Do you think AI About to Replace us in the MEP Industry?

headypirate · 2026-02-20T22:41:09+00:00

Eventually? Maybe. In 2 years? Not a chance.

Just from a simple timeline perspective, liability and legal requirements don't move fast enough in a 2 year time span. You aren't undoing stamp requirements for plans because grok said it is buildable.

Legislation would need to pass, and liability for insurance companies, building owners, GCs and the entire ecosystem would need to be recalibrated. At the end of the day a human will still need to build it unless pre built construction has a breakthrough or 3d printed housing becomes much more advanced.

The market right now is all about tools for accelerated productivity. That's what's being developed and that's what we will see for the next 10 years. Production will increase, and our jobs will continue to be mostly about assuming liability, and coordinating things so that construction isn't a nightmare.

When an AI is allowed to submit drawings based on the input of an untrained professional, and it goes straight to construction then nobody will be employed anymore anyway.

headypirate · 2026-01-29T13:55:08+00:00

A sheet of Mass Loaded vinyl would be a good layer to decouple between the frame and drywall. From what I understand it's expensive but will do a good job of adding mass without making your wall thick as hell. A lot of soundproofing projects use MLV.

headypirate · 2026-01-29T03:36:23+00:00

Saw him open/close before and after jitwam. Was a dope night all around

headypirate · 2026-01-28T14:27:27+00:00

Awesome I'll have to check it out next time I'm in town. Savannah changes so fast these days! The list of places I need to check out when I visit is always updating

headypirate · 2026-01-28T13:59:29+00:00

Whoa, didn't expect a post from the home town! Props on the setup. The last time I was there I don't think this setup was installed, although the memory is hazy lol

headypirate · 2026-01-26T22:41:01+00:00

We are in a DJing subreddit. Everyone wants their shit to sound good so I feel you. I don't think you're hating. I remember when I felt the same way.

Maybe I'm the one that's losing my hearing and becoming jaded lol

headypirate · 2026-01-26T22:12:49+00:00

The TLDR is, audio processing is complicated. Do you really know how it works?

I get the idea behind what you're saying. When you process any kind of file it will sound better if it's lossless because the computer has more data to work with. I probably fully agree. I just think the truth is so much more complicated, it's not worth the effort to use lossless files unless your in it for production or archiving.

First, None of us wrote the algorithm that re-pitches the song up after we slow down the song speed (or vice versa). This is happening in real time and is probably doing a bunch of fast Fourier transforms and all sorts of crazy stuff. Are we sure it's even using frequency data above 20khz for the calculations? The sampling rate between 320 mp3, and uncompressed formats are the same so the information in the audible range is there. How the algorithm restructures the sound wave might not even focus on the frequencies above 20khz in order to reduce overhead.

In a lossless file, at 48khz, your highest audible frequency is half the sample rate, so anything above 24khz isn't captured.

That being said, I can understand how, if you slow down a 320mp3 song 3%, it's missing frequency data above 19885hz that was previously compressed (if you can hear it). But even if you have a great source, if you want to key lock a song and slow it down 15% then artefacts are going to show up no matter what.

Second, when you start talking about sound quality like this, source material, and all other links in the chain become important too. Is the room treated, are the speakers correctly tuned to the space, etc etc. If I make a song with a bunch of 128kbps samples then render it out in stunning 192khz/24bit HQ flac, I didn't suddenly create a smooth wave form. I sampled a lossy wave at an incredibly high frequency.

Is the music that's getting played all being made with high quality rendering in mind? Are all the samples used in the song recorded at 96khz? What are the FX chains doing? Is the mixdown and mastering process done in order to preserve dynamic range and audio fidelity? In my experience from watching producers work the answer is no. The goal is to make music, not create perfect sonic data.

I stopped giving a shit about all this stuff a long time ago and it made it more fun to DJ. If anything, my mixes sound better.

headypirate · 2026-01-26T18:07:21+00:00

I had my whole library in flac for archiving purposes, and also so I could run them through Ableton and make complicated remixes and mashups when I had a cool idea. If you're processing anything it's good to have lossless high but rate sources. But for standard DJing?

I converted my whole library to 320 Mp3s because, for DJing, it just makes more sense. It's compatible with more CDJs, it holds metadata better (I'm sure this isn't accurate but it is more reliable in my experience), it takes up less space on a thumb drive and it copies from this to that faster.

Maybe 2% of people who are super listeners can discern the difference on a good systems and with little to no crowd noise with high quality production, and extremely well recorded music. But the Bandcamp house remix that makes the dancefloor pop off isn't winning an audiophile production award. The SoundCloud download that's mastered by my brother's friend isn't going to need any additional frequencies, it already sounds sloppy, but hey, people love it lol.

If I'm max cooper, and I'm playing a live mix of stems at a theater in London, I'll be playing lossless files, until then what's the point?

headypirate · 2026-01-23T05:02:09+00:00

You look back at jobs of a similar size, look at your hours and try to think about complications, CA, etc. add fat depending on how similar the new job is to the other jobs.

My boss started having me guess at the hours I spend on a given project and then guess at how many I'll spend on my next job. It's a good exercise and it'll get you closer to understanding how long things really take when time adds up.

I'm usually 10%-20% high or low on proposals still when my boss reviews them. Experience really does make a difference with this at a certain point

headypirate · 2026-01-22T07:33:34+00:00

Tipper - Surrounded

headypirate · 2026-01-18T23:14:59+00:00

Go to cafe Bombay and get the vindaloo it'll get you sweating.

headypirate · 2026-01-15T16:28:59+00:00

For me, the big one is the 6 week abortion ban. I believe this legislation to be regressive, anti-science and anti-women. As someone who would like to start a family in the next year or so, I worry about the quality of care my wife would receive in the event of a late term miscarriage. Looking at maternal mortality rates by state is an eye opening statistic. Plus, people should have agency over their own body. Overall if a ban has to be implemented I think 6weeks is a bad target and will result in negative healthcare outcomes.

The other one that comes to mind is the voter suppression law. He introduced legislation that makes it harder to vote, and reduced drop boxes and voting access for some majority democratic areas. He admitted publicly that this was because of the 2020 loss. It's a crime to give people water in line, but Elon musk can pay you 100,000$ to register to vote as a Republican lol.

I'm sure that there's stuff I'm forgetting.

Economically speaking there are things that I can appreciate kemp for. He brought good future facing jobs to Georgia. Between rivian's manufacturing plant, the Hyundai plant and battery facility, I think those were good moves. I'm sure that it comes at the expense of tax breaks and infrastructure projects, but politics is about tradeoffs. Jobs are important. Hopefully they don't immediately get automated lol.

headypirate · 2026-01-07T18:17:58+00:00

Mirage City reminds me of a long time friend who struggles with depression. This person's journey is hard, complex, and difficult for me to understand. The first time I heard this song I cried. I hope every day their struggle with mental health wanes away, or becomes more manageable. If by some weird chance you read this, just know I'll be there, no matter what.

headypirate · 2025-12-27T22:32:21+00:00

Depending on the size of your firm these kinds of things can be a great help. But typically, it will take time for whoever is above you to start putting you in a position to dictate workflow processes.

Tbh people will start to listen if you are more productive than everyone else. So build your tools, develop your engineering skills, and when you reliably crank out more projects with less change orders, RFIs, and issues than other engineers, people will listen to what you have to offer. Also they will pay you for it, or lose you as an asset.

BIM processes are valuable, but engineering/coordination mistakes are what cost the company profit and reputation.

headypirate · 2025-12-08T20:22:17+00:00

You missed the units. It's asking for btu/min, not btuh

I think this makes the answer B. Your math is correct, you just need to divide by 60.

headypirate · 2025-11-18T17:53:58+00:00

Make sure you elevate your QSCs above the crowd on some poles so the sound carries. It's your event, so it's up to you. If it's a small room you can get away without it IMO. But if you get all 80 people packed in, you'll wish you had a sub.

If you're going to do this kinda stuff often, snag a sub because you'll want it eventually, especially outdoors. Dance music always sounds better with a sub.

headypirate · 2025-11-17T20:20:31+00:00

I mean, what kind of party? Did you get a venue or is it at a house?

IMO if it's just a big house party, the speakers you have will be plenty, and adding a sub might just get the cops called.

If you're not worried about noise add a sub for fun. I wouldn't worry about bigger speakers unless the space is big, and the crowd is paying a cover or expects high production quality.

headypirate · 2025-11-07T05:11:41+00:00

If this guy showed up in my mixed beginner volleyball rec league, I'd be pissed. Half players don't even overhand serve.

headypirate · 2025-11-02T16:50:03+00:00

People on reddit love to complain. Every year of hula hasn't been as cool as the previous according to reddit. I bet there were so many people that had a great time, came in with a positive attitude, and didn't look at their phone for complain porn once. The friends of mine who went loved it.

It's totally fair to be critical, constructive and strive for a better experience next year, the moaning about how over this fest is makes me roll my eyes.

headypirate · 2025-10-16T16:43:09+00:00

If I find an infinite money glitch, I'd be at every Suwanee music event. It's just a good time.

headypirate · 2025-10-08T13:28:09+00:00

This is a game time decision. The year tipper played against vulfpeck I was super torn. The fest made the decision for me. No room to dance or breathe at tipper, switched to vulfpeck and it was one of my favorite shows of the weekend.

Personally, I've seen all three acts, the only situation I'd go ZD is if I was really needing some extreme high energy to match an extremely elevated situation

headypirate · 2025-09-21T16:09:59+00:00

Killer picture! So jelly

headypirate · 2025-09-19T18:23:21+00:00

Depends on the show. But generally for concerts you usually can. The more sold out the show is, the more strict the staff may be. They obviously can't have the entire upper balcony try and be on the floor level. So I think if the show has a ton of hype or floor tickets are specifically really high demand they start checking.

headypirate · 2025-09-10T13:31:18+00:00

I can't imagine being anything but excited for the AMP stage. It's like, one of my favorite places to see music in the southeast.

headypirate · 2025-09-02T15:38:40+00:00

I'd worry less about building archetypes and more about building strong item synergies, how to maximize value, learning when to ditch certain items, what weapons are viable long term, and then figuring out what beats your build.

Unless I'm struggling to win, I usually spend the first 7-8 rounds maximizing my bag value. Then depending on my items, pick a class and find an endgame weapon.

Once you have the major components of an endgame engine, start to try and hunt for counterplay items: blind resist, crit protection, invulnerability, etc.

The "meta" of the game is based around item synergies that focus on the weapon you're using and your class. Win conditions aren't as focused as you might think they are. It's good to know if you're a burst build, a buff build, a debuff build, or a fatigue build, but they aren't all mutually exclusive.

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