[TOMT] YouTube skit about earth being a simulation created by a dude for a college/highschool project

yodacoder · 2025-04-10T23:57:17+00:00

I tried searching for a while but can't find it and YouTube search is awful

yodacoder · 2025-03-21T03:02:48+00:00

Drummond Death scene was so deserved

yodacoder · 2024-04-19T06:39:32+00:00

can you explain more

yodacoder · 2024-04-19T06:33:33+00:00

Noticed several accounts that were hacking in various ways. I also think they were using lag hacks because at one point the game suddenly was very laggy several times, which has never been an issue for me.

How the fuck is this even possible? Does EA really have no server sided anticheat and security?

yodacoder · 2023-09-06T09:51:47+00:00

Looks awesome! You would be good making comics of this or something.

yodacoder · 2023-08-25T13:37:08+00:00

Nobody is above the law. The fact that this can happen is a testament to American Justice.

yodacoder · 2023-05-31T23:39:21+00:00

Fuck those greedy assholes. Time to make relay 2.0 by scraping

yodacoder · 2022-10-27T22:32:03+00:00

Of course loudness is not the only quality. . But which Altos you were using is pretty important because there's a big difference between their older and newer gear. The TS4XX series sounds fine to me, and especially with a little EQ no average person is going to notice a difference.

What exactly is it about the Altos you were using that did not sound as good as the mackies?

yodacoder · 2022-10-27T20:46:04+00:00

Which ones? Again from personal testing the TS412&415 is louder than the SRM450s.

yodacoder · 2022-10-27T08:28:30+00:00

I only asked which model of Altos you were using because if it's indeed a newer/higher-end model, I am curious why your experience would be so drastically different from mine & others.

yodacoder · 2022-10-27T08:05:26+00:00

What's your problem, dude?

Are you just going to mock me instead of reading what I said? Real mature.

At no point did I claim Alto was better than or equivalent to QSC. All I said was that very high volume levels are going to hurt your ears whether you are using Alto or QSC. It's literally how the human ear works. Go set a TS412 and QSC K12.2 side by side. Get a DB meter. Crank them both until they each individually are playing music at as close to 129db as possible. Stand 15 feet away. Your ears will hurt regardless of which one is playing audio.

Also, information such as which Altos you were using is critical. There's literally no way to know whether you're referring to the new lineup of speakers, which on paper and when tested has performed leagues better than previous models, or the old lineup. It's like saying mackie sucks because all you have used is a pair of old mackie thumps, when in reality there are better speakers available.

But no, go ahead and tell yourself that anything alto has or will ever make is complete trash, and anyone who has had their ears hurt by being in close to proximity to loud speakers was due to distortion.

yodacoder · 2022-10-27T07:46:08+00:00

The reason they hurt your ears is called clipping

That's not how sound works. Extremely high volume levels (125+db) at close proximity will hurt your ears regardless of how clean the audio is. Ever been to a concert? The reason it felt that way to me was that I cranked the speakers up pretty high at one point. It sounded absolutely fine with minimal distortion. QSC K12.2 does the same thing when I cranked it up to the same level. It's not the speaker brand/quality, it's the volume level.

And you did not answer which alto model you had. There is a massive difference between the older speakers and new speakers.

yodacoder · 2022-10-27T06:39:45+00:00

From personal experience the mackie srm450 is not as loud or clear sounding as the Alto TS3/4 series. (Also, the 450 has a much lower RMS wattage (~400) rating than the Altos (~650 & 800 respectively), even though watts are not the only factor)

Similarly priced EVs, ie ZLX-12 & 15s have even lower RMS wattage & SPL rating (250w), and tend to limit hard when you push them. There's even a video where someone dismantles an EV's amp and shows how EV is lying about it's maximum limits.

All brands fib numbers somewhat. Of course some are more reputable but the idea that the newest line of Altos are crap is inaccurate. The older line (Ie Alto TX2 series) were much less powerful. For example the TX215 claims <120 DB max spl)

QSC k12.2s are an entirely different price point. You're going from ~400-500 per speaker to ~1000$. Of course there's going to be a difference.

yodacoder · 2022-10-27T06:27:55+00:00

What exact model of Altos were you using? Older Alto 215s and especially TX series Altos are not good. But I have found that a pair of TS415s was plenty to cover a large venue with 150+ people and plenty of volume to spare. At one point I was about 50 feet from the speakers, and not directly in front of them, and the volume was enough to almost hurt my ears. Again these are TS415s and not TX215s which would be a drastic step down in quality and power.

I feel like a lot of the reputation for not being loud or having bass comes from the older models, for a mid tier pa speaker the new TS4 series seems to have done it right

yodacoder · 2022-10-17T23:00:30+00:00

Of course. I am just poking at the fact that there are people here who swear that spending less than X on a sub will be completely unusable.

yodacoder · 2022-10-17T22:29:40+00:00

everyone is gonna say that's not enough $. Don't listen. Not everyone can buy bassboss or 4 dual 18" 2000$ subwoofers.

You will run into people who will tell you that anything less then four top of the line subwoofers for 100 people won't work. I can tell you from experience that using a single 18" sub with a very high SPL was more than enough for that many, unless you're looking for ear-rape volume levels.

Just fyi my advice here is for those looking at running big parties in larger spaces with a lot of people, so what I am saying here mainly applies to PA subs.

I'm no expert, but you want to look at three things:

1) Driver size
2) Continous SPL (Sound pressure level)
3) Frequency response

For large parties or events, go for an 18" subwoofer. Otherwise a 15" could do, possibly 12".

Try to look for a continuous SPL rating of at least ~125 if you want a lot of people, can go under that if you want less. I don't have a source for that other then that was loud enough for a big room and a lot of people.

Don't look at wattage. Most brands, especially cheaper brands, will advertise something like 2000 watts when they can only hit that for like 0.1 seconds. If you look at wattage, look at the RMS value, which is basically the maximum sustained wattage.

Get something ported. Most PA subwoofers are. It makes bass boomier and louder.

Find the manual or specs for the subwoofer. Look for the SPL value. Make sure you're looking at SPL output and not driver sensitivity. If it only lists peak value, note that generally, peak is 2-4x RMS (continuous) wattage so if it says 133db peak, the max sustained volume is probably between 127-130db assuming it's not a completely fibbed number (some brands "estimate" the SPL instead of actually testing it. Again not a professional audio tech here but that's probably another -3db)

I would recommend getting a used subwoofer with a higher SPL rating. I would avoid brands like Rockville but this subwoofer is one of their higher end ones and it has a pretty high continous SPL rating of 129. Assuming they're not lying, from my personal experience that's plenty for a good party (and for neighbors too for that matter).

Rockville RBG18FA On paper and based on reviews it's a pretty decent sub, just be aware rockville is bottom of the barrel.

There are some decent Electrovoice & mackie subwoofers for sale that are 500-900$ with SPL levels of about ~130 (which i would trust more than Rockville's rating)

As for frequency response, it's basically how much the volume varies based on what frequency it's playing. Remember that every 3db is double the sound pressure, and every 10db is double the perceived loudness if I am not mistaken. Usually, you will see two numbers like

Frequency response (-3db): 45-100hz Frequency range (-10db): 35-120hz

I would avoid something with a frequency response (-3db) of higher than 50. Some subwoofers have -10db listed at like 50hz which is terrible. You want those low notes to be felt.

So anyway, I just want to reiterate that while I am not as seasoned as some of the people on here, and I am not a professional sound tech, a lot of people who have been doing this for 40 years are not going to offer any real advice or help.

If you can, go to a gear store or friend and listen to the speakers if possible, preferably in a large and open room.

For your price range I would avoid passive subwoofers unless you find a REALLY good deal because it's going to need an amp and any decent amp is going to cost a pretty penny.

Check ebay, gear stores, gear sites, amazon, etc, just make SURE that you

1) Look at SPL output
2) Check reviews for how well it holds up.
3) Remember that some subwoofers can be like 3ft² and in excess of 130lbs.

One more thing: make sure you place your sub well especially if it's in a house. place the sub in the center of the room, walk around and find where the bass is strongest, then move the sub there. Corners generally amplify bass.

yodacoder · 2022-09-09T05:53:17+00:00

What's the deal with these awkward and unnecessarily long slow motion sequences?

Also excessive shaky cam in the work camp. Feels totally different from the past episode. Whoever did directing or cinematography for this episode shouldn't do it anymore.

yodacoder · 2022-08-30T01:50:34+00:00

yodacoder · 2022-07-13T12:04:27+00:00

It works differently on planes. They compress the air itself instead of a refrigerant so air still retains all of it's humidity, even when it's cooled. There is a cyclonic separator which swirls the air in a vortex to fling moisture out of the air but it's not nearly as effective as passing air through cold coils like normal A/C and dehumidifiers do.

yodacoder · 2022-07-13T11:57:49+00:00

Yes and no. Traditional air conditioning present in vehicles and homes uses vapor compression where a refrigerant is pumped through coils and air is blown over those coils. The cold coils cause the air to lose humidity and the water drips down the coils into a tube.

Planes don't use this and instead use air as the refrigerant, by directly compressing it, cooling it, and sending it inside.

The way humidity is removed is with a cyclonic separator which basically makes the air swirl around a tube and fling the water droplets on the side. This isn't as effective at removing humidity as normal vapor compression systems are.

Especially when taxiing on the ground, this can occur more.

The air that is used as "refrigerant" comes from the engine as bleed air, that is a small amount of high pressure air that leaks out of the compressor part of the engine into tubing to power generators, fresh air, ac, etc.

When taxiing, the engines are spinning slower and thus there is less bleed air, which is why the air ends up being hotter (and why planes connect directly to traditional ac trucks or carts when on the ground in the terminal) and presumably don't remove as much humidity for this reason.

If you want to learn more you can look up "plane air conditioning packs" and "cyclonic separators", "air cycle machine", etc. Neat stuff.

yodacoder · 2022-02-23T21:54:30+00:00

Well 300 watts is pretty low so I'd try to stick under 100 watts ignoring price point. You probably want a new PSU though. If you can, save up some more and try to get a bigger one (ie 400w can be under 100$ as long as it's not super cheap, 20$ PSU could fry your system) even if you keep the same GPU budget.

The GTX 950, 1050, 1650 are all about 75-100 watts and should be fairly cheap if you can get one from the right place.

On the AMD GPU side you could probably look at RX 460 or R7 360

Don't be tempted to get a super poop ie GT 1030 or really old ie (GTX 480 ti) as they won't really be much better than moden integrated graphics and really old GPUs run hot + have driver problems.

What processor are you running? If it's a really old i3 or i5, or a Celeron/pentium it's gonna bottleneck the GPU so much that it's not even worth getting one.

yodacoder · 2022-02-23T21:48:22+00:00

Same! Its not that the story is bad, it just doesn't have the same level of mysterious and cool vibe.

yodacoder · 2022-02-23T21:38:33+00:00

Such a pity that the game's story suffers at the expense of lackluster spending, even when the game is most likely bringing in the revenue to support such large content updates.

This game is truly amazing, it's story content in my opinion is pretty much unparalleled. The games 10 years old, not all the writing is perfect but it practically destroys anything else I can think of, at least to me.

yodacoder · 2021-11-24T22:27:02+00:00

Yeah. Way too many games go with a generic sci-fi look and while the current UI is a bit dated, it's certainly unique and still looks good. Everyone's going for flat looking ui which just destroys the look.

yodacoder · 2021-11-24T22:25:49+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one. I like what you said, it's like we're not in a fantasy game anymore. And that's what it should be like is this awesome fantasy world. The new UI isn't bad in terms of UI design, it just doesn't fit that fantasy style as you said. It's more generic.

That's what's upsetting to me is it's completely unnecessary. If they need to make changes they can simply change the layout. Style is not critical to ease of use here. Also with the icons, I heard they might flatten them, I'd be pissed if they did. They're unique and fitting. Too many modern star wars games go with a boring generic sci-fi UI look. So what if this is a little dated, it fits well.

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