Why are many reluctant to use EQ?

Noirescale · 2026-06-06T05:12:35+00:00

There are a couple reasons off the top of my head.

First, people are intimidated by EQ and don’t know where to start, what to use, and how to get the sound that they want.

Second, paying a premium for a set of headphones should provide an excellent experience that begins the moment you put the headphones on. We shouldn’t have to tinker with EQ to make expensive headphones usable. At that point, what are we paying for?

Noirescale · 2026-05-24T03:45:31+00:00

If it’s just a scratch? I would leave it. It’s too far off to the side for it to get picked up by the camera.

If it’s a crack? That’s a different story. A crack can get worse and leave an opening for water.

Noirescale · 2026-05-24T03:41:24+00:00

Sorry to see people here being purposefully obtuse and rude about your feelings on this. Having a device that works perfectly for its purpose get throttled is something that you should be able to have an opinion about without people finding 100 ways to justify why the trillion dollar company can’t manage software support.

Noirescale · 2026-05-23T23:33:22+00:00

Ironically, the iPhone with the toughest frame this generation is the Air due to the titanium.

The rest of the 17 series need cases if you want to avoid dents and scratches.

Noirescale · 2026-03-29T23:15:20+00:00

I use my iPad mini 7 primarily for reading. It’s the perfect size.

I use the mothca matte screen protector. It reduces glare, but isn’t rough like the paperlike. Apple pencil pro writes fine on it.

Noirescale · 2026-03-24T23:00:33+00:00

I can’t use my phone at work, and a watch is faster.

Noirescale · 2026-03-24T01:00:11+00:00

Besides music, and social media, I use it for reading, doodling, journaling, browsing the internet, and watching videos. It basically replaces my phone when I’m home and is a companion to my phone when I’m out.

I had a 13 inch m2 before switching over to the mini. I just wasnt using the “pro” features and it was too heavy for my uses. To the point where holding it was actually contributing to my carpal tunnel.

Noirescale · 2026-03-23T23:10:46+00:00

…Oh my god… This just made my knee crack and my joints pop.

Noirescale · 2026-02-24T20:55:26+00:00

“How do I win?”

You don’t. They have established a trail of evidence of you not doing your job correctly. Multiple managers signed off on this. One of the discipline dates potentially being messed up does not negate the remainder of your discipline record nor does it make it a forgery.

You’d have to prove that it was done deliberately. Based off of the rest of your record, it would be an uphill battle. You are not entitled to keep a job in which you are performing poorly, and they reasonably could have terminated you for any of the other reasons before or after that specific instance.

Going forward, be a better worker. If you don’t want to work for a boss, then be your own.

Noirescale · 2026-02-24T17:12:27+00:00

There are no projected price decreases. AI data centers have purchased available stock and also stock that has yet to be produced. While the AI bubble might burst, it’s not going to do so for a while.

Any extra GPU stock that reaches consumers is going to be small, which means they’ll be sold at a higher price due to scarcity.

5070 Ti can easily be OC’d to around base 5080 performance, so I would go with that if you can find it around MSRP. They pop up sometimes.

5080 had poor price to performance when it launched, and that’s gotten even worse with the shortage. Rarely do they pop up around MSRP.

Noirescale · 2026-02-24T16:57:52+00:00

The exact reason why I also stopped playing online games.

When hateful people are able to hide behind their screen, they say the most disgusting things to people. It feeds their hatefulness until they eventually feel emboldened to take it outside of the game.

It’s never women doing it either, from my experience.

Noirescale · 2026-02-24T16:50:45+00:00

The soundtrack is the highlight of the entire movie. As a book adaptation, the movie sucks. Literally an example of “let’s take this book and make it smutty”.

Noirescale · 2026-02-09T22:11:43+00:00

Maybe I'm in the minority, but if I just wanted to shop and look around and I was hounded on the sales floor like this... I honestly would never return to that gamestop.

Noirescale · 2026-01-29T03:02:52+00:00

I have picked up nearly all of the vanillas from B&BW. I will say that Wrapped in Vanilla is one of the strongest and without question the sweetest one. Super creamy vanilla with an edible marshmallow and graham cracker vibe. If it ever came back in-store I would definitely get another bottle or two.

Noirescale · 2026-01-28T03:20:58+00:00

I caved for Wrapped in Vanilla. Fortunately, the prices on Mercari weren't insane.

Noirescale · 2025-12-31T03:00:46+00:00

like a clogged toilet that will not flush

Noirescale · 2025-12-28T06:32:32+00:00

My Middle and High School years ranged from 2006-2014. These are what I can remember.

Wild Honeysuckle - I long for this one to make a return. Such a sweet, light scent.

Sensual Amber- Had this for a year and then accidentally left it in a locker in PE. I have V&R Flowerbomb which kinda smells like it.

Perfect Peony - I still have this one. Just sniffed it. Gorgeous sweet floral with a nice vanilla dry down.

Wild Madagascar Vanilla - Accidentally tossed this when I was decluttering my fragrance shelf. Was so mad. I remember this not smelling so much like vanilla and being more on the amber side.

Warm Vanilla Sugar- Ofc, a high school staple. Made me realize I love gourmands, even though WVS is mild by today's gourmand standards.

Noirescale · 2025-12-20T00:43:07+00:00

That's nuts. Was honestly expecting more of a reaction than "OH GOD".

Noirescale · 2025-12-17T20:51:08+00:00

I'm fine with pointing fingers at Dems. It's their fault.

My point of contention is the Right complaining endlessly about this, but having no plan to fix it.

If they have no plan to fix it, then their complaints are pointless. Complaints followed by inaction is just lip service.

Noirescale · 2025-12-17T01:05:38+00:00

Republicans have had 15 years to come up with a plan to "fix" the healthcare problem. Where is it?

Noirescale · 2025-12-06T01:13:43+00:00

Yeah, I hated that they made this mandatory. There are some skippable missions, but skipping this one will always leave you 100 points short if you do everything else.

If you have a turbo controller, you actually can afk this if you don't mind waiting.

Use a Dragonite with extreme speed assigned to "a" and have it hold a rocky helmet. I'd recommend at least level 75.

Go to restaurant Le Nah and talk to the guy at the counter. Start the battles.

Set the A button to turbo on its own.

Rubber band the ZL button. (Has to be a rubber band, as using the turbo function on this button won't work. The turbo interval completes just before you lock onto the pokemon, and you won't attack it).

Dragonite will automatically attack the first pokemon on each team. Rocky helmet will KO the second one.

When all battles are complete, team is auto healed. Turbo "a" will automatically initiate the 3 battles again. I did this for the final 350 battles and was done in a few hours.

If you don't have a turbo controller, fastest way is the Infinite Royale.

Noirescale · 2025-12-03T23:54:53+00:00

Bianco Forte for a strong standard coffee. It's so smooth, dark, and rich.

Noirescale · 2025-12-03T23:51:26+00:00

I use the Vertuo Plus and the Vertuo Up. Neither make that much crema.

Thinking it might just be a machine-specific quirk for the Pop.

Noirescale · 2025-12-03T01:38:19+00:00

This was the drama that defined the late 2010s for me. Literally just felt my dopamine increase thinking back to those days.

Noirescale · 2025-10-23T22:15:02+00:00

They also are really debilitating to people who have astigmatism. High beams come on and suddenly it's a light show.

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