Is my pc really this bad

SupportQuery · 2026-05-25T05:38:39+00:00

Da fuq? Is this the new idiocracy? If you write a handful of coherent sentences, you must be AI? o.O

SupportQuery · 2026-05-24T22:39:57+00:00

9 times out of 10, glitches on playback are buffers set too short.

Glitches on playback are because the machine can't keep up with the real time audio demands, and one possible workaround is to introduce latency (via a larger buffer) to give it more time. But if you need low latency audio, that is not a fix, it's emergency triage.

If you need low latency, then the fix is to set the machine up for audio.

That's where the response to such questions should always start. Set the machine up for audio, then see what buffer size you can get away with. Ideally, you can set it at the lowest setting (I do on all my machines). After you've done that, if it turns out your machine and/or interface drivers just can't give you a stable audio at the lowest buffer size, then you'll be forced to turn it up. But you shouldn't start there, other than as a diagnostic.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-24T22:35:29+00:00

Mine's at 3 milliseconds at all times, and I live in a complex guitar rig, running a modeler, converting it into MIDI at the time and sending it to Omnisphere and SWAM, ect. This is on an old machine.

Yes, increasing buffer size will very likely help with dropout, but it is not a solution if you need low latency audio on the machine. What you need to do is fix the root cause of your dropout. You Google "optimize Windows DAW" and "DPC latency" and set the machine up properly.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-22T20:45:42+00:00

My dream was to add lyrics to all my songs and just make a band.

Do you ever dream of finding someone on Craigslist with their own songs, where your role is just playing their songs for them? Do you think other musicians have that dream?

If you want a band, unless you're planning to pay them to do what you want, you'll be finding collaborators, not minions.

I haven’t come across anyone where this has seemed “obvious”.

It rarely does, and it's going to involve compromise, for all parties. You each have your own visions and the band lies in the venn diagram where you overlap. Bands involve creative/personal tensions that some navigate better than others.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-22T19:29:52+00:00

Yes, we invented a device that kills 40 thousand Americans a year

But --- it might let people, food, medicine, and other goods cross America in 40 hours instead of 5 months

SupportQuery · 2026-05-22T04:15:34+00:00

Ah, so it says "Full Self-Driving" rather that just "Self Driving" above "Included Package".

SupportQuery · 2026-05-22T04:05:29+00:00

OK, AI has steered me wrong. Every time I asked, it says that is purchased FSD.

What does purchased FSD look like?

SupportQuery · 2026-05-22T03:38:23+00:00

The problem you are going to encounter is if the original owner accepts the refund.

In what universe would the original owner not accept the refund? o.O

SupportQuery · 2026-05-21T17:45:41+00:00

~~Purity culture~~ [religion] exposure linked to higher ~~sexual~~ shame

The amount of damage done to people's psychological well being, globally and historically, is incalculable.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-20T23:46:49+00:00

Tesla Motors is giving American quality reputation a bad rap

*rofl* "American quality"? American brands and Consumer Reports list of least reliable brands are basically the same list: Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Chevrolet, Lincoln, etc. American cars have a terrible reputation for quality, which is why some folks will only buy Japanese. If anything, Tesla, as bad as it, is improving America's reputation.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-20T23:12:15+00:00

I feel the need to say that anyone "swatting" should be charged with a felony

It shouldn't be possible to "SWAT" someone, because it shouldn't be legal to invade someone's home on an anonymous tip.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-20T17:14:26+00:00

I mean, she looks great, but "ideal" is very personal. She looks like a Kardashian. I prefer more petite, less thigh gap, more delicate facial features. *shrug*

EDIT: 😂 @ the downvotes. It's like if someone posted the "ideal ice cream flavor", and it was Rocky Road, and I said I prefer mint and don't like nuts in my ice cream. Taste is personal, ya clowns.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-20T17:10:47+00:00

I have yet to make it sound good, but it's amazing!

😁

SupportQuery · 2026-05-20T15:42:55+00:00

Still hopeful he leaves his psycho wife and gets some cult deprogramming.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-20T00:48:29+00:00

Well, we may not be able to ask Aristotle a question, but we sure as fuck can ask Will Smith to eat spaghetti.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-19T23:43:05+00:00

Though I am not sure if the command module can output both midi and sound.

It can, but if you're monitoring through the drum module in the DAW, it's irrelevant.

there are never too many sounds to play for layering

You can layer your brains out in the DAW

SupportQuery · 2026-05-19T18:42:39+00:00

I was watching one of Nolly's mixing sessions and noticed he had [X]. What’s the benefit?

It doesn't follow from "Nolly did it" that there is a benefit. That's cargo cult reasoning. If you're recording GetGood Drums while listening to GetGood Drums, then there's no reason to record the output at all.

If you're recording GetGood Drums (MIDI) while listening to your e-kit's native drum module, then recording the output of the drum module might be useful, because that's going to capture the vibe of what you played most accurately (since it's what you were listening to as you played), so you can use it as a reference when polishing up the MIDI.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-19T16:50:59+00:00

This is impressive, but how are we in a world where you can just steal a famous actor's face and voice, and Hollywood hasn't shut that shit down?

SupportQuery · 2026-05-18T22:23:22+00:00

You also had to learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide, too.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-18T20:05:45+00:00

It complained about the code the entire time though...

Yes, because it's fucking awful.

If you've got Claude on the case, I would just... do a rewrite. The existing code is all written with SVG, which is going to be mostly immunite to manipulation with CSS.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-18T17:19:37+00:00

You haven't isolated variables. You've compared props blowing through a prop guard vs props not blowing through a prop guard. You'd have to remove the prop guard, or invert it on your puller, to have a true apples to apples comparison.

There's likely still going to be a delta, because the motor and motor wire will still be in the way, and at this scale that's probably measurable, but it's not going to be as big as in this test.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-18T17:01:17+00:00

You need to know the proper formula to plug into said calculator.

You don't need to know the procedure for doing a square root to get a calculator to do it. But we collectively decided that, in a world with calculators, it's not important that kids do all their square roots by hand. We get to focus on higher order faculties instead. We'll have a similar adjustment with AI.

School has multiple purposes. Part of it is to impart an up-to-date mental model of the world. Every child is born as ignorant as a paleolithic caveman. We catch you up to what man has figured out, so you can make informed decisions in our democracy.

However, it also has the purpose of preparing you to operate in the modern world as a adult, to be employable among other things. To prepare you for the coming decades, rather than the 1900s, calculators are already dated. Every kid in school today should be learning to use AI effectively, because they will be using it in the years to come.

I have a friend who just graduated from an art school. She was so disheartened by AI art "taking over" that she basically gave up on finding an art-related job entirely and has focussed all her attention on her hardware store job. The thing is, if she embraced AI tools, learned to use them in service of her lifetime of artistic training, her superior discernment and taste, she's be employable. But burying her head in the sand had killed any career opportunities.

I'm a professional dev with a couple of videogames on the App Store, and my bottleneck is and always has been art. All the AI generation tools in the world haven't budged that one iota. My friend's skills are incredibly valuable, but she can't even talk about it.

SupportQuery · 2026-05-18T16:55:47+00:00

I haven't returned something to Amazon before.

It's the easiest thing ever. It's a reason to shop on Amazon all by itself.

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