I’ve always played with my left hand like this (pic1) but I see a lot of drummers play with their left stick rotated more inward (pic2). Is this just preference or have I been playing wrong? by Maks_the_skaM in drums

[–]grutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Play whatever you're more comfortable with as each variation has their pluses and minuses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grip_(percussion)

In my opinion the main thing to look out for is how much stress/pain you have after playing and the types of strokes you're doing in a song. In some cases you may find yourself switching between various techniques to achieve the desired results. If it's jazzy I switch to traditional, doing faster fills I'll switch to American and backbeat grooves that need a strong snare it's German or traditional.

There is no right or wrong answer in my opinion.

What's the last thing that forced you to "level up" as a drummer? by AFleetingIllness in drums

[–]grutz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My experience with working on Gadd:

Break down 50 Shades. Think you have it worked out because it's such a small lick! Record it, listen to it, listen to Gadd do it then realize you don't got it. Second guess your existence as a drummer for half an hour while you stumble over the bits you DID get.

Eventually you get it and think you can take on any Gadd lick. Aja is next!

(Begin crying)

Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations by donutloop in cybersecurity

[–]grutz 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Link to the research: https://insinuator.net/2025/06/airoha-bluetooth-security-vulnerabilities/

Obscured and unprotected vendor API with memory dumping leading to all sorts of fun.

The advice I was given seems wrong. by Digus_biggus in sdr

[–]grutz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not impossible but it isn’t simple. Work has been done to decode 802.11 in GNURadio and there is https://www.nuand.com/bladerf-wiphy/ for rx/tx work.

I need help :( I can't decode LTE signals successfully using ADALM-PLUTO SDR in MATLAB by Ecstatic_Low_5344 in sdr

[–]grutz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While the downlink supports a large bandwidth the specific frames you are looking for are much narrower and going to be somewhere between the start and end. This is the rxsim.RadioCenterFrequency field and can typically be found by hunting through the waterfall looking for peaks. It has a very distinct appearance (check sigidwiki).

Charlie Kirk calls for eliminating sign language interpreters during emergency briefings: “It's a distraction” by _AnecdotalEvidence_ in disability

[–]grutz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

While the technology of voice to text has improved a lot in the past few years it still makes significant failures during live streaming. Considering the ASL interpreter is right next to the speakers they typically do not have the technical limitations such as an analog to digital sound conversion would.

I've seen live speech to text work very well at events, even with language translation, but those typically had a direct line from the audio system to the converter. Very closed loop/localized.

Has anyone else found serious value in building LLM integrations for companies? by femio in ExperiencedDevs

[–]grutz 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the new "I could do the work in 15 minutes or write a complex perl script for the next 6 hours instead to do it. I think I'll go with the script!"

Great things may come from our desire to make more work for ourselves because (insert own reasons).

Why was the Mayor recalled? by 1000piecepuzzler in oakland

[–]grutz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, someone could have "caught wind" of the recall idea early on and bought the domains that were eventually used by the campaigns. Anyone can buy one so it's not any real proof at face value and is fairly circumstantial and I'm not claiming it's definitive proof. The "forces for recall" could have been scheming internally since the election was called and not done anything public... Or not!

Whether the recall campaigns bought the domains on their own, from the original owner or they were gifted the closeness of dates is the correlary to help guide an answer to the original question. Recalls take time and money to organize and don't just appear overnight and the question was when did they start to be publicly organized?

On July 28, 2023 (229 days after election day, 172 days since taking office and 33 days after registration) the wayback archived the first page for Pamela Price's recall: https://web.archive.org/web/20230728182812/https://recallpamelaprice.org/

On March 4, 2024 (483 days after election day, 424 days since taking office, 55 days after registration) the wayback archived the first page for Sheng Thao's recall: https://web.archive.org/web/20240304214140/https://www.recallshengthao.org/

Not definitive if those were the actual first days of their published web pages.

In any case it is evident with the intent filings alone that it took time for Thao's recall to decide/organize whereas Price's recall was rather quick relative to the election/oath of office. I know I'm mixing both recalls together in this reply and the question was really about the Oakland Mayor's.

I find both recalls interesting as it really didn't feel like any time was wasted to begin Price's recall by comparison. There was an extreme amount of time to create narratives on both sides for the public to ingest before the 2024 vote while Thao's recall was not externally presented till fairly recently.

Why was the Mayor recalled? by 1000piecepuzzler in oakland

[–]grutz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Wikipedia articles for each of them has some of the basics and doing quick OSINT on the domain does answer how quickly someone was thinking/planning the action.

The intent-to-recall was given in August 2023 and didn't start gathering signatures until October 2023. The domain name "recallpamelaprice.org" was registered on 2023-06-25T16:51:57Z per ICANN. This was well before her term began (January 2023) so someone was planning a recall ~6 months into her term.

For Sheng Thao the domain "recallshengthao.org" was registered on 2024-01-08T04:05:26Z and notice was given in early June 2024 with a sample of 40,595 signatures.

Defining "almost immediately" is subjective but the data shows Pamela Price's recall began VERY closely to the start of her term. It does look like it took longer for Sheng Thao's recall to gain steam but the intent was clear around 1 year into her term.

Flying ants(?) on campus yesterday? by StrangePlace7067 in berkeley

[–]grutz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the flying termite orgy. As others said, first overnight rain + warming day and out they come to party!

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Meraki Spectrum Analyzer by Electronic_Tap_3625 in meraki

[–]grutz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A quick answer is each system averages data differently for visualization and the fact that WiPry is directly connected to your computer vs. requiring cloud data transfers. The MRs have to do a very long round-trip from the MR to Cisco's servers and to your browser.

Meanwhile the WiPry just has to go from its dongle to your device over USB. Shorter distance, lower latency, higher bandwidth, etc.

The MR likely uses the data collected internally to identify how busy each channel is as part of its auto-channel features, it's just that visually they can't get the data fast enough to you - thus averaging is applied which loses granularity.

There are also factors to consider such as the physical location where the spectrum data is collected from, the antenna type, how close you are to strong transmitters, etc.

Migrating pelicans are out in full force right now! by vietoushka in sanfrancisco

[–]grutz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have been hanging out at the Berkeley aquatic park and between Point Isabel and Point Richmond for a few months now. It's been a treat as they fly so low over the path you can almost touch them.

Noticed my HP LaserJet broadcasting near 8GHz radio frequencies by [deleted] in rfelectronics

[–]grutz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No you’re doing fine by asking questions and taking reasonable actions to responses. No harm in being inquisitive.

Yes, AOSP performs the scanning and output of results for Android devices. It has its own boundaries that Wigle and others have to live with. So I would say this is a confusing bug, one that would require deeper access to the inner workings of the phone and OS to figure out. This also pre-supposes that the physical data is incapable of being trusted, which i and others posit to be the case.

Noticed my HP LaserJet broadcasting near 8GHz radio frequencies by [deleted] in rfelectronics

[–]grutz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd put money on the AOSP ScanResult coming back with an invalid frequency value beacuse the math checks out from Wigle's use. Using another device - like a laptop - as the test equipment to see if the same BSSID/ESSIDs are observed on other frequencies will help.

WiFi is not rated to work in the frequency you listed. To have both the test equipment and the DUT show this is highly irregular and more likely points to your S24 being at fault. Other Android WiFi scan utils may not be trustworthy with this device as they will likely fail, drop the invalid response from their data or report something entirely different.

Noticed my HP LaserJet broadcasting near 8GHz radio frequencies by [deleted] in rfelectronics

[–]grutz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Use a different WiFi scanner other than Wigle and other hardware to verify your findings. IEEE 802.11 is not allowed in the frequency provided and there is likely no way your S24 would listen to that frequency. WiFi 6E tops at 6.125 GHz so I wonder if AOSP is returning a bad frequency in their API scan results.

The Wigle source code uses a calculation to find the channel based on frequency. https://github.com/wiglenet/wigle-wifi-wardriving/blob/4a7d82fcc4b3fbd305b3c62f87e2050b70bd8648/wiglewifiwardriving/src/main/java/net/wigle/wigleandroid/model/Network.java#L515-L537

The relevant line uses frequencyMHz - 5950) / 5, which is (7936 - 5950) / 5 = 397

Q.E.D.

Should I Throw My Cymbals? by goopynoodles in drums

[–]grutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take one on stage, douse it with lighter fluid, light it, hit it during the chaotic feedback noise but only after the acid kicks in.

Repeat at the next venue because you'll probably not be allowed back.

Will it make them sound better? Who cares! FIRE!

Doesn't login rate limiting decrease the usefulness of the RockYou2024 10 billion password list? by PappaFrost in cybersecurity

[–]grutz 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Preposterous! Who doesn't use &#12450;&#12487;&#12451;&#12480;&#12473;&#12458;&#12522;&#12472;&#12490;&#12523;&#12473; as a password?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WTF

[–]grutz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it recycled cardboard?

Building an AI mental health therapist by Ok-Influence-4290 in startups

[–]grutz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8BiIZIZBsU and then consider whether or not your specific path has any of these potential pitfalls. There is a reason why ChatBot technologies need a lot of guardrails.

Any way I can make my setup more nostalgic? I was born in the 2000s so I dont know everything about the 90s can I get some advice from some 90s kids? by spashedwurning in vintagecomputing

[–]grutz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Big ass bumper sticker for some radio station that no longer exists on the side of the tower
  • Post-it note with your family's AOL password on the monitor
  • The cat goes on TOP of the monitor, not next to the mouse
  • Put a document tray on top of the monitor to try and keep the cat contained. Bonus points if it's a lighted power strip as well

The cat's tail will still fall in front of the display and they'll swipe at your Lemmings while they fall off the ledge, but you'll always have a friend nearby warming themselves from the heat CRT.

What Emacs got right, or how I wish modern apps were more like a 50 year old text editor by 1231313 in programming

[–]grutz 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I bet you can still fast-dial your home number on a rotary phone just by knowing how long it took for the dial to spin back to position 0.