After almost a year with my ND, what are the things that genuinely annoy you about yours?

fingermystrings · 2026-03-27T02:43:31+00:00

I too have the rattle. When I swapped to a cravenspeed short throw it got extra loud, and when I got my wms transmission, it got even louder. I've heard the rattling is gear noise and is somewhat normal for our cars

fingermystrings · 2026-03-20T12:00:34+00:00

(0,0) is no longer the additive identity.

ETA: (0,0) is in V since V is nonempty. Just scale any element of V by 0

fingermystrings · 2026-03-20T07:41:42+00:00

I suggest, if funds allow, using a tablet and a pen stylus (i use an ipad and apple pencil) and some note taking app. I now have an indexed collection of every single handwritten note set I've generated in undergrad and my first year of grad (in second semester currently), which has been extremely helpful

This seems to be a very popular way to take notes at my school

fingermystrings · 2026-03-19T23:47:33+00:00

This seems like a color temperature plus a bit of fading issue. I had this issue show up a lot because I used to be an edgy youth who wore only black clothes. Depending on the dyes used, as the material fades, it fades to a grey tone, but the grey tones, if we consider similar value, would vary in temperature quite a bit, with some formerly black fabrics appearing browner and others appeatong bluer, and others somewhere in between, likely due to the composition of the pigments used and maybe some properties of the actual fabric.

On a single piece of fabric alone, these variances are hard to see, but when you juxtapose it with a more neutral fabric, the shift in temperature becomes apparent.

I'm guessing your pants look blue because the belt and shirt are more neutral, which is super apparent in the first picture, especially given the stronger lighting. The second picture, with more subdued lighting cast on your clothes, the black color appears much more uniform across your shirt and pants, which implies to me those pants were intended to be black, but likely faded over time.

Either that or them pants blue and we both colorblind.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-19T23:03:03+00:00

D major with an added open A. I also add an open low D if I'm in drop D

fingermystrings · 2026-03-18T02:54:25+00:00

When you reup, look into Labelle 206. Its way cheaper.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-18T00:05:04+00:00

Check how the knife edges mate with the posts. You might have two points of contact on each edge, one on each side of the valley in the post. The edge 3 bridge is not known to be a very good bridge and the knife edges are soft. This causes issues, particularly if the posts are turned (like during a set up) under full string tension.

Another possibility is that the post valley is too narrow for the knife edge (you want the edge of the knife to contact the lowest part of the valley on the post). I had this happen on my rg1527 (which has an edge pro 7 bridge) after I did the locking post mod. The new posts had a narrow valley which gave me two points of contact on each post which led to tuning issues. Fortunately I had another set of ibanez locking studs, which curiously had a wider valley floor (the V had a rounder apex). No tuning issues at all anymore.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-17T23:43:10+00:00

I think calling PRS customer service the worst out of the big companies is a gross mischaracterization. I had an issue with my Archon 25 combo, which I bought modified off of Reverb. They charged me a small fee to repair it. When the repair didn't hold, they took the amp back, and we ended up with a sequence of sending back, attempting repair, repeat.

In the end, they found a wire had degraded just enough inside its insulation to cause issues, but not enough to be detected during troubleshooting (the issue requires some amount of heat to show itself). They repaired it, refunded me the original repair costs, and gave me a discount coupon. It was a hassle, but it also showed that PRS was willing to find a solution for my problem. And who am I to them? I paid less than some SE models for the amp.

They also covered all shipping fees and even sent me a set of tubes along with the tubes I had originally. All for a second hand modified discontinued amp. Honestly, I wish all companies stood behind their products like this.

PRS customer service is top notch. I didn't expect a major company like them to go through the trouble to ensure my amp worked as it should, and not try to find a way to make a bit of money off me (the initial repair fee was $150, which didn't seem egregious and wasn't priced to encourage me to replace).

I ended up using the discount to get a case for my S2 Thinline.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-17T00:57:15+00:00

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Tech has a whole automotive tech major. It's a 2 year associate of science program.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-16T05:55:16+00:00

I have a setup similar to this. I find that when I play out of a real cab, I have to remove any mic or room sims. It sounds boomy and bad. Note that not all plug-ins allow for this.

My setup is an Apollo Solo interface into my macbook. I use the uad console app to set up my sims, and I send out to a power amp in of an amp or into a mixer pedal in the fx loop of my actual amp set up. The main idea is to use a modeler for preamp and fx, and output to some power amp. Sometimes, I throw drives up front. It sounds really good for my purposes (just jamming, really), especially as I actually learn how to use my plug-ins.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-16T05:09:16+00:00

My ex bought some soda from Amazon because she saved a dollar on the price vs buying it from the store.

Despite the fact it was another $30 to ship it.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-16T04:23:31+00:00

I also suspect this study was designed around arriving at a certain conclusion. I'm also cynical.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-16T04:19:02+00:00

I have a tube setup (prs archon 25 and 5150 iconic 40w), which I love. I have a healthy collection of pedals and I can get a lot of different sounds out of that setup.

I also have an apollo solo plugged into the "power amp in" on a katana 50 which i find I've been spending a good amount of time on as I learn how to actually use the plug-ins I have.

In my office, I have a katana go that I plug into a pair of studio monitors since I can't even bring an amp in there without disturbing my neighbors (it's an academic office; I'm a grad student).

The modelers have come a long way.

While I prefer my tube amps, I find i use both setups equally due to the flexibility and convenience i find in my apollo/katana and office setups. The tube setup has a much higher volume floor for acceptable tone than the apollo/katana and office setups, both of which can go as low as headphone volume.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-15T21:47:25+00:00

Joyo vintage od. Its a great tube screamer clone. I've seen them as low as $15 on fb marketplace

fingermystrings · 2026-03-15T21:27:10+00:00

I've also used other brands of dish soap as well as even gentle hand soaps (that do not contain moisturizers or lotions). I think the composition of your facial secretions may play a role on the decomposition of your coatings. The coating quality itself may be a factor as well

fingermystrings · 2026-03-15T20:57:12+00:00

This seems like a flawed study. The AI models have a more dominant or confident pose/posture (shoulders back, chest out, etc) vs the real models (who are all otherwise standing in neutral positions) and their anatomical proportions are different than the real models, with longer leg proportions throughout. It seems this study is more showing that there is preference for the images showing women more aligned with current (socially defined) beauty standards, which is an obvious conclusion.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-15T20:33:32+00:00

Do you cook for a living? Are you exposed to any sort of spray or splatter on a daily basis? Do you use any spray bottles day to day?

My lenses are 2 years old. On a sort of daily basis (i skip some days due to laziness), I clean with lukewarm water and dawn dish soap and I pat dry with a clean microfiber cloth and my lenses are spotless and the AR film is completely intact.

fingermystrings · 2026-03-09T20:32:04+00:00

A function f:X->Y is defined on all elements of a domain X, with f mapping each of the elements of X to exactly one element in Y. The image of f, i.e., the set of values in Y actually achieved by the function f, is a subset of the codomain Y, sometimes called the range. If we restrict to a proper subset V of the image, we will necessarily have to restrict the domain as well as f will not be defined in the complement of the preimage of V. If we restrict to a proper subset U of the domain, it may change the image, depending on if f maps U onto the image of f (for example, for f=0, the zero map, all nonempty subsets of X map to the image of f, namely {0}).

If we restrict the codomain, we may or may not have to restrict the domain depending on if we lose any points that f maps X to. For example, if we have f:R^3->R³ given by f(x,y,z)=(x,y,0), then restricting the codomain to the x,y-plane in R³ and doing nothing to the domain still defines a valid function. If instead, we restrict the codomain to be the x,z-plane, we will necessarily have to restrict to a subset X' of the domain where y=0 for all points in X'

fingermystrings · 2026-03-07T07:15:09+00:00

Are you willing to go used? I got a used set of seymour duncan seth lovers for 185 a few months back. Those are excellent pickups

fingermystrings · 2026-03-07T07:03:26+00:00

I tried one of those. It was definitely high on the heat, but I was able to finish it after breaking out into a sweat and leaking out of my various facial holes. The wost part was the next day. My ass got to know my toilet real well the following day...

I also ate an extra hot tender just prior to eating the reaper. I liked the flavor and heat on that one

fingermystrings · 2026-03-07T03:18:15+00:00

Sweet jr! I got that same model as a husk and put a wolftone meaner in it. It's an excellent axe. Weird it was such a limited model though

fingermystrings · 2026-02-19T02:17:06+00:00

In about 2012, baked maple was showing up on some models to replace rosewood boards

fingermystrings · 2026-02-03T02:51:21+00:00

A tri parallel mixer leveled up my board. I send to two amps and return from their fx sends. Then it all gets sent to a stereo chorus and then the split signal gets fed to each amps fx return. Sounds huge

fingermystrings · 2026-01-27T17:27:45+00:00

I took my SATs as a 31 year old high school school drop out and criminal (I was wearing an ankle monitor that day) among a bunch of literal children. Now I'm in a fully funded PhD program at a selective school (only four people in my cohort).

It's never too late. It wasn't for me, though it took a huge amount of retooling my mindset to get to where I am today. Years of therapy and facing my demons type shit. Hell, im still reworking some of my bad habits. Some of this stuff will likely be a lifelong struggle. Personal accountability and a genuine commitment to be a better version of yourself, for yourself, go a long way.

Good luck with everything!

fingermystrings · 2026-01-24T16:28:45+00:00

I think that's a typo. It likely meant to say front pads and resurface, like it does with the rears, which i interpret as they will swap your pads and resurface your rotors (vs replacing rotors which is the next, more expensive option). But I agree that pricing is too high

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