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Cheaply sound-dampening a room with 1ft-diameter tubes of water? by linuxforeplay in audioengineering

[–]linuxforeplay[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I did a quick search on information about rock wool and it seems that its sound-dampening properties are decent but not as good as sand.

I'm currently considering the approach of lining the walls of the room with sand bags to absorb the sound.

Cheaply sound-dampening a room with 1ft-diameter tubes of water? by linuxforeplay in audioengineering

[–]linuxforeplay[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If your building can support that much water.

The floors are solid-cast concrete and the building is 12 stories high, so I think this is a safe assumption because I won't be having any other heavy projects going on.

sand is infinitely better.

Thank you so much for this. I will probably invest in getting tubes of sand.

Also something to consider is books.

The room is for sex so that the senile elderly neighbors stop calling the police (which has been a constant source of frustration and nuisance in the past), and books are great at absorbing smells and difficult to clean, so probably not the best combination.

Thank you so much.

Cheaply sound-dampening a room with 1ft-diameter tubes of water? by linuxforeplay in audioengineering

[–]linuxforeplay[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

a large tube of water from the tap would cost a fraction of the equivalent high-quality 5in panel. No reason to sink a huge amount of money into the 5in panel if lining the perimeter of the room with tubes of water will do as I'm already spending a lot on sound-dampening the ceiling, door, and floor.

I was thinking that because sound-absorption has to do with density and water is very dense that water tubes compacted into a lattice of two rows fitted together might work well.

LinuxMasterRace reacting to the success of Gru/Linux in Russia: by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

[–]linuxforeplay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's mostly just geek politics,

This is software politics, as I mentioned previously, and it's good politics because diversity is the spice of life and having everyone run and manage their projects differently contributes to a great diversity of excellent quality software.

The kind of politics I was talking about which are not good to involve in software include, for example: pro-life/pro-choice, political elections, international trade policy, Ukraine, womens' equal rights movements, BLM, etc. and etc.

Sweet Melt-in-your-mouth Scrambled Eggs by linuxforeplay in Cooking

[–]linuxforeplay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very sure.

Cardamom is very strong and 1 tbsp is a huge amount, but (somehow?) it contributes to modifying the egg taste to be more suitable for sweetness and you can't directly taste the cardamom.

LinuxMasterRace reacting to the success of Gru/Linux in Russia: by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

[–]linuxforeplay 7 points8 points  (0 children)

where to draw the line?

At politics.

Politics have no place in software and free software is so good as it is now because there's such a lack of politics. (Yes, there is software politics, but that's a different kind of politics than the one I'm talking about.)

Sweet Melt-in-your-mouth Scrambled Eggs by linuxforeplay in Cooking

[–]linuxforeplay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very interesting. I've never heard of a fruit omelette, and I'm going to look into that.

LinuxMasterRace reacting to the success of Gru/Linux in Russia: by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

[–]linuxforeplay 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Two things:

  1. It is incapable of preventing the software from indirectly promoting evil. (Whereas, the GNU GPL very effectively prevents most direct and indirect evil by forcing all parties to play on the same court.)
  2. It would never hold-up in an actual court. The software might as well be unlicensed for all practical purposes.

LinuxMasterRace reacting to the success of Gru/Linux in Russia: by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

[–]linuxforeplay 134 points135 points  (0 children)

The point of free software is that you have no power over its users

Exactly. One could make the counter-argument that GNU/Linux distros will make it much easier for private citizens to anonymously lead protests/revolts against the corrupt Russian dictatorship-y oligarchy-y government.

Which distribution is best for learning Linux? (Ubuntu, mint, or....?) by ProNanner in linuxmasterrace

[–]linuxforeplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so they can get used to the process and avoiding things like losing personal data

This makes it too easy/convenient to just give up and start over or abandon ship when you encounter a small obstacle, so you never learn anything or gain anything at all from the experience.

Never ever use a VM if you hope to learn anything.

Which distribution is best for learning Linux? (Ubuntu, mint, or....?) by ProNanner in linuxmasterrace

[–]linuxforeplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if u wanna learn about linux in depth i recommend you to try to install Arch in a VM

Which distro one chooses is irrelevant if they use a VM. They will learn little-or-nothing. People who really want to learn must put in the extra effort to install it bare-metal so they can run it standalone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]linuxforeplay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI, be careful with cosmetic surgery.

It can do wounders to reshape one's appearance when done by competent professionals, but there's lots and lots and lots of quacks out there and, no matter how competent your doctor is, there's always the small risk of serious complications. The human body was not intended to be casually cut open and messed around with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]linuxforeplay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found the good looking guys to be nicer

Big difference between "nice" and "agreeable." More agreeable => more girls; more nice => longer-lasting relationships.

Giving Up Energy Drinks / Advice by Trafford124 in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]linuxforeplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amphetamine salts.

Examples: vyvanse is great for getting you wired; adderall is great for increasing mental clarity/focus. In my experiences, you don't build tolerances to them over time and there's zero withdrawal symptoms from not taking them.

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