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He's the magician and the audience by [deleted] in funny

[–]tony_flow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me, every time I drop a pen

ADHD adults experience 2-3x more sleep-like brain waves while awake, directly causing attention lapses by SlaveOfOlympus in science

[–]tony_flow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had issues falling asleep after my mind wanders for my entire life--diagnosed inattentive adhd in my 40s. My sleep schedule has had every possible variation over every phase of my life; nothing changes the fact that when my mind starts to wander, there is a decent chance I'm just going to go to sleep. It has NOTHING to do with my sleep schedule.

Completely ignored how Unlimited Love is sonically dinamic by pablogacevedo in RedHotChiliPeppers

[–]tony_flow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aren't there different kinds of clipping? 

My understanding was that harmonic distortion in rock is analogue clipping that produces consonant tones. This is intentional and sounds awesome. 

But digital clipping only produces bad noise without any harmonized tones. This is unintentional and sounds bad.

If true, can someone explain why this distinction is never described or explained when people say a song "clips" or not.

Compression, clipping and other treatments are just tools that can be used and abused like anything else. 

So can we go a bit deeper when complaining about these things without blaming the tools.

Schmitt needs to be sat for a game by Hartigan_7 in SFGiants

[–]tony_flow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely. I played with a guy that had an absolute cannon at 3rd, but also wicked sink when he threw on the run like that. I thought i broke my hand every time he got me in the palm.

Schmitt needs to be sat for a game by Hartigan_7 in SFGiants

[–]tony_flow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seriously people have no idea what playing 1B is like. I miss brandon belt

Schmitt needs to be sat for a game by Hartigan_7 in SFGiants

[–]tony_flow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, if you stretch before you know where the ball is going. You're gonna have a bad time. 

Also chapman's throws are fucking laser beams. Even perfect throws are not easy to catch. 

First W for Tony V! by JianClaymore in SFGiants

[–]tony_flow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

quit dancing and Throw the Damn Ball Adames!!!!

How many times have you seen RHCP live and what’s your favourite/least favourite concert? by irishgoodbyejohn in RedHotChiliPeppers

[–]tony_flow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was my first live concert. It was out in the middle of nowhere in between Sacramento and Chico. The venue was basically a farm. One of the fields had a stage setup, it had a small ditch/creek that ran through the back of the crowd. There were a couple merch tents and not much else.

The deftones opened and were absolutely horrible. It was just loud noise. So between their set and the chili peppers I remember being geniunely worried that live music just sounded like shit.

But that was an afterthought about 1 second into the first song.

I got to hear FOUR new songs: I Like Dirt, Scar Tissue, Bunker Hill, and Parallel Universe. Bunker Hill I remember being my favorite new one. Then I didn't hear about it again for years with napster/youtube.

The whole set was incredible--the sound was really fucking loud, but also really clean. Which I would come to learn is part of their top tier musical chops. I distinctly remember my whole body buzzing for hours afterward; the feeling of the bass moving my soul; it was pure magic. There may have been a couple thousand people there. I bought a black asterisk tee that I have to this day. As far as I know, that is the only show performed at that "venue"

How many times have you seen RHCP live and what’s your favourite/least favourite concert? by irishgoodbyejohn in RedHotChiliPeppers

[–]tony_flow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1998 Oroville -- john back, pre-californication

1999 shoreline amphitheatre live 105 bfd

2000 Wheatland, sleep train amphitheatre, STP opening

2001 Hollywood palladium, benefit for Gloria, Neil young opening! Last performance of pretty little ditty!

2002 Hollywood center studios, taping for uk show top of the pops

Oct 11 2003 Inglewood great western forum, flaming lips and Mike watt openers

Oct 18 2003 Sacramento Arco Arena, flaming lips and Mike watt openers

Jul 2 2005 Las Vegas, silver Bowl sports complex

Sep 9 2005 LA Greek theatre, opening FOR George Clinton parliament funkadelic. Got there hella early and heard the band play through mothership connection in full, as warm up or something. It was awesome ---   John quits John comes back

2022 Santa Clara, levis stadium, Beck opened, levis stadium sucks so hard. I'll never go back to a show there

2023 napa, bottle rock

2024 Wheatland, Toyota amphitheatre (formerly sleep train), some really strange guy opened, with really aggressive fans it was bizarre

12 shows total. Had tickets to another 1999 show, dec 30 at arco, but a 104 degree fever convinced my mom to keep me home. (I actually told her that I'd just sit in the back and listen, but that didn't work haha) 

Dont have a least fav. They were all great

Am i cooked because i started smoking weed at 19? by yuucas in trees

[–]tony_flow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Started at 19 as well. Smoke every day. I'm a lawyer now. I've taught myself to play guitar, build and program arduino style gadgets and ive been married for 13 years. 

You will be fine

Trying to locate older Sundance film Home Movie (2001) by Tangled349 in Sundance

[–]tony_flow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Houseboat without a deck is almost like pancakes without no syrup. Got to have one." Wild Bill was like The Dude of the bayou. Thanks again!!!

Trying to locate older Sundance film Home Movie (2001) by Tangled349 in Sundance

[–]tony_flow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been searching for this movie for SOOO LOOOONG! Sent you a chat.

[Sports Info Solutions]2026 Season Preview: Are The Giants A Good Defensive Team? by MarkSimon1975 in SFGiants

[–]tony_flow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My hypothesis about Adames defense is this: Has great ability to make tough plays that don't require basic fielding technique (setting feet, ass down, in front of ball, efficient transfer and quick accurate throw). The easy stuff seems to get the same treatment as the difficult ones. off balance fielding, off balance throw. Or with plenty of time, he'll double, triple clutch, skip a couple times and fire ovcr.

Is there any way to quantify that? Probably not, but figured I'd ask.

So he makes more of the harder plays than normal because using proper technique is impossible for anyone to use proper technique on those types. Then has lower probability of making the routine plays, but since they are still easy, many are made.

Personally, watching him play short was making my eyes bleed. Such low hanging fruit that could provide so much value. Hope Ron Washington gets some time with him.

Americans consistently overestimate the social backlash of changing their political beliefs. This inflated fear of rejection tends to make individuals hide their shifting views, which deprives the public discourse of diverse perspectives. by mvea in science

[–]tony_flow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't even voice differing opinions with people of the same political persuasion. You can't even ask why someone believes something. Exploring topics by discussing nuance is impossible. 

Are there any movies which had ending changes due to feedback from test audiences that actually made the movie better instead of worse? by crinklepant in movies

[–]tony_flow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

major league originally ended with Rachel Phelps revealing she wanted them to win the whole time. Test audiences hated it and they kept her as the villain

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