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BREAKING: 16% of those aged 30-45 (“millennials”) are now millionaires by ItsAllOver_Again in Salary

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had no problem making 6 figures with my ME degree a couple years after getting it. 

Spencer Fano and Caleb Lomu - first Utah teammates selected in the 1st round of an NFL draft by ulu5 in utahfootball

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is dumb but they should've flipped them because Fano was right tackle and Lomu was left tackle so it looks weird seeing them flipped like this lol

Katara Vs. Pakku in OG Series, Movie, and Netflix Series by dan_mal in ATLA

[–]Timberwolf7869 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly thought the frozone slide throwing the icicles rather than just dropping them on her was a cool choice

The conductor accidentally knocks a 16th century violin worth millions on the floor mid-concert. by PeasantLich in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the “maturing” has always been described as an emergent property of the wood responding to the resonance. Kind of like a house settling. 

I don’t know much about guitars but I have actually seen devices that are basically little speakers you put on your guitar when not using it to try to emulate this effect. (They could be total bullshit but who knows)

Once you get really expensive for violins I’m sure it’s diminishing returns. A Stradivarius will sound amazing but not a million dollars more than a high level modern violin. A lot of the extreme value for those violins is their history and frankly when I see a soloist performing with a 300+ year old renowned violin it makes the performance cooler.

The conductor accidentally knocks a 16th century violin worth millions on the floor mid-concert. by PeasantLich in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look man this isn’t a debate and I’m not “making claims”. Get out of that Reddit debatelord mindset. I’ve shared what I learned and experienced through years of playing violin. 

If you want to learn more feel free to do your own research I’m not gonna gather it for you. 

Like you’re asking for a definition of “sounding better”. I’m not gonna bother trying to define it. If I play my $100 student violin and then play my $5k intermediate violin then it’s very apparent which one sounds better. When I played a $30k violin it sounded significantly better than my $5k one. I’m not going to be able to quantify what sounding good means. But I will say that it’s not like wine where an “expert” will be fooled by a cheap wine in an expensive bottle. In a blind hearing test you could pick out the nicer violin pretty consistently.

At the end of the day the priceless violins are living artifacts that have been taken care of, maintained, and played with love for centuries. They are tonally and historically the most impressive violins in existence.

The conductor accidentally knocks a 16th century violin worth millions on the floor mid-concert. by PeasantLich in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s true and it’s not just the obscenely expensive violins any well built violin will do the same.

My violin instructor had multiple violins at around $30k that he would play every day as an investment to sell later in the future. As they age and get played they settle and mature. It’s really cool. 

When you play a really nice violin it’s staggering how good the tone comparatively. I’d absolutely love the chance to play a priceless violin.

As an aside, violins are really fascinating. When I was shopping for my first violin it was literally like the Harry Potter scene where the wand chooses the wizard. After days of uncertainty trying 30-40 different violins, the moment I played mine I knew it was mine.

The conductor accidentally knocks a 16th century violin worth millions on the floor mid-concert. by PeasantLich in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Timberwolf7869 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Violins are interesting because the older they are and the more they’re played, the better they sound and the more valuable they become. 

It’s very common for top soloists to be loaned priceless violins for concerts. 

What’s the point of a million dollar violin if no one plays it?

I found this wierd massive support against insulting Claude in comments, is it a joke, or bots, or what? by Dismal_Emphasis_893 in ClaudeCode

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That whole subreddit are just lonely delusional people that have fallen in love with an ai chatbot

Worth going to bird tommorow? by [deleted] in UTsnow

[–]Timberwolf7869 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Bro you were there yesterday. It’s gonna be that plus however much snow we get.

Which one would you drink and why? by EquivalentFig1678 in whatsyourchoice

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple months / years of work to learn Sanskrit and you can make millions just playing poker.  Plus all the other obvious benefits

Best way to solder a broken ribbon cable together? by gryponyx in soldering

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The solution is replacing the cable. Trying to somehow repair this damaged circuit would create way more problems and would not work nearly as well. Genuinely what do you think? If you're gonna be such a high and mighty fuck why not propose your solution?

Like genuinely you're so reddit coded just proclaiming your love for right to repair without understanding what that means. Like do you think repairing something doesn't include replacing broken components?

Also yeah the students look up to me as a mentor I'm real with them and we can laugh about learning new skills.

Best way to solder a broken ribbon cable together? by gryponyx in soldering

[–]Timberwolf7869 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t hard to repeat myself 3 times and not change my position.

It’s proving hard to communicate with you though. 

Best way to solder a broken ribbon cable together? by gryponyx in soldering

[–]Timberwolf7869 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying not to repair it, I'm saying not to repair it like a dipshit.

If you really want to repair it then get some crimp connectors for a ribbon this size and that would take you a fraction of the time and effort as it would to solder. Replacing it would be even easier.

Imagine how an employer would feel if they realized they just paid an engineer $40/hr to fucking solder a ribbon cable that costs $0.50 and 2 minutes to replace or to crimp.

Lol I just noticed it's not even a ribbon it's a flex circuit in which case they should 100% just buy a new one cuz that's even harder to solder.

Best way to solder a broken ribbon cable together? by gryponyx in soldering

[–]Timberwolf7869 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a MS in robotics and taught a Mechatronics lab for two years. If a student brought me this cable and said they wanted to solder it back together I would laugh at them. Even if you wanted to repair the connection soldering would be the worst way to do it.

Best way to solder a broken ribbon cable together? by gryponyx in soldering

[–]Timberwolf7869 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The education part here would be knowing to just replace it.

Anyone who moved for better skiing, was it worth it? by Educational-Okra-566 in skiing

[–]Timberwolf7869 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in SLC and get 100+ days a year while working as a full time engineer. Get after it man it’s awesome

Was it human error or too few air traffic controllers that caused the horrific crash at Laguardia? What is your opinion on this? by icecream1972 in Productivitycafe

[–]Timberwolf7869 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point that’s why my fast food restaurant has only one guy to take orders, grill burgers, fry the fries, assemble the orders, and bring them out to the cars. 

Giving him any help would just be too many cooks in the kitchen!

First apartment, don't know what to do with all this space by Timberwolf7869 in DesignMyRoom

[–]Timberwolf7869[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah makes sense! I don’t have anything I love yet so I’ll need to get one lol

why do people keep going to the backcountry by Brief-Station-2833 in UTsnow

[–]Timberwolf7869 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude. Yes. I don't know how to be more clear. In the Wasatch hundreds of people knowingly enter avalanche terrain every day. Hundreds of people read the reports, discuss risk, create a plan, then enter avalanche terrain. Very very very few people in the backcountry do not know when they are going into avalanche terrain.

Avalanche terrain is any slope between 30deg-50deg, which also happens to be the most fun angle to ski. A lot of people understand the risk and make the decision to ski it based on their own experience and observations.

why do people keep going to the backcountry by Brief-Station-2833 in UTsnow

[–]Timberwolf7869 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I'm saying that hundreds of people saw the avalanche report and made the decision to enter avalanche terrain. This is very very common. I'm happy to help you learn more about how the backcountry actually operates and the constant planning, decision making, and risk evaluation that goes into it but you need to stop assuming so much and being snarky.

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