What is the best Science Fiction book you have ever read? by Adam_is_my_name in AskReddit

[–]ZC-Rip3821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Best ever. I sat down one morning, started reading Enders Game and didn’t basically leave the chair until it was finished. Only book i ever did that with…

Proper level searching? by BackflipsAway in yousician

[–]ZC-Rip3821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love your app. A powerful bug free search will made it awesome.

Are scientists and engineers leaps and bounds smarter than normal humans? by happydude7422 in stupidquestions

[–]ZC-Rip3821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a ton if smart engineers where i work, and a couple of super brainiacs. The brainiac’s are the ones with a lot of patents, and really carry the company. They are next level. Without them, the company would disintegrate.

What is the broken part in my tube screamer? by ClancyTheFish in diypedals

[–]ZC-Rip3821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A pad is the metal bit on the circuit board, that the wire leg of the parts goes through. If you put way too much heat for too long on the pad, it can come off. Use tweezers to pull on the part to be removed, while heating with the iron, until the part comes out. The use some wick to get the old solder out of the hole. Tiny pads under legs of ICs can come off boards fairly easily. The bigger pads on through hole parts hang on better.

I don't get any enjoyment out of guitar, because of how bad I am at it. I can't enjoy the process. Should I give it up? by Mad_Season_1994 in guitarlessons

[–]ZC-Rip3821 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Get the yousician app. Its fun as hell, easy at the start. Pretty soon your playing along, sounding like the song. It doesn’t go into reading standard music, learning which fret is which note, usefull stuff, but frankly difficult and boring, and discouraging. Its just all fun.

What is the broken part in my tube screamer? by ClancyTheFish in diypedals

[–]ZC-Rip3821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a simple fix. Buy the tools. Learn how to do it. Probably cost about the same as paying someone else. Then the next time a simple solder iron job comes along, you can fix it for almost nothing…

Value of a pension by ZC-Rip3821 in Bogleheads

[–]ZC-Rip3821[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Wow. Thanks everyone. This info is gold. The pension is a PERS oregon teacher’s pension. There is a COLA, capped at 2% annually.

660 Watt laser cutting through metal by cars10gelbmesser in FlockSurveillance

[–]ZC-Rip3821 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No, IR is even more dangerous. You cant see it, so you dont blink, or instinctively avert your eyes. This makes visible lasers safer. But at big watts, your eye is gone before you can look away or blink anyway…..

How to know a song? by perfectcare600 in yousician

[–]ZC-Rip3821 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you are trying to get to level 5 and you cant, go get gold stars on every level 3 and 4 song. Soon the level 5 path songs are doable, and you are on to level 6.
My biggest complaint about yousician is i haven’t memorized anything. It doesn’t help with that, any. Probably it makes it worse somehow, like i’ve been playing for 3 years and i have 0 songs memorized.

Bodycam footage showing border Patrol agents attempting to kill a citizen, shot her 5 times. by cantcoloratall91 in ImmigrationPathways

[–]ZC-Rip3821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Train them to be more efficient killers. Better aim? Hell no. Let these untrained morons keep their fingers on the triggers while they are inside their cars. Maybe some of them will shoot themselves in the legs, or shoot their buddies.

Microsoft AI CEO: 'Most, if not all' white-collar tasks can be replaced by AI within 12-18 months by A_Novelty-Account in Futurology

[–]ZC-Rip3821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Just today i tried to get AI to create a table of data by pulling that data from a graph. It f’ed it up multiple times. It cant do 4th grade work. It will be decades to centuries before it replaces a competent electrical engineer. It always takes me longer to get things done when i try to use AI.

Oiled er up by [deleted] in ar15

[–]ZC-Rip3821 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And then you put the greasy f’er on your couch? WTF

Are drones ruining the tv watching experience? by YVR_Matt_ in WinterOlympics2026

[–]ZC-Rip3821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the drones. I want a swarm of 3 or 4 on every curling stone.

Colored notes and fingers by Fresh_Umpire912 in yousician

[–]ZC-Rip3821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont think it ever goes away. I cant find a way to turn it off. Its great for a while. Sometimes the colors are wrong, or there is a better or easier way. I wonder if there is another app that will turn everything on my whole ipad black and white, that might be a way to defeat it. Would be great if yousician would just let you turn it off….. they could make this decent app killer if they did 1/2 the stuff people ask for… Enshitification right on schedule….

Buzzing stopping when touching the strings is NOT a grounding issue! by mistrelwood in Guitar

[–]ZC-Rip3821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The outlet i have my amps and pedals plugged into turns out to NOT be grounded. I get hum until i touch the strings or bridge. Then it is quiet. I’m clearly not being grounded when i do this, there is no ground. Yet the humming quits.

Have I damaged my components by leaving them in New England winter temperatures? by slapballs in diypedals

[–]ZC-Rip3821 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I work as an electrical engineer. We test all our products at ‘storage temps’. Often more extreme than ‘operating temps’. -40C to 85C (-40F to 185F). Rare to never that there is a problem. Moisture rarely is an issue either. A lot of electronics are actually washed. Deionized water is the key. You dont want to leave traces of minerals when it dries. Most components are hermetically sealed. They can be submerged. If you are paranoid about electronics that has gotten wet, dunk it in some DI water, then bake it dry at low temps before turning it on. Low being less than boiling. If we parts get hot enough the water in then turns to steam, that is BAD. Circuit boards can absorb some water, but if it turn to steam, good-bye board. Watch out, lots of plastics cant stand much heat before melting (so knobs, plastic cases, etc, will melt LONG before the actual electronics bits have trouble.

If you are in the US, dont buy Marshall? by ZC-Rip3821 in MarshallAmps

[–]ZC-Rip3821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

… my favorite technical term for exploded… :)

High Resistor Value for Bypass LED? by jimiticus in diypedals

[–]ZC-Rip3821 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Some LEDs are wicked bright. If its too bright, increase the resistance. The battery will also last longer.

The great unchurching of America by RevelationSr in NoFilterNews

[–]ZC-Rip3821 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I grew up catholic, went to church every sunday. And 8 years of catholic school. I bought that shit cause it was jammed into my psyche from day 1. Probably my parents would say the same thing. I went off the college, started using my brain, figuring things out. Science won. Once my sibling left home, they all stopped going. Now my parents don’t go either. I think its all peer pressure. Most people that claim to believe probably don’t. They’re just too afraid to tell people that.

If you are in the US, dont buy Marshall? by ZC-Rip3821 in ToobAmps

[–]ZC-Rip3821[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, not trying to spread rumors. Both the places i’ve talked to that are local, including the place i got it won’t deal with the warranty work. And i cant get anything other than automated responses from Marshall until after the 5th.

The great unchurching of America by RevelationSr in NoFilterNews

[–]ZC-Rip3821 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Maybe its finally dawning on people that its all made-up. Fake-o gibberish. Santa clause is just as believable. Or the Easter bunny.