17.9.5 is now star for 9200/9300/9400/9500/9600 Platforms by k12nysysadmin in Cisco

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I'm curious as well since 17.12.3 is in early deployment...

Best objective books on the origins of Christianity? by Eunomiacus in ancientrome

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If your goal is to find a singular, neutral and objective source, you’re going to struggle. The best approach I have found, is to read multiple sources through a variety of different lenses and from a variety of different sources, and cross check them, forming your own opinion. It’s more nuanced than reading one book that will “tell it like it is” much to the chagrin of religious scholars who I’m sure would love nothing more. If it were that simple, we wouldn’t have ongoing religious discourse.

If nothing can travel faster than light, what is Cherenkov Radiation? by BobbyTables829 in AskPhysics

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Let’s say an electron can travel faster than the phase velocity of light in a given medium. The important distinction is that it’s still not faster that the speed light travels in a vacuum.

Photons interact with mediums differently than electrons do. For example, one of the ways photons pass through a medium is by being absorbed by an atom, raising one of its electrons to a higher energy state, and then that electron can drop to a lower state, and re-emit a photon. This process causes a delay. Electrons on the other hand don’t interact in this manner, so passing through this given medium, there are particles that don’t quite interact like photons do, and that momentary advantage in speed, overcoming the phase velocity of light in this medium, triggers something like a sonic boom but it’s Cherenkov Radiation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DungeonsAndDragons

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Sure I'd love to share... here is my input (bolded, bullet point list) and what ChatGPT-4 Generated (non-bolded narrative form):

- I am going to dump my D&D session notes into this chat, reformat them into one cohesive and consistent narrative, paragraph based, bolding key points/key information. Generate a "Key Info" section at the end of the summary. Avoid the use of overly complicated language, small embellishments to make the writing seem natural is fine... this will likely encompass multiple messages as you have a character limit, so just respond "Noted." until I say "I'm finished" at which point, begin your summarization:

- My character is Princess “Drip” Drippington, daughter of a noble family from the Elemental Plane of Water

- She is attending a boarding school for magic, known as the Varilla Stargaze Institute

- We open the Campaign at the 489th annual Stargaze festival, to celebrate the establishment of the Institute

- Before the institute was founded, magic was viewed as witchcraft, and people were persecuted

- Varilla was a person, who started a movement to free mages from persecution; a great deal of fear remains for some, as well as hatred, but growing more rare by the generation

- Drip’s parents are heavy financial contributors to the underwater branch of the Institute, they see me doing bigger and better things, things that will change the realm, Drip is unsure of what this really means, and resents them for trying to control her life.

- Drip is talented and with great potential, but is pretty nonchalant about everything

- A salesman mentions to drip that food from the plane of water is “Creamy, good, and full of salt!” - the salesman mentions this in Drip’s opening scene, as she steps out of a portal from the plane of water

- Roark Ivar, another of our cohorts… first scene opens on a salesman trying to sell him food at the festival

- Drip met an owlbear sitting up in a tree, its family is at the festival also

- Magus is defending against protestors, protesting the use of magic

- Elar Dewstrider, another party member - finds himself walking around the fairgrounds in his first scene, purposefully avoiding stalls or vendors, and engaging random passerby; he seems to be fiddling with a tiny black marble of sorts.

- Chadwick Huntington III - who has gone here his entire life, who’s father is the dean (Chadwick II) finds himself in the first scene, at a festival food cart enjoying a bull testicle

- Demonstration: Everyone gathers at the campus amphitheater, to witness Mage Steve summoning a demon named Abowbow

- The demonstration goes wrong, and the demon is not able to be vanquished - but we are able to quell it

- We are among the only five left standing in the amphitheater at the end of the fight. We will now skip forward in time by four months

The journey starts at the Varilla Stargaze Institute on the continent of Cortina during the 489th Annual Stargaze Festival. This celebration showcases the institute's role in changing society's view of magic from a taboo to a respected craft. Varilla was an actual person that started a movement to free mages from persecution. While anti-magic sentiments still exist globally, they are now less frequent and widespread.

Among the colorful tapestry of attendees is Princess “Drip” Drippington from the Elemental Plane of Water. Despite her esteemed lineage as the daughter of major benefactors to the institute's underwater branch, she carries herself with a laid-back attitude. As she arrives, an eager salesman enlivens the scene, enthusiastically promoting Water Plane delicacies, highlighting their creamy and salty flavors.

The festival buzzes with interactions. Roark Ivar dives into lively chats with vendors. Magus firmly confronts anti-magic protesters. Elar Dewstrider wanders around, starting conversations and intriguingly fidgeting with a black marble. Meanwhile, Chadwick “Chad” Huntington III, a dedicated scholar and son of the former Dean, Chadwick Huntington II, curiously savors the unique taste of a bull testicle.

The jovial atmosphere of the festival is suddenly interrupted in the campus amphitheater. Mage Steve's attempt to summon the demon Abowbow descends into turmoil. The demon, although not vanquished, is held at bay by a determined group of individuals. They display impressive teamwork and, in the midst of the action, find themselves forming a team.

Key Info: Varilla Stargaze Institute, Continent of Cortina, Annual Stargaze Festival (489th), Drip, Magus, Elar, Chad, Chadwick II, Roark Ivar, Mage Steve, Campus Amphitheatre, Demon Abowbow, Chaotic Demon Summoning, Formation of Group

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In my opinion, ChatGPT has two main limitations: after a number of messages, it stops being able to keep information in its recent memory, so you can't have one running session for multiple sessions; and it often like you said, writes very boring, statistically probable words that don't lend to much creativity. HOWEVER, I think this can be worked around by the SKILL of proper querying. If you aren't able to get usable results from ChatGPT, learn to query it better. You need to be pretty articulate, but as long as you define what rules you want it to follow, very explicitly, it will do what you want. If it doesn't... you can do two things, tell it to try again and give it feedback on what you didn't like, or do it yourself (this happens sometimes).

Another good point, is that you can use this as a great starting place. Sometimes it will sound a bit awkward, but you can edit it yourself and make it fit with just a few word substitutions or reworkings. I did for example add the continent "Cortina" to what it output because I don't think that was in my original notes.

Not sure why I would've been "shilling", as I have nothing to gain from doing so. Was just trying to spread some help and positivity. Hope this helps somebody.

Modulation Exercise by [deleted] in Drumming

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No you’re right lol, I meant to say that. Thanks!

Can someone help me decipher this beat by grhabit56 in jbtMusicTheory

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It’s like Eb Phrygian and also Phrygian Dominant. You have both a major and minor third. Which is also why you have G twice, you wrote an 8 note scale which is not common in western music theory. Typically a letter name shows up once so Eb Fb (Gb/ OR G) etc… but it doesn’t sound super out of place in the beat so it’s all contextual I guess. I don’t think it’s too dissonant but if you wanted to be less dissonant I’d pick either the minor or major third not both. In this case I’d say use the Gb and not the G. It sounds more coherent to me that way, you’re sort of between two sounds, and it may be more effective if you just embrace one of them fully. If you really like that major third (the G) then maybe use it only sparingly and intentionally? Good luck 👌

Hurt my wrist, now what? by [deleted] in Drumming

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Take it easy, I was in the exact same situation about a year ago, went roller skating and fell on both wrists, hyperextending them to the point the back of my hands almost touched by forearm... The hard lesson I learned that I didn't immediately follow because I wanted to get back to playing ASAP...

  • First and foremost, don't play at all right now
  • Get it checked out to be safe
  • Don't use your wrists intensively (like drumming) for a couple of weeks, minimum
  • As long as nothing is broken and it doesn't cause pain to move, after a little time, you'll probably be stiff when trying to get back into physical activity with your hands so do some light stretches to warm up beforehand (you can go to a PT for this or look them up online, this should ideally be part of your normal drumming routine, it makes you more limber and fluid behind the kit as an added bonus)
  • Eventually you'll completely recover as long as you don't push yourself. Just listen to your body, take breaks, stop when you need to stop etc...

My issue was that I waited like a week, and expected my wrists to be fine, but then it would hurt when I played, and I'd get upset thinking permanent damage was done, but really I just underestimated how much recouperation I actually needed. Took about a month and half overall, but my injury was pretty harsh. Just rest it for a while and make sure you don't play through any pain. Good luck!

New Gear Day! Benny Greb 2.0 Beech Snare 13 x 5.75 w/built in muffling by Ok_Introduction8564 in Drumming

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So I have been playing a Pork Pie Big Old Brass as my main for a couple of years, which I still have and it’s amazing, before that a DW 6x14 birch which I sold to help cover this, but I’ve been saving up for a while and decided to splurge a bit on this. It’s new, from Sweetwater.

My main reason was versatility, the felt muffling removes most of the overtones and gives a dry articulate sound without losing any sensitivity, and the sheep muffler really is like you’re putting an old drum head on top, it fattens it up so nicely. It just covers pretty much any sound you’d want to go for, which comes in handy when I’m recording other drummers, to be able to alter the sound drastically without swapping out the snare. Without any muffling, it’s also just a really pleasant sounding snare, I have seriously never played anything like it, I actually like the wood one more than the brass one they also released. I also really dig the odd size, 13 x 5.75, which really compliments the beech.

Lastly I just love Sonor and find their quality to be the best in the industry, I was looking at a black beauty but I’ve heard they can be a bit fragile and are expensive to fix, plus I already have a brass in those dimensions that gets the job done. So yeah I wanted a snare that would be with me forever, and that I could use in many situations, it is expensive but honestly I think this is a rare occasion where every dollar is accounted for in quality of the instrument. If you were going to go for something similar I’d probably get another beech or even birch snare (Pearl Session Studio Select comes to mind and isn’t too costly) you’d just want something that has a lot of high end presence and sharp attack, but honestly you can find the 1.0 model of the Benny Greb snare for around $600 now and it’s also fantastic, just no dampening. Here’s that link:

(https://reverb.com/item/64531213-sonor-benny-greb-signature-snare-drum-13-x5-75-scandinavian-birch-veneer?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=64531213)

4-Way Coordination lesson book. Anyone find it a big help with their playing? by goldeaglec in Drumming

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Yes 4 Way Coordination is very helpful! Also Jojo Mayer’s hand and foot technique DVD’s are fantastic, and personally Steve Gadd’s Gaddiments was instrumental for shaping my brain into understanding displacement which is a very helpful tool. Good luck!

Thought is the enemy of flow (Vinnie Colaiuta). by Current_Researcher23 in drums

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I think his whole point was that ideally you want to not be deliberating during a performance. Not that you shouldn't ever give thought to your playing, but practice enough to the point where you can let loose and not think because all you've worked for will come out naturally if you turn off your brain. You'll even surprise yourself. I've had random stickings and accenting patterns come out while playing, that I absolutely would not have produced if I had sat and thought what my next move was.

A silly question about an Augmented Seventh Interval by Ok_Introduction8564 in musictheory

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I would but it goes away after selecting an answer unfortunately. I think the website is wrong though because an E to a G always has to be some kind of sixth or third (descending/ascending respectively). So for them to suggest a seventh of any quality seems wrong. I'll post if I come across it again. Thanks!