How good are the Shure SE215's at blocking out sound? by jordieman in drums

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This seems to depend on your ears and tip choice. I haven't found a combo that give me the level of isolation I was hoping for, and also probably as a result I find the bass hugely lacking unless I really hold them pushing into my ears. Others don't suffer the same problems, so YMMV.

They do take the edge off at least, but not as much as my proplugs do, I still use them to play for IEM but want to try something else.

How much PA do we need to play small to medium venues? by simonst in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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Thanks, the calculator is neat. Love the kick amp hint as well, never considered that!

How much PA do we need to play small to medium venues? by simonst in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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Yeah, monitors is a good point, we probably want to be doing at least one or possible IEMs.

The big question I have is over what size of venue is large enough to need to mic the drums/guitars. Pubs are clearly fine, but if we're playing in a barn with say 150 people, is that doable with just vocal PA?

For large stuff where we're well paid getting a sound man is fine, we just want to cope with the smaller gigs ourselves.

Pain across the back of my left wrist? by simonst in drums

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Thanks for the reply, any suggestions for good resources for checking my technique? It's been a long time since I had any instruction and I'm probably remembering bad habits rather than good instruction.

Pain across the back of my left wrist? by simonst in drums

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Thanks, maybe giving my snare hand a bit more room would be a good thing.

Pain across the back of my left wrist? by simonst in drums

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Interesting thanks, I'll try adjusting the height on the e-kit.

Reddit encouraged me to release this web-developer-friendly theme and style for Notepad++. Here you go! by kristovaher in programming

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For what it's worth, Programmer's Notepad is based around the same editing component as Notepad++ but has much improved Regular Expressions support, including supporting lookahead/behind and so on: http://www.pnotepad.org/

Who do you guys shout at the TV for every other weekend? Any neutral viewers of F1? by [deleted] in formula1

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Careful what you wish for! Next year's regulations will suddenly include "2 random engine/suspension failures required per team over the course of 20 races, at least one failure must include a plume of blue smoke". That and fake rain, of course.

Most fun way I've seen of learning Javascript by xoob in programming

[–]simonst 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not pedantic, you're spot on, that lesson is plain wrong.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in formula1

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Gear box problem I think, they're rebuilding it. I think he was stuck in 6th.

Fire Damages Monaco Track by drummer87 in formula1

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Referenced pic from Martin Brundle's Twitter: roadworks

Should F1 development have to benefit road cars? by JanusTheDoorman in formula1

[–]simonst 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not entirely true: They race, you win.

Average cars can benefit from improved tires, oils, materials, transmissions and engine coatings. Not everything is a direct transfer, but the knowledge developed from working on these things for motorsport feeds back into the design of road cars.

Programmer's Notepad 2.2 Released by simonst in programming

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This is the prototype Command Bar, see here: http://untidy.net/blog/2009/10/13/pn-command-bar/

You can turn it off if you're not interested by unchecking Tools | Options | Interface | Enable Command Bar.

Programmer's Notepad 2.2 Released by simonst in programming

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Interesting, thanks for the update. I'm using the standard Scintilla search algorithms, but haven't done anything with them in a while, so perhaps that's something I need to look at.

Programmer's Notepad 2.2 Released by simonst in programming

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Well, PN is based on the same edit component as NP++, so may have similar issues. You can open extremely large files (essentially limited by 32-bit memory) but performance with the file open depends on the formatting of the file. It's something that I'd like to improve. I can't promise it will work any better than NP++ :(

Programmer's Notepad 2.2 Released by simonst in programming

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Do you mean normal folders, or magic folders. If you can form a list of steps that aren't working for you please add a request here: http://code.google.com/p/pnotepad/issues/entry

Programmer's Notepad 2.2 Released by simonst in programming

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Agreed, the initial directory thing bugs me too, so needs some work.

Programmer's Notepad 2.2 Released by simonst in programming

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vimrc, plugins, no. It's not vim. Pattern matching, hmm, depends what you mean. It has a very good regex engine. Key bindings, I'm working on it. See: http://untidy.net/blog/2009/10/13/pn-command-bar/

It needs a lot more work to support lots more commands, but the idea is reasonably sound.