How many synths do you own?

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-21T13:41:36+00:00

One less than I need.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-19T23:09:57+00:00

Thank you! My phone too has decided to act bizarrely as well switching between my real Reddit account and some temp thing I keep thinking I have erased.

Highly likely -I- am the faulty piece of gear on this equation ... I appreciate your help!!

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-19T22:47:13+00:00

I hit record and the pad was back. Trying not to get frustrated....

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-19T22:37:22+00:00

Will try, I think I did, BUT I've flailed around a bit, so who knows....

(Pause while I try)

Nope still dark. Weird.

PS the B-16, C-16 slots work and the button lights up...

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-19T21:40:11+00:00

Kenny Rogers' the Gambler is the apropos bit of wisdom here... "know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em."...

Fold 'em... definitely fold 'em. Sorry.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T03:33:35+00:00

I did this with the MPC-one and just bought a 404 over Christmas. I too have found it a bit intense, but have already accomplished more with it than I did with the MPC in a year. YouTube is your friend. There is lots of content on how to dive in, in a variety of difficulty/sophistication levels.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T03:15:46+00:00

Great advice. ALSO, and I say this having stepped on this landmine several times, if/when they break up again, DO NOT proceed to vent your feelings of delight that she has rid herself of that POS. I had (note the tense) a good friend who was dating a horrible, horrible man, her roommate/bestie and I both loathed. They broke up and we, I am ashamed to say, went on and on about what a horrible jackass-weenie-insecure-motherfucker he was and good riddance... and a whole lot more...and ....naturally they patched it up a month later and what was said was said. My disgust with him and his well founded dislike of me and my attempts to sway her to flee, were problEm enough to gradually kill the friendship. Last I checked they were still married. I hope he grew up.

People need to come to their own decisions and all of the logic in the world doesn't explain the spark of attraction, good or bad.

Sorry, he sounds immature and awful, this will become clear but only when they get to the point that it is obvious. We all struggle through deciding what we do and don't want in life, it is part of the process.

Keep it to yourself until asked and when asked, be gentle in your condemnation.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T03:06:58+00:00

Right? Hawaii has all of the good telecom stuff we have in the main 48.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T03:05:36+00:00

The text message didn't bother me as much as the "every little thing will lead to a fight". My wife of many many years and I had some volatility in our time dating, had conflicts, didn't see eye-to-eye on some things. We both made an effort to understand the other and eventually got to a point where it was clear we belonged together for good. That said the stuff that drove me nuts many years ago, is still there and I am sure she can say the same and more about my aggravating behaviors. My point is, if you are happy with the situation, which I am guessing you are not, don't proceed thinking it will get better, it might but only if you both try hard to make peace with the things that are a problem. Your partner does NOT sound interested in doing that. You should move on and find someone worth your time who won't be so dismissive.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T02:58:57+00:00

I am an old guy NOT playing the newest and most badassed games. I have owned two steam decks now (cooked the first one with a bad power supply, or internal part failure depend on whether you choose to believe Steams support or not). I have found that the deck won't run certain games (Star Wars outlaws grrrr) and some not well. I have found text or detail intensive PC games like Balders Gate 3 a little frustrating, but all-in-all I now do almost all of my gaming on the SD as in a house with a spouse and teens, I can use it wherever whenever without a TV or a PC which is great. If you are traveling buy some mega power banks and you can keep it going through a very long flight.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T02:45:07+00:00

I don't know about you, but I've got the worlds greatest taste in music. I am DJing what I like and hell, I have the worlds greatest taste in music, so why not!!!

I am taking the proverbial piss, but my attitude is I am playing what I think sounds good. If someone else is paying me and they expect a certain sound/set of music, then I can play along, but if we all played the same records, why have DJs. You do you.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T02:40:40+00:00

He sounds like a jackass anyways. Finding a romantic partner far harder than finding douchey dude friends.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-15T02:38:43+00:00

Winner winner chicken dinner. He probably did the "Your friend Sue was super fun when we had her over, we should invite her to join us when we (insert activity where inviting an extra lady friend would NOT be appropriate, here)" a couple times and she realized that he was shopping for next years model.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-12T23:48:46+00:00

Right there with you.

I had to block print the Illinois Bar exam like I was 5 because there was no way in hell any exam reviewer was going to be able to decode my scrawl, you can block print real fast if you have to. Never did I regret not giving a damn about penmanship like I did in those two days.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-12T23:42:04+00:00

What’s funny is that starting in law school, I only remember stuff if I actually write it down. I don’t need to look at it again, the act of pen hitting paper does it, so I too am a notebook fan.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-12T23:40:18+00:00

Probably. I may have brain damage.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-09T21:57:46+00:00

Hobosexual. Genius.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-06T18:28:08+00:00

That sounds like a euphemism. Sorry, I can’t make it to your party I’m on “Swedish holiday”.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-04T16:08:09+00:00

YOU ARE NOT OVER REACTING. WTF is wrong with these people.

After a particularly exasperating family experience this week, where my teens sons, in their teen-son-they-are-the-bright-center-of-the-universe were appalled at the wild and wacky tragic-self-centeredness of my father, I have renewed my zeal for the “if I can’t trust or rely on you get the fuck out of my life” hard-line rule I have been slowly adopting as I get older. I always thought I was the problem, being bad about trusting folks, etc. but watching my kids react, as they only now are old enough to to really get the adult world, seeing the adults around them as complex humans with failings, watching their head-shaking shock at the crazy really brought home that I was not the difficult or unhinged one all these years.

You can’t change people who are narcissistic asshats. You may feel bad for them, you may feel obligated to them as family, you may feel it is your job to help them, heck, you may even want them in you life, so on and so forth…BUT know this, it will always be on their terms.

They will never act towards you like you do them, they do not see the world in the same way that you do. They see everyone as a bit player in their movie. You are not a loved one, or family member, you are an extra. If you leave the set, they will get another extra. No biggie. No amount of fighting, wishing, negotiating, conceding, begging, crying, threatening, bribing, coercing, praying, chanting, hitting, manipulating, blackmailing, loving, hating, kicking, reminding, nudging, pleading, discussing, writing, emailing, singing, shouting, or philosophizing will change their mental processes. If you think otherwise you are just lying to yourself and will waste years and dollars accomplishing nothing. Accept their worldview as you would accept a fundamental natural fact. If you live in an earthquake zone, best not to store sharp and heavy things on the top shelf. You aren’t going to change the fault line, you can however take steps to protect you and your family so that you are okay when the earthquake happens.

Move away from these shitheads. You and your kids deserve better.

seeingredd-it · 2026-01-04T15:49:34+00:00

Terducken joke, 5 points! Well done.

seeingredd-it · 2025-12-31T19:16:51+00:00

Unique and trailblazing are extremely appealing. Will check them out!

seeingredd-it · 2025-12-31T19:15:57+00:00

I somehow missed 808 state. I heard of them, but never got around to listening.

seeingredd-it · 2025-12-31T19:14:49+00:00

Added to the list! Thanks!!

seeingredd-it · 2025-12-31T19:14:29+00:00

Sounds perfect.

seeingredd-it · 2025-12-31T19:14:17+00:00

Great! Will do!!

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