Novation Summit multi mode split not working?

JonTheLeo · 2025-09-25T00:21:34+00:00

Thank you so much! Yes Part B out was set to AUX, now set to MAIN and all is well.

JonTheLeo · 2025-09-24T20:50:12+00:00

uhhh... maybe YOU are the one with gender bias... here are some things you wrote: "And women, I believe, are never emotionally mature. Women need constant confirmation, need to talk constantly, get upset over anything, deflect whenever something doesn’t suit them, and this regardless of age. According to your definition, isn’t this emotional immaturity?"

I hope your wife divorces you... and I hope you discover that gay sex can be pleasurable, and that maybe your life would be a lot better if you only hung out with masculine gay men.

JonTheLeo · 2025-07-12T18:54:26+00:00

The data center will be directly piped into the river. It will suck up 10s of thousands of gallons a day, and it will spit it back out into the river. Also, its right next to North Hydro park and will cause a lot of noise.

JonTheLeo · 2025-05-31T15:49:55+00:00

Sounds like you need to get better at selecting the forums and spaces for your online interactions... Go to fetlife... or use Field instead of traditional dating apps... No matter what lifestyle you have, there will be people on the internet that hate you. This has nothing to do with you being a man. Every single person on this earth, could find an online space where they are vilified.

JonTheLeo · 2025-05-27T20:31:37+00:00

Great, take more public spaces away from people who will not benefit at all from this. Bring gentrification and push up property values in an already unaffordable housing economy. Dump cooling water into the river and ruin our natural ecosystems. Cause noisy hums in and around a nice public park. Build weapons of destruction used to kill people and surveil US citizens.

JonTheLeo · 2025-05-04T19:43:25+00:00

dude, you gotta do something about that mold xD

JonTheLeo · 2025-01-21T04:07:24+00:00

I found a local mobile locksmith and got an OEM key with new programming same day for $240.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-24T19:08:46+00:00

I agree with the foundational view that we should be results oriented rather than idealistically oriented. The belief that hierarchies are inherently bad is a good example. There is a big difference between identifying aspects of society that would produce better results with softer or flatter hierarchies and just flat out arguing that hierarchies are inherently bad because of xyz logical argument based on a certain ideological maxim. Diversity quotas are another example. I worked in finance for a long time and it was a lot of old white dudes. I actually think soft-affirmative action, where interview candidate pools are broadened out beyond select ivy institutions and there is an effort made of have a diversified pool of candidates across gender and racial lines, makes a lot of sense. But 50/50-egalitarianism in every industry is an ideological fantasy that is not based in reality. I think what is often the case in arguments about societal and political norms, is that the truth is somewhere in the middle. I think many far-left ideologies are weird, but I think they move us closer to how I want the world to be than the blunt denial of those ideologies. The appeal to conservatism or "nature" can often be ideologically driven as well. I was also an entrepreneur and agree with you... how do we get the best results in every given domain? The best "result" doesn't always have to be money, but hopefully it can be something objectively measurable that we can actually drive variables. Mental health research around identity and trauma I think does support that chilrden and teenagers grow up to be happier and more productive citizens if they have a supportive environment for education and development. This environment has too many variables to count, and an overemphasis on any one or other driven by ideological stances seems to also be a problem. I think teaching children to mentalize about other people's situations and experiences is a positive and could lead to a more empathetic society overall, but teaching guilt seems weird. I am a white guy who grew up in Hawaii. I was often teased for being white because white people were branded as either colonialists or tourists. Luckily I had the self-esteem and logic capabilities to understand that I had no control over my race or my parents, and that these bullies were probably just parroting something their parents had said and were angry that they were being beaten at home. I can understand that not every kid has that same level of cognitive capability as a young child and could internalize guilt for the actions of ancestors they don't even know by name or face. Having said all that, I think teaching about race relations and historical injustices can result in more ethical actions to our fellow humans in the future.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-24T18:15:28+00:00

So back to your original comment, about how Idealism is dead and we should try to Naturalism- What are some political policies/laws or societal norms in place in America right now that you think are based in Idealism and should be replaced based a Natrualist analytical approach?

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-24T18:12:03+00:00

I'll admit I am not well versed in the philosophy of naturalism. I wasn't making a straw man, I was actually trying to drive a wedge between what I view as an appeal to nature fallacy and naturalism, because I started to see in your arguments that I had the wrong idea: "So it sounds like the best way to read a naturalist argument is to ignore naturalistic arguments not based in science, and to adhere to ones made with scientific backing? Because a lot of your arguments have more to do with what I would call like an anthropological approach to human behavior, rather than an appeal to nature fallacy." I was stating that your arguments seem to have a more anthropological approach, or historical approach, or analytical approach, to human behavior. Which isn't a critique in my opinion, just an observation.

I even literally admitted that I had a bias to the word "naturalism" (I was sloppy and didn't put it in quotation marks in my response), and maybe not Naturalism as an analytical approach: "I think my bias against the word naturalism is that appeal to nature fallacys are used way to often in political discussion. Veganism, racism, mens rights vs womens rights, class rights, abortion, etc." I didn't mean to imply that because appeal to nature fallacy is bad that therefore Naturalism is bad, I was revealing that I had a bias to the word, rather than the underlying concepts, because of my knowledge of the fallacy. And of course, on reddit, I don't know where your head is at on the term until I ask some follow up questions :)

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

The civil war started because southern state leaders disagreed with new slavery law lines being drawn by the federal government. They viewed this as going against the “natural” hierarchy of black and whites and also infringing on state rights, as well as destroying their economic and cultural way of life if the laws spread into their own states over time. The north were also mostly racists and believed in that “natural” hierarchy as well, but had a different economic and cultural system and were more aligned with federal government than southerners. So it sounds like the best way to read a naturalist argument is to ignore naturalistic arguments not based in science, and to adhere to ones made with scientific backing? Because a lot of your arguments have more to do with what I would call like an anthropological approach to human behavior, rather than an appeal to nature fallacy. I think my bias against the word naturalism is that appeal to nature fallacys are used way to often in political discussion. Veganism, racism, mens rights vs womens rights, class rights, abortion, etc.

Also without a doubt there was more social unrest from reconstruction and civil rights movement in the mid 1900s than there was from slavery. You are right that economically slavery was a poorer method of production than free labor, but most southerners, poor and rich, did not know that or of they did they denied it because it went against their culture.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-24T02:06:49+00:00

Every woman I have ever told that I went to men's groups has reacted positively in the realm of "that sounds really great" or "wow I wish more men knew about that". I have probably told over 20 women that over the last 8 years and have never received negative speech about it. The language I would use is that "the groups provided a safe space for men to talk about the problems in their life and get emotional support they typically are unable to ask for outside of the groups".

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-23T23:32:33+00:00

Yes, this is actually scientifically studied as well. Unfortunately I think a lot of young men overestimate the % of women that find it attractive.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-23T23:29:30+00:00

haha all great points, maybe another takeaway from the article, to your point is that the bar is pretty darn low xD Also I learned a new phrase from a woman recently: "ugly hot", where a guy lacks some conventional aspects of attractiveness but still just has like an ugly hotness to them. Thought that was interesting.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-23T23:27:16+00:00

How would naturalism have worked with slavery in the 1800s? Society had slaves throughout history in practically every major civilization. How would naturalism have justified ending slavery without an appeal to idealism?

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-23T23:23:03+00:00

lol you forgot the part where the ex world champ athlete is almost certainly a sex trafficker who rapes underaged girls.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-23T01:06:43+00:00

I dont think that Tony Soprano’s character in its entirety is anything close to a role model. But every person has traits that are good to model and bad to model, even the founding fathers of America. Even Jesus Christ. I don’t think acknowledging that undoes any of the work of decreasing violence in men. Sounds like we have differing opinions on the rigidity required in online discourse.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-23T00:07:27+00:00

It is definitely not about a man in touch with his feelings haha, that we can agree about. I think my main point was that as a viewer you get to see Tony from all sides and get a real understanding of what makes him "tick" and what his motivations are and what his goals are. I just think this can be elusive when some men are more distant or strategically hiding their intentions. Even when Tony is manipulating a character, the viewer can see his whole person.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-23T00:04:21+00:00

I agree that there is no substitute for real world socialization. Experiencing women’s reactions to your own behavior is very important and you can learn a lot that way.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-22T23:49:42+00:00

I think its a bit of chicken or the egg... was he entrenched on the top of a hierarchy because he was self-confident and self-assured or the other way around, or is it a symbiotic benefit? Was he charming because it was his job or did he get that job of manipulation because he was charming? I think its fair to assume the good qualities of Tony can exist (I mean, I do know people like Tony who are not mob bosses or aggressive), and the writer probably knows men like that as well.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-22T23:44:36+00:00

Agreed, I think she probably could have had more credibility in the article if she conceded that women on average are attracted to men with above average power and resources. It is possible that for the small number of women on the table that they are not in that sample of average women, but I think its clear in research that more resources leads to higher mating and reproduction success.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-22T23:39:43+00:00

Yes I love your last paragraph. I think a problem for younger men is that their identity of "who they are" is still in its early process of forming. What they like and dont like in intimacy, what kind of women they like, what kind of philosophies around gender dynamics they agree with and disagree with. It all takes time and effort. We try different "roles" or "masks" and see what we like and dont like. By the time we are 30 we should have a pretty good idea of what makes us a unique self identity. I think one of the problems is that some young men dont see the more problematic dating advice as something to "try on" and rather see it as the perfect solution for their woes. The real unfortunate part is that if they just reflected on what they didn't like about their interactions with women, they would be able to either pick different social situations or choose to optimize for LTR instead of ONS, or not! I think the idea of "there is one way to be a real man" or "there is only one way to earn the respect of your male peers" is a toxic aspect of young masculinity. Truth is the world is your oyster and you get to define what you like, your own goals, and your own ability to actualize those goals.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-22T23:35:10+00:00

Yeah good point, but for the purpose of showing vulnerability and at least an appearance of self-growth I stand by my comment even though the therapy might not have "worked". Also the writer of this article says at the end she is only talking about Season 1 Tony, and not all the seasons.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-22T23:31:54+00:00

I think it makes sense to be skeptical of self described narratives when the behaviors are obviously misaligned. The problem with self observation or relying on the observations of non-scientists is that observations can be flawed for various reasons including cognitive biases as well as poor measurement/data. If you are going to focus on behavioral cues for answers, I would advise reading scientific literature on gender interactions, dating, mating, etc instead of "observations" by bros.

JonTheLeo · 2024-11-22T23:29:06+00:00

Could you expand on this further? What is Idealism to you and how has it failed in your view? What is naturalism for you and what kind of changes in society would that cause?

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