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  • JohnSmith@feddit.uktoComic Strips@lemmy.worldSeeking for funding
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    1 month ago

    I’m old enough to have gone through a number of these technology bubbles, so much so that I haven’t paid much attention to them for a fair while. This AI bs feels a bit different, though. It seems to me that lots more people have completely lost their minds this time.

    Like all bubbles, this too will end up in the same rubbish heap.




  • JohnSmith@feddit.uktoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldConsent machine
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    5 months ago

    I happen to have BBC News on just now. Besides factually reporting on what Trump said, over the past hour they’ve interviewed a number of people about the topic each offering different perspective. Many of them commented on what utter rubbish Trump’s statements were. I’d say BBC reporting on the topic has been factual, balanced and to a good standard I’d expect of them.





  • JohnSmith@feddit.ukOPtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldHow is this astroturfing?
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    7 months ago

    Quite how you concluded that my post was an excuse to post a link to BBC is beyond my admittedly limited comprehension. The logic that took you to that conclusion is intriguing, so please do explain.

    You further imply that BBC is an iffy source. For me, that is a devastating perspective. Would you kindly help me find sources that are less iffy, please?






  • JohnSmith@feddit.uktoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldSlorp
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    1 year ago

    Remember when email was useful? I remember when it was magical!

    Time for a story from the ancient times. I had this idea and asked my professor for advice. He said he knew a person on the other side of the world who would know all about it. “This is his ‘email’ address.”

    I had never heard about ‘email’ so I needed to learn what it was and how to send one. I wrote my message and off it went. The very next morning I had a reply. One of the best experts on a topic I was keen about had shared their thoughts from the other side of the world, just like that.

    In that time, a long time ago as you’ll appreciate, that interaction was magical.

    In an instant I understood the power of the Usenet. A while later and with a couple of additional protocols they started calling that the Internet.


  • I made couple of bass tramps tuned to the room’s main resonant frequencies, which I measured. I followed instructions from the book.

    I added sound absorber panels to the walls and ceiling to kill immediate reflections from the main speakers plus a sprinkling of additional panels to kill reflections and also act as decoration. I also needed to move one radiator because it was in the worst possible location for my setup.

    The room got thick curtains to improve absorption, and they also darken the room as it is dual use music listening and home cinema room. A few defraction elements went into the ceiling for a good measure. The ceiling is made of custom panels that I made myself from wood and fabric to allow sound energy through to the various acoustic elements behind them.

    I also spent a fair amount of time with subwoofer placement, but in the end it became a bit of a compromise between sound and placement of furniture. Nothing a bit of signal processing can’t deal with, mind.




  • So far I’ve found everything I looked for, and a few new ones too. Their app features for lyrics and other songs you might like work great. Admittedly, I’m an old metal head who loves singing to a song at the top of the voice, out of tune of course, so I might not be skirting the kinds of niches you like.