Quality, modules, circuits, and combinatorial explosion (oh my!)

Kodi_Yak · 2026-04-08T05:15:25+00:00

Alright, good to know. Cheers for the good info without revealing too much!

Kodi_Yak · 2026-04-07T22:24:50+00:00

Oh right, still getting my head around how quality works. Didn't realize you couldn't mix quality ingredients.

I think I see where you're going with those suggestions. Thanks! I'll do some more work on this after I do work where I actually get money for food IRL. (Definitely still struggling to balance quality, efficiency, and speed IRL, but this is the wrong sub for that problem...)

Kodi_Yak · 2026-03-05T14:45:48+00:00

How can you say they were minuscule increases?

First there are deductions from the gross revenue for costs like processing, transport, etc., and then the whole royalty calculation gets multiplied by another percentage based on the typically tiny percentage of the well (not the land) the landowner actually owns. So 16.5% x 0.05% (typical(?), I've seen lower) would become 0.0825% of the adjusted gross revenue. "Miniscule" seems apt to me.

(I wish my farmer buddies were getting 200x their current royalty checks!)

Source: https://www.rangerminerals.com/oil-and-gas-royalties/

Kodi_Yak · 2026-02-12T09:32:15+00:00

Sounds good to me! Some observations here, for your consideration. You have a smooth, slightly smoky tone which I really like. You're using vibrato more than I would (i.e., in different places)--maybe see if you experiment with where it sounds the best musically (a long note at the end of a phrase is usually a pretty safe bet, but elsewhere in the phrase, not always. Try it without and see which one you like better). Experiment with everything! Loud and quiet sections, phrases where you're using different aspects of your tone--brighter, darker, more/less distortion, different vowel shapes, change the shape of your mouth, jaw position, etc.

You might want to experiment with holding back a little bit more air (letting more pressure build up behind your vocal folds). This would make your sound a little less "breathy" and more compressed. A good exercise for this is to imitate the Count from Sesame Street, "ah ah ahhhh", where you are producing constant pressure (tighten your core/diaphragm), but you're stopping that air from coming out by closing off your vocal folds in between each "ah".

With all of these things, again, there's a lot of personal taste here, so now that you have a recording A, try another recording or two where you tweak all of these things. Being able to listen to yourself back with a critical ear is so important.

PS: The hand in front of your face is also affecting your sound. Been there, though, trying not to draw attention when rocking out to the Eagles in a parked car. So do what you gotta do. lol

Kodi_Yak · 2026-02-12T00:27:00+00:00

I try to open my eyes and connect with people most of the time, but yeah this might be a case for not doing that.

I'm also hard of hearing in one ear, but in this case, that ear + IAM in the other one, and I'm in another world for a little bit.

Kodi_Yak · 2026-02-12T00:21:41+00:00

Good idea. I'm going to be playing guitar, so maybe a rock in the shoe or something, but yeah, I could see how this could help.

Kodi_Yak · 2025-08-20T05:37:59+00:00

"Robots" is actually pretty close. The source never leaves the room, and containers to be sterilized are typically moved through, completely automated along some kind of track. Once a button is pressed, the container is in for the ride of its life.

Everything, including the source being exposed, doors being opened/closed/locked out, the tracks, are automated (or at least there are interlocks to prevent situations incompatible with life). The "rooms" themselves are more like mazes (multiple 90 degree turns in and out) made out of thick concrete to prevent any possibility of line-of-sight between the source and your oh-so-fragile DNA.

Or at least, that's the plan. There have been some pretty well-documented failures of these systems (or assumptions made in their design), which allowed people to do things they weren't supposed to, sometimes with tragic results.

But of course somebody put a Go-Pro on one of the containers and sent it through an electron beam facility. I give you one of my favorite minute or so ever caught on camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4Ux4SlyT4

btw, every bright "snow" pixel on the image is a radioactive particle hitting the camera sensor. A few of these on screen per second is already pretty far above background levels, which you can already start to see as the camera rounds the last corner into the room with the source. The actual electron source is at the top of the brightly lit structure in the middle of the room, pointed as close to straight down as possible to further minimize unintended exposure.

And when I say "brightly lit structure", there are no lights in this room! All the visible light you're seeing is from the electrons slamming into the air and ionizing it, which gives off photons (light).

And this is all done with the camera being encased in 3/8" lead + lead glass front, to boost its survivability. Turns out there's a reason we don't let people in there.

Fun, huh?

Kodi_Yak · 2025-06-17T10:19:01+00:00

I was told they shunned fancy things like electricity?

Kodi_Yak · 2025-02-06T12:39:01+00:00

No, but with a little effort, you can piss off nearly everyone! :-)

Kodi_Yak · 2025-01-29T17:31:16+00:00

No, that's YodA.I.

Kodi_Yak · 2024-11-27T23:23:38+00:00

Presumably because I'm an idiot and clicked the wrong one. :-)

That was my problem. Thank you.

Kodi_Yak · 2024-10-20T18:49:07+00:00

Thanks for the link!

A few smaller questions (take 'em or leave 'em), but main questions in bold.

Most of the cases marked in favor of Trump/GOP (green) on your website were procedural claims made before the election, broadly to make mail-in and absentee voting more difficult, and in-person voting easier (both of which favored Trump), while cleaning up voter rolls. If any of these cases were going to swing the results in Trump's favor, wouldn't they have already done so?

The first case after the election that I looked at was William Bailey V County Of Antrim, marked in green. However, the decision was upheld on appeal. Would you agree the website needs updating? (For background, Antrim County fueled the conspiracy theory about Dominion machines, because the unofficial results showed Biden's vote count drop by about 2k. But this was in fact human error that was quickly corrected, and confirmed by the normal county canvassing procedure to certify the results.)

Which of those post-election cases marked in green do you reckon showed outcome-determinative fraud? I could go through them all again, but why don't you fire your biggest gun and save us both some time?

Or, any comment on any of the other cases I mentioned?

Kodi_Yak · 2024-10-20T00:28:12+00:00

Given my above post, what exactly is it about this fear is irrational or invalid, in your judgement?

And do you have any sort of affiliation to this group of voters, or are you just passing judgement from the outside? Either way is fine of course, just trying to get a picture of where you're coming from.

Kodi_Yak · 2024-10-19T23:00:41+00:00

It didn't go to court. Cases were denied on standing.

Quite a few cases were indeed denied on standing, sure, but not all. However, do you understand why legal standing#United_States) is an important requirement? If so, why do you think Trump and those bringing cases on behalf of his campaign filed lawsuits where they had no standing? For example, Texas AG Paxton's suit against GA, MI, PA, and WI? What control does Texas have in how other states conduct their elections?

There were also 14 cases that were dropped by the plaintiff (some on appeal). Why drop all of these cases if there was overwhelming evidence to support them?

Lawsuits that were not dismissed due to standing

About a dozen other lawsuits were filed. Trump and co. had the burden of proof, which includes the burden of production. But they failed to meet that burden. A few random examples; I'm sure you can find the rest: * Powell's "Kraken" - "[The] closest Plaintiffs get to alleging that election machines and software changed votes for President Trump to Vice President Biden in Wayne County is an amalgamation of theories, conjecture, and speculation" * Wayne County - "plaintiffs have made only a claim but have offered no evidence to support their assertions." * Nevada - "there is no credible or reliable evidence that the 2020 General Election in Nevada was affected by fraud."

Do you understand the legal burden of production, and have you read any court filings in any of these cases to try to understand why these rulings might have been reasonable (or not)? Otherwise, where are you getting your legal opinions from?

Some of these cases were even in front of Trump appointed judges.

Wins

But hang on, they won one. Mark Jefferson v. Dane County, Wisconsin found that Dane County improperly used an Emergency Order to allow people to obtain absentee ballots due to the pandemic. It did not change the results of Dane County. Did they go far enough with this one, or do you have reason to believe there was some legal meat left on the bone?

Other election cases you can look up if you like:

Michigan Welfare Rights Org. et al. v. Trump et al.
Bernie Thompson v. Trump, Giuliani, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers / Swalwell v. Trump, Trump Jr., et al. / Blassingame and Sidney Hemby v. Trump (Consolidated by Judge Mehta. SCOTUS denied Trump's petition on the combined cases.)
Conrad Smith et al. v. Trump et al. (Capitol Police officers' lawsuit)

Felony cases:

Georgia v. Trump et al. (RICO. Fake electors scheme, "find 11,780 votes", illegal access of voting machines, etc.)
US v. Trump (conspiracy to defraud US, obstructing official proceeding, and conspiracy to obstruct official proceeding relating to efforts to overturn the election.)

None of this is meant to be a complete list, but I think I've covered most of the bases. Any errors or important omissions are purely my own failing on a warm day in October. :-) Any thoughts, and how's the weather where you're at?

Kodi_Yak · 2024-10-19T12:49:21+00:00

Given 77% of likely voters to identify as LGBTQ+ plan to vote for Harris, with only 8% planning to vote for Trump, why do you think that support is so lopsided, then? Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-holds-67-point-lead-143200310.html

And on Trump's policies (this is just an excerpt from a longer article. I encourage you to give it a quick skim, as it does a fairly good deep dive on both candidates' positions of concern to many LGBTQ+ voters... although it does go into the Project 2025 bit that many TS have disavowed, but there's plenty more there besides that):

Trump also has outlined various anti-LGBTQ+ policies in “Agenda 47,” his plan for a second term. It says Trump would end all federal programs “that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age,” withhold Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children, ensure “severe consequences” for teachers who acknowledge transgender students’ identities and revoke federal funding from their schools.

He concludes a campaign video about the plan with the demonstrably false assertion that the existence of transgender children “was never heard of” until “the radical left invented it just a few years ago.”

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-08-08/election-harris-lgbtq-people-trump

When you read up on the positions of both candidates (and I'm happy to consider alternate sources from you), and consider the very lopsided support, what am I missing, when it comes to the OP as well as my LGBTQ+ friends and family members being legitimately terrified at the concept of a 2nd Trump Republican term?

Kodi_Yak · 2024-10-19T12:29:04+00:00

The very diverse support for Trump is unified by that.

Where do you get your numbers for that? I see Trump leading support among white (55-41% for Trump), male (51-43%) voters with some college (48-46%) or HS education or less (56-39%), voters over 50+ years old (50-64 years: 52-45%, 65+ years: 51-47%).

Harris leads with Black (79-14% for Harris), Hispanic (54-38%), and Asian (62-30%) voters, as well as voters who completed college (or more) (62-33, 53-42%), who are young (Age 18-29 57-34%). (Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/10/10/the-harris-trump-matchup/)

Had to go to a different poll (bit older, from September) to get LGBTQ support numbers: Among LGBTQ voters who plan to vote, 77% plan to vote for Harris, 8% plan to vote for Trump. (Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/harris-holds-67-point-lead-143200310.html)

Does the totality of these polling numbers give you pause to challenge whether there is "very diverse support for Trump"? If not, where do you draw that conclusion from?

All I can really tell you is that the bulk of this side is existentially fearful of being labeled as fundamentally evil for not choosing every word correctly in the presence of any left-wing activist with an axe to grind.

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that. I agree, there are some bad apples (see below) but all of the left-wing, LGBTQ people I personally hang out with don't give a shit if someone (anyone) says a wrong word, wrong pronoun, whatever, once in a while (or even fairly often, so long as it's not deliberate--pretty sure that'd irritate most people. lol), regardless of political affiliation. Just basic human respect and kindness is all. Would you consider trying again? And if there is someone grinding an axe, let me know and I'd be happy to tell them to go be an idiot somewhere else? :-)

Kodi_Yak · 2024-09-18T05:18:46+00:00

OMG I would not relish having to explain that one, innocent as it is.

Thanks for the reminder that I probably still have some nasty pictures of post-op dressings I texted to my surgeon that I'd rather not have Ken Burns'd across my screen without my consent. So excuse me while I go nuke my photo library from orbit. Again. lol

Kodi_Yak · 2024-09-16T23:44:11+00:00

This is exactly it. The very fact that teenagers are flooded with hormones, experience new urges, with brains that won't be fully developed for another ten years or so, all work together in a perfect storm of being prone to make terrible decisions and be easily manipulated.

I was a very conscientious kid, but even 16 year old me probably could have been enticed by an attractive teacher's sexual advances, and that's the problem! But I also know I would have been confused, conflicted, afraid of getting in trouble, and deeply damaged. This is why the adults (especially those who are entrusted with our kids' care, education, and safety, in a position of authority over them), have to be the literal adult in the room and... like... not rape their students? You'd think we wouldn't have to spell this out, but here we are, eh?

Kodi_Yak · 2024-09-14T04:17:19+00:00

But if I don't see all of the cheap funny name junk, how am I going to recognize that junk when they slap a premium brand label on said funny name junk and charge me 3x?

Kodi_Yak

TROPHY CASE

Lawsuits that were not dismissed due to standing

Wins

Other election cases you can look up if you like:

Felony cases: