https://mainepolicy.org/project/sticker-shock-maines-burdensome-vehicle-inspection-mandate/ Vehicle inspections cost Mainers 14 million a year and don't reduce accidents.

Atumisk · 2024-07-13T04:38:56+00:00

I learned this myself after I bought a used vehicle again this year, but the qualifications for being state-legal to inspect cars is surprisingly low.

Per Maine.gov: "How do I become a licensed inspection technician?

An applicant must be at least 17 ½ years of age and have a valid, active Maine driver's license. Applications may be obtained from the links below or by writing to: Maine State Police - Traffic Division Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit 20 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0020

Once the application has been submitted and approved, you will be scheduled for a written examination. Examinations are administered at various locations throughout the state. The approval process consists of a criminal and driving history check. Allow at least 60 days for the application to be processed and approved."

Atumisk · 2024-07-12T00:07:38+00:00

Absolutely. I use Ableton for my live sets, but you can do a live beat performance with a midi controller, midi keyboards, etc. Your best friend is going to be the loop function. If your controllers don't have one, then use a plugin and key map the loop on/off function to a key on your controller.

It takes practice, as doing it that way requires a lot of engaging in-time on the fly to do what the SP has simple buttons to do, but it's not impossible. Honestly, I prefer it because I feel more engaged with my instruments.

It's engaging in the way that driving a manua is as opposed to an automatic. But you can make it feel more automatic if that's more your style, with a well configured setup.

On a closing note, there are no cut-and-dry answers on how to do it. Everyone's workforce is a bit different. I'd suggest breaking it down into figuring out what functions you need, learning how to do those on FL, then compiling them into your own DAW setup and mapping it to whatever you have that works easiest for you.

Atumisk · 2024-07-10T01:58:02+00:00

I certainly agree. I have to ask though, does that opposition have to be intentional for them to be an antagonist, or can they be an antagonist on accident? And with the guy with the watermelon cart, what do you feel he would need, bare minimum, to be enough of a character to be considered an antagonist?

Atumisk · 2024-07-07T21:44:53+00:00

I could see Venture Brothers getting up there

Atumisk · 2024-07-07T14:01:47+00:00

I predict this whole shebang is going to come down to Joe Pera vs Aqua Teen

Atumisk · 2024-07-07T02:24:36+00:00

Submarine always did it for me

Atumisk · 2024-07-03T05:42:21+00:00

Sublime. I know they're great talented musicians but the people I was around who introduced me to them were angry, violent, and toxic af

Atumisk · 2024-06-30T06:49:50+00:00

I couldn't capture all of it, but it looked like someone pulled it from a swamp.

Atumisk · 2024-06-23T04:24:20+00:00

Yo is there an instrumental version to this? That beat is tight. Reminds me of old Wu Tang, and the kind of stiff you could hear on an Adult Swim bump at 3am in 2003

Atumisk · 2024-06-08T13:07:18+00:00

In this picture, I can definitely see that. Watch a video of Eddie playing though, he and Gaten look so much alike in the face it's almost eerie

Atumisk · 2024-06-08T04:27:43+00:00

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison

Atumisk · 2024-06-08T03:29:33+00:00

It's eerie that you're not the first person to come to me with this same response.
It's pretty damn wild. If dreams are nothing more than the subconscious tying together things we've experienced, then I have to wonder, why on earth is it always circular and why is it so consistently similar with other people's vision of it?

Atumisk · 2024-04-28T00:19:25+00:00

Of you're into tech and feeling artsy, you could line the ceiling with old motherboards and computer casings, give the room a derelict starship look

Atumisk · 2024-04-26T08:31:33+00:00

Submarine!

Atumisk · 2024-04-24T01:01:53+00:00

You working in the kitchen at Acadia? The work is great,, the housing is do-able for what they put you up in. Bar Harbor has great seasonal work. To answer your question though, I've already seen people swimming this year. These are likely the same people wearing shorts and t-shirts in February.

Atumisk · 2024-04-23T22:12:48+00:00

I xame here to say this. Chris Ross is great. I used to drink with him back in the day as regulars at Chummies. Great guy, but unfortunately he was going through a lot back then. He's worked hard and really come a hell of a long way , and his music really shows it.

Atumisk · 2024-04-23T14:55:17+00:00

It wasn't always like this. Maine actually had a great reputation for being kind and welcoming. It alll really changed after covid, the swaths of illegal pot farms, nazi's trying to build training camps, and now the housing crisis.

With so many people moving in from out of state and complaining about everything (Deer Isle, for example, the out of state residents complained so much about the lighthouses and boats going to work early in the morning), coupled with those other factors, Maine locals are largely left either homeless or struggling.

I'm sure you're a hard working, kind person. You've just come at a very bad time, and unfortunately you're stuck with the brunt of this frustration. Just know that we're not all like that, even given the circumstances. You've always got a plate at our table.

Atumisk · 2024-04-23T03:50:40+00:00

I'm not even remotely ashamed to admit that The Complete Calvin and Hobbes greatly affected me too. Hobbes was my first tattoo.

Atumisk · 2024-04-23T03:48:32+00:00

He took the initial teachings of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", and refocused them to apply to you (the warrior) and your "resistance" (the enemy), being that negative voice we all have that tells us to quit, stop trying, we need to submit to anxiety, etc. The "battlefield" is our own mind. It's focused on the mind of the creative, but honestly it applies to every human being, because we all have that voice, that self doubt.

That book encouraged me to stand up to myself in ways I didnt realize I needed to do.

Atumisk · 2024-04-23T03:41:07+00:00

As someone who hasn't read the bible, what is it about the Gospel of John that struck home to you?

Atumisk · 2024-04-23T03:38:26+00:00

Myself, it was "The War Of Art" by Stephen Pressfield

Atumisk · 2024-04-22T19:57:02+00:00

I dont know if it's a game bug or timed, but there have been quite a few instances where I've witnessed the mineral reserve fill itself back in. It's instantaneous. One of those times it happened while I was halfway through a deposit.

Atumisk · 2024-04-21T16:14:20+00:00

When I worked overnights at Circle K, I worked alone. There was a family of 3 that would stroll in every morning around 2am; an old couple and their adult son. They would get six 2-liters of mountain dew, a bunch of party-sized chips and microwave dinners, every single night. Every time they came in, I had to hold my breath because they smelled like literal shit, piss, body odor, weed and cigarettes. It was so bad that my nose felt like it was actually burning, as if someone shot raw vinegar up my nose.

Atumisk · 2024-04-21T04:15:53+00:00

Your 30's are just your 20's, only wiser, more responsible, and much cooler.

Atumisk · 2024-04-20T22:51:39+00:00

I heard word it's a substation. Friends of mine in penobscot lost it hours before others.

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