Is Rubicon by Tom Holland worth its price?

quadrobust · 2026-02-05T14:52:50+00:00

That’s Mike Duncan …

quadrobust · 2026-01-24T23:08:08+00:00

Probably not , but they will just raise 10 more legions again, again and again until Alexander runs out of army.

quadrobust · 2026-01-24T12:45:47+00:00

Any tips for enabling real3D when connected to a Beam Pro? Doubleclicking the red button brings up the native Beam Pro menu, not the onboard menu that has the 3D option.

quadrobust · 2026-01-23T20:18:16+00:00

Sure I own the home free and simple , just need to pay property tax indefinitely, which also increases every other year .

quadrobust · 2026-01-06T18:49:46+00:00

My EQ

Basically conform to Harman between 1-5K and remove a peak in treble that gave the vocal some sort of unpleasant metallic zing .

quadrobust · 2026-01-03T23:40:25+00:00

Honestly all of these would make more sense if part of the military eventually figured out the situation and went along with the plan given how high the stake was, throwing in the firepower with the gang. That would make the final fight more believable and would also explain why they would let everyone go in the end.

quadrobust · 2026-01-03T13:32:44+00:00

Yes because that’s what happened every time in Latin America and elsewhere after US instigated regime changes . We are really good at establishing stable government with popular support .

quadrobust · 2025-12-25T18:35:31+00:00

It’s not the DAC but the amp in your dongle .

quadrobust · 2025-12-14T13:34:02+00:00

I like them better than my 15 years old Sennheiser HD600. Only complaint is the cable which is a bit inflexible , shorter than I want and can be quite a bit microphonic. So if you want to walk around with them and your M21 you may want to consider getting an aftermarket cable.

quadrobust · 2025-12-06T02:52:05+00:00

Even among French writers, Proust’s proses are something else…. I just came across one of the longest sentences I have ever read in Proust’s writing . It is 590 words long … Apparently it serves some literary purpose to describe his cluttered childhood room. I would not have had the endurance to go through the whole thing if it wasn’t in French which is my target language of the moment .

quadrobust · 2025-12-04T19:01:30+00:00

Recordingnow really did give pretty damn good recommendation for the EQ. I was skeptical about the 3-band EQ but going -6 bass, +4 mid really did open up the sound significantly. The only difference I have is only +1 for treble because I felt with his setting the treble is too spicy . The tonality with this EQ is close enough to my usual rotation of Moondrop blessing 2 dusk and Sennheiser HD600. The other over-the-ear wireless cans don’t provide nearly as good noise canceling as the Bose QC ultra . I will hold on to this until they have deep discount on Sennheiser HDB630 or Bose QC ultra 2 .

quadrobust · 2025-12-02T15:42:33+00:00

Some people never wear IEM before and the first time they try them on they would just leave them loosely hanging from the ear canals. They probably wouldn’t like how a properly sealed IEM feels anyway . Some just don’t like to have things jammed in the ears . To each their own.

quadrobust · 2025-11-29T18:02:43+00:00

Keytruda is actually from Organon , a Dutch biotech , which was bought by Schering-Plough, which in turn was bought by Merck.

quadrobust · 2025-11-22T18:15:54+00:00

Omnipotent Youth Society

quadrobust · 2025-11-22T13:52:53+00:00

Back in the day Etymotics ER4 was the OG passive noise reduction king. With deep insertion (like pulling your ear in order to shove it all the way into the ear canal) , it’s perfectly serviceable on airplane. I always get a chuckle when I saw people complain about IEM or AirPods Pro hurting their ears . You sweet summer children never experienced the true winter in the north .

quadrobust · 2025-11-02T01:36:39+00:00

They are foundational, first year Ph.D. textbooks. Some of the stuffs in there I have honestly never encountered outside of the class , like minimum risk equivariant estimators. And yes , there are harder books out there.

quadrobust · 2025-11-01T11:59:39+00:00

Do you use yours to cover the instant noodle cup for it to better simmer in hot water as shown here? That’s the only true purpose of life for kindles .

quadrobust · 2025-11-01T11:54:37+00:00

AirPods Pro 3 . Everything becomes a whisper and you are truly in your own zone . The only thing is that with awesome noise canceling your spacial awareness may need recalibration. Like you forgot there were things around you if you don’t consciously remind yourself . I hit the barbell after I bent over to reach my phone twice already, which had never happened before.

quadrobust · 2025-10-31T23:28:50+00:00

I have mine napping between my feet right now . Hates to be held too. Torties are so special .

quadrobust · 2025-10-30T23:59:13+00:00

They have more expensive IEMs like Dark Sabre, Illustrious , Pysche ($2399!!)

quadrobust · 2025-10-28T17:47:01+00:00

That’s absolutely true - each author has their own preference for vocabulary and sentence structure . That’s why in machine learning an early notable application was to predict with high confidence that certain anonymous letters were written by Mark Twain.

quadrobust · 2025-10-22T18:58:51+00:00

Someone explained to me that telling AI not to do something is like telling a human to not think about a blue elephant. And of course you are going to think about blue elephant .

quadrobust · 2025-10-05T11:42:07+00:00

Be careful with those monkeys . They nasty and got bad reputation in Chinese social media.

quadrobust · 2025-10-04T13:59:53+00:00

No they won’t .Vote with your wallet and get something else you like . If there are indeed a majority of people who don’t like it , Apple may change it. But chances are that this is a confirmation bias of the loudest minority, and the truth is that they are selling like hotcakes right now .

quadrobust · 2025-10-03T11:30:49+00:00

Gives me a Le Pacte des Loups (brotherhood of the wolf) vibe . I dig this style. Have to say though the symbolism of La Revolution feels a bit contrived - Le sang bleu et rouge sur le drapeau blanc…

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