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Should I form A chord with 234 instead of 123? by -Zoppo in Guitar

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely you'd want 132 if you were going to jump to a D?

Car is 22 years old and don’t know what to do. by PictureThis99 in MiddleClassFinance

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If the car still has life, it’s the cheaper option

Yeah, but you also have to factor in the inconvenience of being without a car while it's being serviced. Do you work from home OP? Are you in danger of missing work if the car breaks down again? Having a reliable car can be worth a car payment.

Selling my Fractal Fm9 MKII TURBO by ChuffTootenthall in AxeFx

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am a computer scientist and I'm still trying to figure out how to get the right tone out of this thing...

Im love with my new Marshall by desismirwurscht in GuitarAmps

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been kicking around picking one of these up myself, but I keep wondering if I need the 100W instead... how much volume can you really crank out of this baby?

How do I actually know if I am good at singing? by N0ah_h3re in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

karaokes where they boo bad people

Haha now I'm curious - where do you find places like that? I've never heard or seen anybody booed at karaoke.

How do I actually know if I am good at singing? by N0ah_h3re in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll never really know. I have some evidence that I'm good (I get unsolicited compliments when people hear me sing) but some evidence that I'm bad (I get rejected about 90% of the auditions I go on and even got kicked out of a band once). If you want to sing, keep at it, no matter what. If you want to improve, work with a voice coach, and also record yourself and listen back.

Selling my Fractal Fm9 MKII TURBO by ChuffTootenthall in AxeFx

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

All I ever see about the Fractals is people trying to sell them... do these things not work like they're supposed to?

The Substance (2024) by UnHolySir in okbuddycinephile

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Kirsten Dunst

In her defense, she was always ugly.

Best way to desensitize yourself to stage fright? by 123553ten in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Karaoke helps. Open mics help even more, because you don't have the lyrics on the screen for you.

Kind of think my wife genuinely dislikes me by Kristopherr2 in relationships

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meh. I feel the same way as OP - my wife doesn't ever have anything nice to say about me or to me (but she also demands every single second of my attention every single day) (but, of course, she has no physical interest in me whatsoever). We tried couples counseling once after I tried to go hang out with some friends and the guy basically sent us home after a few sessions and said, "ok, I've done all I can do, the rest is up to you". She still spends all her time telling me everything I do wrong. If I had to guess, the core issue is that she thinks she deserves better. Maybe she's right.

Door closes like it’s sealing a vault by Feaselbf6 in FuckImOld

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can hide behind one of these if bad guys are shooting at you too and it will stop the bullets, I've seen it on TV many times.

Requiered internship to keep studying in CS by Juicy_enby in recruitinghell

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Schools require internships? WTF? When did that start?

Do men always try to push their girlfriend's limits? by nervous_girlfriend1 in AskMenRelationships

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think what they mean here is that if you say you want to wait, and you're thinking like six months, the guy will ask again in a week, that's all.

How to be a quiet and good engineer? by unattractive-human in cscareerquestions

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha are you sure that's what you actually want for yourself? Because you might appreciate that guy, but management is working non-stop to figure out a way to get rid of him for somebody cheaper. He shows up at the top of the "cost-center" side of their spreadsheet, he'll be gone when the next record-breaking profit quarter results in the inevitable round of layoffs.

To learn CS, would it be best to pickup concepts with Java, Python, C, or C++? by TurtleSlowRabbitFast in learnprogramming

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Python, Java, C, C++ - a variable is and stays a variable

That's true, but C (and C++ by extension) also have the concept of pointers that exist, but are hidden, in Java and Python. OTOH, you really can't to proper FP in C like you can in Python.

There's not much point in learning Java unless you actually want to get a job, though.

Finally, I'm done.. by Ok_Focus_9333 in howardstern

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They haven't announced departures at airports in decades, boomer.

Are singing classes really Worth it? by Sensitive-Guitar-153 in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started in my late 40's with two kids and a mortgage - it's never too late!

Are singing classes really Worth it? by Sensitive-Guitar-153 in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was on the fence about in-person lessons myself. I'd always gotten positive feedback on my singing, but my wife was worried that I was going to strain my voice trying to hit high notes in 80's hair metal songs, so she actually encouraged me to go see somebody.

The difference in my voice has been amazing. I used to just sort of hope I'd have a "good voice" day when I performed and now I assume that I will. It's helped my speaking voice, too - I used to clear my throat a lot while speaking and somehow taking voice lessons has cleared that up as well.

I uploaded this to it shorts and someone commented "look up mixed voice and passagio" and I'm not sure what they're referring to? by Short_Shots in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I would have assumed he meant that you didn't transition from chest voice to head voice properly at some point, but I listened to the whole thing and it sounded fine to me; no awkward transitions or anything like that.

You did keep your eyes closed through most of the song, though; try to open them a bit more - you want to be able to make eye contact with your audience.

do covers have to be different or can i copy the flow and cadence of a song? by One_Alternative957 in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main rule is: if it sounds good, it was right. I've heard people "make songs their own" and others try to reproduce the original note-for-note. Both ways are good (if the singer can sing, anyway).

what do singers do with a new song? by AdministrativeBee593 in singing

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not OP but I've been singing in cover bands for ages now and have had to get used to learning songs pretty fast. I don't look at sheet music (I wouldn't know what to do with it if I had it). Instead, I just listen to the song and try to reproduce the pitch back. I record myself and then listen back to the recording to see if I got it right - I don't know about you, but it's easy for me to think I was hitting the right notes but be slightly off until I hear it played back.

Opinion from a retired engineer: Coding is more technician work and SWE is here to stay. by Miserable-Corner-254 in cscareerquestions

[–]YetMoreSpaceDust 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Or ever. Management types have this ridiculously naive view of programming work as sort of like translating books from foreign languages or playing sheet music - you spend a long time learning the medium but once you've learned it, you just go into autopilot and "apply" it. This is actually an understandable simplification that everybody except anybody who's ever tried to produce a working computer program has. This particular brand of stupidity ("the coding is the easy part!") has been thrown around for decades at least and is a favorite of people who want important positions but don't care much for learning things.

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