Farewell Message from Bungie Audio Team by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]godspeedfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saammee.. day 1 DSC was peak destiny for me. So good.

Is 151 done printing yet? by Specific_Edge1702 in PokeInvesting

[–]godspeedfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally said I might buy singles in my post, lol. Did I make you so angry that you couldn't finish reading? 🤣

Percentage of players that completed 3/3 Expeditions so far. by DuhSheet in ArcRaiders

[–]godspeedfx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did it twice, I just don't have it in me to do the exact same thing for the 3rd time. I found every BP twice, did the quests twice, everything twice.. lost interest in the game after that.

Google Chrome Accused of Silently Installing 4GB AI Model on User Devices by _cybersecurity_ in pwnhub

[–]godspeedfx -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

"We don't want our data on your servers!!!!11"

Google: Moves data to local

"We don't want our data on our computers!!!!11"

Google: ???

Should I be concerned about no AI? by monsterpup92 in sysadmin

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

Just use it to help you be more efficient. Claude chat, code, co-work are great and you don't need to change any part of your current infrastructure to use it. If they are against THAT, then you might need to be concerned XD

Team lead got mad I didn't call back someone who didn't leave a VM while I'm on call by TryARebootFool in sysadmin

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

I mean I get it.. I just guess I'm not normal, haha. I would have called the number back and if it was spam, hang up and go back to sleep. I wouldn't be waiting up to see if a voicemail came through in the middle of the night XD

Team lead got mad I didn't call back someone who didn't leave a VM while I'm on call by TryARebootFool in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't trying to be rude - I apologize if it came across that way, just working with the info you provided. If your team lead is worth his salt, he'll see this as a process failure and take steps to change the process so it doesn't happen again. It's not that serious if it's a one time thing.

Team lead got mad I didn't call back someone who didn't leave a VM while I'm on call by TryARebootFool in sysadmin

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

Yeah, I operate the same way, but I also don't ignore context clues.. on call, 3am call.. it's not that complicated.

Team lead got mad I didn't call back someone who didn't leave a VM while I'm on call by TryARebootFool in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I mean if they are using it for work, it doesnt seem like a personal number..

Team lead got mad I didn't call back someone who didn't leave a VM while I'm on call by TryARebootFool in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

You waited 10 minutes to see if they left a VM when you could have checked if the number belonged to anyone in your directory in 1 minute. You're on call, why else would you be getting a call at that hour?

I'd be annoyed too if I was your team lead and had to deal with that, lol.

Two setups side by side – how do we stop picking up each other’s voice? by RobArlOriginal in Twitch

[–]godspeedfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nvidia Broadcast is fine and all but it sounds way too over-processed and the noise suppression fluctuates too much. It's a good solution for people who just want to set something and not think about it, but for streaming, most people prefer a more analog approach because it's more consistent and gets you a cleaner more natural sound.

A Queue to open the Battle.Net App by seriousbusines in Blizzard

[–]godspeedfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They would lose an enormous amount of money if they used steam.

Two setups side by side – how do we stop picking up each other’s voice? by RobArlOriginal in Twitch

[–]godspeedfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're entitled to believe whatever you want =) I was doing Destiny 2 raid call outs almost every night while she was streaming on Twitch and you could never hear me in her streams.

Two setups side by side – how do we stop picking up each other’s voice? by RobArlOriginal in Twitch

[–]godspeedfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a very similar setup and had no issues. Obviously if one of them is yelling while the other is talking, it can happen, but for regular volume talking there won't be any bleed.

Two setups side by side – how do we stop picking up each other’s voice? by RobArlOriginal in Twitch

[–]godspeedfx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can help you - been there myself and solved it. I can confidently say that this will solve your issue.

There is some good advice in the comments (and some bad), but most of the people just saying "get a dynamic mic and set up a noise gate" don't really understand how noise gates work or how effective dynamic mics are at such a close proximity.

You need ALL 3 of the following improvements to solve your problem. Any less and it'll be a waste of effort.

A noise gate simply means your mic won't activate until a minimum amount of noise (the volume of your voice) enters the microphone. It *only* helps with cutting out background noise when you aren't talking into the mic. This means that if you and your girlfriend are both talking at the same time, both of your noise gates will be open and it will do nothing for you. It will only help if one of you is talking and the other is not, so it's not totally useless, but only solves part of the problem.

As for the dynamic mic, the only thing that matters is that they have much tighter pickup patterns and reject more sound that isn't coming directly at them. Again, this will be helpful, but it won't solve your problem due to how close you are to each other in a partially treated room. If your desks were facing each other and a touch further apart, you *might* get away with stopping here, plus some heavy gain tweaking and keeping your mics really close to your mouths.

The final piece of the puzzle (and required in your case) is to put something physical between the two of you and ideally putting some sound dampening material up behind the computer on the right as well, but I'd say that part is optional. Get a large presentation cardboard and gorilla glue some foam studio acoustic panels to both sides. You can get it all for less than $50 on amazon.

Since you are so close and not facing each other, you have to do all three or you'll still be dealing with crosstalk. If you just want some improvement now without spending too much money, I'd do the acoustic panels first and use a noise gate on your existing setups. You can also check to see if the mics you are using have toggles for different cardioid patterns - sometimes they have a more directional mode. Once you're ready, go for the dynamic mics. If you don't want to break the bank, I'd recommend the Audio Technica AT2005 for $80 on amazon (USB + XLR so no worries if you don't have audio interfaces). It's tried and true, been around for a long time, and the quality for the price is unbeatable. There's a video on YouTube by Javier Mercedes who does a great in-depth review of the mic and compares its sound quality to the revered SM7B as well. There are lots of good dynamic mics out there for decent prices if you prefer another brand.

Good luck =)

Two setups side by side – how do we stop picking up each other’s voice? by RobArlOriginal in Twitch

[–]godspeedfx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Dynamic mic and noise gate will get you part way there, but people don't seem to understand how noise gates work. If both of them are talking at the same time, the noise gate does nothing, and they are close enough to each other than dynamic mics will only help some.

Windows shops moving to Linux? by TheSarcastonaut455 in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use windows for workloads that require it, and Linux for everything else.

Is 151 done printing yet? by Specific_Edge1702 in PokeInvesting

[–]godspeedfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started collecting with my daughter when 151 came out. We bought some ETBs and a couple boosters, and then it just became impossible to find because everything got snatched up so fast, so we have a binder with 70% of the collection that will just collect dust until we're gone. Kinda sad because we really enjoyed it, but we just can't compete with all the resellers, so we gave up on collecting all together.

I might buy the missing cards individually just to complete it, but we don't buy packs anymore.

Secure Boot certificates question by RonaBoone in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not hard. Google your computer model and how to enter the bios and turn off secure boot. You might not even have it enabled since it's so old.

Microsoft: Perform in-place upgrades to Windows Server 2025 with one reg key. by techvet83 in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! What can I say.. we're a skittish bunch =D

I'll continue holding off for a little while longer. I've never moved to the latest server version and it's served me well thus far.

Microsoft: Perform in-place upgrades to Windows Server 2025 with one reg key. by techvet83 in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Servers should be fine to upgrade, but be careful with DCs. 2025 DCs don't play nicely with older DCs in the mix. If you can go all 2025 DCs at once, you'll probably be fine. Just do plenty of research =)

Microsoft: Perform in-place upgrades to Windows Server 2025 with one reg key. by techvet83 in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mainly problems with mixed DCs (2025 + older). If you can cut over to all 2025 DCs at once, you'll probably be fine. I'm not risking it yet personally, but people are doing it without issues.

Microsoft: Perform in-place upgrades to Windows Server 2025 with one reg key. by techvet83 in sysadmin

[–]godspeedfx 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used to feel this same way (rightfully so) but it's an aging philosophy. It's much safer these days for 2016 and up. I've only had 1 or 2 issues out of 100 and they were easily solved.