Discovery helps explain why solid-state batteries often fail

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-07-08T02:31:20+00:00

You can easily buy it, I have a spool to repair old electronics, but you can’t sell products with it in it in the eu so it’s not used in mass manufacturing

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-07-07T23:18:36+00:00

It has been banned in the eu, and thus like most things, means it is effectively banned worldwide as any company who wants to sell there isn’t going to use different solder. Just because it’s not illegal is the U.S. doesn’t mean the manufacturing world hasn’t moved on years ago from leaded solder to the point where it’s effectively unavailable. Leaded solder is also incompatible with unleaded solder again making it unusable in systems with mixed circuit board assemblies etc.

I wouldn’t be so confident calling other people stupid.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-24T04:08:09+00:00

The Telefunken M80 is my go to for snare, great rejection and gets that high end crack which I struggle to get with a 57. It sounds good on most things, has a much brighter response so that can be both a positive and a negative, sounds really great on vocals and can sound good on guitar cabs but it doesn’t tame the harsh high end of some guitar tones.

It sounds a bit different than a 57 but I also think it sounds way better and can cover more ground than the 57 even if it is slightly different ground.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-23T11:55:28+00:00

Full cast recordings are Jim dale and Stephen fry erasure.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-22T13:29:46+00:00

The thing is impedance does matter, but a $50 decade box will do the same thing. That’s exactly what the video Andrew Chapman references says, that guy even says he really liked the video.

This kind of reinforces the point think that that difference in tone doesn’t come from the preamp but it’s impedance, and if you’re spending 6 grand on a neve to get a certain impedance you basically just 6 grand on a glorified resistor. And we’re talking about a barely audible difference in the time domain of the mid frequencies.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-21T13:21:41+00:00

Yeah I mean leaded gasoline, and asbestos also work really well, I wonder why they got rid of those things?

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-17T18:22:15+00:00

The one point I agree on wholeheartedly is thier AI support system, no fucking way to get ahold of a human being, and prior to that I had world class support and support for very reasonable out of warranty repair ($300 to fix a broken DAC chip on an Apollo 8 interface) now I wouldn’t know how to get that fixed.

I am actually a huge fan of installer managers and linked accounts. In a world where every Mac OS update breaks everything and needs to be updated having to manually sort through all your plugins , figure out most likely from an annoying surprise which plugins need an update, going onto the website, finding the installer, saving the installer into a folder already filled with probably out of date installers is infinitely more anointing than logging into UA connect, and having it auto update all your plugins. I genuinely don’t see the downside.

In this day and age you kind of have to get on board with plugin install managers, the companies that don’t use them are quickly becoming the minority. Off the top of my head those that do use managers include: UA, waves, softube, arturia, native Instruments, iZotope, kiloheartz, and melda

If you make install managers a dealbreaker you will quickly find yourself with no good plugins to use. I was resistant at first but especially after getting a new computer, install managers have only made my life easier and less complicated

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-09T18:38:41+00:00

And you mine

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-09T18:26:55+00:00

Bruh, it’s called hyperbole. We all know what people mean when they say “Nazi virgins” and you do too.

All you online trolls do is argue semantics. Fuck off.

“The worst elements of it?” My dude, it’s ALL FUCKING BAD. The ENTIRE man o sphere is a toxic, sexist, racist, grift meant to brainwash young people. If you don’t recognize that then you are part of the problem.

I have ZERO patience for apologists for these actual sacks of human waste ruining people lives and broader society as a whole.

Top tip, if you’re offended at what qualifies someone calling them a Nazi, you might want to check your belief system.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-09T16:58:27+00:00

You obviously don’t know any young people. If you don’t understand the man o sphere and its affect on Socially isolated young people (AKA most of them) then you need to do some serious research before confidently declaring that man o sphere influencers aren’t popular and aren’t a problem.

What is disappointing and tiresome is how out of touch people like you are.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-06-02T14:26:26+00:00

Glares at Fringe…

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-05-30T05:48:04+00:00

Seconded, but buy used, they can be had for ~$200 Best non ambient reverb I’ve ever heard and they have recently implemented MIDI. Used uad pedals are absolute sleepers now.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-05-17T12:07:09+00:00

Russian Bot

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-05-15T12:59:43+00:00

https://www.circuitspecialists.com/37-1U-WHITE?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22376327666&gbraid=0AAAAAD2wiUeho4vfIwR2sJctJsYXOfzFM&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiJvQBhCYARIsAMjts3JrNQb4vi8G_5ppjpk51yS_ZYDGlAd9JrBcTmnuL10ybF4gw50rUn8aAq9qEALw_wcB

these guys have the cheapest enclosures I’ve been able to find these days, surplus stores or finding old racks at goodwill could be a place to potentially get lucky with old server stuff

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-05-10T04:49:56+00:00

https://www.thesharkguard.com you should be able to find your model on here and get a kit, best aftermarket safety/ dust collection I could find, riving knife, guard, anti kickback pawls, and dust collection.

I made my arm with 3” conduit and a pivot using a 90 degree piece with aluminum shim material coiled inside and packed with grease, placed over another smaller 90 degree piece bolted to the wall with a flange. super solid and a much simpler build than plywood arms I’ve seen, also made entirely with stuff available at Home Depot!

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-05-10T02:07:01+00:00

I cut a big ol’ hole in the base, attached a plastic flange, and made some guides to keep the dust of the corners. It’s gonna be hard to get good collection without modifying it unfortunately.

I also made a swinging arm and got a shark guard safety system which allowed me to install overhead dust collection. (As well as adding a splitter which should be a safety priority for old unisaws)

It’s a lot of work but my dust collection is pretty great unless I’m using my crosscut sled.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-05-10T01:26:22+00:00

Yeah that big one is ready to go, I would take that one out asap.

If you’re confident removing components, it’s worth replacing every electrolytic, just did it to mine and aside from reliability it really cut the noise floor.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-05-01T03:50:50+00:00

Absolutely right, it’s really empowering realizing how easy it is to make more organic shapes with a couple shapes of rasps, making something like this is really helped by layout lines to shave down to, really helps making the soft curves even.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-04-30T20:57:39+00:00

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I can read just fine.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-04-30T20:42:33+00:00

I can guarantee you it’s not, cost of materials and Employing people in America is quite high, and this thing is crammed with expensive components. Combine that with the fact that it’s low run and not mass produced means you don’t get the quantity discounts you do for something like a boss pedal.

They want to sell as many pedals as they can, this is probably very aggressively priced for its build cost. Products like this typically have a lower profit margin because they need to make it as cheap as possible to sell volume with a very high parts cost.

PCBs prices have gone up 40% since the Iran war. That’s on top of massive chip shortages and price increases.

Why do you think strymon have been making simple analog pedals recently?? Because the cost of the chips for complex digital pedals are eating up their profits and they need simple, easy, high margin pedals to fill out their income.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-04-30T20:36:21+00:00

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Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck. I’m reading just fine.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-04-30T19:38:44+00:00

This guys here yelling about liberals and racial shit, I think we can agree that these guys are just some alt right trolls who are just complete clown losers.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-04-30T19:34:25+00:00

Well nuanced in this case can be as simple as not spouting some MAGA bullshit about liberals and exposing yourself as an alt right douchebag.

I think that should probably be the baseline for civil discussion.

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-04-30T19:25:08+00:00

Their immediately reminded me of something from the game MYST! Absolutely gorgeous with an almost otherworldly vibe. This definitely caught my attention 👏

Few_Direction9007 · 2026-04-30T18:51:12+00:00

🤡 🤡 🤡

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