Don't forget:
"conventionally attractive" and "ugly and woke"
There's actually a lot of free stuff out there.
Many blogs simply serve as a creative outlet for their authors. And there are plenty of tools that someone developed, others improved, and that still others put online, just because. And then there are a lot of peoples pet projects anyone can enjoy. All for free, because the only thing nicer that creating stuff is sharing that stuff.
There are just also a bunch of assholes.
Like, cuddling, caressing his chest and making eye contact, while softly telling him you like his new hair style?
Just wanted to say the exact same thing.
Projects can be treated like games too. You had some fun, learned a bunch, challenged yourself, and when there's only uninteresting stuff left; why bother?
Pfffffff. "premium disposables".
Great. The only thing we need even more urgently right now than corrupt politicians, greenhouse gases, wars, and rape is, of course, trash filled with carcinogenic chemicals.
Fuck you.
Most of that knowledge was only deleted but not saved in any other way […]
That was perhaps the saddest part about leaving Reddit. I also opted for the edit-and-delete approach, because I didn't want Reddit to use my posts to train LLMs. But man. Years of trying to be helpful, sometimes really going out of my way to address something properly; gone.
But honestly, I don't know of any alternative. Even if I archived everything, it wouldn't be as accessible to anyone as it used to be on Reddit.
Reddit had (and imo still has) a monopoly on searchable advice from strangers. There's a reason they wanted Reddits data to train LLMs.
I'd probably try to do this programatically. A collisionshape/-volume that's calculated on-CPU and a small shader reimplementing the same shape / sine wave just visually on the GPU.
This should work if:
- the algorythm is not too complex/heavy
- you don't want to hand-place objects
- you like working with fractals and similar math
You can also adopt the wandering clipmap solution, if the terrain will not be convex.
[Imagine the 'into the square hole' format]
Where does the dept go? Into the phone.
Where do friends go? Into the phone.
Where does politics go? Into the phone.
Where does biometrics go? Into the phone.
Where does 2FA come from? From the phone.
Where does 2FA go? Into the phone.
A friend had his American friend come to visit him last year and they had me over to chill.
At some point he told a joke that didn't land and excused himself over nothing. So I said, completly straight faced, "Oh, I'm sorry, that was really funny, this is just how we laugh around here".
It was probably funnier in the moment, but the next ten minutes was me trying to keep a straight face while he was trying to get me to laugh. We were both in on the joke and it was hysterical.
Like, this is by all means a dumb stereotype. But it's pretty harmless. And if you laugh at it, it literally disproves itself.
Nein, der Witz ist, dass Deutsche keinen Humor hätten. Das ist aber nur trizen und nicht ernst gemeint.
In dem Fall ist's fast noch witziger, weil du den Witz erst genommen hast. Nimm das nicht übel. ^^
Yeah, it's a internet forum where women can vent and rave about whatever, and get to feel heard, without being berated.
And maybe you feel like it's unfair to be excluded.
And, well, look at your comment. You felt very empowered to say this, the way you did, in the space you did, with the context you had, for some reason. Why?
Why is it sooo a-okay for you to diagnose a psychological issue just for someone, on the internet, telling you they don't want to hear from you?
I just don't understand how this is a metric now. With programmers, I can at least see how someone who doesn't know any better might think lines of code is a good metric. But this?
And it gets worse: The company now has to pay both for its employees(' brain) and the damn text-completion machine.
Steinernema feltiae can be used as biopesticide against weevils, cutworms, mole crickets and - importantly for house plants - gnats.
I am currently creating some meshes that are then exported as OBJs. I am really only interested in the vertex positions and normals, as everything else will be done with shaders. But I keep coming across… well, not really a issue.
Some exported vertex positions deviate from their in-editor position by literally a micrometer. Again, I know that this is basically irrelevant. Perhaps, if I were to compress the files, I might have a few kilobytes more data than actually necessary.
…but I keep seeing this and it annoys me for no practical reason. Does anyone know if there is a "fix" for this behavior?
TLDR: The Corsair Virtuoso Pro is good and becomes pretty impressive with a bit of EQ. If you need a microphone, I think this is pretty ideal, especially for the price. And even without the need for a (btw. detachable) mic it's still pretty good. Somehow.
About two months ago, I stumbled across a post on a German blog about Corsair Gaming, Inc's Virtuoso Pro. A gamer headset from a gamer company for gamers. Please excuse my snark, but that raises just about every red flag I can think of.
But somehow, it did pretty good in Igors measurements. Rtings also measured it and it still did well, but other than those two, there's just not a lot of good information on the thing.
About three weeks later it got a bit cheaper (130,-€, instead of the usual ~160,-€. It was 110,-€ last year too). Not exactly cheap, but fine for the assumed performance, and the included microphone solved a problem with my current setup.
By now, I've been running it for a month… and it's good. Not only is it good out of the box, it takes well to EQing. Which, for me, is the absolute kicker and opened the doors to combining it with pretty a cheap Fiio JA11 / JCally JM12 with flashed firmware as they come with built-in PEQ via Web-USB interface (the app is a burning pile of trash btw.) and microphone pass-through, just a lack in power. But the Virtuoso Pros are pretty sensitive anyway making it a pretty perfect match.
I'm currently running them with this EQ:
Preamp: -5.7 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 28 Hz Gain 2.8 dB Q 0.800
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 150 Hz Gain -2.0 dB Q 0.800
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 1500 Hz Gain 2.9 dB Q 2.300
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 2700 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 2.800
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 3900 Hz Gain 6.0 dB Q 1.800
Here's my reasoning for this, if you are interested.
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First of: My preference is a good amout of rumble falling towards some warmth and then basically just Harman 2013.
If you check squig, you'll notice a big boost towards the bass. This is a decent call by Corsair, as open-back headphones tend to underdeliver in sub bass and a boost here can hide this effect to some degree. I just dislike the bump and would much rather push the sub bass via EQ.
Then there's a dip, a sharp rise, followed by another dip, I wanted to smooth out. This is mostly for clacky, metallicy, poppy sounds and some over-tones. I guess it "adds presence" to some instruments.
After 6-8k the measurements get wonky anyway and depend on the exact geometry of ones ear and head. As such I never really touch these anyway and the Virtuoso Pros do good here anyway.
But that's my ears. You better tune to your set. ;D
Imo, there are just two problems, both having to do with microphonics:
Corsair somehow thought a nylon sleeved cable was a good idea. Visually, I agree. Microphonically, it's terrible. I don't have a huge problem with it, but both the mic and the ear cups easily pick up any noise that comes with any movement of the cable on pretty much any surface. This is stupid. Secondly, unless you're a horse, the microphone has to be bent into an L shape. The arm is just too long and the microphone is prone to plosives. Not a good combination - even if the L-bend makes it easy to fix.
Other than that; I'd say they are pretty good headphones… with a microphone! Which is rather perfect for my use-case, where I switch from PC-gaming plus voice chat to my phone plus music and mix and match tasks as they come.
Edit: words & phrasing Edit: updated EQ settings
Last year I managed to fertilize a single flower on my cherimoya tree, which is a bit difficult as the flowers are female in the morning and turn male in the evening. This year I will hopefully be able to have the tree in a south-facing window. So I'm hoping for proper fruiting next year.
Also, strangely enough, cherimoyas seem to do well in an indoor environment and don't seem to have any pest issues at all.
About two years ago I read up on chitin as a possible pest control/deterrent as I was always struggling with mealybugs and thrips, especially in spring, and buying IPMs was getting quite expensive.
I had the most problems with my banana tree (thrips) and my kumquats (mealy bugs). But since I added insect frass (in my case sheddings and droppings from zophobas) in the fall two years ago, this problem disappeared almost miraculously. Since then I have added a small handful every spring and haven't seen a single thrip or mite on any of my plants.
Sooo… idk, it definitely gets a "worked for me".
The plants are: a cherimoya, kumquats, figs, a banana, two monsteras, and a bunch of pitahayas (although the cuttings are only 1 year old and haven't found a permanent home yet), hoyas and a small pineapple.
Looking forward to hear everyones experiences with this!
I finally managed to pollinate my cherimoya!
For the uninitiated: Pollinating cherimoyas is a bit tricky, because their flowers only bloom for a single day. During this time, they are initially female and can absorb pollen, but only turn male in the evening to harvest pollen from.
To pollinate them successfully, you have to sacrifice at least one flower, take its pollen and hope that the next flower opens before the pollen is no longer viable.
They also develop large velvety leaves:
TLDR: Citrus keeps turning black and oozing resin. But I can't find the problem. I thought it must be root rot, but they look perfectly healthy:
Long version: Because my first and second citrus trees fell victim to root rot, I started using a very airy substrate made of pine bark, perlite and some humus/worm castings in a 5:1:1 ratio for all my plants (figs, pineapple, cherimoya, monstera, etc.) with little adjustment. You may recognize this as 'aroid mix'. But it works surprisingly well in my indoor space with a west-facing window and terracotta planters (and my tendency to overwater).
But I can't wrap my head around citrus.
It always starts with rapid growth, followed by very suddenly dropping and crisping leaves, black stems and finally death.
I thought I must be root rot again, which I need to mind during winter. But today, when I dumped my fifth (!) tree, I found only perfectly healthy roots and nice smelling substrate.
I think it must be a pathogen… but what? I am at a loss. I keep killing my citrus trees and I don't know why. :'(
EDIT: replaced "5:1:1 mix" with "5:1:1 ratio" for clearification.
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