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phf: asciilifeform: was dreading coming back
to dc, it didn't disappoint. it's already getting clammy
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
that's what it says when i ask nickserv
to ghost my name.
phf: ben_vulpes: i spent few hours in your city, long enough
to collect loot from Powell's Books
kakobrekla: asciilifeform gotta
take a leak at some point
phf: mircea_popescu: i wonder what happened
to him. << i spent some
time outside
assbot: Logged on 11-03-2016 03:04:46; *: kakobrekla curious if asciilifeform ever makes a compromise for
the sake of his pet
punkman: I have a small stash of 60-70s vinyl, but
turntable has been out of order for a decade+
kakobrekla actually has
that album in his collection
punkman: hmm not bad. I should find a newer bottle
to compare it with.
nubbins`: now
to have a witbier in bed. nite
kakobrekla curious if asciilifeform ever makes a compromise for
the sake of his pet
☟︎ kakobrekla: sometimes 95% solution will be better
than no solution at all
kakobrekla: anyway i see you want all
the upside with no downside
kakobrekla: dont change
the argument
this has nothing
to do with capacitance !
kakobrekla: i recall it was office pc
that worked years after installed and no i dont have
the link written down anywhere
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla i remember me saying
that and alf being all alf all over it!
mircea_popescu: sorta like
the heated water bed. all you wanna do is fuck all
the blustery winter day.
kakobrekla: btw re liquid cooled para capacitance, modern computer gear seem
to work in oil immersion setups without any special design
mircea_popescu: Pedalavo come se fuggissi, e in realta fuggivo, da lei, da quelle emozioni, da i sogni, da i ricordi, da
tutto. E pensavo che dovevo dimenticare. Ero certo che sarei riuscito a dimenticare. Ma oggi che sono vecchio, che ho consumato banalmente la vita,
talchè ho conosciuto
tante donne che m'hanno detto "ricordati di me" e io le ho scordate
tutte, ancora oggi lei, l'unica che non ho mai dimenticato... Sutakora Sassa!
☟︎ mircea_popescu: and i
thought it must be some sort of famous
tune or w/e ?
turns out, no ?
mircea_popescu: this is how all
those fancy interlocking metal slav collars get made.
mircea_popescu: i dunno, maybe it's my
time looking at ega gfx and appreciating golden axe music on
the 8 bit case speaker
mircea_popescu: i can't help but
think i'm so blessed
to not care about fan noise, loudspeakers, monitors et all.
assbot: Logged on 11-03-2016 01:51:20; nubbins`: "we'll have enough
to last us until we're dead"
kakobrekla: the pops come from other parts of
the mobo cant isolate
that
assbot: Logged on 11-03-2016 01:45:30; kakobrekla: yes, mine is isolated
too and yet it still pops when i
tested it. (yes have a dedicated card for
this)
mircea_popescu: "first of its kind game of
thrones case ; 1/4
ton copper alloy, blades"
assbot: Logged on 11-03-2016 01:25:31; asciilifeform: i would love
to buy a case
that is just 200kg of copper hedgehog.
nubbins`: could
tape one
to each component and still be out less
than $10, even
nubbins`: ^ actually asciilifeform a simple piezo & some leads might provide some clues as
to
the source
mircea_popescu: (things are used widely in machining
to find problems with mechanical movement prototypes)
assbot: Logged on 11-03-2016 01:13:16; asciilifeform:
they might feed
the ugly chix
to koi
kakobrekla: and
there is no way around it but with large surface (and low mass)
kakobrekla: anyway, classical cone
tweeters are problematic because of small surface and
therefore large surface volume which makes ears bleed
nubbins`: i should read about
these ribbon speakers of yrs
kakobrekla: i cant listen
to non-ribbon speakers any more
nubbins`: i'm using a roland keyboard amp in
the music studio and crappy infinity speakers on
the record player ;/
kakobrekla: mine were custom made by
this guy, a friend of mine.
kakobrekla: anyway speakers are
the most important part and dipole ribbons are where
the music is at
BingoBoingo very
thankful in
this moment he prefers AM radio for listening
to as
this avoids very expensive path
to financial damnation.
nubbins`: "we'll have enough
to last us until we're dead"
☟︎ nubbins`: ^ frontman of shellac, also engineer @ electrical audio, who famously bought an entire batch of reel2reel
tape when mfg discontinued
kakobrekla: nubbins` i havent had a record player connected
to my setup for years also
nubbins`: kakobrekla if you want
to hear modern all-analog path, check out a record by Shellac of North America
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> kakobrekla: as far as im concerned if it had ONE moving part, it is rubbish. << Aha,
this goes
to
the power
tool dilemma where unless paying out
the ass everything is made by
TTI in china and it is a competition between which
TTI reseller do you
trust most
to preserve
their battery platform. Not directly connected
to
this utterance of yours, but for some reason
this is
the one brian in
the head clicked
the
thread
t kakobrekla: the new stuff is digitally recorded and
then baked
to vinyl
nubbins` wonders if kako is vinyl collector or "other"
type
kakobrekla: hooked
to ~2 grand speakers - however
this is not my main listening setup
kakobrekla: yes, mine is isolated
too and yet it still pops when i
tested it. (yes have a dedicated card for
this)
☟︎ nubbins`: don't even have speakers hooked up
to it
kakobrekla: all integrated sound cards are rubbish. ALL of
them.