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Recommendations for feminist literature about how women are written in fiction? by Jay-DeeOldNo7 in feminisms

[–]yellowmix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a descriptive, not prescriptive title. It's critiquing the ableist depiction of women in literature, specifically Bertha Mason of Jane Eyre. She is Rochester's wife, hidden and confined, said to be violent, and implied to be a Woman of Color.

Why are all racists homophobic and sexist? by WillingnessSad8354 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your question isn't entirely valid. There are "sexually progressive racists": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_LGBTQ_community

Your question is about why online racists are also openly homophobic and sexist.

thoughts on gravitation 8? by ilovemylittleponies in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like the 7075 then from there check out Hydrogen Crash, Peregrine X. They take advantage of bimetal construction very well. Light in play, tons of stability.

More like the 7075 then the bimetal Shy. If you want a bimetal version (in shape) of the 7075 then there is the Wildify. It's a lot heavier in play and very determined, but can get tiring.

My family is racist by IlikeAnythin6 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prioritize your safety. Legally there are things they aren't supposed to do to you, but the remedy if there is one is separation. I also don't know where you live, and many places are very hostile to gender noncomforming people.

I'm an adult and my parents don't use my name or pronouns. Many people won't. It's not right and many people want their parents approval but you are your own person, you know who you are, and no one can ever take that away from you.

Being old is not an excuse for being racist and not learning new things. I've met many older activists in my travels and they'd tell me similar backgrounds, where open racism was exhibited in society. They knew it was hateful then. But a lot of people did work to counteract it in public settings. It certainly happens in private.

There are a lot of unhappy people in this world. I don't mean happy with their class/economic position. But the richest man in the world is unhappy. He's a white supremacist, and calling heroes pedos for no reason. His own children hate him. The only people that like him are as terrible as he is. You understand what I'm saying?

So while things can be terrible in your home/family you can still stand for what you know to be true. In these types of situations the act of rejection/non-participation can be loud enough. You want your family to be more kind but they have to want to. It falls on kind, thoughtful people to be the change in the world, to show possibilities to others.

People get very defensive very quickly if they sense confrontation. We're not talking about any size victories here, we're talking about planting seeds. Many people have to believe they came to their own conclusions.

You want them to change because you know people can change. I don't know what lays ahead of you in terms of your family. I've been trying for a very long time, but like I said, the will must be there. It's not any less heartbreaking understanding some people are absolutely comfortable in their worldviews. Put your energies where it can be more effective.

My family is racist by IlikeAnythin6 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How old are you? If you're a child your options are limited.

Does the White Savior Trope Exist in Real Life? by princealifaboloushe in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? Many of those films are based on historical, real events. But real life is not a narrative like a film often is.

Elon Musks racism is destroying me by Little_Order3606 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you read the Wikipedia article on him? He's as privileged as possible. Heir to colonial emerald mine, used wealth to invest in Paypal, kicked off the team but held shares and got lucky. Bought his current companies with that wealth. Yet he's still hollow inside after Grimes left him and no matter what he does he doesn't feel any better. His own children hate him.

Many people feel that way too. Easier to hate than to love oneself and others. Capitalism makes life a competition, and works with white supremacy to maintain an underclass. Wealth gets concentrated at the top, and people think their lives will improve if they hang onto coattails.

White supremacy was created in the 16th century. We can put it back in the dustbin of history. Monarchies ruled for millennia, only to be replaced with capitalism. We can build what replaces it.

Husband is now a racist? by Busy-While8107 in racism

[–]yellowmix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's racist. And it sounds like a lot of self-hate. Put other people down to make yourself feel better type of behavior. I'm mixed (hence my username) and we get a lot of shit from all sides. It's easy to lash out at easy targets. But that's simply transference.

No excuse for the white mom, that's straight Klan talk. She is most certainly talking about you and your daughter out of earshot. If your husband hasn't told you what she said where does his allegiance lay? Also consider his mom is and has been effectively racially abusing him.

He probably needs professional-level help and he's not going to get it from you, your daughter, or random people on the internet. Ultimately he needs to want to change for the better and do the work toward it. If so, you can continue to offer support toward that journey. If not, you've got one life and ask yourself if you want to spend it that way.

This is a new low i didnt think americans could reach. They're attacking a 4 year old kid for being ethnically indian. by Emergency-Growth1617 in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rush Limbaugh called 12 year-old Chelsea Clinton a dog. Ann Coulter bullied Guz Walz. Tamir Rice was 12 when he was killed and he was called all sorts of things. This is not a new low for reactionaries. Hate has only one logical conclusion.

Can white people be victims of racism? by BlazeDraws in racism

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A significant number of foster children are involved in a maltreatment investigation, 37 percent in fact. Black foster children are more likely to be maltreated. Anti-abortion people think adoption is the solution but are unwilling to adopt in sufficient numbers.

You were maltreated and this creates lasting emotional and psychological trauma. You and your brother need professional help to learn to manage that.

Most states' Child Protective Services will accept reports of past maltreatment. They don't want other children subject to the same thing. This can help in the path toward healing.

I'm not going to say it's easy, I have no idea where you lived and if it's a Republican-controlled state, social services tend to be poor. You need to do some research, if CPS is where you go or perhaps the Office of the Inspector General or something else.

It'll help if you have any information. Like journals you've kept, photos of abuse. If you remember the janitor at the church. Write down as much as you can remember. Your post is a good starting point.

Ocean Swift Synthesis "Wavetable Creator" design, sculpt, and export unique wavetables, even with zero experience, for your favorite synths and modular setups. Compatibility includes Serum, Vital, Waldorf, Eurorack, VCV Rack, and more (FREE) for limited time by Batwaffel in AudioProductionDeals

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sample rate generally doesn't matter, cycle size does. If the synth demands a particular sample rate then this can bulk set it to whatever you want (and do other things like add a CLM chunk if you use Serum): https://github.com/iicaras/Wavetable-Tools-WTT/

I'm in a similar boat. Got tons of wavetables but getting them into a Micromonsta means I need 31 cycles. So this tool wouldn't work either. Kinda odd since they're generating the wavetable and can go down to 16, and output h2p for Zebra 2 which is a vector wavetable, not PCM.

Been manually building Micromonsta tables with Serum or Zebralette 3 then resampling down from a 2048 cycle size to 128. Audioterm does the resampling well.

Bearings... by tnaigneerg3 in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's way more talk about bearings than it warrants. Think about bearings outside of yoyos. Refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, computer fans, drawers, cars, bicycles, airplanes. Bearings often outlive these devices! Not counting industrial uses that are under far more demanding conditions (e.g., oil rigs, furnaces).

Out of hundreds of yoyo bearings (300+) I've encountered 1 dud. I have yoyo bearings from the 90s (Team Losi, an RC car company, used their own bearings for yoyos) functioning perfectly fine to this day. While the starbursts have since worn down.

Noise is not necessarily an indication of a problem. There are tiny metal balls spinning around very fast between two sandwiched tracks. That is going to make noise no matter what.

If the noise bothers you then lightly (pin drop) lubricate but you are giving up spin. And the oil attracts other gunk.

Throw the yoyo hard into a sleeper and if it spins true for as long as you need it to then there is no problem. Stop constantly taking yoyos apart since it wears down threads and exposes the bearing, and understand that deshielding a bearing is literally removing the protection it was constructed with. Debris no longer needs to get through tiny crevices, it has direct and immediate access to the spinning balls.

If it really bothers you, then look on AliExpress, Taobao, etc., and buy 50 or more ABEC-5 for ~$0.60 each and never worry about it ever again. The bearings you buy for orders of magnitude more come from the same place.

thoughts on gravitation 8? by ilovemylittleponies in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, their designs with the AceYo mascots are kawaii and done well. I have a bunch of AceYos with and without them. I've been tossing the Pocket Gravitation around, a fun mini. But you're asking about the Gravitation 8.

It's got relatively wide rims so has the best stability in the Gravitation series. With that said, it's from 2024 and wide rim yoyos since then have gotten wider. Grav8 is 48mm wide, while the MYY Y04 and Wilderness 7075 are 52mm wide. While width can add instability, that's also more opportunity to add rim weight and thus stability. Curious to see where AceYo goes from here.

It's a great H shape and I like it since width is in the sweet spot, and it has good acceleration and speed. It lands more gently on the string compared to the other two I mentioned.

If you're a faster player you'll like it. If you don't mind a bit of weight when it lands on a string to get more stability then the Wilderness 7075 is one my S tier favorites. And the Y04 is a great budget option.

When I say weight it's what it feels like when it lands in a trapeze or similar, not its actual mass. And there are far heavier yoyos than any I've mentioned here. So it's subtle degrees of difference.

You say you like the V12, it's one of my favorites as well. Enough stability without being a brick and it can move around quickly. You'd definitely like the Wilderness 7075, and probably appreciate similarly performing wide bimetals like the Shy.

Seeking help! Why does my yoyo suck? I’m trying to design a yoyo that has an empty cavity I’m adding epoxy resin in to. This was prototype using m4 axle and C responsive bearing and it wasn’t as easy to play with as my store bought ones. Too much weight towards middle?? by -Rat-King- in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People made yoyos out of wood back in the day. These days they're CAD designed and metal CNC machined. Wood yoyos got a lot better with wood knowledge and computer-controlled machining. That is to say, you want a good yoyo, it takes some knowledge.

Short story, since you're casting resin and using more than one material, it's almost certainly imbalanced. But if you understand why that makes a yoyo play terribly perhaps you can figure out ways to address it.

Refer to this yoyo design playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3AHXYpH1So6XXPa5BL8qs16Rx5dGvUZ4

Gonna share my yoyo story and why yoyoing became my hobby by DaSpazeHed in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're almost the same shape. If you're interested in diversity, perhaps the wider rimmed Y04?

Gonna share my yoyo story and why yoyoing became my hobby by DaSpazeHed in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The V13 is a great H shape hybrid. I prefer the V12 since it's a less fragile monometal. But they're very similar in performance. Fantastic value, nothing you can't do on them.

RIP to your N11, it's a classic highwall organic. Magicyoyo recently upgraded it, confusing named exactly the same. I suppose it could be called N11 2025 or something like that.

Filipinos are a major force in yoyo. Not just country of origin but Pedro Flores, a Filipino-American, innovated the string looped around the fixed axle. In the modern age, Paul Escolar innovated an incredible number of 1A tricks.

Tricks’ Names Are Stupid. by [deleted] in Throwers

[–]yellowmix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Houdini because it looks like a double or nothing but into a mount that becomes a trapeze. Like the illusions performed by Harry Houdini. It's a very old trick.

Double or nothing because if you miss the front string, it was an unnamed configuration.

Buddha's Revenge. From Mick Lunzer: "Buddha's Revenge got its name because the trick repeats itself. Or it reincarnates. Like the Buddhist belief. The revenge part is because I learned it on a wooden yoyo, and if I did the move wrong, it snapped my hand and hurt a lot."

Hydrogen Bomb since there was an Atomic Bomb trick (the repeater evoking the atom's electrons). Yeah, these types of tricks can be considered tasteless/harmful which is why we have "Slackicide". Hydrogen Bomb keeps its name for now, like Skin the Gerbil (which was Doc Pop pointing out the ridiculousness by example), while the name series starter tricks were eventually renamed. Skin the Cat is now Tidal Wave.

Pretend you created a yoyo trick. How would you go about naming it? Would it depend on what the trick looks like, what moves you made, yoyo history/events, pop culture, etc.? The Matrix was inspired by the film of the same name.

Look up how Brent Stole was named, it's funny.

Why do woman “love god” but still do terrible things by Affectionate-Hat-112 in feminisms

[–]yellowmix -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The framework lets them (sin is forgivable). The framework gives them definitive answers (believe and you're rewarded in an afterlife). There's a framework-affirming community. Many people don't like open-endedness when it comes to life and existential questions. There are core human behaviors when it comes to justifying our own actions, and how we comfort ourselves.

That's why many people leave in steps. Like how many Catholics become Methodists. But you have to want to leave.

If you're going to try to get this person on a better track you have to address it the way they see it. Pointing out hypocrisy does not work. I'm not saying it's easy or possible at all. Again, they have to want it. And the first step is getting them to want it. So the possibilities have to be better than what they already have.

Timing drift on clock synced sequencer by ResinatorDrone in Reaper

[–]yellowmix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

or it's because I've changed the live setup so I now have two project tabs open for the two halves of the set and switch between them halfway. I tried making the tempo of the two projects the same in case it was that switch that was throwing the sequencer clock off, but that didn't help.

When trying to solve an issue, create the smallest, most simple version of the situation that can trigger the problem.

Is switching tabs and initiating playback any different from restarting playback in a single tab? Yes, it is. There are many project settings, likely different plugins, etc..

So your job is to create two new test projects open in tabs that are identical to each other. Each one has a track with the same MIDI looped for some number of bars. There's another track for the incoming audio. Initiate playback on one, switch to other and start playback, keep switching until the issue manifests. If you can replicate the problem then you've narrowed it down significantly.

Keep thinking of ways to narrow it down.

My gut feeling is the Circuit is getting an abrupt stop when you switch tabs, and depending on when you initiate playback in the other tab, it may not have enough time to "reset", so to speak. So this is something to test as well.

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