Seefra 1

Angle grinder goes brrrr

It’s a museum, it’s only natural.

Drive is full, that’s the problem!

Damn, I had the same or similar problem when I used gimp the other day, I had to merge down all layers before exporting to fix it, no idea why.

Both voyagers recorded temperatures ranging from 54,000 to 90,000 degrees.

How doesn’t voyager melt?

No way anything man built can withstand those temperatures, they mean that voyager register space dust or gasses at those temperatures but didn’t cross it? Or something else?

Guardian Tales

Think Leftists And Conservatives Are Equally Bad

The word Equally here makes it sound like the author agrees that leftists are bad, (just not equality as bad)

Medamaude

Assuming they honor the opt-out, most of the other gmail recipients won’t opt-out, so they can still read your emails on the other end.

I tend to abandon all my online accounts from time to time and make new ones for privacy reasons, and IMO everyone should do the same, together with using different names for every website.

Unfortunately the trend is for people using the same accounts that they made when they were 12 for the rest of their lives.

If people were more conscious about their privacy and pseudo-anonymity then I think there would be less bias against new accounts.

I haven’t seen this on lemmy, but on reddit there are whole communities that you can’t post if you don’t have an old account.

The 16 years old CPU should be able to handle guitarix as long as you don’t add too many modules or DSP intensive modules like NAM.

When selecting the tubes select just one tube instead the options that include both a pre and post, that will be lighter on the CPU, at very minimum you need a head a tonestack (or amp IR) and a cab, that’s 3 modules, and they should run well even of a 16 years old CPU.

The latency is due to your buffer size being too high, 1024 is usually the default, you probably want to use 256 which will usually give you an usable latency without too many xruns (audio breaking up). But depends on what your system can handle, smaller buffer size = less latency = more system overhead = more likelihood of xruns.

On Gx you can set the buffer size here:

Alternatively you can use the command pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-quantum 256 if you use pipewire.

You may also want to set it back to 1024 (or higher) after you finish playing so you can watch videos again without audio stuttering.

Setting the sample rate to 44100Hz I think it’s also recommended, you can do it with pw-metadata -n settings 0 clock.force-rate 44100.

If you use jack instead of pipewire you can control those parameters with qjackctl (I used to know the commands for jack, but I haven’t used jack in years).

However I have to warn you that you will not get good results by connecting the guitar to the microphone input, as there is an impedance missmatch, the noise isn’t the only issue, the tone of the guitar will sound super muddy, unless you are handy with electronics and can make a impedance converter/preamp/DI box.

Also, I bought an super cheap 6 bucks “usb to guitar cable” from ebay, and the results were worse than the mic input, maybe I was unlucky and bought from a bad seller and there are good copies out there and YMMV, but I ended up scrapping that interface keep just the connectors. So I would rather save up for an UM2.

Looks like a fun guitar, as a begginer you shouldn’t be worried with too much technical things as “what model is this guitar, or what music genres does it play better”.

For now just accept that it’s a 6 string guitar, I didn’t know what type of guitar I had for years until I eventually started to be annoyed by it’s shortcomings.

Now, if you want that guitar to make an electric sound, you need an interface and an amp sim, a cheap interface like an behringer UM-2 is cheap and good enough for you to start fooling around, eventually you may want to upgrade it to get a cleaner signal and lower noise floor, but most people drop the instrument after few months, so I wouldn’t invest the money just yet.

Also, don’t forget to buy the jack cable or make your own. I find that real guitar cables tend to be expensive, if you don’t want to spend money on a cable and don’t know how to solder your own, you can just buy a cheap 3.5mm jack cable and two 5.5mm adapters ;)

You may want to do a set-up on the guitar first, you can watch guitar setup videos on the internet, you may need to buy a “key” thing so you can turn the rod.

As for software, if you use Gnu/Linux I recommend guitarix, you can download the presets on the bottom panel and then start playing around with the modules. (I still recommend reading the documentation.)

Guitarix also has a NAM Neural Amp Moduler module, which allows you to use NAM modules that are high quality and sound super good (tho kinda lacks on dynamics).

If you don’t use Gnu/Linux you can install Gnu/Linux and ditch proprietary OS or either pirate a proprietary amp sim like amplitube, or use a freeware NAM amp and get models online.

Give up. I refuse to pay for artificially scarce goods.

This same applies to public transport tickets, end up either staying home or walking for hours so I don’t have to pay for the damn tickets that should be free.

He sounded too much like a communist and also he wasn’t the skin colour they expected Jesus to be.

Always look both sides before crossing the road, if you wear headphones take one phone off before crossing too.

Crossing red lights is fine, but make sure you have time to safely get to the other side before a car comes, if your tired just play it safe and wait for the light to change.

When it’s raining try to stay away from poodles on the road, or drivers will just splash you with water.

Be aware of dog poo on the floor.

And bikes and electric scooters on the sidewalks, almost got ran over them several times, they are supposed to use the road.

Well, when I was getting my driver’s license I loved traffic, but only because I have anxiety when driving and traffic was a nice relaxing break from stressful driving.

My first car, a full tank of gas, insurance, a better camera, lenses, a better computer and a Google pixel so I could install graphene OS.

It’s a myth that headphones cause more ear damage than speakers.

95dBs measured at the eardrum are 95dBs independently if the source is 10m away or inside your ear canal.

Now most people tend to blast louder on headphones than they do on speakers, I tend to do the opposite, so in my case speakers cause more damage.

If you “just turn it high enough to hear it” then there’s no damage. In fact if you listened to speakers you would have to probably turn it louder to overcome the environment noise than you do on headphones that muffle outside noise.

If you search “OSHA dB chart” you should get a basic idea of how loud is loud, note than ear damage is cumulative, so it’s OK to blast super loud for few minutes a day, on the other hand if you listen to music all day you need to play at lower levels.

Also, listen to your body, if after a listening session you hear tinnitus (ringing in your ears), then it’s too loud. (That doesn’t mean it’s OK just because you don’t hear ringing)

I usually listen around 100dB(A) but I don’t recommend it.

Too bad they stole the word “libertarian” :(

I would like to agree, unfortunately Samsung still gives the longest updates on sub 150 euro phones.

But yeah, why does a refrigerator needs a screen in the first place? My white branded fridge must be nearing at least 15 years old, could use new rubber but apart from what still working perfectly.