purr1n

Nobody is perfect man. We all make shitty decisions sometime. All you can do is own up to them sincerely and hope people can accept and move on. If not, there’s not much more you can do with hurt feelings other than to let them try to heal with time.

Shit happens. The real people who care are those who don't always say it, but instead do action instead.

Tonight I drink to you and all of SBAF!!!

Mark of appreciation. Thank you @purr1n

Cuz it's a mote of sanity in a landscape of madness and pseudoscience. If you need to take the site down for a few days, as before, or take another break, please do. Folks will somehow make do I'm sure. Gotta look out for number 1.

well, you're a leader (as opposed to a manager), never an easy thing. i have not seen much in the way of mistakes. we're all a little crazy here, but it's not a crazy place, thanks to you and all the other mods.

Swashbuckling, womanizing Kirk was the man, double axe handle to the dome for the win!!

Turns out bonobos are violent too: https://www.science.org/content/article/bonobos-hippie-chimps-might-not-be-so-mellow-after-all

I think humanity will be more like The Expanse, except maybe no portals.

I said while back that I will be hyper focused on creating content because of the little time I have for SBAF. I meant this. Anything that is a distraction will simply be moved aside.

How do you know if I have to get involved? It’s when several mods and Julie alert to something, not once, but several times in a week.

seriously, the most drama this place should have should be over DAC chip implementation
edit: up to speed. uggh. sad to see this.

The young (in my kids’ bubble at least) know they have to fact check everything that is important to them. The old (including many of my age) just add to propaganda by reposting everything that seems outrageous to them.

So Boomers only? That sounds worse.

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You should have seen the smile on my face watching that! Awesome, thanks for that. Lawson in the dry was quite a bit faster than Max in the wet. I'm pretty sure it will handle Max in the dry as well. Look forward to it.

Nooo! I don't need another headphone, and I already have the Atrium. :P

Make sure to try the different pad options. Caldera Suedes dial back the bass quite a bit and make for a more balanced presentation. The stock Caldera Thin Lambskins are more bass-heavy but a lot of fun.

I love my HD800-JAR, most used headphone in the collection.

@purr1n, would you say it's a decent substitute for those that can't find an OG Utopia? I know Focal doesn't sound like HD800 but since the OG Utopia is now a thing of the past...

This is the v3. @Erroneous and I have the other two that will be in the US. The Utopia had long been my favorite headphone but the v2 came close to supplanting it for me from auditory memory. That said, I haven't had the OG Utopia for about a year now.

My tennis partner, apparently

Me, sir. A very simple but engaging game. The harder difficulties are indeed challenging and thats where the real fun is at

I have slightly higher hopes for Dune pt 2 because that half of the book is where most of the stuff actually happens and it looks like it will be less focused solely on Paul.

Did you like Dune 2 more than you liked Dune 1 Marv?

Def better, but trails off toward the end. It's tough material to get right on the screen.

@rlow the problem is, they’re right. Until it stops being profitable (and predictably so), they’ll keep doing it.

“You walked out? I didn’t walk in!”—Jackie Mason

I dunno... I cheered when Depp skewered the goon in Scissorhands. Come get some Payback...

I’m looking something for my work desk at home and this is really interesting

@YMO I'm sure we will hear more in time...
ETA FTW

I can't tell from the pics... is that on-ear like HD25 or on-ear like Porta Pro? I'd love to see a newcomer do that kind of Koss on ear...Great for glasses wearers.

Get well soon Cap’n. If you have to stay in bed, see if using a wedge pillow helps. We tested several of them in the Autumn (my wife had a minor surgery), and found that Sleep Number makes a good adjustable one. A humidifier could help, but only if it’s cleaned daily; otherwise, it can easily make you sick. As always, be sure to stay hydrated with Smartwater/Walmart-equivalent, and stay away from booze.

Get well soon

Hope you recover soon and avoid long covid. Daughter of a colleague developed Positional Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) from long Covid, which may affect her for the rest of her life.

Legend

He had a good reputation as an accompanist, which isn’t so common a quality amongst conductors. As an aside: I’ve come across two Japanese conductors who never had international careers, and whose fans are cultish (cf. Celibidache). I never looked into them because of that. I don’t even remember their names. Maybe Takashi Asahina (1908–2001)? But one genuinely great Japanese conductor and soloist is Masaaki Suzuki.

Saw him conducting Mahler's 9th, back when he was opera house director in Vienna. One of the most moving performances I've seen.

Pres. Biden is still the best candidate the Democrats have this year. As Michael Brendan Dougherty credibly observed, “There is… not another fresh body or bag of deceased bones in the Democratic Party labeled ‘FDR coalition.’ And that’s what they need to beat Trump, and he’s the last item. And so they will go with him until the very end… [N]othing short of death removes him from the ticket.”

The single best argument I’ve heard for Biden is that all the dirt’s already been dug up on him from the last election, the GOP has a big nothing burger with the Hunter Biden stuff. The best argument against him is that his continued support for genocide in Gaza is going to lose him so many votes that Trump takes it.

old and white, one's a monster, one ain't.

In their defense, the B17 was designed to open doors mid-flight

Then you have Ryanair saying they'll keep buying MAXs if they can get them at a discount. I guess FR has worked out how much extra they can charge customers for having the bolts installed? Those two companies deserve each other.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/26/former-boeing-employee-speaks-out-00142948

Hereditary is way superior to Midsommar and really haunting. Back then one of our friends didn't want to go home after the movie and stayed at our place. lol

I watch hereditary as a study on the mind. Each person is a different mental 'disorder' or 'divergence' The ending part is just to make a plot out of a movie.

To @purr1n's point, fear of Swedes is valid. All the men are 6' 5" and the women are Viking goddesses. Look at the Skarsgards, they're inhuman

Also, maybe tighten them to spec?

Also, don’t be negligent on the three QC checks each of these bolts were supposed to have been through.

Almost a >99% chance that my family or I flew on that exact plane. That’s the standard aisle we’re assigned to when not in premium.

Toho’s strategy of letting unexpected auteurs do whatever they want with Godzilla seems to be paying dividends, between this and Shin Godzilla.

Holy cow < $15M budget. Why can't Hollywood make great "blockbuster" movies like this anymore?