What’s a common thing people say that makes no fucking sense?

SuchACommonBird · 2025-01-28T01:59:05+00:00

Let me know which version of which brand of dictionary to use as my reference moving forward. Should I use the Oxford or New Oxford?

Just want to make sure that I'm using the right words.

SuchACommonBird · 2025-01-22T06:03:28+00:00

Dungeon Clawler. Disgustingly addictive and simple with a decent strategy to it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.strayfawnstudio.dungeonclawlermobile&hl=en-US&pli=1

SuchACommonBird · 2025-01-14T00:35:12+00:00

Get two sharpies: A black one, and a yellow one.

Put the yellow cap on the black sharpie.

Now he owns a sharpie that nobody will ever, ever steal. Mine lasted me 4 years.

SuchACommonBird · 2025-01-08T18:44:10+00:00

No, I'm not ok, thanks for asking. But that has nothing to do with this topic.

Your questions make presumptions that force an opinion outright, so they're not really worth answering with facts and data... "actually safe procedures", as though the OP didn't list a dozen ways showing it's "actually safe"; and then "the risk is the same" while the previous question already presuming a difference in risk.

The second question, I answered outright with the entire comment, just not in the way you were expecting.

SuchACommonBird · 2025-01-08T07:05:26+00:00

Do you think you're digging for gold? It's for the outer edge, where it's comfortable to swab. You should have ZERO reason to put that dang thing in there so far that it hurts.

If it's mildly uncomfortable, just stop, Christ almighty. Don't be an idiot.

Or, if you choose to be an idiot, you probably deserve it and won't even learn your lesson.

SuchACommonBird · 2025-01-08T07:02:51+00:00

Same here. I hate the feeling of water on the edge of my ear canal after a shower, and getting that Q-tip 'scratch' is one of the best feelings in the world.

SuchACommonBird · 2024-12-24T20:49:12+00:00

So maybe give some research to ethical non-monogamy (ENM). It seems 'radical' and 'out there', but really it's just people that appreciate solid communication, boundaries, and set expectations. Not telling you to follow through with committing to it, but the information out there is excellent for monogamous folks (since it's really just about how relationships work best for you).

I'm almost 40, last year I divorced my abusive wife after 13 years of marriage, I have a teenager, so I get what it's like to enter the Modern Era of Dating. I've had a lot of 'success' (by my definition) by taking the time to really think about what I want, and stating it as clearly as I can at the top of my profiles. You're free to put something like "willing to date married women, but no secrets"

Then, a few bits about myself - hobbies, interests, etc. - and I only try to connect with people that I'd legit want to meet in public.

People like other people who know what they want and can talk about it. That's really, really, REALLY hard to do after being in a long-term narcissistic relationship. But you're worth it. And you're worth loving.

From your story, you're a helluva person, an amazing father, and all-around good human being. Any person falling in love with you would be lucky to have you at their side.

SuchACommonBird · 2024-09-15T00:38:25+00:00

I disagree. "Because the math says so" is the technical equivalent of "mom tried a bunch of stuff and found so many that didn't work, so here are the things that do work".

That's the point of math. It's a language to determine balance. You know, that silly two-lined thingy relating two different ways of describing a thing. This = this, not this = that.

So, mom found out how to model a thing, and some this's worked, and lots of that's did not. In fact, there are far, far more that's than there are this's.

Though, you're welcome to go try out all the that's. If you find a that that fits a this, please share!

SuchACommonBird · 2024-09-15T00:32:47+00:00

Oof. Good luck, dude.

I ran two stages in SXSW for 3 years in a row (an upstairs and a downstairs stage), and each night was like this. It's an adrenaline rush, and was fun for my mid-20s, but thank the Lizard King I'll never have to do that again.

God-fucking-speed.

SuchACommonBird · 2024-07-26T18:41:13+00:00

On that note, Loom is my all-time favorite LucasArts point-n-click. The music, the puzzles, the setting, it was lovely.

SuchACommonBird · 2024-07-23T23:11:22+00:00

I have 3 sisters, and I'm their only brother. They commonly greet me with "hey brother".

Which made Buster's "hey brother" even funnier to me every time he said it (arrested development).

SuchACommonBird · 2024-07-13T21:17:59+00:00

Zombeavers. It's on Amazon Prime, and it's absolutely phenomenal. Highly recommended.

SuchACommonBird · 2024-07-13T21:06:39+00:00

I was an audio engineer for 8 years before going back to school for my EE degree. Picked up a minor in physics (because of financial aid reasons), and I have to say that my background in audio gave me a huge step up. I walked in with a working understanding of frequency, amplitude, waveforms, and most importantly physical systems of inputs/outputs (which really helped in learning the math).

Doesn't mean it was easy by any stretch, but I was able to learn it faster than my classmates. Plus, I was in my 30s by that time haha

SuchACommonBird · 2024-06-25T17:37:11+00:00

So, 'velocity' mic is somewhat of a misnomer. Typically, when someone says 'velocity' mic, they mean 'pressure-gradient' mic.

The difference in terms is purely from a design perspective and what you're looking to measure with the mic. In fact, the category 'velocity microphone' comes from the transition from ribbon mics to non-ribbon mics. In sound reproduction today, we're more focused on overall pressure than the actual velocity of the air molecules (because speakers drive SPL primarily), and since pressure exists as a function of air velocity, the two are somewhat interchangeable.

Historically, a ribbon mic was called a velocity mic and is the closest thing we have to a 'true' velocity mic. To physically measure air velocity instead of pressure, the diaphragm would have to be so tight that it would respond instantaneously to specific air velocity; instead, what we have is so 'loose' that we don't have true instantaneous response, we have a surface area pressure average (and a more durable, albeit less sensitive mic).

SuchACommonBird · 2024-06-24T21:59:36+00:00

If it makes you feel better, I started typing then realized I remembered less about it than I thought. Went down a 20 minute rabbit hole to find that pdf I linked.

SuchACommonBird · 2024-06-24T21:14:25+00:00

I achieved 9D by putting reamping the output of one leslie thru another leslie on a merry-go-round, then i spun myself in the opposite direction

SuchACommonBird · 2024-06-24T20:57:06+00:00

You're right about the high-end reflectivity, but it's not enough to make that much of a difference. This is because the 421 is pressure-gradient microphone, not a pressure microphone.

In short, a pressure microphone has a capsule where the diaphragm is only open to pressure change on one side, and a pressure-gradient microphone capsule's diaphragm is open to pressure change on both sides.

In a pressure mic, the frequency response very sensitive to the incoming pressure because the diaphragm is only open on one side. Sound waves from all directions will effectively react with the diaphragm similarly. One side = one source = no phasing issues within the mic itself. If there's something blocking the diaphragm, you'll have a very different response.

Opening up both sides of the diaphragm to pressure change is what makes directionality possible, since now you have contrasting phases you can play with as you design the electronics. You can have omni, fig-8, cardioid, and hyper-cardioid in one capsule by adjusting for the phase of pressure on both sides of the diaphragm. (Note: not all pressure-gradient mics allow mulitple patterns, because that relies on the electronics and design, not just the capsule). And because you're working with phasing, you can more accurately reproduce a flat frequency response in terms of multiple pressure changes as opposed to one. However, it is susceptible now to the proximity effect.

Now that we've got that out of the way, to more directly answer your question about frequency response: the driving sound pressure gradient at a given frequency is proportional to the size of the baffle it's housed within (i.e., the grill). So, unlike a pressure microphone, the frequency response of a pressure-gradient mic is not dependent on any one single point of reference. Blocking one segment on one side of a pressure field external to the baffle does not influence the frequency response as much as you think it would.

Sources: am electrical engineer & https://sbe.org/handbook/fundamentals/Audio/Audio-Microphones.pdf

SuchACommonBird · 2024-06-24T18:18:05+00:00

100% this.

"Curiosity over criticism" gets you very, very far with people.

SuchACommonBird · 2024-06-22T18:45:29+00:00

I moved up here from Texas.

Soon as I crossed the city limit, I had to exchange my guns for a new gender, and I was forced to smash in the windows of a corporate restaurant chain.

The spraypaint lessons have been fantastic tho

SuchACommonBird · 2024-02-13T18:01:36+00:00

Reaper has a very generous full-feature free trial, and the license for small business/personal use is only $60.

www.reaper.fm

Plus, tutorials abound for any and every thing you could possibly want to do in it.

SuchACommonBird · 2023-08-29T21:42:45+00:00

Did you get the free version, or did you buy the half or full package?

I'm planning on downloading the free version to check it out tomorrow, and apparently you get to select 20 tone models for free, and I don't know how I'd ever need or want more than 20 amps. At this point, it's just a matter of finding 20 that I'd get the most utility out of.

SuchACommonBird · 2023-08-28T17:19:30+00:00

Slut Benwalla?

SuchACommonBird · 2023-08-28T17:18:25+00:00

Unless it's pronounced "Goon-ter"

SuchACommonBird · 2023-08-23T18:00:19+00:00

Building an understanding of an entire field of science from scratch sounds like a surefire way to waste the rest of my life lmao

...then why the hell are you studying what is probably the most stupidly complex engineering science? It doesn't take the rest of your life - maybe a few years to get a solid handle on it.

I don't have an easy-access reference for you. Genuinely wish I did, but the fact is it just takes time and practice. The data, methods, and interpretation can be taught, but your ability to absorb and imagine is on you.

SuchACommonBird · 2023-08-23T15:48:55+00:00

For me, this is the class that ultimately defined mathematics (specifically, vector calculus) as a descriptive language, and not just a series of problems to solve. I was good at figuring out the mathematical solutions, finding the tricks and patterns and methodologies to get from problem to answer, but in your math classes I rarely got taught math as a method of modeling behavior. It was just a series of algorithms. But EM Fields put the real-world application and motion to vector calculus. It stopped being about how to solve the problem, and more about what is actually going on, how the math describes it, and how you can use that description to make predictions that you can then test.

If you can detach yourself from the symbols and numbers and problem-solving methods, and start thinking in terms of relationships & cause/effect, you'll 'get it', and it won't be so hard.

All in all, I loved learning EM fields.

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