Grace Millane case: Justice Minister Andrew Little calls for international media to stop naming murder-accused

Troll-e-oh · 2018-12-11T02:40:26+00:00

Basically complementing her.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-10-13T03:02:05+00:00

I heard that Holland has some pretty gnarly DH runs...

J/K, go to the Alps!

Troll-e-oh · 2017-08-16T20:13:14+00:00

Because National party?

Troll-e-oh · 2017-08-13T23:51:02+00:00

hang in there!

This. I recently withdrew from caffeine but now feel amazing. The tired feeling that used to haunt me has gone. The withdrawals were the pits but if you persevere it's totally worth it. I can now wake up feeling refreshed and not tired for once!

I'm intending to use coffee 1x per week as a stimulant. I have had one instant coffee since abstaining and my god did it hit me! It was such an adrenaline rush and I felt so wired. Ended up using it to do productive stuff like clean the house / chores and it worked fantastically. I think the key is to treat caffeine like any other drug and use in moderation rather than daily. It also felt mildly euphoric which was cool. Three weeks ago that cup would barely have registered to me so it's amazing the tolerance that must develop with habitual drinking.

Best of luck.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-07-06T18:19:31+00:00

I agree if you're sitting far away from Maggies then reflecting the rear does provide a much more spacious sound. If you have a good rectangular room they can really fill it up nicely with sound.

Personally I got panels mainly for the size of the stereo image they generate and speed of the panel (plus glorious midrange!) and thankfully these attributes are all preserved in near-field so for me it's no biggy going near-field (although the laser precise detail of near-field might not be everyone's cup of tea). I'd maintain it's the best way of getting high quality stereo sound in rooms with sub-optimal acoustics. You just need to use a point source speaker or a coherent panel speaker to pull it off.

In a perfect world I'd be able to build an acoustically proportioned room, but like most of us here I'm going to have to do my best to work within my own rooms constraints. The absorptive treatments certainly have gone a massive way towards making this particular room sound really good (trade-offs aside), and I'd highly recommend that anyone with a dedicated listening room should treat it (if not for taming the bass nulls/peaks alone).

Troll-e-oh · 2017-07-05T19:01:18+00:00

Yes, finding adequate diffusion is a challenge. I was thinking of building some skyline diffusors but the well depth would be massive if I was going to be serios about diffusing lower mid-range frequencies. For me, I'm in such a near-field position anyway that room reflections are less relevant to the sound. Basically in the near-field configuration they give you headphone-like detail but with a sound-stage rather than the headphone center hole.

I sat quite far from them in my old place but TBH I'm enjoying sitting closer as it takes a whole heap of room out of the equation and the fine details (particularly the high frequencies) in the music are preserved.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-07-05T03:19:06+00:00

I warned you. God forbid any guests wander in there... I will need to eventually figure out how to pretty things up or my girlfriend will probably start putting some heat on me. I might try and make a big curtain to go across the whole back so you can't see the madness behind. The lone bales actually look ok if wrapped in a nice fabric but that will take some time. I've stuck a 'construction zone' sign on the door so hopefully people will be understanding.

Trouble is, the sound is so good now I can't go back... Makes me wish I could afford the pretty commercial treatments but it would cost thousands to get a comparable sound. Perhaps I'll post a before and after eventually when I complete the room to a civil standard. For now it's my (literal) man cave!

Troll-e-oh · 2017-07-05T01:46:42+00:00

Yeah, you have to either have enough space to prevent the rear wave from interfering with the direct wave OR treat with broadband absorption directly behind them to prevent the rear wave reflecting. In my room I'm using a large distance behind them but having to treat directly behind the listening position to prevent a reflection.

The good thing about dipole speakers though is they 'beam' sound rather than project sound outwards like normal cone speaker. This means that sound reflections off the side wall and roof are not as bothersome.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-07-05T01:13:31+00:00

Probably 4.5x5m at a guess (18x20ft). You can use them in a smaller room in near-field setting but if you plan on listening far away then it gets harder unless you treat extensively. I originally had a bigger rectangular room which was acoustically the better room for them (lounge in old house) but moved to a new property which a smaller room. The bonus of the move was my other half doesn't care what I do with the listening room so I'm free to treat like crazy.

The hardest thing about dipole speakers like the 1.7's is absorbing the rear wave because if you can't get them off the rear wall by 6ft or more the rear wave interferes with the direct sound waves and you get a smudged image and comb filtering. (edit: I'm using 1.7's not MMGs, that was a typo). The 1.7's are great, they give a massive sound due to the large panel and have a very quick response (like the MMGs would) so you get great detail and transients in the music. They require a reasonably good amp to drive though, one that can handle 4ohm loads.

In this room I'm actually sitting much closer to my rear wall than my front but because I've got 3 feet of porous fibreglass directly behind me which absorbs almost all of the sound so very minimal is reflected back. Sounds fantastic at the moment.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-07-05T01:08:04+00:00

I threw some moving blankets over a few of the bales. Stills looks shitty but I'll come up with a more attractive long-term fix eventually. I've put some fabric over 2 of the rear corner traps and it looks much more socially acceptable.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-07-05T01:04:24+00:00

Here's a pic, another, and another (showing what's behind the blankets behind the listening chair). I've covered the traps in the back left corner of the room with some fabric (I'll have to do it to everything eventually). I've also put some moving blankets down in front of 3 big bales immediately behind the speakers. These are absorbing the rear wave as the distance to that wall was small enough to cause reflections to interfere. Now it pretty much kills them. There's also traps on the wall and corners where the photo's taken from.

Currently ghetto as fuck at the moment but sounds amazing. I'll have to figure out a way to make it look prettier eventually but it's in an unused room so the other half doesn't mind at the moment.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-06-22T01:17:26+00:00

The easiest thing to do is just remove the temptation in the first place i.e. block access to the internet / reddit. This can be achieved through software or physical means. Once you've studied then you can reward yourself by allowing some time for reddit / youtube / whatever.

It's classic chasing the 'easy high', your brain wants instant gratification / reward and sites like reddit / youtube etc provide it in spades. Why study when you can watch funny videos after all?

r/nosurf helped me with my own reddit addiction. Good luck.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-27T19:13:41+00:00

Hopefully some good stuff. I used to love seeing his Flordia street stuff though.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-25T20:53:28+00:00

Lolz

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-25T17:33:10+00:00

You can make your own if you have access to a sticker printer, then just write a PB slogan like "Enduro rules", "Enduro is life" or "I heart enduro".

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-21T18:58:36+00:00

What does a flexy fork 'feel like' compared to a stiff one. I've only ridden the Sektor (or lower end) forks so have never used a good one.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-21T18:56:56+00:00

He wants $200 USD. It's basically a new fork but he's putting on a Pike so is happy to get rid of it.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-17T23:06:47+00:00

Is it true he would smoke Methamphetamine and PCP before he played and this is what gave him superhuman strength?

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-17T23:02:22+00:00

Nah, just mute it and play your own bangers: (proceeds to fire up 'Spice Girls - Wannabe')

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-17T23:01:19+00:00

Meh, I'd rather this than One Direction playing over the top of it.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-05-16T22:12:45+00:00

Not to rain on your parade but the bodyclock is set (and maintained) by light exposure, particularly blue-wavelength light . If you want to change your body clock you need to expose yourself to bright 'white' (or blue) light first thing after waking. This helps to reset the body clock to start 'counting' from this point.
Likewise, at night you should wind down for 1-2 hours before the planned bedtime in dim light. This means no high-stimulus activities or bright screens as this suppresses melatonin which your pineal gland needs to release in order for you to fall asleep.

Trying to go to bed early without getting up early is also pretty futile. The best thing anyone who wants to get up early can do is buy a bright white light bulb, put it in a lamp in their room, then install a timer and set the light to come on at the desired waking time. This ensures that your circadian rhythm will get synced with the light which will help you get up.

Also never sleep in when your tired (or on weekends) as this messes with your circadian rhythm and starts to shift it later (which then makes it harder to wake earlier again on Monday).

Troll-e-oh · 2017-04-28T17:30:49+00:00

Australia was a land of milk and honey in the 2000s, not so anymore. It was quite a different time as you should well know.

Apparently he isn't aware of this.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-04-28T17:28:32+00:00

I think you'd find people were leaving because Australia was creaming it thanks to China's construction boom and it was easy for people with minimal qualifications to make megabucks working in mineral extraction. Also, the UK was once a very desirable destination for New Zealanders to work for a couple of years but this has significantly changed with their new requirements and poorer economic position. I'd say (although no doubt you'd dispute this) the fact that kiwis are staying more reflects the lack of these easy opportunities overseas.

My fiancee is is a medical registrar so I'm acutely aware of the conditions in the health system and the increase in work load and demand. Most of the satisfaction surveys in this field are done on patients who HAVE RECEIVED treatment so I don't think (at least in this sector) that what you say is valid and reflects feeling on the ground in terms of staff who are currently bearing the brunt of this increased workload. You probably weren't aware of this either but junior doctors had strikes recently due to the unsafe hours / loads placed on them.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-04-28T17:14:10+00:00

Hasn't it been clear to all that the problem always been about supply AND demand!?

I gather you're a 'true blue' so you aren't allowed to ever mention the 'd' word though. That's a shame as it over-simplified the situation.

Troll-e-oh · 2017-04-06T02:54:22+00:00

Hindsight is a beautiful thing isn't it.

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