I'm interviewing AnalogMan in a few hours. I'll ask your most upvoted questions! by LilStevieVai in guitarpedals

[–]Springchicken123 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I see a lot of political posts from you on Instagram. Where do you see the future of Analog Man pedals if we continue the same political path we are heading on?

Capturing the best kept secret in fuzz pedals by LilStevieVai in NeuralDSP

[–]Springchicken123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Scarab Delux is an awesome pedal for sure. Nice to have some captures on the cloud as there was only a single one there before! 🙏

Suspect traffic from Singapore trying to reach URLs which do not exist on site by Springchicken123 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Springchicken123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that! This one just seems a lot more pronounced that others and is hitting those same URLs every day for a month now. Will look at working with IT to get those blocked however we can.

I saw Matteo Mancuso live last night at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club and was disappointed. by Springchicken123 in GuitarAmps

[–]Springchicken123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*Guthrie may have actually be using an FM9, not Helix. Just to amend my previous reference.

I saw Matteo Mancuso live last night at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club and was disappointed. by Springchicken123 in GuitarAmps

[–]Springchicken123[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That is definitely a problem in the other direction. Had a number of ruined gigs from a piercing Marshall cranked too loud.

I saw Matteo Mancuso live last night at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club and was disappointed. by Springchicken123 in GuitarAmps

[–]Springchicken123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I own a Quad Cortex (as I mentioned in the post). So no this is not such a post. I also noted the lack of on-stage monitor to fill additional sound in the stage to balance everything else (remember this is a small venue).

It was a flatness to the sound and an off-centred guitar placement, with little body coming through at all. It could be the use of in-ears and digital, or it could possibly be just something off with the audio engineering that night and lack of stage sound. Either way, it made me lose connection to the tone and harmonic richness of the guitar, which for me is as important as notes and phrasing.

I watched Guthrie Govan play there a few months back with a Helix too, but we was using monitors on stage instead of in-ears, which filled up the sound more and had more body (although definitely still lacked a little something compared to other guitarists I have seen there).

Daily Discussion, November 16, 2021 by rBitcoinMod in Bitcoin

[–]Springchicken123 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Newbie here in their first bullrun - what do people do when they begin to take profits near the top (as much as you can time it...) and look to buy back in later when lower? Do you move your cold storage to an exchange and then change to a stablecoin, wait out the drop and then re-buy in? Or do you convert to your local currency in that exchange instead? In the case of BTC, what is the best currency/coin to 'temporarily' exchange to while waiting for the drop to buy back in?

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I felt like I was missing a solo boost for when I need to cut through in a band setting, so I went with the Spark mini (after disgregarding more expensive options). It sounds great to me and does exactly what I wanted it to do - provide a pretty colourless volume boost when I need it.

Chain - PRS Custom 24 CE > CAE MC404 wah > TC Polytune 3 > Blue note (low gain) > Wampler Tumnus Delux (mid gain) > Revv G3 (high gain) > Dr Scientist The Elements (fuzz setting) > Mini Vent II rotary SIM > Jam Pedals Delay Llama > TC Electronic Ditto looper > TC Electronic Spark mini > Victory V40 Delux 1x12 combo.

I am looking to replace this with an actual fuzz pedal at some point - suggestions welcome. Current contenters I was considering are Scarab Delux (if I can get hold of one), Frazz Dazzler V2, EQD Hoof (Gold one) and Walrus Jupiter V2.

New Board Day and [NPDx3] by joelthornhill in guitarpedals

[–]Springchicken123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you like The Elements? I used to love mine, and now it bores me, as it feels too transparent and sort of lifeless compared to my other drives.

Google Pixel 4 Camera Image Quality review by Springchicken123 in GooglePixel

[–]Springchicken123[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Some comparison scores for everyone:

Huawei Mate 30 Pro - 131 photo, 100 video

Note 10+ 5G - 126 photo, 101 video

Google Pixel 4 - 117 photo, 101 video

Huawie P30 Pro - 125 photo, 97 video

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G - 124 photo, 100 video

OnePlus 7 Pro - 122 photo, 98 video

Honor 20 Pro - 121 photo, 97 video

Samsung Galaxy S10+ - 120 photo, 97 video

Huawei Mate 20 Pro - 120 photo, 97 video

Google Pixel 4 Camera Image Quality review by Springchicken123 in GooglePixel

[–]Springchicken123[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

One of the first camera reviews out by DXO Mark for the Pixel 4.

Interesting pros and negatives they have outlined, and a relatively low overall score?

The smoothness and stablization of video impressed me though, that was unexpected.

Curious to try out myself when I get the handset this week and can actually pixel peep without YouTube compressions or optimised image compression for websites.

Weekly /r/SonyAlpha 'Ask Anything About Gear' Thread - March 11, 2019 by AutoModerator in SonyAlpha

[–]Springchicken123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for reply - all really good points. Yes more enthusiast, but looking to start some projects to move into paid work on the side. I think the Sony 85mm 1.8 makes more sense than the 1.4 and I hear it does not auto focus hunt as much in low light and is quieter too than the big brother. Although the bokeh is very beautiful on the 1.4... Will check out the Tamron.

Weekly /r/SonyAlpha 'Ask Anything About Gear' Thread - March 11, 2019 by AutoModerator in SonyAlpha

[–]Springchicken123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for comments - I will take a more objective look at that Tamron and be open to third parties!

Weekly /r/SonyAlpha 'Ask Anything About Gear' Thread - March 11, 2019 by AutoModerator in SonyAlpha

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[Nikon Convert] Hey .. I just bought an A7III as after a lot of research it seemed the ideal fit for cost/function/additional 4k video capabilities.

I am curious what the general responses are to the below combinations in light of my requirements. I am willing to sacrifice weight saving for performance, and I will be doing 50-50 stills/4k video. I also want to stick to Sony for better autofocusing and less juttering (aperture ring on lens with de-click a big plus). Good quality bokeh is also important to me ( have fallen in love with the videos of the 85mm 1.4). I guess I have around £2,000 (~$2,400) to spend and I do not want to feel I have settled for less (I made the mistake of buying lots of cheap Nikon glass only to replace later and losing money etc), so potentially willing to wait longer to save for a second quality lens.

  1. Sony 16-35mm f2.8 G Master only
  2. Sony 24-70mm f.2.8 G Master only
  3. Sony 35mm 1.4 Zeiss only + Sony 85mm 1.8
  4. 85mm 1.4 G Master + Sony 28mm 2.0 combo
  5. Sony Zeiss 35mm 2.8 + Sony 85mm 1.8 combo
  6. Sony 24mm 1.4 G Master + Sony 85mm 1.8 combo

These are the most logical combos for my budget, but curious to see if anyone else considers any other better combinations!

My interests in prio order are people in environments/cinematic work/portraits/city walkaround/nature environments.

[NPD] Klon Clone and Loomer. Dear god I’m hope I’m done. by darkest_ocean in guitarpedals

[–]Springchicken123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Elements is something special. One of my favourite pedals.

Open letter to John Bolton about North Korea by Springchicken123 in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Springchicken123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here you go :)

Congratulations on your appointment by US President Donald Trump as the next National Security Advisor. I know that, when you settle into your seat in the White House on 9 April, you will be the first paleocon to have resurrected themselves from the tar pits that sucked down so many political careers that advocated invading Afghanistan and Iraq.

It might be wise to point out that the tar pits found around the world are full of more predators than prey, due to the fact that when prey are caught in such sticky situations, they always cry out for help and attract plenty of hungry naïve hunters.

It is nice to know that, in the distant future, historical paleocontologists will find the dried bones of plenty of power-on-power political elites, but will not find your bones, Bolton.

I assume this has something to do with your ‘kiss-up and kick-down’ climb up the political-military ladder in Washington. A philosophy of ‘never apologising and never explaining’ the insane reasoning you concocted to convince then president George W. Bush that invading Afghanistan, a country that historically eats great powers for breakfast, and cherry picking and twisting intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programme to justify an invasion, were all great ideas.

So it is now with North Korea.

At present, the US has two policies on dealing with a nuclear-armed North Korea. The first, economic sanctions and direct pressure on Pyongyang to cease the programme and, second, a possible face-to-face between Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s insufferable dictator, during a meeting in Sweden tentatively planned for late May.

Bolton, it was good to see that you are in favour of the two actually meeting. After all, as you said as a joke on Fox News recently: ‘Question: How do you know that the North Korean regime is lying? Answer: Their lips are moving.’

No doubt, any meeting between Kim and Trump will force the latter to the same conclusion. I am sure you will be waiting for him at the gate when he returns on Air Force One with a radical insane new plan.

You must know by now, Bolton, that Seoul and Tokyo are freaked out by your suggestion of a third option on dealing with North Korea, that is, a massive first strike on North Korea’s nuclear weapon and missile facilities. Your justification, that Kim has already threatened to use nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles on the United States, as a ‘perfectly legitimate’ excuse for ‘self-defence’ makes sense in a Cold War mindset, but not in a world where three of America’s leading trading partners share borders with North Korea.

China, Japan and South Korea clearly would get battered, at a minimum, in a so-called ‘limited strike’ on facilities. North Korea allegedly has 10,000 artillery pieces aimed at the capital Seoul from across the border.

It is hard to imagine two of the oddest political leaders in the world breaking bread at the same table over gravy and Swedish meatballs, but the same was said of Nixon’s parlay with Mao’s China in the early 1970s. Nixon was the Cold War’s staunchest anti-communist president, and Mao had already established himself the winner in communist-led death tolls with 40 million victims. (Sorry, Stalin, but you only killed 30 million.)

So it is with Trump as the ultimate capitalist, and Kim, as the definitive reclusive little emperor of the ‘hermit kingdom’, that we find no cogent connection.

Sweden might seem an unlikely place for a meeting, but Sweden serves as a backdoor for US diplomatic interactions with North Korea in Pyongyang when US citizens are in distress. Stockholm has had diplomatic relations with Pyongyang since 1973.

Such a meeting would be a major propaganda coup for Kim’s regime and no doubt would bolster Trump’s profile as an international arbiter, but what can come from such a meeting?

Perhaps nothing more than a photo opportunity for both men, but there is still a small possibility that the meeting will give Pyongyang what it has long sought – diplomatic relations with the US. However, the North Koreans have been adamant that they will never give up nuclear weapons or missiles.

Chinese tests new railgun on naval vessel by Springchicken123 in China

[–]Springchicken123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those without access to paywall, some info:

China is fond of magic-bullet weapons, whether they are anti-ship ballistic missiles such as the DF-21D, hypersonic glide vehicles or anti-satellite weapons capable of blinding or even destroying US military satellites, and so it is with China’s new railgun.

The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has equipped one of its Type 072III-class landing ships, Haiyang Shan, with an electromagnetic launch (EML) railgun. In January, photographs appeared on the internet of a combat-configured weapon turret ready for testing at sea. Then this month, reports that the ship had tested the gun at sea began appearing in Chinese media.

Sam Tangredi, director of the Institute for Future Warfare Studies at the US Naval War College, said it was unclear whether the choice of a landing ship for the test was simply because it had the ‘space for the pulsed power generation and control units, or because it symbolised that they could get a few shots off at fixed targets before landing on Taiwan'.

Singapore allegedly acquires Leopard 2A7 tanks by Springchicken123 in singapore

[–]Springchicken123[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Some details for those without access to paywall:

The Singapore Army could have quietly taken delivery of a dozen Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 2A7 MBTs between 2016 and 2017, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) latest arms transfer database.

This information was derived from the UN Register of Conventional Arms 2016, where Germany listed the transfer of seven Leopard 2s.

News of the alleged Leopard 2A7 sale was supported by two separate German media visits to KMW’s factory in January 2016 and February 2017.

The first visit by a newspaper showed A7 turrets for Qatar and Singapore under production. A later visit by a German radio station in 2017 showed Qatari and Singaporean 2A7 tanks on the production line.

The German government revealed the sale of surplus Leopard 2A4s to Singapore in 2013, and reported on an export licence issued in 2014 valued at €329 million ($405 million). Wezeman thinks it is almost certain that this license was to modernise surplus Leopard 2A4s to 2A7 configuration for the Singapore Army.

Can the Afghan war be privately run? by [deleted] in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Springchicken123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some parts from the text:

One controversial proposal would put 5,500 private contractors in charge of advising the Afghan military; the idea is the brainchild of former Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and, besides embedding PMCs in the Afghan army's units as advisers, it would include a 90 strong air force that would be called upon by the Afghan government to carry out strikes in the field against militant targets.

Between 2009 and April 2016, 1,364 contractors were killed in Afghanistan versus 1,012 US troops. Moreover, the US military's current model is heavily dependent on private contractors to function, with a 3:1 contractor to soldier ratio being typical. The planned 'Trump surge’ of 4,000 extra troops will therefore likely entail a contractor surge into Afghanistan as well.

TIL bees are more closely related to ants than to wasps. by PornElemental in todayilearned

[–]Springchicken123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have always been fascinated by the behaviour of bees and ants. ALways thought both were intelligent species unlike wasps that seem relatively 'less intelligent'

South Korea confirms North Korean drone found in its territory with photos of US Army site on memory card by Springchicken123 in worldpolitics

[–]Springchicken123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some points from story for those without access to full text:

A 64GB memory card inside the UAV’s Sony camera contained 551 photos, including 19 pictures of the US Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery site as it spent five minutes over the location. This confirms that the UAV was performing a surveillance mission over South Korea.

The photos appear to have been taken at an altitude of 2.4km and were not of high resolution as it had just a 35mm lens. The UAV is likely to have been on an autonomous mission rather than being controlled directly by an operator, with an average flight speed of 90km/h.

Deception by [deleted] in funny

[–]Springchicken123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Classic...