comes to that. Usually they go for a very flat response and tend to expect to be paired with a sub. I'm curious what the frequency response curve for those speakers look like. But I share the same hesitation you do as far as getting decent bass. This is a case where shopping used can yield great results. I know this is wrong part of the country but I used a micro stereo receiver for years from Craigslist similar to this: https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/ele/d/lawrenceville-nice-denon-c1-micro/7287463151.html and got way better sound than the equivalent sound system aimed for PC's. If you shop around you can find used ones that have optical inputs instead of stereo rca plugs and some even have subwoofer preouts for adding a sub down the line. Plus you can switch to the radio or another input when the computer isn't supplying the signal. Assuming you got room on your desk for it somewhere. Other option is to look for an inexpensive T-amp on amazon and get someone's used bookshelf speakers from online. You can go even cheaper than this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HR7PRV5 STR posted:Or 12" woofers 2 feet from my face. Coredump fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Mar 9, 2021 |
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STR posted:I'm fine with not having a sub if I'm using monitors with solid bass. I didn't think you could even find a decent set of monitors for that cheap! I do value more faithful reproduction over bass, but these still manage to put out too much bass (for me) if not adjusted, which sounds like where you want to be 
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I do have a pair of Infinity bookshelf speakers, along with an Onkyo home theater receiver (I also have a 1990s JVC receiver very early 5.1 receiver that needs some cold joints redone and hasn't had working surround since, oh, 2000ish... and an even older 70s Sansui receiver that needs a recap and some basic work done)- but that seems a bit overkill for this. also, no room on my desk for something that big (even with a cheap amp instead of the receiver). Though OTOH I was considering upgrading to a larger 2k monitor and ditching the two (hilariously mismatched) 22" 1080 monitors. I can't justify a larger monitor without a significant upgrade in resolution though, I use every inch of screen real estate. I was hoping to put the Onkyo back on the living room TV now that we've renewed our lease (it was up in the air for awhile), along with the bookshelf speakers (plus my cheap lovely refurb Infinity satellites for the center and rear channels). The JVC might work out well if I can figure out why one channel keeps cutting out; it was a damned nice receiver when I got it (in 1995....). If I can get the video in/out switching working again, I was hoping to hook it up to the CRT TV we have for our console game systems (so far, Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Gamecube, original rev1 Playstation, Dreamcast, hoping to add a few others to the collection). None of those look remotely right hooked up to a modern TV. ... rambling at this point, but we probably should have just spent the extra $150/mo to move into a 2 bedroom, and turned the 2nd bedroom into an office/game room/STR cave.  (at the expense of the kitchen being about 1/3 of the size of what we have now). At least we have a garage, and being below the apartment, it doesn't get too brutally hot down there - might set up one corner of it for classic console gaming. Brokeback fits in there with plenty of room to spare, Matrix looks tiny in comparison.
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STR posted:Or 12" woofers 2 feet from my face. Ah, the good old "texas headphones" monitoring setup you save for DJs or really deaf drummers. Starts somewhere around a pair of 12"+2" on top of a 2"x15" sub and from there it just gets more absurd the bigger the font your act has on the poster. Example: https://twitter.com/ratsoundsystems/status/317032044561567744
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That's a very poor example. I've seen Tiesto and plenty of other big name EDM artists. I've been to plenty of raves (legal and illegal), and more than a few times, wound up just leaning on the speaker cabs for over an hour while on copious amounts of drugs. I can't hear poo poo anymore and my ears ring 24/7, but I'm sure it's unrelated Reminds me, I need to get my sub + amp out of storage. Brokeback needs a little bump in its rump.
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STR posted:These 20+ year old Altec Lansings need to be retired. They still make noises (sub still sounds decent, you can tell the surrounds are gone on the satellites, still sound pretty decent all things considered), but they're well past their sell-by date. Not opposed to powered monitors either, but I think that'd push me well past my price point. I miss my Altec 2.1/5.1 (you can stack the rears on top of the fronts, or cable separately.) The controller on it died years ago. It powers up, but the display on the right front is blank and nothing works. It was a really nice system that I won as a door prize at a Cyberathelete Professional League event many years ago. The speakers are still fine - I should really just remove the controller and power it off of some Aliexpress 5.1 BT amp. STR posted:There's a use case where there's too much displacement. Either of those things are fine, though. :P Coredump posted:Other option is to look for an inexpensive T-amp on amazon and get someone's used bookshelf speakers from online. You can go even cheaper than this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HR7PRV5 Before I search for several hours, does anyone know of anything like that with a sub out (can be pre-amp) that I could use with my above system once gutted? Alternately, I could use a sub amp that filters and splits the speaker level inputs from the satellites, I guess, like a lot of old-school home setups.
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My first rave was Tiesto in 2000. Later I got in to doing concert audio at big festivals - I'd say that's a fairly standard monitor setup (i e, just for the DJ to hear the output, not for the punters at all) at a bigger stage. I do _not_ miss having to deal with feedback from the vinyls at our drum'n'bass nights. We had to employ a fair bit of acoustic funtimes to basically create a zone where there was very little sub-bass on the stage so they could stop the deck with the channel open and not causing a huge amount of feedback in the 60 (and 120) Hz range.
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STR posted:That's a very poor example. WHAT???
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Budget computer speaker option: Check your local thrift store. I almost always see computer speakers there. A bit of a gamble but worth looking into if you have the time.
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STR posted:I've seen Tiesto... I'm so sorry.
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Darchangel posted:I miss my Altec 2.1/5.1 (you can stack the rears on top of the fronts, or cable separately.) The controller on it died years ago. It powers up, but the display on the right front is blank and nothing works. It was a really nice system that I won as a door prize at a Cyberathelete Professional League event many years ago. The speakers are still fine - I should really just remove the controller and power it off of some Aliexpress 5.1 BT amp. Some subs like the Polk Audio 10" have speak level passthru. So signal goes from receiver/amp into sub/out of sub/into speakers. For T amp with sub preout not off the top of my head. Wirecutter has a guide though. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-mini-stereo-amplifier/
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Guys, like 90% of the population outside of the internet likely don’t even know what a proud boy is, unless you like to wear your Hawaiian shirts with a dorky plate carrier and an AR-15, I think you’ll be fine. I also don’t wear them while running errands or whatever, they’re strictly for drinking and chillin in, so YMMV.
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Coredump posted:Some subs like the Polk Audio 10" have speak level passthru. So signal goes from receiver/amp into sub/out of sub/into speakers. For T amp with sub preout not off the top of my head. Wirecutter has a guide though. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-mini-stereo-amplifier/ It’s entirely possible the speakers will disintegrate if ever powered again, so I suppose I should investigate that before trying to re-power them.
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StormDrain posted:I signed up for phone therapy sessions. I decided to see if I can take better care of myself. Being miserable at work is something I'm afraid will follow me through any career changes, so maybe I can come out on top and stay where I'm at or pursue another career with confidence and focus. Well done. It’s a great thing to be able to acknowledge you’re struggling and do something about it. Now of course, everyone is different, but I’d urge you to not expect instant results and to stick with it (as long as you have a rapport with the therapist) It took me 10 sessions to make real real headway. Be open to the idea of medication, I was very resistant because ??? Once I did start medication and making other changes in my behaviour, the effect has been profound. Good luck and remember we’re all here for you too 
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T-Square posted:Guys, like 90% of the population outside of the internet likely don’t even know what a proud boy is, unless you like to wear your Hawaiian shirts with a dorky plate carrier and an AR-15, I think you’ll be fine. In any case, I have definitely made sure to look in every picture I've seen of the insurrection for his dumb little rear end.
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Krakkles posted:I recall a former coworker telling me about how he was part of this new organization and trying to convince me to join, how great it was ... The weird thing is, I recall this being ~2013-2014, and a quick google suggests that organization actually started in 2016? Are you sure he wasn’t trying to recruit you for a pyramid scheme? Any time someone mentions an “organization” without naming what it is my mind immediately goes to Amway.
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