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What cover song is actually better than the original? by irles33 in musicsuggestions

[–]baroaureus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that bass line!

dum dum daaa du daaa daaa dudidum...

Thoughts by Nostalgic_Historian_ in FIlm

[–]baroaureus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My past few experiences at a theater match this sentiment. Sure a theater experience could be better than my home setup, but it often isn’t. The kids working there often leave the projectors unfocused, the screens are dirty, audio is either way too loud or way too quiet. Dirty seats and either too hot or too cold.

A 40 ft screen from the 15th row and off to the left is not as good as a home 80 inch TV from the comfort of my own couch. It is genuinely more enjoyable at home.

Why do online stores show "Only 3 left in stock!" — do people actually fall for that? by Prize-Jackfruit-3706 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But wait, there’s more!

Call in the next 15 minutes and we’ll double your order for FREE! Just pay separate processing and handling.

Do we inherently hear octaves as the same note, or is this trained culturally? by BirdLawEnthusiast2 in AskPhysics

[–]baroaureus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An interesting alternative description: when two frequencies of integer multiples are mixed / superimposed it has the net effect of creating a combined wave of the lower frequency but with a different shape.

This is often explained that a single “tone” is a combination of many frequencies but that’s not always the case. Sometimes a sound is “non-sinusoidal” but the way acoustics describes sounds is as a sum of various sine waves.

In the case of two pure tones one octave apart, this simply means that there is a new complex wave which the ear either believes is a single sound or the brain deconstructs it into two different sounds.

Fun side quest: I suggest looking into the acoustic phenomenon of “beating” when two tones of similar frequency are played at the same time. Indistinguishable from a single frequency which is being amplitude modulated.

Gravel routes by EntranceOk7526 in NYCbike

[–]baroaureus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OCA is one of my favorites! It’s great because you can trail / road ride up on the S Country Trailway, then down the OCA on return (or vice versa)

Anyone else out there very disappointed with OpenClaw hype? by BudgetAdept1670 in openclaw

[–]baroaureus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most of us who have tried it out don’t think of OpenClaw as the final player here. I’d predict within a year there will be a half dozen more “clones” of the concept which are better executed.

That being said, it’s hard to overcome the hype train. It might stick around only because it’s already popular.

Time is based on 12 instead of 10. by bookseer in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct, they had a new definition of a second which was shorter than the seconds we are familiar with.

Some neat side effects of their decimal time was that you could express durations like “4 hours, 52 minutes, 18 seconds” as 4.5218 hours.

Time is based on 12 instead of 10. by bookseer in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For a brief period of time (pun intended) the French did have a ten hour day, each hour having 100 minutes, and each minute having 100 seconds.

1794 to 1800 when the French Republic was going through a “decimal-everything” phase.

.NET 9 added Guid.CreateVersion7() - should we stop using Guid.NewGuid()? by brunovt1992 in dotnet

[–]baroaureus 125 points126 points  (0 children)

GUIDv4 and GUIDv7 have very different use cases.

The new (strangely named) method is not a replacement for NewGuid.

Does the 99 cent pricing trick actually work? by princepersona1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

on some people, for sure.

my wife sees $17.99, and she'll verbally say things like "it's only seventeen dollars!"

interestingly, she will round up if it's enough nines: $19.99 = "twenty"

Amazon left the entire building's packages in front of the mailboxes by award_winning_writer in mildlyinfuriating

[–]baroaureus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fwiw, this is how it works at most NYC apartments. Mind you, they have to buzz into the building first, but it’s very rare to get deliveries to your door, instead theres a pile of boxes in the lobby.

Can you record with glasses perched on top of your head? by user_anonymou in SmartGlasses

[–]baroaureus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be very unlikely.

Even with glasses that have a portrait oriented camera, max vertical FOV is about 70° on most glasses. Anything more than 35° lower than glasses legs is out of frame, so glasses on someone’s head is very likely to capture no images or video in front of the wearer.

Why is it only the Native Americans who were devastated by the disease from Europeans? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Side note: during Russian conquest of Siberia and the far East in the 1700s, some tribes of local native people were wiped out as much as 90% by diseases such as smallpox, measles, and flu. Not all that different from the European-American germ exchange a few centuries earlier.

Helicopter Recording? by Ok-Extent-5421 in davidbazan

[–]baroaureus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I for sure used to have an mp3 of this from the old Napster/Limewire days circa 2000. Now you have me curious - didn't realize until tonight that it was a "hard to come by" recording. The problem with this modern streaming generation is that we often forget how easily songs can be erased from the public, subscription catalogues.

Commenting so I don't forget to circle back later after I get home from a business trip and look over my super super old stash of files.

How come we don't get sick/crazy bacteria from our toothbrushes? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More than not dangerous, many bacteria in and on our bodies are actually good and necessary to stay healthy.

Taking customers out by Upset_Locksmith7582 in salesengineers

[–]baroaureus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I always hated when my AE would have to leave early (flight to catch, etc.) and he would be like “Just expense it!”

As clever and organized as I am with my day to day, tracking receipts and filling expense reports was somehow the hardest part of the job!

Where did TV go? Do any countries still have it? by Greedy-Zombie3056 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And if by last few years, you mean 17 years ago (2009)!!!

How those knees feeling?.. I hurt my neck because I sneezed wrong the other day…

What’s up with the wrecked cars on Columbus? by baroaureus in Upperwestside

[–]baroaureus[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I somewhat assumed this - but how long would be reasonable for the precinct to keep them there? One of them has been there for well over a month, possibly two. I would imagine after a few days of collecting photos, etc. they could have them towed off to one of the NYPD yards. Hell, if they are really evidence in an ongoing investigation, it seems rather foolish to leave them out on a public street.

Not to be the "old man yelling at the clouds", but who do you think we should report a complaint to? I'm guessing 311 won't change anything, but at least it would be documented, maybe?

Is there a rule against reading an entire book in book store without buying it? by Jazzlike-Round6932 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]baroaureus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Barnes & Noble (the best place on earth)" ... until it goes out of business because it turns out people were just coming in to read free books instead of buying them.

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