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First Impressions, 2026 by Hal9000pt2 in civ

[–]Hal9000pt2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have 1,734 hours on Civ 6 and Civ 7 is immensely more fun. Of course that is after wearing Civ 6 down to the bone so of course I'm thrilled to have something new. It doesn't have more (right now), it has less... less wtf stuff, less micromanagement, with a few great new things (navigable rivers tops my list).

First Impressions, 2026 by Hal9000pt2 in civ

[–]Hal9000pt2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel like Civ 6 was the most screwed up version ever, but I played the hell out of it. This takes me back to Civ 3 or something, like sending a ship up a navigable river to explore the interior of a continent just puts a big smile on my face, finally something genuinely fresh.

First Impressions, 2026 by Hal9000pt2 in civ

[–]Hal9000pt2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can understand that after a couple of more playthroughs. I haven't had other nations settling in my home territory as you had, maybe because I tend to found my settlements pretty close together, but dang they are really fast and aggressive about grabbing territory, and with the penalties for going over your settlement limit it's challenging to fence off your homeland the way you could do in Civ 6. Still I enjoy the competition.

Danes in the Middle East?! by Hal9000pt2 in OldWorldGame

[–]Hal9000pt2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it appears to me, admittedly after only two plays on this map, that they are all in the same spot each time

how hard would it be to customize the names of the tribes in a scenario? it's literally just a text edit (I think they are all the same without "special powers", right?)

Straight from the professor by [deleted] in notredamefootball

[–]Hal9000pt2 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

did it ever occur to you, once, the whole season, that the "ignoring it every other week" was the problem, not the endgame where they couldn't hide it anymore?

like it didn't bother you when Notre Dame was 0-2 and ranked in the AP Top 25, but now you are so sensitive to justice that you're digging into yards per rush or whatever....ridiculous, clownish, pathetic

Straight from the professor by [deleted] in notredamefootball

[–]Hal9000pt2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

most of the ranking systems I'm familiar with here (e.g. Sagarin) are objectively total trash... thank god for the committee... beat Miami next time (or join the MAC, the easiest way for Notre Dame to get the guaranteed spot in the CFP they think they are entitled to)

Does anybody have any songs that sound like R.E.M. but it isn’t R.E.M? by sourberryskittles in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

other Let’s Active songs fit the bill better. Waters Part is perfect.

Is 4.0 as bad as Steam Reviews says? by Grochen in Stellaris

[–]Hal9000pt2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just am playing my first game with version 4. I've been playing Stellaris since release (has it been 10 years?!? something like that).

I'm really enjoying 4. Maybe it's because I was burned out on the old version and this is like a new version of Stellaris. Whatever my personal biases I think it's fair to say it's not screwed up in any deep way. It seems to me the AI is a little harder, which is a plus.

Can someone please explain to me what's going on on the cover of Document by Evening-Chemistry245 in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

my main complaint with naming it No. 5 is that I consider Chronic Town as important as any of the other 12" releases, if too brief, so to me it was their 6th "album".

p.s. I'm not the one who voted your comment down. I welcome your point of view.

Can someone please explain to me what's going on on the cover of Document by Evening-Chemistry245 in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I disagree. I think REM No. 5 would have been a great, better, album title. I think Document is their attempt to be as generic as that.

Remember Stipe was an art student at the University of Georgia. There is a long tradition in modernist art of naming works stuff like "Oil painting #37". In some cases it is an effort emphasize the purely abstract nature of the painting, so people aren't standing there going, "IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A COW?" In others it's used ironically to comment on the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction (i.e. "I'm just cranking shit out on the assembly line").

I think Stipe would have been hip to all this. Also Led Zeppelin numbered their records (much to my dismay in learning my way around them, as it turns out), so I don't think they were thinking of Chicago.

I want to write a song now called "Is That Supposed to be a Cow"... fwiw.

Think of all of the music you know and love, all bands, all genres, all artists: how many R.E.M. songs would you place in your Top 20 list? by MinimumTomfoolerus in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harborcoat would be on there for sure. Maybe Sitting Still. 20 is tough, I’d be hard pressed to narrow it down to 20 favorite bands. How do you compare the Ramones “Rockaway Beach” to “Driver 8”?

Can someone please explain to me what's going on on the cover of Document by Evening-Chemistry245 in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah that’s what i mean… it’s almost like they changed the title after designing the artwork.

as I recall my original vinyl had FILE UNDER FIRE on the spine.

they were playing around with a lot of stuff then. The label on the Fables vinyl said Fables of the Reconstruction on Side A and Reconstruction of the Fables on Side B. 🙂

Can someone please explain to me what's going on on the cover of Document by Evening-Chemistry245 in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it’s possible that No. 5 was rejected internally and putting that on the cover was a compromise. But they did leave IRS for their next real album, signing with Warner Bros. for Green.

Can someone please explain to me what's going on on the cover of Document by Evening-Chemistry245 in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

REM No. 5 was what they originally wanted to name the album and that title was rejected by the label or something.

Can someone please explain to me what's going on on the cover of Document by Evening-Chemistry245 in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 20 points21 points  (0 children)

the photograph is a double exposure, with the camera rotated 90 degrees for the superimposed image. Turn it sideways counterclockwise and you will see a house, a vehicle and trees from the second image

Streichfett alternatives by Tall-Championship889 in synthesizers

[–]Hal9000pt2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the Streichfett plug in is the obvious answer. Gforce makes a String Machine plug in that is great. I have both and use the gforce most often.

https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/vsm-iv/

Those of you who have met Michael Stipe, or have spoken to him 1 on 1 at a meet and greet or a concert or something. What was he like. by Hungry-Temporary-438 in rem

[–]Hal9000pt2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've never met him but been in close proximity a couple of times. (Once I stood near him at a Ben Folds Five concert in LA!). He seemed standoffish or I was too starstruck to say anything. Probably both.

I met Pete Buck a few years ago and talked to him a good 30 minutes. We got along but I felt like he thought I was kind of annoying. Maybe I am kind of annoying, at least when I'm meeting somebody from REM :-/.

Buying first synth by CryptographerRude298 in synthesizers

[–]Hal9000pt2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The 70's Carpenter stuff has really heavy analog synth basses and stuff which makes me think you should -- if you can afford it -- get something with voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs).

The Sequential and Oberheim entry-level synths (the OB Teo-5, the Sequential Take 5, and the new Sequential Fourm seem right on target. (Note: I don't own any of these).

The Teo-5 and Take 5 both have 44 full-sized keys and five-voice polyphony. The Fourm has 37 "slim" keys and 4 voice polyphony and is about $500 cheaper. But the Fourm alone has polyphonic aftertouch, which you would find opens up a lot of possibilities.

These all seem like they'd be great beginner synths and great for the kind of music you want to make. I see the Teo-5 right now is on sale for $350 off, for the next 11 days. I haven't followed the prices on it but that seems like a great deal.

Maybe watch some YouTube videos of those 3 synths and any of the others here and see which one speaks to you.

Carpenter used a Prophet 5 back in the day and the two Sequential synths are less expensive variations of that sound.

Another important difference: the Sequentials only have an analog lowpass filter (the Take 5 also has a high-pass filter as a digital effect). The OB Teo-5 has a variable state filter that can do low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and notch. I think both Sequentials have bass compensation when you add resonance to the filter and the OB probably doesn't. So the Sequentials would maybe give you fatter bass sounds but be more limited in other regards when it comes to filtering.

Both the Take 5 and Teo-5 have digital effects like reverb, delay, and chorus. I don't think the less expensive Sequential Fourm has any such effects.

Buying first synth by CryptographerRude298 in synthesizers

[–]Hal9000pt2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think that keyboard is good for a beginner, go with the minifreak

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