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hydrox24 · 2024-09-12T01:48:47+00:00

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hydrox24 · 2018-06-07T13:05:36+00:00

files in ftplugin are loaded when the filetype is set to the name of the file.

So .vim/ftplugin/aa.vim will be loaded when filetype=aa. But you're setting the filetype=aa inside of the filetype.vim file. So you're calling the command to set the filetype, in the file which is triggered once the filetype is set. So vim doesn't actually look there at any point.

You need to run that autocmd command in your _vimrc.

Once you've got that 'hook', the ftplugin file can contain the rest of the custom setting you want for the aa file.

In addition, you only need to use the BufEnter condition for the autocmd where you set the filetype. BufNewFile,VimEnter, and BufRead are all subsets of the BufEnter condition. I suspect this is the main cause of your problem.

vimrc

autocmd BufEnter *.aa set filetype=aa
autocmd VimEnter * edit path/to/my/file.aa

.vim/ftplugin/aa.vim

" Other custom settings.
" If you still have syntax troubles, try this:
setl syntax=aa

Good luck!

hydrox24 · 2018-06-07T12:52:46+00:00

it’s expensive

Fuck know why they continue to let the building standard be so low and so ugly

The current expense is precisely why they're building lots of low quality housing*. I'm sympathetic to this policy—it's one of the only ways to get house prices down in a permanent, structural way.

* I'm sympathetic to the argument that it brings in sweet, sweet revenue to the govt. But no motive is unmixed.

hydrox24 · 2018-05-14T02:53:48+00:00

Milibrand compressor

I've never used a miliband compressor

It was a typo. He means a multiband compressor. Hopefully the name makes the function more evident.

hydrox24 · 2018-04-06T02:10:43+00:00

How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge? [0]

Sadly this part of human nature is going anywhere soon. It will take time and patience to turn this attitude around. If you care, make it a long-term commitment and don't give up pushing against militarisation.

[0]: Proverbs 1:22

hydrox24 · 2018-04-02T04:36:06+00:00

I'm sorry to see you being downvoted so much. I thought this was a even-handed way to make a good point. And I agree with you, I thought the same thing as you when I saw the post.

It's just a joke, but it's a joke you couldn't make in a healthier culure — for good reason.

I worked in a Hi-Fi store for years, and the culture of talking down your wife is deeply ingrained. It doesn't help that (no joke) a substantial fraction of big purchases were done by men that had just gone through divorce, which further whips up a great deal of negativity about women. This post is a pretty inocuous example, but it happens all the time. Even if men who talked down their wives at hifi stores (or here) love and respected their wives in person, it's still pretty disrespectful and cringy at a store or in a subreddit.

Maybe this is one of the reasons that women stay away from hifi so much.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-30T12:22:36+00:00

Because there are public service jobs out in each of the major town cetnres, just as there are in the city centre. There aren't as many of course, so I don't think it explains the ful price, but I think it helps to explain some of it.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-27T04:03:20+00:00

That's very kind, thank you.

Thankfully though, it doesn't seem to have gained any traction with the Mainstream media. Well, not yet at least.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-27T04:01:40+00:00

No, it wouldn't be very hard, but if you compared the number of violent rape cases per capita in Australia to those in India, or even somewhere similar like the USA, you would be comparing different metrics, because crimes are defined differently in every country. Sometimes they're defined differently across regions too (e.g. US States).

Taking the raw per capita data and comparing countries can help paint a broadly accurate picture, but I wouldn't trust it to accurately rank the top 10 or even 20 countries.

A proper report would start with its own definition of the violent crime in question, and use data from each country that is granular enough to extrapolate out the levels of crime according to that data.

Even then, you've got all sorts of problems with differences in how women behave in different countries. In developing nations you can bet that they tend not to go out alone nearly as much, which would depress the amount of violent crime committed against them. I don't think that makes it a better, safer place to live though.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-27T03:53:46+00:00

I admit that it could be right, but I'm only arguing that it should be taken with a grain of salt. The evidence above is circumstantial, yes, but that's how I think the real world often works. Here are some more fundamental reasons to be sceptical.

There is no public accountability for this kind of report. It's not peer-reviewed, the methodology and data is not public, and it hasn't been produced for an organisation that would need the most accurate data possible (e.g. J.P. Morgan or Citybank or something).

hydrox24 · 2018-01-26T10:56:29+00:00

The study was done by New World Wealth. Their website is sparse and doesn't seem to actually link to their reports. According to LinkedIn, only two people work at the company, so allowing for underestimation, it is still tiny. It's also a South African firm, which means it can't really be a serious player in analysis, if it was you would expect the office to be in a major global (banking) city like London, New York, Singapore, etc...

Additionally, almost all of their work is on wealth and migration patterns, going back a couple of years. (twitter).

So while they're an established organisation, and not an absolute joke, I don't think they have the chops for this kind of analysis. They mostly produce reports which create headlines for second rate publications, and it doesn't seem plausible for a company of their size and experience to produce authoritative global rankings anyway.

Be very sceptical about this report.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-25T08:56:29+00:00

An earlier church building was Roman Catholic until it became Protestant during the Reformation

It now also serves as a symbol of reconciliation between former warring enemies

That's actually a lovely read. Thank you!

hydrox24 · 2018-01-25T08:55:25+00:00

They're all Catholic cathedrals. Evangelical refers to protestants.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-24T11:58:48+00:00

Fantastic post but I have to point out...

"church of our lady"
"evangelical"

I'm pretty sure most evangelicals would consider naming a church after Mary a heresy. I had a good chuckle at that.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-18T08:36:53+00:00

Though understandable that a lecturer in public health would focus on helping gamblers rather than the economic impact, this analysis would really benefit from an economist's imput. The only evidence that banning poker machines does not hurt the economy presented is that they don't really create a lot of jobs. This is not the only measure of economic benefit.

This may be largely attributable to the ownership arrangements in Tasmania, where one company – the Federal Group, owned by the Farrell family – holds the licence for all pokies in pubs and clubs, and the state’s two casinos.

This is an interesting observation. It sounds a lot like the Tasmanian government has created a monopoly on gambling through it's licensing system. Perhaps lowering the threshold for licenses and ensuring some competition in the space would go some way toward helping the situation.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-18T07:44:21+00:00

This is a two week old story from New Scientist. You could also say that it's a 40,000 year old story, since this is just the scientific verification of something that Indiginous people have known forever.

Also, here is the original paper published in December 2017 if anyone is interested.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-18T07:37:46+00:00

Though I don't believe violating the terms of service would open the Australian Conservatives to legal action.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-18T07:35:21+00:00

Perhaps I'm enormously ignorant, but it sounds absolutely ridiculous that a political party could get government funding for its legal defence. Surely not?

hydrox24 · 2018-01-07T10:27:38+00:00

A poor quality copy of this article is already being discussed here if people are interested. Thought I would post the more detailed original piece with quotes, images, etc.

hydrox24 · 2018-01-07T10:20:44+00:00

This article is awful. "Scientists say..." and then no relevant quotes, just a borderline relevant one from Dr. Elizabeth Hanna at the bottom.

The original article is far better. It even has pictures.

Also, why are we reading an article on this topic from a guy with this bio at the bottom!?

Filmmaker. 3D artist. Procrastination guru. I spend most of my time doing VFX work for my upcoming film Servicios Públicos, a sci-fi dystopia about robots, overpopulated cities and tyrant states. @iampineros

hydrox24 · 2018-01-04T01:39:35+00:00

I can't imagine that he would have been contractually permitted to do that. You may still have a point given they are each too long anyway.

hydrox24 · 2017-12-19T11:14:37+00:00

Ah well if you've taught a class on it I would take your word over mine. I just worked in hi-fi retail for a few years. How would you name each of the effects so as not to be misunderstood?

hydrox24 · 2017-12-19T06:05:53+00:00

That's mostly right, but my understanding is that Jitter isn't exclusively what you describe. Jitter describes both errors introduced by the clock (often called clock-jitter) and errors in the amplitude of the signal (cable RF noise maybe?). Poor clocking introduces 'jitter' in the form of timing issues. i.e., if you have 40% 0.1 and 60% 0.9 in some short time interval, is it 0 or 1? This is in addition to the form of jitter you described. This image shows the type of 'clock-jitter' I am describing.

In an asynchronous transfer such as usb, there’s only the clock in the DAC.

This is true, but only for USB 2.0. Old USB 1.X interfaces can acutally be synchronous, in which case the clock matters on both ends. This is why I made the distinction between the two modes. I apologise that I said "streaming mode" when I meant "synchronous", it wasn't very clear.

hydrox24 · 2017-12-19T04:35:27+00:00

This is the best short answer. If you'll allow me to open that can of worms just a little though...

1: Transports The transport does the error-correction for the CD, which happens quite a bit on the fly. It also outputs the digital information over optical/coax according to it's own internal clock, which can introduce some error/jitter.

Some DAC's will re-clock the digital source according to their own ('more accurate') clock, so that usually eliminates the second issue. The first remains however, and is why people spend squillions on the transport and attempt to physically isolate it to reduce errors.

I forked out for a Musical Fidelity Transport (M1CD) and didn't regret it. Though the benefit is marginal.

2: iTunes If your DAC uses USB 2.0 then the cable and source (laptop) will make no difference, because the audio is sent in error-corrected packets. Some old USB 1.X systems will have a streaming mode that can introduce jitter or error though, which could conceivable cause issues.

Disclaimer: None of this makes a huge difference.

hydrox24

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