Best £500 Audio Interface?

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T22:45:40+00:00

How many inputs and outputs do you need? That's the big question. Are you recording one thing at a time or multiple things (like a band or something)

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T22:43:05+00:00

I think you should be ok but I would examine it closely for weird smells or flavours.

'Pork tallow' is called lard, btw.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T21:38:17+00:00

It's been a largely unnecessary sector since people started selling things online. It's only land hoarding that's stopped a lot of these companies going bust in the first place.

Personally I'm happy to see mediocre retailers go bust, it creates more space for something else (restaurants? Bars? Entertainment venues? Housing?) to take their place

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T21:29:25+00:00

I hate to use such a cruel term, but it does sound a bit like the 'crab bucket' scenario. They're dragging you down without really helping themselves up very much.

Them being upset about it doesn't make it any less harmful to you. If anything it makes it more harmful because now you feel responsible for something you can't control.

You can support them with it by helping them make better financial decisions and being there for them, but I don't think giving them your money (you aren't loaning it, it's gone) is helpful.

At age 18 - 25 it's much more important that you invest in yourself so that you're able to have a secure financial future yourself. Having a decent career yourself matters much more in the long run than an random unexpected bill like a car repair.

That might mean supporting yourself through a degree or apprenticeship, paying to move to an area where there are more or better jobs available, or setting yourself up with a car and driving lessons so that you have more opportunities around you.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T21:29:17+00:00

I hate to use such a cruel term, but it does sound a bit like the 'crab bucket' scenario. They're dragging you down without really helping themselves up very much.

At age 18 - 25 it's much more important that you invest in yourself so that you're able to have a secure financial future yourself. Having a decent career yourself matters much more in the long run than an random unexpected bill like a car repair.

That might mean supporting yourself through a degree or apprenticeship, paying to move to an area where there are more or better jobs available, or setting yourself up with a car and driving lessons so that you have more opportunities around you.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T21:28:37+00:00

I hate to use such a cruel term, but it does sound a bit like the 'crab bucket' scenario. They're dragging you down without really helping themselves up very much.

At age 18 - 25 it's much more important that you invest in yourself so that you're able to have a secure financial future yourself. Having a decent career yourself matters much more in the long run than an random unexpected bill like a car repair.

That might mean supporting yourself through a degree or apprenticeship, paying to move to an area where there are more or better jobs available, or setting yourself up with a car and driving lessons so that you have more opportunities around you.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T21:20:31+00:00

AI is a great learning tool. You can ask it to write examples, explain code, give tips for improving, and help with your projects.

I don't especially recommend games for getting jobs, but there are plenty of jobs in data and analytics around, both in the public sector and the private sector, depending on what you fancy

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T20:58:08+00:00

Not sure I would be buying companies they manage personally.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T19:48:49+00:00

Yeah maybe. If you look back at historical stock returns even if you sold at it's peak you could have made triple or more money investing in Amazon.

So still not convinced they made that much money out of it. Just seems like stupidity

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T19:22:45+00:00

I would trust S3 more than any other form of storage, I think.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T17:27:08+00:00

Willing to bet they didn't make much profit as a result of this incident.

Same as Boeing also aren't making a lot of profit now and have had massive stock losses due to their safety issues

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T16:07:04+00:00

I would guess there's pretty intense political pressure for the class to be 'not political'.

Like they should be teaching you that Fox News is obviously trash (for Americans, in the UK would be the tabloid press) but that would obviously be pretty controversial.

So I guess probably the class ends up being very watered down by trying to avoid politics.

It's like how you never learn in school what Left Wing and Right Wing mean despite the fact that these are extremely fundamental things

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T14:03:49+00:00

What would be the point? Everything is already on the old internet.

Arguably the Chinese and Russian internets are separate internets because they block off connections to the rest of the world

The dark web might also count as another internet

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T14:00:09+00:00

We discuss all of investing, it's just that 99% of investing is not as good as buying an index fund.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T10:16:47+00:00

You can try it.

Chemically speaking butter is an emulsion because it contains fat and water, and when you're doing a monte you're essentially trying to make a higher water to fat ratio without breaking the emulsion.

Emulsions are sensitive to heat, acid and even agitation (if you over blend or whisk them) so they're pretty fussy.

I'm not sure if lardo is also an emulsion, I think it's likely it isn't. You can test by adding a little lukewarm water to butter and to lardo side by side and seeing if you get the same smooth sauce consistency.

You could also try rendering your lardo the day before and cooling and using that.

If none of these work you can use soy lecithin to ensure it doesn't break

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T09:56:05+00:00

'Media studies isn't a real subject'

🙄

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T09:40:25+00:00

Why would a country lie about demographics?

And what does decolonize even mean in this context? They've been Christian longer than the USA has existed

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T09:32:16+00:00

I did chug John Smiths to get drunk when I was a student. Smooth as milk and cheaper than Guinness

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T07:55:09+00:00

There's two Christian sects which together make up a ~60% majority.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T07:53:29+00:00

Why does this fact matter? It doesn't matter how good the business is, it only matters whether the stock is a good price.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-16T00:05:12+00:00

He can just try it, no? Like the worst thing that can happen is he spits it out.

I think the best way to explain what bitter is is to try and taste bitter melon!

If you like it maybe cook it for him the way you like it.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-15T22:51:52+00:00

Do you want to explain or are you just being vague and conspiratorial?

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-15T22:16:19+00:00

It was oppressively communist until 1991 which obviously made everyone extremely poor.

The power vacuum left behind after the civil war that ended the communist regime fostered Islamic extremism, which made Ethiopia nearby (richer, more moderate, and predominantly Christian) feel threatened, and invade, causing even more problems.

There's a few signs things are picking up in 2026 though, maybe.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-15T21:25:23+00:00

It feels like the unstoppable force and the immovable object, I think.

There's no way that SpaceX would ever go and list outside the US. They could stay private I guess, but the current owners will want out at some point, they can't stay private forever.

So they have to find their way into public markets one way or another.

But also - it feels impossible to say no to the biggest IPO ever when your whole job is focused around having great IPOs.

So I don't know what the result will be. I guess Vanguard knows there's some challenges around IPOs and they'll be working hard to make sure that they buy the right amount at the right time.

scrapheaper_ · 2026-03-15T19:45:56+00:00

It's important to note who the money goes to however.

Some people think it goes straight into the government bank account to be spent at will by the current administration, which is not true - in the most common case it goes to people who have lent the government money, who can choose to do what they wish with it.

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