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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
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Comment on Anyone here listen to NPR Tiny Desk concerts? in ~music
V17 LinkThe Foo Fighters Tiny Desk sound contains a pet peeve of mine: drummers who use bamboo rods to play quieter but do not adjust their cymbal selection - thick rock cymbals make almost no sound that...The Foo Fighters Tiny Desk sound contains a pet peeve of mine: drummers who use bamboo rods to play quieter but do not adjust their cymbal selection - thick rock cymbals make almost no sound that way. Kinda sucks for rock music especially.
Now you know this and you will keep noticing it in Tiny Desk concerts because nearly everyone uses them, it's the easiest way to make a drumkit quiet. But it works way more on cymbals than on drums, especially if you play with the tip and not the length of the stick. So you start a chorus, the drummer moves to the ride cymbal which normally increases the energy and instead the cymbals pretty much vanish.
My favorite episode is Napalm Death by far, and it definitely does not have this problem. I love Barney's voice and the ridiculousness of the setting.
If you're not into that kind of music, then my second would probably be SsingSsing - Koreans in drag singing popified traditional music. Together with ADG7 (not on Tiny Desk but there's a KEXP concert online) I have to wonder how much great non-kpop music there must be that we don't know about.
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Comment on Red light: Modern life has deprived us of it, which may be linked to diabetes, cancer, dementia in ~health
V17 Link ParentI don't think there is evidence that this is the case in general. Though personally for my chronic pain relief, yeah, the sunlight works equally well, it's just impractical as when I'm clothed in...which can generally all be duplicated by just going outside in the sun
I don't think there is evidence that this is the case in general. Though personally for my chronic pain relief, yeah, the sunlight works equally well, it's just impractical as when I'm clothed in the winter it takes at least 90 minutes in direct sunlight (if that's even available), whereas the panel does the same in 10 minutes and is available at any time.
I do not get more hair growth from sunlight though, I don't think, and I definitely do from RLT.
But the problem when it comes to red light is that it’s being sold as the solution to literally everything
Yeah, there's unfortunately a lot of money in selling overpriced RLT panels, and the main marketing tool is overvaluing the published science. I still think that you overreacted to the article, for example with the author not understanding the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Comment on Patrick Stewart dead: 'Star Trek' captain, 'X-Men' superhero was 86 in ~movies
V17 Link ParentShatner still looks barely 80 at 95, I suspect he's been draining Stewart's life energy. Maybe he'll be the one who lives to 120. Not what we wanted but what we deserve etc.Shatner still looks barely 80 at 95, I suspect he's been draining Stewart's life energy. Maybe he'll be the one who lives to 120. Not what we wanted but what we deserve etc.
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Comment on Red light: Modern life has deprived us of it, which may be linked to diabetes, cancer, dementia in ~health
V17 Link ParentI don't know about US or UK, but here (EU) they can still be legally and cheaply purchased, they're just sold as a heating element or something and few stores sell them. Regarding the...But if incandescent bulbs are starting to become a black market item...
I don't know about US or UK, but here (EU) they can still be legally and cheaply purchased, they're just sold as a heating element or something and few stores sell them.
Regarding the full-spectrum lights, grow lights tend to be expensive, if you want less blue light and more red (though not a lot of deep red and no IR), just buy high CRI bulbs. In the EU Ikea bulbs have CRI of 90, which should be just good enough and they're cheap, in the US some of the relatively cheap Philips high CRI bulbs should be easily available on Amazon.
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Comment on Red light: Modern life has deprived us of it, which may be linked to diabetes, cancer, dementia in ~health
V17 Link ParentI don't think calling them all very preliminary is warranted. RLT has been studied for quite some time now and many effects have multiple RCTs done on them, and sometimes the sample sizes even...But even if these studies were the best quality, they are all very preliminary. They aren’t established science until they have been independently replicated at the very least.
I don't think calling them all very preliminary is warranted. RLT has been studied for quite some time now and many effects have multiple RCTs done on them, and sometimes the sample sizes even aren't small, but the effects are usually modest with moderate certainty. The evidence on male pattern hair loss is pretty decent, slowing down or reducing myopia in children has multiple decent sized trials as well and is iirc indirectly supported by correlational studies done by different people with different goals, for example.
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Comment on Red light: Modern life has deprived us of it, which may be linked to diabetes, cancer, dementia in ~health
V17 Link ParentI think this reading is too uncharitable. I don't think the article conflates UV and red light/infrared light, it just mentions that UV exposure is a good proxy to sunlight exposure, which as far...I think this reading is too uncharitable.
I don't think the article conflates UV and red light/infrared light, it just mentions that UV exposure is a good proxy to sunlight exposure, which as far as I know is true.
Conflating red and infrared seems to be fine in this context, we don't know it for sure, but as far as I know the available research indicates that, with narrow band sources, the effects of visible red light and near infrared are very similar if not broadly the same. However these narrow band sources tend to only be in bands with low water absorption, to get slightly deeper penetration and avoid unwanted heating.
The research on eyesight seems decent and some of it does show that broadband light (daylight, incandescent, halogen) may have equivalent or even better effect, on people who spend most time indoors.
This I'm less sure about (been some time), but iirc the research on blood glucose seemed okay, including the opposite effect from blue light. The influence on mitochondria is proven as well, but only in vitro afaik and I do not know the specifics to judge how well it would at least potentially translate.
Imo the effect on eyesight and glucose may be enough to re-think indoor lighting. Going full incandescent is not warranted at all, but for me personally this was one of the reasons why I gradually switched to high CRI bulbs (the other being purely comfort and actual accurate color rendering), which naturally lack the big blue spike in their spectrum that most LED bulbs have. High CRI bulbs have only very slightly lower efficiency and can be bought cheaply. And one of the scientists cited, Glen Jeffery, recommends getting one incandescent or halogen lamp and putting it on the spot where you spent the most time, like your working desk.
Red light therapy has a ton of overpriced crap, but I don't think it's a scam. For me personally it temporarily lowers my chronic pain, slightly improves sleep and makes me less sleepy during the day. Oh and it makes all of my body hair grow faster, which is annoying if anything, but it's the most measurable effect. My eyelashes get longer and smudge my glasses from the inside.
These things would never be worth it if I bought a panel "locally", but all the local sellers just sell chinese panels with usually more than 200% markup, so I just purchased the same panel from China directly. The beauty of red light therapy is that it's quite simple, so while scams can exist, it's not easy to accidentally screw it up and the average panel quality is not bad, just the prices are often ridiculous.
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Comment on Walter Koenig dead at 90 in ~tv
V17 Link90 is a good age and he did some cool things with his time here. I love how his two most famous roles are both in the same genre and yet the characters are pretty much the polar opposites. I like...90 is a good age and he did some cool things with his time here. I love how his two most famous roles are both in the same genre and yet the characters are pretty much the polar opposites. I like Chekov because I like anything that's a jab at the Soviets, but Bester was spectacular, one of my favorite B5 characters.
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Comment on Proposal: For sensitive topics, if a thread is intended for a particular demographic, there needs another thread open for everyone to discuss without having to join the targeted thread in ~tildes
V17 Link ParentI disagree with this reasoning very much. I am confident enough about my own irl behavior that an accusation from an online rando who lives on the opposite side of the planet usually doesn't...I disagree with this reasoning very much. I am confident enough about my own irl behavior that an accusation from an online rando who lives on the opposite side of the planet usually doesn't directly affect me, but I still care about it and will respond because I think it's bad for society to say things like that and it only serves to make cultural conflicts worse.
I'm not sure if I understand your "all women are sluts" example, because while we could and perhaps should empathize with someone who writes that and speculate about their bad experience with genuinely toxic behavior that led them to write something like that, this is clearly something that would never fly on Tildes and it's still a stupid thing to say.
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Comment on We are excited to announce that the Iceland DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 will be released on 10th November 2026 in ~games
V17 Link ParentHave you tried multiplayer? I only tried it for a while and it was kinda weird, you don't meet that many people dispersed randomly, and then there's one or two towns with 50 truck gridlocks,...Have you tried multiplayer? I only tried it for a while and it was kinda weird, you don't meet that many people dispersed randomly, and then there's one or two towns with 50 truck gridlocks, usually in ports around the channel, but it was pretty fun and it seems like with your style of playing you could make it more interesting for everyone.
Oh, and there are some really good user made expansions as well, but I guess you know that.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentI liked the UX as well, it looks much better than LibreOffice. But this was not a very good first impression.I liked the UX as well, it looks much better than LibreOffice. But this was not a very good first impression.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentThis is exactly what I meant by that. I definitely could troubleshoot and solve that and the reason why I didn't is that I need actual MS office installed for 100% compatibility anyway, so I...This is exactly what I meant by that. I definitely could troubleshoot and solve that and the reason why I didn't is that I need actual MS office installed for 100% compatibility anyway, so I decided it's not worth the time. But pushing your average bureaucrat to troubleshoot in any situation is going to be hard.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentNo, that's the one thing that I tried before I went back to excel.No, that's the one thing that I tried before I went back to excel.
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Comment on We are excited to announce that the Iceland DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 will be released on 10th November 2026 in ~games
V17 LinkThere's still something funny about a truck driving simulator being one of the best selling games from our country. Despite technically being the most serious game, it feels somewhat silly to have...There's still something funny about a truck driving simulator being one of the best selling games from our country. Despite technically being the most serious game, it feels somewhat silly to have it among Kingdom Come, Arma or Samorost series. You can become a medieval hero, a heroic soldier, a fantastical fairytale being that lives in a psychedelic tree stump, or you can spend an hour driving some random chemical through miniaturized Europe in a truck to earn money for a better truck.
And of course I fell for it as well, I probably spent 50 hours playing ETS and ATS. It did become boring eventually, but it got me like it got many people.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentIs it really? I recently tried it, opened a very basic excel table (my work timetable) and found out that it was broken. Normally I wouldn't want to extrapolate too much from a single experience,...The technical foundation of OnlyOffice is much better
Is it really? I recently tried it, opened a very basic excel table (my work timetable) and found out that it was broken. Normally I wouldn't want to extrapolate too much from a single experience, but this seems exactly like the dealbreaker that would make non-tech people not use it - a simple, seemingly basic featured table used for a common thing, you open it and see a table half full of hashes.
Ideally the process of adopting it for government work would radically speed up fixing of these issues, but we don't live in an ideal world and i expect the opposite: resistance.
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Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women
V17 (edited )Link ParentYeah, sorry for butting in here, but my issue is you can basically rationalize anything if you come from the assumption that a thing must be similarly bad everywhere and that we're primed to claim...I'm hoping for a reply from them
Yeah, sorry for butting in here, but my issue is you can basically rationalize anything if you come from the assumption that a thing must be similarly bad everywhere and that we're primed to claim the thing does not exist. If I say it doesn't exist, it can be because I don't see it and women don't trust me enough to tell me (I've been told this in a different thread here on Tildes). If women say it doesn't exist, it can be because they're conditioned, groomed or have internalized misogyny.
I don't work in a corporate tech environment and never have, so from me the the argument isn't see it/don't see it, but many of my friends do or did and when I talk to women about their experiences, I feel like that ought to be enough. What is the alternative? Asking them if they're sure they're not suppressing something or coddling me to not hurt my male ego? I don't think we would stay friends if I did that.
Maybe this is not an unwillingness to see a problem but actually good news?
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Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women
V17 Link ParentThe woman in the video doesn't present data either, she presents specific experiences of her own and says that every woman in the audience has the same stories. I have more close women friends...The woman in the video doesn't present data either, she presents specific experiences of her own and says that every woman in the audience has the same stories.
I have more close women friends than men and these are some of the things we talk about, specifically because they are different here, including things like "you have to avoid xxx part of town, especially at night or as a woman, but every town has some bad spots, that doesn't mean it's dangerous as a whole", which I hear from Americans all the time and it does not apply here either. Not nearly all of my friends work in STEM, but some do, off the top of my head specifically as software developers, UX designers and researchers in academia.
Again, I don't want to claim that our culture doesn't have problems with sexism, and maybe there are some bad ones we don't see because we're living in it, but some thing like getting repeated texts saying "Fuck you, you fucking whore. Fuck you" because you rejected a colleague's advances and nobody caring about that, or receiving a "rape kit" with zip ties and ducktape from a secret santa, something like that is not commonplace at all.
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Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women
V17 Link ParentSame with "white people" and "black people", where I think it's a bit more obvious implicitly, but many people still seem unaware that whenever those terms are used, it is almost universally about...Same with "white people" and "black people", where I think it's a bit more obvious implicitly, but many people still seem unaware that whenever those terms are used, it is almost universally about problems specific to the US.
The video is horrifying, especially if it's really true that what she's citing is not an extreme at all and every woman in the audience has the same stories. Like I don't want to pretend we're virtuous, we're not, but that really is not the case here.
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Comment on How A24 spurred a meme craze and got the many to watch ‘You Can See Everything’: documentary opens to $15m milestone in ~movies
V17 LinkI'd like to share my favorite meme of the famous scene because it's really stupid and really well made, which is my favorite combination, and I haven't laughed at that kind of a joke in a long...I'd like to share my favorite meme of the famous scene because it's really stupid and really well made, which is my favorite combination, and I haven't laughed at that kind of a joke in a long time.
I had no idea who Nathan Fielder was until the trailers came out and as far as I know neither did any of my friends. Two more weeks till it gets here, can't wait.
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Comment on Metallica’s James Hetfield has a message for entertainers who bring their ‘bullshit‘ agenda to the stage in ~music
V17 Link ParentIt's true, but the fact that something as simple as "let's leave politics at the door" creates so much emotion in my opinion shows that something is wrong. I don't even like the dude but I don't...Yeah, but had he said nothing there wouldn't be a discussion.
It's true, but the fact that something as simple as "let's leave politics at the door" creates so much emotion in my opinion shows that something is wrong. I don't even like the dude but I don't think he did anything wrong here, plus I think it's good in general to not self-police for fear of what others think.
I went to see Huun Huur Tu for the third time.
The reason why I like Huun Huur Tu, aside from just throat singing sounding cool, is that while they play interpretations of music that's centuries old, mostly on traditional instruments that one of them builds, some parts of their music sound completely contemporary in different ways.
Yesterday one of them played what could only be described as a short avantgarde jazz solo. And the drums in some of their songs have a lot in common with some more experimental techno music for example. Not just in the rhythm, but sometimes in the sound too - I first saw them around a time when I was regularly going to raves organized by a local synth company, and maybe a third of the people who played there used a cheap analogue kick module that sounded similar to this goat (?) skin drum. It was a very unexpected feeling of dejá vu.
So the first concert brought me great enjoyment and I wanted to see them again, but the second time was in a church, which fucking sucked because the acoustics completely killed it for me. This time they were playing in a theater and the sound was pretty good, at least for us - they were less happy with the stage monitors, but played well regardless and were rewarded with a sold out show and a standing ovation.