TheOakTree

joined 1 year ago
[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

So, I was kind of correct... but also not quite correct enough!

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Interesting that the screen has such an aggressive curve, but the scanlines and text box are relatively straight.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

It's always gonna be vanilla ring or pretzel for me, no exceptions

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can handle shitty graphics, it's the framerates that really mess with me.

I sometimes forget that some games on Switch cap at 30fps. Jumping from a 165hz display running 165fps to a 60hz display running 30fps is... a bit jarring.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What kind of infographic is that? Convection in large bodies of water? I'm not familiar :(

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

As a teenager, my parents would only let me have a PC if it was situated outside of my room, so naturally, I put my setup in my basement. I was excited to play games in the coolest (temp-wise) room in the house, up until the day a camel cricket decided to jump up my pants and continue to work its way up until I smashed it against myself.

Yuck.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

I like to imagine that the childbots are made in the image of the parentbots, and the childbots eventually are tasked with picking out preferred larger parts as a growing rite.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 15 points 4 months ago

I cast: instant brazilian waxing!

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cool to see this come up! I recently had to write a (mock) proposal regarding different efforts to store excess green energy and I had a blast reading about gravity batteries and pumped hydro. Hopefully, these projects come along sooner than later, as widespread adoption will take much longer than the first several implementations.

Another neat tidbit I learned while researching pumped hydro is that hydroelectric dams actually use the remaining inertia of the spinning generators to pump water back up the dams, which is much like the idea of regenerative braking in EVs.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

For the 2nd one, better safe than sorry. You would feel like more of a dumbass if you heard a story in the news about a gas leak fire, or some other form of damage/injury/death.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just wanted to point out that Oral B's basic electric toothbrushes still range from $45-$80, so it's not quite as cheap as you say it is. Your point still stands in its entirety. The only thing that makes this product different from the $45 model is the Alexa functionality, and taking that away makes it effectively not the same product.

 

I made a DIY cable for my Sundaras and they turned out fine, but next time I want to try for thinner cables, with four braided cores instead of two thick dual-core wires. On top of this, I plan to apply that knowledge towards IEM cables too.

Any tips, advice, and/or resources for learning? I understand the general premise, but could use input on things like where to source y-splitters, what kind of cables aren't snake oil, how to pull off an 8-strand braid as easily as they do in the youtube tutorials... etc.

EDIT: Also! I was looking at 2.5mm balanced cable schematics, and essentially each side of the cable should have independent ground, populating each TRRS contacts correspondingly? Hopefully I'm not far off

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