Posts by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
(DIR) Post #1284807 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-11-17T22:45:53Z
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@mdhughes what year did you get them? Reports of shoddy build quality since they were purchased by Apple. Even before that I did not like them, but it was more the a audio profile and soundstage.I get how a DJ would like the classic pairs, but I was an audio engineer, so I look for very different types of cans.
(DIR) Post #1286206 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-11-17T23:49:08Z
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@mdhughes Yeah, I think you got a pair before the serious quality downturn. They're super focused on releasing low-quality headsets these days.Sony Studios can take a beating, but you probably would have to replace pads pretty often in a DJ setting and they're not really designed for DJ use. The V-Moda M80 might pique your interest, though. That's what a lot of pro DJs I worked with used, including Ed Simons
(DIR) Post #1419008 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-11-23T04:37:39Z
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@USBloveDog it's not really that cut and dry. Dynamic is great for anything directional, including vocals. Condensor is great if you know what you're doing or need to record a room. Ribbons... Yeah, you need some money.If you're just recording vocals or speech or a single instrument, just go with a dynamic or a decent consumer-focused condensor like a Yeti. FYI, the Yeti has controls to set it up for mono mode that puts it in a dynamic-like configuration.Also, get a popper stopper.
(DIR) Post #1419583 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-11-23T05:04:50Z
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@USBloveDog dynamic typically has a better rear rejection pattern. Especially the venerable SM57/58. You would need a USB to XLR interface, though.TBF, a Yeti in unidirectional mode does have pretty good rejection. You can put it on an arm moment that keeps it out of your way, and you don't have to be as cautious about speaking directly into it. That's the really nice thing about a condensor for computer use. You don't have to pay as much attention to positioning.
(DIR) Post #1468256 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-11-25T04:46:33Z
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@kelbot I use Activities to seitch my layouts and pins between personal, work, and audio production. I haven't played too much with advanced features, but I think there is a way to have an activity run a script.If that doesn't work, there's the tried and true script-bound-to-a-custom-shortcut routine. Could even have an icon be an on/off switch by using a temp file for single-script operation.
(DIR) Post #1506999 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-11-26T16:54:12Z
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@kelbot @codesections one thing I find really interesting about all the tiling WMs out there is that functionally they are all quite similar. The only thing that I see that truly sets them apart (aside from minor differences) is what language you configure them in.Bspwm is all bash. Xmonad is all Haskell. Qtile is all Python. i3wm is its own thing, Awesome is all Lua, etc.
(DIR) Post #1828947 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-12-08T09:27:14Z
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@rtwx I used Arch for years before I finally decided it wasn't worth it and moved on. Too much clutter, too many broken packages, too many problems to fix yourself.It's kind of like a time capsule back to 2005 before there were tools and processed to make Linux a decent desktop distro.Don't get me wrong, there is some inherent flexibility in Arch that can't be replicated elsewhere, but is it really worth your soul?
(DIR) Post #1828949 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-12-08T09:51:41Z
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@rtwx sounds about right. And honestly, the Arch community is generally trash as well.Everyone talks about how great the Arch wiki is, but it feels to me like a whole lot of explaining how to do things without explaining why to do things...Like that 1M partition. Yes, there should absolutely be a notice somewhere that it will be needed if you're using GPT before you get to the grub step. But Arch assumes you knew that before beginning...
(DIR) Post #1841184 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-12-08T20:36:16Z
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@jason @rtwx I used Ubuntu from 2005, then Arch from 2007 to 2010, then alternately used Arch and Fedora until 2015. Just this year I decided to move back to (k)Ubuntu and have been quite happy.Arch's flexibility is really only rivaled by NixOS IMHO, but Arch has a problem with lack of leadership and a superiority complex.The AUR is a mess of broken, unmaintained packages, and software tends to arrive in community with bugs.
(DIR) Post #1841185 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2018-12-08T20:38:45Z
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@jason @rtwx if Arch works well for you, I'm glad. But I just couldn't really deal with always having to fix one little thing myself anymore. Like having the latest kernel just randomly decide my ultrawide monitor resolution wasn't usable. Or annoying bugs in a Plasma release that wasn't really ready to push. Or scores of other impatience issues with QC.I have better things to do than manually maintain everything.
(DIR) Post #2856853 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-01-11T07:02:13Z
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Straw poll:How do you guys feel about #shells? I've been using #zsh for a few years now. And, of course, there's plenty of #bash on any servers I don't spend a decent amount of time in. I do occasionally play with #fish, but always seem to stray back to zsh. Maybe 2019 and fish 3.0 will change that. We'll see!
(DIR) Post #3085431 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-01-18T00:38:41Z
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My bunny chewed my headphone cable on my really nice open-back headphones. :'(Bad bun bun.Going to try to solder in a new jack and convert them to use a detachable cable.
(DIR) Post #3467493 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-01-28T14:01:19Z
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@kelbot That sounds rad. I've been meaning to set up something in Calibre that would automatically pull news and ship it to my kindle.Something like this would be super cool to augment that functionality, but I'd need to convert it to Mobi along the way somehow.
(DIR) Post #3468687 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-01-28T14:34:54Z
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@kelbot Baller. Definitely will be checking out, then! Thanks for the tip!
(DIR) Post #3468735 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-01-28T14:36:46Z
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@kelbot This is what I'm planning on implementing: https://www.howtogeek.com/115178/how-to-convert-news-feeds-to-ebooks-with-calibre/I think this combined w/ Calibre headless server is the ticket.
(DIR) Post #3469111 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-01-28T14:47:55Z
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@kelbot Check this out: https://github.com/lazzarello/rss-epub-archiverProject is super old, but you could fork and update it. That + a script w/ your RSS feeds + cron or systemd timer may work for you.
(DIR) Post #3529336 by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-01-29T23:21:27Z
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Just saw a license plate cover, the ones the dealers put on cars they sell for free publicity, that said "Herb Chambers" and I'm really disappointed that guy decided to sell cars instead pursue a rap career.The name alone is enough to get him a record deal.
(DIR) Post #9fS0DCsvs2MiZ3Vv9M by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-02-03T07:21:48Z
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@ky0ko What are you struggling with? I always feel like people are overcomplicating DNS.@b6bb solid. I loved that.
(DIR) Post #9gAh1gci5QqE4OzPbE by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-02-24T20:49:57Z
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@venko @mirzaba LHB is a staple of BB. One of my favorites!
(DIR) Post #9gTHHosaFixXVJgXeC by halfcutskeleton@cybre.space
2019-03-05T20:01:02Z
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@ky0ko interestingly, that's pretty much how modern Windows servers run. Except it's not emulation.My MCSE can explain it better, but Server 2019 basically runs 2019 Core underneath, then has a VM of the actual server you're wanting to run on top with pass-through hardware access.I think they might be doing it because most of their development is now aimed at Hyper-V and Azure. Not too sure, though. I'm not a Windows guy...