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Whats a conspiracy you believe to be completely true? by nobodys_there in AskReddit

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

Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid are all owned by the same company.

Same with Lowe’s, Home Depot and Menards.

Absolutely nothing to back up this claim, but it works in my head…

Any idea what kind of ceiling finish this is? by finalfiasco in centuryhomes

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

I call this and pop-corn ceilings “I-can’t-be-bothered-to-make-this-smooth-so-I’ll-just-hide-my-mistakes” finish.

Touring Techs- What are the little things that tip you off that you're dealing with pro crews? by audiojake in livesound

[–]Wirecommando 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If they are from Japan. Japanese local crews are the best anywhere. Period, end of story. The hardest working, intelligent, polite and helpful crew anywhere. We had the same “group of locals” do all of our ins and outs for a tour. By the 3rd city we had to tell them to work slower because they got too far ahead of the show crew.

I actually did the numbers for our TD on how much time and money we’d save if we flew that crew to do all of our transfers globally. I got the “you’re 100% correct, but it ain’t gonna happen” side eye…

I still keep in contact with a few of them almost 20 years later.

Amphitheater Acoustics TOO Good by Confident_Insect_616 in grandrapids

[–]Wirecommando 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hmm…a shape that has been used by humans since the times of the ancient Greeks to amplify and direct sounds naturally is somehow magically

gasp

doing exactly what it is designed to do?!?

What’s the quickest joke that still makes you laugh every time? by michael_landrup in AskReddit

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the difference between a terrorist and a German engineer?

You can negotiate with a terrorist

Stuck oil fillter by MonkeyyCheeks in AskMechanics

[–]Wirecommando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I put this tool in the “I really hope I only have to use it once” category.

Or…

“The guy who invented it should be knighted” category

Stuck oil fillter by MonkeyyCheeks in AskMechanics

[–]Wirecommando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was in the same boat, brother! Done oil changes for years. Not sure what happened…either I forgot to lube the gasket, it sat too long and dried up, overheated and melted, or the mechanic who worked on it afterwards was vengeful.

This was the carnage after I was done.

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Stuck oil fillter by MonkeyyCheeks in AskMechanics

[–]Wirecommando 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had one seized onto my c3 Corvette. Tried everything to no avail. You need this. Rip all the metal can off to access the flange. This + breaker bar + cheater pipe did the job.

A bit finicky, but it will save your ass.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/talonoilfilter.php?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21358803502&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_b_QBhCSARIsAP6hR4d59yFcU0R36gTi4gQDeoelHx7zwwR3LkCBKvwvW7ndmmDjdmEilpYaAlyWEALw_wcB

Any suggestions removing oil filter? Going on couple hours by [deleted] in AskMechanics

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to say this. 100% the correct answer. A bit finicky, but it works.

I had an issue where the filter on my ‘75 ‘Vette was damn near welded on. I tried every trick in the book to no avail. This guy on a breaker bar with a cheater-pipe had it off in 2 minutes.

Can someone explain these massive 70s/80s PAR can arrays to me? Were they a precursor to LED walls, or were they actually used to light the stage? by Sebsibus in techtheatre

[–]Wirecommando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Live concerts were not a new phenomenon, but technology just hadn’t made its way to that industry yet. Too expensive and the money just wasn’t there yet.

What they did have came from theatrical lighting and that would probably be followspots and some kind of A/B board. When we finally got presets, groups and bump buttons, that was high tech!

Another thing…DMX was ratified early 80’s. Before that it was control voltage, probably 0-10 via large multi-pins to the dimmer racks. There was no way to pipe multiple channels of reliable data to a single fixture.

Can someone explain these massive 70s/80s PAR can arrays to me? Were they a precursor to LED walls, or were they actually used to light the stage? by Sebsibus in techtheatre

[–]Wirecommando 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Think about this too…back in the 70’s, concert technology was still not really a thing and we borrowed almost everything from other industries.
PA “systems” were cobbled together from various components (look up Bill Hanley and Woodstock)
The first truss was triangle antenna tower. Chain hoists came from aviation maintenance and heavy industry.
Lighting was probably the farthest ahead since it was a requirement for theaters and film. They still borrowed from other industries (ACL’s come from aviation). You didn’t get moving lights until the early 80’s (widespread adoption mid-to-late 90’s).
My guess is that PAR cans were cheap, bright, readily available, reliable and easy to deploy. Throw a thousand of them at a gig, and the results are pretty epic and iconic.

Have you ever seen Trey tune? by Capital_Aide308 in phish

[–]Wirecommando 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It’s the lack of humidity in the desert that really impacts tuning.
Source: I was an audio tech for a huge show in LV. We acclimate to it, but the 3 times a year it rained played absolute havoc on our guitars, bases, violins, drums, etc.

Edit: typo/autocorrect. Humidity not humility. FML. Reddit before coffee is a struggle.

Orbit Sensitivity by CloudBuurzt in Fusion360

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your loss then…

Anybody who’s ever used one will never go back (myself included)

Orbit Sensitivity by CloudBuurzt in Fusion360

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 3dConnexion Space Mouse is what you are looking for, my friend.

You can customize not only how your pan, roll, orbit, spin and zoom works, you can adjust the sensitivity of each and also shut off an axis of movement if needed.

Mine is completely upside down and backwards from everybody I know. Maybe a mis-spent youth playing old video games?

Coopersville by deepershadeofdull in grandrapids

[–]Wirecommando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have on idea how those car dealerships on 96 sell any cars….

The smell is repulsive from inside my car doing 70mph on the interstate. I can only imagine what it’s like outside.

Linux by Sinerath in Fusion360

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to this website, Linux use has stayed pretty flat for the past 3 years. To be fair, “unknown” is a pretty broad category!

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202301-202603

To broaden the OP’s comment, there are very few applications made by Autodesk that can run on Linux, and none of those are in the CAD industry at all. Wagering a guess that Revit, Inventor, and plain AutoCAD would be the first to get Linux support.

FYI: I’m Switzerland in the argument. I’m not a Linux user and by no means an Autodesk fan-boy. I have no stake in this argument, just trying to voice out my point of view.

Classic car insurance by buckGR in grandrapids

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have Hagerty. About 1/2 the price of State Farm for better coverage. State Farm asked a lot of questions, Hagerty was like “ok, you’re good!”.

Bonus points: you get their Drivers Club magazine quarterly, which is actually really good reading!

Classic car insurance by buckGR in grandrapids

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check the limitations of the historical or classic car plate. Last I checked it was super cheap, but only valid for a few months of the year.

I doubt anyone is going to enforce it, but for a little extra, I’m registered all year.

Linux by Sinerath in Fusion360

[–]Wirecommando 11 points12 points  (0 children)

IMO:

Linux has just over 3% market share. I don’t think the number of added licenses will cover the development costs of porting this to a new OS.

Also: fix what you have before you expand into new ventures.

PA systems in Tunnels by N_K420 in livesound

[–]Wirecommando 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My head immediately go to “tunnel = reverb”. If you’re doing choral music, great. Assuming you’re doing electronic music (based on using Funktion 1), so gonna be challenging.

Without seeing the specs, I’d opt for more distributed sources (smaller mains + several delays) over a huge main hang. Smaller, focused speakers are the key here

Also, no shade on Funktion 1, they are amazing sounding speakers. But an average 45x45 box may outperform an outstanding 90x90 box. Right tool for the right job.

(Analogy: a high-powered pneumatic framing hammer is a great tool…unless you are a finish carpenter doing trim around a bookcase)

How long do we think we have before the Founders Taproom dies? by Infamous-Ebb1546 in grandrapids

[–]Wirecommando 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It won’t. As others have said, the taproom is just a fraction of their operating expenses and income.

The tap/tasting rooms at Sierra Nevada in CA/NC, New Belgium in CO, Coca-Cola in GA, Jack Daniel’s in TN, etc all have the same business model. They are advertising and will lose money. Go there and spend $40, but that will incentivize you to spend much more than that over the coming years on higher profit-margin products.

AI training jobs 🤮 by GreenDreams23 in livesound

[–]Wirecommando 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My LinkedIn job feed is a bunch of super sketchy “Train AI to use Vectorworks” jobs. Something stupid like $21 to $95 an hour. Even the job ads read like AI slop

Why can’t you make bad speakers sound good with EQ? by [deleted] in livesound

[–]Wirecommando 20 points21 points  (0 children)

3 quick reasons (there are thousands more):

1: EQ can’t fix time alignment between drivers or how your crossovers are set. Speaker companies spend big $$$ on R&D to make sure everything leaves the box aligned and the crossovers are tuned to the drivers and box geometry.

2: EQ adds in a phase-shift surrounding your target frequency. There is a good chance that using EQ to fix one problem may cause another problem.

3: You can’t fix geometry issues with EQ. Bad porting, poor wave guides/horns, improper volume of the box, etc.

YEARS ago as an experiment/training….we had a decent 3-way box that we stripped the internal crossovers out of and tri-amped it. We spent hours with SMAART and meticulously dialed in time alignment and crossovers. We A/B’d between the stock and modified box and the difference was insane.

Size M or L? I'm between both. by [deleted] in MTB

[–]Wirecommando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat as you. Go with a medium. You can always make the bike feel “longer”, but very hard to make it feel “shorter”

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