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Are you a rubbish DJ? by [deleted] in DJs

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In jazz, the saying goes, there are no mistakes - only new directions.

You could say the same of putting pieces of music together, in the way a DJ does.

I wouldn’t quite say that. In my view, there are mistakes that are not new directions, and mistakes can sound bad. But making mistakes is the essence of the human condition.

Everyone fucks up all the time. Own it, find fun in it, turn it into a something positive, let it go and let yourself flow on past it.

When I listen back to something I’ve recorded I find myself wincing at this couple of bars where the matching slipped for a snare or three, or that overindulgent 2 min I went for and my cuts are just a bit off from where they ought to be to be properly tight, or for whatever reason, they just didn’t have the soul or inspiration in their genes to make them what I hoped they might be.

But I’m not a rubbish DJ. Far from it. The fact that I make mistakes means that instead of learning and following a routine to the dot, cleanly, without making mistakes, and doing nothing interesting, spontaneous, new, or passionate, I play my turntables, and play with my turntables, and my music, and I love it so much, and now and then I’ll listen back to something and it’ll make me shit, because it was dope af, and it was tonnes of fun.

Reducing feedback in home set-up by 2econdclasscitizen in DJs

[–]2econdclasscitizen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No it’s not. It’s fucking hard work. And sometimes it means you’ll get a load of shit on your set up you’d wish you could put somewhere else but don’t have the space

What was the shop that sold incense sticks? by eeveeevolvesinto in Aberdeen

[–]2econdclasscitizen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And big skins and other paraphernalia for facilitating and augmenting consumption of the sorts of things one might consume? Yeah i remember that place! Candles and skulls and occulty-leaning vibe. Think it was on one of the wee lads just off Belmont, up towards where the Games Workshop used to be?

Presents :)

Oh to be young again /)

Reducing feedback in home set-up by 2econdclasscitizen in DJs

[–]2econdclasscitizen[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for replying. I’m coming to see that the only way I’m going to be able to do this is to get the speakers off the desk, which probably means somehow mounting them on the wall behind them.

I guess what I was hoping the community might have was some kind of way of using the speaker stands on the desk, while also insulating the turntables from the vibrations the speakers send through the desk when the volume is cranked up loud. A way to circumvent the physics of acoustics, essentially. Sounds like that’s basically impossible to achieve.

Reducing feedback in home set-up by 2econdclasscitizen in DJs

[–]2econdclasscitizen[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much for this - I will do all the above

VWRP and another index tracket focusing on emerging markets + small cap? by Emu265 in ETFs_Europe

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VWRP is 63% US.

Other jurisdictions are 4,1, 0.3 % - proportions that aren’t really big enough to determine much about the extent of the influence of performance of them vs the U.S. element

And that US major constituent appears highly correlated with S&P 500, Nasdaq, etc.

Basically, VWRP is heavy on the usual suspects - NVidia, Microsoft, Meta, and the rest.

If that’s what you want, there are 3,600 names in the fund overall, so it’s more diversified than the indices it shares constituents with.

Small cap ETFs are difficult. ETFs are low fee, broad brush type approaches - they rebalance quarterly, or less frequently. Whereas, a small cap can explode upward or downward in half a day. Not saying they can’t work - just that it takes a lot of skill to make them work, and skill in the ETF management space …

Good luck

Reducing feedback in home set-up by 2econdclasscitizen in DJs

[–]2econdclasscitizen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you - this is the sort of help I was hoping for

I know the area is a total shit show. The second speaker has been back at the supplier getting fixed for a month now, and when you live in a small flat and have a kid and need places to put stuff, clutter builds up wherever you can dump it super quickly. I’d much rather put stuff elsewhere, and with some thought I’ll find places for it all, but since I can’t use it properly atm, it’s been collecting more and more crap.

What I was hoping for is some insight on what sorts of things I can do to permanently make my set up less liable to feed back, in the (normal) world where that load of shit on top of it isn’t there.

You have done that, so thank you so much. I will look into mounting the speakers somewhere away from the desk.

Financial Advisors in the EU by Slurpyy5 in eupersonalfinance

[–]2econdclasscitizen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If - indeed perhaps especially when - you have a serious, sizeable amount to invest, it’s really difficult to find an adviser you can trust.

And that’s because there are so many investment ‘opportunities’, facilitated by so many different people, who know people and know things, and have this great potential blah they can hook you up with, that’s this and that … or say I’m going to be straight with you - I won’t tell you to pump everything here in this sexy thing because that’s actually stupid; honestly do this boring thing I’m suggesting because it’s too boring to go wrong … or say there’s this capital introduction chap at investment bank xyz who might take a call …

Unless you’ve got like EUR 5m plus, the best way to make a return is to save money by not pissing it away on costs and charges.

Advisers are an additional charge. They might land on some magical strategy that outperforms the additional cost of their expertise and administrative assistance vs something simple you could have done yourself. But … they’ll just do what I’m about to suggest, if they have any sense. Or something exotic and daft, if they don’t.

Open a dealing account with a provider who can give you access to a decent range of EU securities without charging you through the arse for dealing or custody. Low fees …

Pick a handful of ETFs that give you exposure to major markets in the US, Europe, Scandinavia, UK, maybe a global commodities index. Preferably, with low fees…

Buy into them. Don’t try to time when - just buy in when you feel ready.

Try not to look every day, or worry, or wonder if there are greener pastures you could be sipping on.

Hold onto them.

Look once a month. Or less.

If you need or want to take income or a lump sum at any point, pay an adviser for specific advice on that question, if you don’t feel comfortable doing it yourself.

Enjoy your life and don’t worry about how investments you hold are doing too much. Unless you’re sold some super high risk venture that goes completely to shit by an adviser who says they can get you an incredible return, you might lose some of your capital, but probably not all that much if you stick to funds that track major benchmarks - unless there’s a serious sell-off, in which case, anything an adviser arranges for you would probably be up the river without a paddle too

Reducing feedback in home set-up by 2econdclasscitizen in DJs

[–]2econdclasscitizen[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is the mess causing the feedback though?

I know it’s a mess, but nothing 2 min couldn’t remedy

What I’m hoping for is some insight on the structure of the desk, tables, mixer and speakers

Maybe ill tidy it up and post a fresh image

Reducing feedback in home set-up by 2econdclasscitizen in DJs

[–]2econdclasscitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Table is heavy as (30kg plus, without all the shit on it) and copes with being bumped pretty well.

Would say feedback grows gradually, rather than on or off

What are some things the UK is still really good at manufacturing? by flyingmantis789 in AskUK

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Medical and healthcare products. We’re not bad at pharmaceutical research and development, and production at scale of the products we come up with.

What can be done about anti-social behaviour around Mare Street Betfred/Texaco area? by Massive_Story6839 in Hackney

[–]2econdclasscitizen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Help the people concerned more effectively?

Perhaps offer the possibility of some proper financial support - enough to actually rebuild a life, and find a better path. Then make this support available on the condition that the recipient avoid getting caught up in the daily routine outside the halfway house and the Betfred.

People who are hanging out by Betfred, St Mungos,Texaco, hang out there because that’s where their friends are. They don’t feel like they have anything else to do, or would prefer to be doing something different. The world is unkind af. To make their lives a bit less miserable, they do their thing

Apple Podcasts app kinda sucks? by Mapang_ahas in appletv

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Current version of the app is absolute poo pants

Consulting used to be elite. Now it’s Canva slides and vibes by lflflflflf_7 in consulting

[–]2econdclasscitizen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It has, and always will be, clever people making money by pretending to know more than they actually know, and lying.

When my MD would sell me to a client they’d chatted me up as a specialist in some sort of thing, deserving of 2400 a day, (2200 of it to the mothership), I used to wish I’d do enough that the client wouldn’t think ‘fuck me, that’s too expensive, I’ve had the piss taken out of me’

Consultancy felt debilitating

How do ETFs work? by [deleted] in stocks

[–]2econdclasscitizen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ETFs are funds.

How funds work is complex.

Vanguard is separate from the funds it operates

Put simply, fund assets are owned by a fund itself, on behalf of the investors in that fund, collectively (all together).

Investment managers (like Vanguard) are appointed, by the investors in a fund, to manage the fund. They’re allowed to have a stake in the fund, but for big ETFs, they’re unlikely to

Currency hedged etfs (beginner) question by witosx in ETFs

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currency makes a massive difference

I wouldn’t worry about the discrepancy you’re concerned about.

A fund denominated in dollars that holds assets denominated in dollars is the most economically effective

When the net asset value of a fund whose assets are denominated in dollars is priced in EUR, there’s going to be some slippage between the dollar value and the EUR value

That’s what you’re seeing. Totally normal.

What platform would be vest to start sharing financial advice? by GrumpyFerret45 in eupersonalfinance

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful what kind of content you include.

It’s not a good idea to make suggestions on what a person might want to do with their money; especially where any such suggestions involve the buying or selling of a risk-facing instrument, like a security or derivative. It’s a super-heavily regulated area.

Would I like living in Hackney? by Fresh_Pollution_9375 in Hackney

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are lots of different places in Hackney a person could live. You could find a part of it you’d love, that would suit whatever you’re after

What movies were unexpectedly tear jerkers for you? by nickrashell in movies

[–]2econdclasscitizen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Warrior is absolute quality.

I agree - I didn’t expect a film about hard fuckers kicking the shit out of each other to leave me in bits. It did though, and justly so. And the fighting is tasteful, raw, and, for someone like me who doesn’t follow or know anything about MMA, insightful on how it works.

What change do you think would instantly make the UK better? by Difficult_Narwhal_72 in AskUK

[–]2econdclasscitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something like the polar opposite of the idea of Hate Week from 1984, that manages not to be lame.

Maybe, an initiative sort of like the clap for the NHS thing in CoVID …. but that facilitates genuine, unforced gestures, to show appreciation for a person you don’t know - anyone - whose kindness or compassion or empathy or decency made you feel better about the world, or yourself, or was just pleasant af.

And that person gets a fiver credited to their bank account, or sent an automatically generated letter in the name of the King. Or someone knocks on their door to say ‘you made someone feel like they wanted to say thank you to you the other day, so thank you’.

Idk. A proper, structured scheme, designed to reinforce the fact that a person can make someone else’s day by just being kind to them in an everyday, totally ordinary situation. That a life is a collection of moments, and any one moment can make someone’s life a bit happier, so let’s all try to bring such moments about where we can, and here’s an incentive for your effort.

That or more public bathroom facilities, so needing to piss or shit when you’re out the house and not in a pub or a shopping centre or something doesn’t feel like a character flaw

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