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Comment on Breath of Fire IV is now available on PC via GOG in ~games
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Comment on Need suggestions for soundproofing my place in ~life.home_improvement
tomorrow-never-knows LinkUnfortunately you can't get around physics; low frequency waves are excellent at penetrating solid structures, and the voice band extends low enough to make a decent job of it too, plus solid...Unfortunately you can't get around physics; low frequency waves are excellent at penetrating solid structures, and the voice band extends low enough to make a decent job of it too, plus solid walls tend to be great at transferring sound energy. Also, different types of sound treatment are required for different frequency bands.
Ideally, as others have mentioned, you want another wall in between that is heavily insulated. Next best thing is suspending heavy rugs and/or broad spectrum acoustic panels with a gap from the wall - the transition between multiple physical mediums will each help to absorb and diminish sound energy.
More practically, move your setup away from the wall. I don't know how the layout of your apartment is, but, best case, get your desk around a corner wall if possible. From there, look at getting some large freestanding acoustic baffles and create a cubicle around your desk - essentially making a vocal booth here.
Hopefully you find something that suits your particular situation.
Also, your neighbours sound like overreacting dickheads. I used to live in a tiny one bed apartment, out of the three tenants that passed through the downstairs unit during that tenure two were very chill and assured me they could hear little more than footsteps while another went off the deep end completely with constant noise complaints - it can just be luck of the draw sometimes.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
tomorrow-never-knows (edited )LinkI just read the first two books in Hugh Howey's Silo trilogy, Wool and Shift, in fairly quick succession. The TV adaptation has been getting a lot of praise from colleagues in work and the premise...I just read the first two books in Hugh Howey's Silo trilogy, Wool and Shift, in fairly quick succession. The TV adaptation has been getting a lot of praise from colleagues in work and the premise sounded quite interesting so I decided to give the books a whirl first and wound up getting pretty hooked - they were absolutely perfect for some recent long haul flights. Good balance of mystery, tension and characterisation.
No guesses needed for what I'll be tucking into next but I'm feeling the itch for some non-fiction after that. I was recently recommended The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow and am leaning towards that at the moment. I had read Harari's Sapiens which was fine enough but I didn't find myself completely convinced by his theories and arguments. Graeber and Wengrow's work sounds like a much stronger effort on this very fascinating topic, has anyone here read it?
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Comment on 'Avengers: Doomsday' cast released in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows LinkChanning Tatum returning as Gambit? You sunuvabitch, I'm in.Channing Tatum returning as Gambit? You sunuvabitch, I'm in.
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Comment on New hard / mil SciFi read recommendations requested - just finished a marathon series in ~books
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentYup, I bounced off it myself recently at about the halfway point. However, I am still interested enough in the setting to give the next one a go.Yup, I bounced off it myself recently at about the halfway point. However, I am still interested enough in the setting to give the next one a go.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
tomorrow-never-knows LinkFor a good solid week or so my main listens have been grunge-era MTV Unplugged albums, and Kryptan's debut LP, Violence, Our Power. The latter doesn't reinvent the wheel but it delivers the goods...For a good solid week or so my main listens have been grunge-era MTV Unplugged albums, and Kryptan's debut LP, Violence, Our Power. The latter doesn't reinvent the wheel but it delivers the goods throughout with some early Watain style aggression and melody with some tasty synth work underneath boosting the nasty black metal atmospheres. Great fun.
I'm now locked into Havukruunu's new one, Tavastland, which finally dropped after an agonising five year wait. Epic riff-focused black metal that recalls the glories of Bathory and Moonsorrow.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentI go on a big Bolt Thrower buzz every couple weeks, usually locking in a particular album each time (Those Once Loyal being most recent). Absolutely untouchable band.I go on a big Bolt Thrower buzz every couple weeks, usually locking in a particular album each time (Those Once Loyal being most recent). Absolutely untouchable band.
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Comment on 'Consider Phlebas' series set at Amazon from Charles Yu and Chloé Zhao in ~tv
tomorrow-never-knows (edited )Link ParentInteresting, I'll admit I recently tried reading 'Consider Phlebas' but bounced off it about halfway through (just after the Damage game chapter) as I found the narrative to be too scattershot to...Interesting, I'll admit I recently tried reading 'Consider Phlebas' but bounced off it about halfway through (just after the Damage game chapter) as I found the narrative to be too scattershot to lock in with, that's despite a few cool scenes and ideas here and there. Would you say the rest of the series improves? Is there a strict continuity, as in, could I hop back in with a later novel?
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Comment on Andor | Season 2 trailer | Streaming April 22 on Disney+ in ~tv
tomorrow-never-knows LinkThis looks like a trailer cut together by people who have absolutely zero understanding of what made season one work so well. Exec: release time, call the flashy trailer guy and get him to do his...- Exemplary
This looks like a trailer cut together by people who have absolutely zero understanding of what made season one work so well.
Exec: release time, call the flashy trailer guy and get him to do his thing.
Aide: ok, what do we want him to focus on?
Exec: I dunno, which one is this again?
Aide: that talky serious one.
Ezec: we ordered a second season of that?
Aide: yessir.
Exec: why the fuck did we do that?
Aide: apparently the critics loved it
Exec: uh huh, and what about the super nerds?
Aide: they loved it too, sir.
Exec: why?
Aide: I prepared some reviews, here.
Exec: ...
Exec: what the fuck is dramatic tension?
Aide: I'm not sure, sir.
Exec: fuck it, stick in a few cards saying how much the critics loved it then fill it up with the usual explosions and bright lights bullshit. -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentI'm at pretty much the same point in the game and you've summed up my thoughts exactly, I'm having a real blast with it. It seems a rarity these days but I really do appreciate an RPG that both...I'm at pretty much the same point in the game and you've summed up my thoughts exactly, I'm having a real blast with it. It seems a rarity these days but I really do appreciate an RPG that both respects your time and consistently rewards exploration and that's Avowed to a T. As a Pillars of Eternity fan I'm also quite enjoying the narrative and all the lore nuggets linking back to those games.
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Comment on Movie recommendations? in ~movies
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentI read your post and thought that sounded like a pretty useful site. Lo and behold, when I went to register it turns out I had already created an account back in 2012! Good to see a site thriving...I read your post and thought that sounded like a pretty useful site. Lo and behold, when I went to register it turns out I had already created an account back in 2012! Good to see a site thriving that long, and it was fun to look at the handful of ratings by my younger self. Thanks for that!
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Comment on Castle Rat - Fresh Fur (2024) in ~music
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentOn the plus side, they had a ridiculously successful Kickstarter for their new album which is now currently in the mix stage and due for release later in the year.On the plus side, they had a ridiculously successful Kickstarter for their new album which is now currently in the mix stage and due for release later in the year.
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Comment on Audio enthusiasts share your audio setups in ~hobbies
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentThat's fair, these kinds of issues can be a right pain to diagnose once you dig in. Though if you are certain it's from the USB it might be worth trying a powered USB hub.That's fair, these kinds of issues can be a right pain to diagnose once you dig in. Though if you are certain it's from the USB it might be worth trying a powered USB hub.
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Comment on Audio enthusiasts share your audio setups in ~hobbies
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentThe M4 has served me well for a few years now. I'm mostly working in the box at home so it has all the I/O I need, mainly for DI guitars and synths. For a while there were some issues with noise...The M4 has served me well for a few years now. I'm mostly working in the box at home so it has all the I/O I need, mainly for DI guitars and synths. For a while there were some issues with noise on the speaker outs but I tracked this down to a ground loop issue, a simple isolator I got for like €12 on Amazon sorted it though (think it's essentially a wee 1:1 transformer).
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Comment on Dystopian book recommendations in ~books
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentAnd to have whatever hope you had for humanity continually ground down until you emerge from the back cover completely numb. 10/10And to have whatever hope you had for humanity continually ground down until you emerge from the back cover completely numb.
10/10
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Comment on Audio enthusiasts share your audio setups in ~hobbies
tomorrow-never-knows LinkSpeakers Yamaha HS5 - my ever reliable main monitors. I've had them for over a decade now and know them pretty well. Not too much info on the low-end but a nice and honest midrange that doesn't...Speakers
Yamaha HS5 - my ever reliable main monitors. I've had them for over a decade now and know them pretty well. Not too much info on the low-end but a nice and honest midrange that doesn't get fatiguing.Creative Pebble v2 - these are a handy little pair I like to keep on the side, usually for getting an extra perspective for reference on a mix or else hooking up to hardware synths when I want to get away from screens.
Headphones
Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro - primary headphones when I'm at home and used both for working on audio and general listening late at night. Pretty much permanently hooked up to my audio interface / computer.Audio Technica ATH-M50xBT2 - the trusty travel companions. They spend a lot of their time living in my work bag and are an invaluable companion on quiet night shifts.
DAC / Amp
MOTU M4 - great bang for the buck audio interface. Has a really nice DAC built-in which was an important criteria (besides the pre-amp quality) when choosing - shout out to Julian Krause's YT channel and his incredibly thorough audio interface testing which was invaluable here.Home Entertainment
Sony HT-S2000 - I picked this up when living in a tiny old 1-bed apartment and it fit the bill as a substantial upgrade over the TV's crappy speakers that wouldn't piss off the neighbours, nor break the bank. I'll likely upgrade at some point but it's good enough that I'm in no rush for now. -
Comment on Non-Americans: How's it going? in ~society
tomorrow-never-knows Link ParentBit of a housing crisis going on, but sure look.Bit of a housing crisis going on, but sure look.
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Comment on Star Wars recommendations for a six year old in ~tv
tomorrow-never-knows LinkIt's kind of hard to recommend anything in particular as it is quite a fickle age. My own 6yo bounced off the Young Jedi cartoons on Disney+ which seemed 100% targeted at his age group but then a...It's kind of hard to recommend anything in particular as it is quite a fickle age. My own 6yo bounced off the Young Jedi cartoons on Disney+ which seemed 100% targeted at his age group but then a couple months ago we dove into the original trilogy - with theatrical cuts to boot - which he loved. However, the interest waned heavily during EpII and we have yet to finish off EpIII (empirical proof of the prequel quality dip here). We've been dipping into Skeleton Crew a bit recently, for which The Goonies would be a great comparison here tonally, but tbh I think it would be a much better fit in a year or two down the road.
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Comment on GOG resurrects Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 on PC in ~games
tomorrow-never-knows LinkFinally! Instant purchase for me, been wanting to revisit this series for a good while now. Hopefully they get the RE:make treatment too at some stage.Finally! Instant purchase for me, been wanting to revisit this series for a good while now. Hopefully they get the RE:make treatment too at some stage.
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Comment on Can anyone recommend a translation of the Odyssey? in ~books
tomorrow-never-knows LinkMy go-to for both The Iliad and The Odyssey is Robert Fagles' hugely enjoyable modern verse translations. He puts the focus where it should be: telling an epic tale of gods, heroes and high adventure.My go-to for both The Iliad and The Odyssey is Robert Fagles' hugely enjoyable modern verse translations. He puts the focus where it should be: telling an epic tale of gods, heroes and high adventure.
Thanks for the heads up on this. I remember back in the PS1 days a friend raving about Breath of Fire III and I wanted to play that game so bad but could never find it in stock anywhere. Not knowing anything else about the series, to my great surprise I eventually found out they had made a 4th one when I came across it in my local game shop, and, though it was not the one I originally had my heart set on, I picked it up anyway, and sure enough it wound up becoming one of my favourite JRPGs from that golden era.