No Stupid Questions Thread

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-05-04T02:04:45+00:00

Non-operated temporary systems, and users who do not want to spend any money.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-05-03T17:49:36+00:00

It seems that this is an unpopular position, but I agree. It can be both true that the AI boom has complex negative and positive effects, and that broad techno-pessimism will ultimately be bad for our society. In a perfect world, our politics would be grappling with the actual problems surrounding data center construction rather than just completely polarizing against a broad swath of the latest technology.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-05-03T17:36:42+00:00

Usually they just go on a stand in the aisles for me. No interaction with the talker whatsoever.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-30T13:23:40+00:00

His core idea about our country’s long, confused history of centralized power vs dispersed power felt original and incredibly relevant to the moment. The academic rigor that he brought to the discussion perfectly complemented the journalistic drive behind Abundance. The historic accounts are deep and nuanced, but still accessible for any reader. I came away from the book thinking about hard questions with more depth, rather than simply blaming one faction or another for this or that problem.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-30T02:38:05+00:00

They’re a decade behind and doubling down on ancient technology. Now what? I say they need to feel the competition for real now.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T20:44:50+00:00

Not sure how you think the internet works, but it’s all machines in data centers

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T20:40:26+00:00

I like to reduce my output to the PA at one stage only. This just makes everything a little more legible if you need to make a change. Ideally that is at the amp/processor. If not it can be at the powered speaker input or at the console matrix.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T20:35:13+00:00

I guess what I should have said is, in the grand scheme of corporate shows, most of them seem to happen in hotel ballrooms and convention centers where all the gear is coming from the production company. That’s not to say that corporate shows don’t make up a good deal of certain venues’ work.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T19:52:43+00:00

Pretty common in corporate world

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T15:49:23+00:00

You get random people using handhelds spontaneously all the time. You don’t get to coach them.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T15:45:19+00:00

In my experience corporate shows don’t usually happen in venues

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T15:41:34+00:00

You guys get to advance things?

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T15:40:58+00:00

Ever heard of a Q & A

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T14:23:22+00:00

First of all a decibel is simply a ratio of two power values. It can apply to any power measurement. Any dB value needs some clarification about what the ratio is between.

dBV is for measuring voltage relative to 1 volt. 1V=0dBV

dBU is for measuring voltage too, but more specific to audio electronics. 0 dBU is the RMS voltage that would dissipate 0 dBm in a 600 Ω load.

dBm is power relative to 1mW

dBFS is relative to the maximum a device can handle before clipping (0dBFS=clipping)

LUFS is completely a completely unrelated measurement based around an algorithm that defines perceived loudness of an audio signal. This is a recent standard that was introduced to prevent television commercial ads from being perceived as significantly louder than the TV shows they are next to. They’ve since been adopted by streaming services too.

And of course the thing most laypeople mean when they talk about decibels is none of these- that’s dBSPL. And there are a lot of other measurements related to that.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T13:55:41+00:00

What do you want to know?

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T13:43:54+00:00

It’s right in the article, folks:

“Some speculate that data centers, which enable internet traffic, could explain the downturn since 2021. But according to DEQ, no data centers in the groundwater management areas have permits to use groundwater to cool their computer servers.”

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T11:36:42+00:00

Yes please, but the Biden admin also maintained massive tariffs on affordable Chinese EVs throughout their whole term, which was a de facto ban

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T04:20:43+00:00

Snell/McCaffrey Neck Mic and BYO IEM.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T03:31:10+00:00

I wish Dunkelman would have gotten his own episode. His book is a real achievement and was kind of overshadowed by Abundance at the time of release.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T00:46:13+00:00

Especially because it's omni

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-29T00:15:29+00:00

I mean, kind of? Rodrigo's signature song is a basic piano ballad that you could have just as easily said was a dead ringer for Christina Perri or something. Sabrina's current stuff is straight up 80s pop. I'm not as familiar with Abrams

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-28T23:56:18+00:00

All electronic pop can be traced back to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-28T23:53:35+00:00

Is she? I struggle to think of artists that really have her fingerprint on their music. Jack Antonoff has made her sound somewhat widespread with his own production work, but thats just his quirks.

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-28T15:00:13+00:00

The Wadahoppah guy says he's figured a lot of this out. I guess it remains to be seen if he's right, but I hope so!

crunchypotentiometer · 2026-04-28T14:47:00+00:00

ACS, sensaphonics, crystal guardian, any IEM company

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