Lyander

Hopefully both our other cats get along with the new baby so they each at least have a new friend to play with. Heck, maybe Theo'll even play peacemaker between them somehow and the other grump will stop trying to maul my kid (the other cat)

"you have a heart of gold, don't let them take it from you"

Will pass the words along to family, haha.

Asus and pretty much all manufacturers had to raise prices yesterday because of tariffs exemptions expiring. Newegg did a drop yesterday and Best Buy today but notably it both dropped at old MSRP. Small retailer I spoke to, got stock in right before the price hike and said he was going to keep old MSRP but if his cost increases he will increase his prices to new MSRP.

Buying PC parts is so shitty right now. Nvidia raised their prices on AIBs and then AIBs also are getting hit by the tariffs again, so a double whammy. The end result has been the consumer quite quickly overpaying for gear that may end when the next administration comes in and revokes tariffs.

@netforce excellent summary. I'm somewhat glad that I wasn't aiming for a "modern" build to begin with on account of this but it's pretty much a lose/lose scenario for consumers anyway because this seems to have empowered scalpers.

@fraggler unfortunately it isn't and I don't really have a mind to try and spoof location if that's even an option cuz I'm lazy haha. Besides that the old lappy needs a bit of a breather, she's been through a lot.

I buy used GPU's because I don't play games.

I do sometimes but it's more just that I want to play some AAA games from years past that my current laptop can't really run at pretty high settings just because

Free shipping within my area too, but given the state of the market and the fact that this is a legit stranger I'm honestly wondering if I might be wiser to just put together a budget AMD rig at the same price point and shrug off the loss in performance.

Seems pretty nice, though my friend just got a PC on FB market with i7-8700, GTX 2080, 1tbssd, 32gb ram for $1k

Haha nice! What's sucky is taxes generally make components significantly more expensive here so I kinda just have to take an L when it comes to value. I ultimately decided to just stick with a new, less TOTL build because I'd rather have mfg. warranty.

Haha, it's definitely a film that benefits from immersive sound IMO. I got into a discussion with a friend that went on way too long about whether it had crud sound design or nah, she was a bit taken aback when I said I loved what the film did.

88, which I'm told is supposed to be lucky haha.

Good for you. I am frankly surprised that these are not more popular.

Considering what they cost, yeah they're surprisingly grand. They don't blow my mind like the CA kids do but that's a genuinely unfair comparison, and these are much more comfortable to me regardless

With every day, it seems like I need to remind myself that it's all too easy to run on autopilot and for said autopilot mode to kinda screw you over, especially in conversations.

As to coffee: only thing I have access to at the moment is more instant stuff so yeah, eww. Better than no coffee though

Coffee is Vitamin C. It's essential.

Oh damn is THAT what it's been all this time? All that time wasted eating fruits. Sigh.

So basically I should have remembered this: https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/108086459780347679/

Haha, will ask owner if he doesn't mind some tape.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the first sentence.

Hahaha, I mean it's mildly frustrating that because of the video the whole screen just pans to the side if I'm just a little bit off when scrolling, but it's a minor nitpick.

I am somehow unsurprised by the JoJo reference, but that was still hilarious. Guess I'll be growing it out for a while longer!

Keep it long, when mosh-pits are possible again release the hair and rip of your shirt to celebrate existence...

Unfortunately even medium length hair can be a pain in the butt for me. Also for some inexplicable reason no one else at home cares for it so I'm just sidestepping the drama.

It's tempting but the kitchen was packed lmao. Just letting the non-burgundied beef stew... stew pending serving. Getting some work done in the meantime, probably not helping mood.

Less wine for cooking means more for drinking.

I don't drink. I didn't make a thing of giving up, just realised that I hadn't for a while and it might as well stay that way. ok, so I do have thoughts about how much harm alcohol does, and it wouldn't have been my choice of drug to be legal.

But cooking is cooking. And the alcohol is going to get driven off anyway.

That would be an interesting experiment. Weird things in honey is an entire genre of food I'm just now getting into and experimenting is gonna be fun haha

Black garlic honey is divine in a grilled cheese sandwich.

Highly lactose intolerant I may be but a good grilled cheese is a compelling reason to ignore that, haha. Will be looking forward to fermenting the garlic!

Yeah, and I know that people who have massive empires do tend to get corrupted by it but this went a hell of a lot darker.

I'd definitely buy a beat tape from DJ Aircon - cool name.

I know you have a thing for noise-ish music and the like (remember some of your uploads, enjoy them) but I think DJ AC's cuts are a little bit too one-dimensional with odd order harmonics too prominent.

Also this reminds me "aircon" isn't really an international name for it, haha.

I use GIMP for image editing. Along with the G'MIC plugin. Good for editing cover art scans. G'MIC has good descreen and content aware fill. GIMP and G'MIC will work on Linux or Windows.

"how much tweaking would be involved." With a linux distro like Mint, as little or as much as you want to do.

"I use GIMP for image editing." So do I. With occasional RawTherapee. Which reminds me: I should be "working!"

I would keep one Windows machine for "corporate use" and the few things that are still worth keeping. Make sure it is easy to work on like a Lenovo T/W-series or HP-business laptop. Just update it regularly and it should be fine...

Not worth another status: Tyll mentioned somewhere that "microphonics" as used to refer to mechanical transmission of noise via cable wasn't correct but with IF down I can't exactly find the context. Does anyone remember the term he used? It's been bugging me for a few weeks.

I remember that...I think the phrase was "microphony" or "prone to microphonism" The Wikipedia quote:
"Microphonics, microphony, or microphonism describes the phenomenon wherein certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an undesired electrical signal (noise). The term comes from analogy with a microphone, which is intentionally designed to convert vibrations to electrical signals."

"I will say that I'm enjoying the deep glow of the wood inside."

Were you supposed to set fire to it?

No... put it right next to "moist" for full effect.

Yep there's a reason I keep a cheapo ballpoint on me at all times— too many horror stories.

The feel of the nib is different now. Had since 2013 so it's rather worn down; when new it did have a beautiful pencilly feedback and crisp variation, only was too broad from my lower writing angle haha.

Perhaps a Tohma pen might pique your interest instead of MB, haha.

Beautiful work @Lyander !

Appreciate it! The version I felt was more coarse was what she ultimately went with on her site which I feel a bit at odds about, but really glad she's happy with the quality. Also goes to show aesthetics are personal, haha.

Rhythmdevils, If 2.5 feels substantial to you, why are all the kids on HF bitching about how many of the 2.5 connectors they have broken. Even A & K have a 4.4 connector on their latest DAP and they invented the 2.5 balanced connector.

Kids on head-if bitching about something is evidence that it’s not a problem. Head-fiers are mostly retards. I can’t imagine breaking a 2.5mm jack. Seriously I don’t even know how if I wanted to. Do they run over their iem’s with semi trucks? AK might be switching because everyone is stupid and using 4.4 so they’re going with the flow.

This stuff is supposed to be portable! And I want lightweight connectors on my iem’s that don’t pull them out of my ears if I use an extension cable.

The NW-A50 series also supports USB DAC mode.
https://www.sony.com.ph/electronics/walkman/nw-a50-series

I be @Claud has some good opinions of LDAC daps that can act as USB Dac amps.

Some thought must go into what music apps are available though them, and their UX

Suggested the a50. He decided to stick with his phone since it supports LDAC anyway (Samsung Note 9) but will be picking up an HD599 and one of @iFi audio's Zen DACs as a transportable rig.

Not sure how that happened but hey :))

I missed the context entirely. Excuse me... I'll go back to watching the cyclone coming this way.

I guess you're all dried out and ok now?

Shit, take care of yourself and tie down everything that isn't already fixed (that includes the cats). Wishing you and yours well, Nick.

Yeah. Weather actually pleasantly cool in mid/high-20s (Celcius). As for other things mood is still shit but I'm trying to be less grumpy. Ghostwriting work keeping my brain elsewhere.

I am with you. I cannot stand "vocal-up" mixes. I almost can't listen to Paul McCartney's "Driving Rain," because of this. I just listened to it just last week because the music is so good, but damn I need a -3db or -6db "vocal down" mix.

Rock music is usually mixed in with the other instruments, almost too much sometimes, like certain Soundgarden recordings. Sometimes I actually do want to hear Cornell belt it out.