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AlternativeEmphasis, in Foreign memes?

I wouldn't see any issue really, there's talk of trying to fully migrate content from certain reddit subs to here. A few memes from your reddit account won't get you crucified.

curiosityLynx,

@AlternativeEmphasis

@Semmelstulle

Just exhumed, drawn and quartered.

Oh wait, we're not talking about Cromwell.

AttackBunny, in People who frequent(ed) "support group" subreddits: what do you think about the future of those places?
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Personally, I was on a couple support groups, and only like one has moved here, so far. I think, like always, people will find another space to setup shop. Hopefully it'll be here, but it'll be somewhere, if they don't stay on reddit.

As for the ones on reddit, I think they will keep chugging along, but I think the content/help/info will take a pretty big nose dive. Between moderators leaving, and the influx (it was already a real issue) of bots, and the lack of the bigger users/contributors, I don't think they will be nearly as helpful/informative as they were.

Eykha, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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  • Friend,
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    Ohh do you have a preference? Are you one of these mechanical keyboard enthusiasts or do you prefer a slimline Bluetooth softkey type setup?

    fisteroboto,

    Software engineer here
    Zsa Moonlander. Xda profile keycaps. Zealios 78g.

    This has been a dream to work on

    Dsco,

    Just ordered one of these. We'll see how it goes

    Alexmitter, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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    Everyone toying with system level stuff on ARM devices should have a cheap but Linux mainline capable board. Like a classic Allwinner A64 based board.

    digitallyfree,
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    The pinnacle would probably be a dedicated Ampere server or workstation.

    Dsco, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?

    The Sennheiser HD650 is a staple in headphone HiFi. The fact that Amir demos everything with it is evidence enough.

    foof,

    It's a staple but hardly the pinnacle.

    Dsco,

    You're right. HD 800S are pretty high up there. Maybe some Audeze LCD-5's or Dan Clark's Ether 2.

    But the 650's are a high quality item every enthusiast owns...

    wjrii, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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    For most power-tool woodworkers, it's a heavy cast-iron table saw. Versatile, accurate, stable, repairable, adjustable, and powerful. Hand tool folks may not have one at all, or maybe just a little jobsite thing to rip big boards, and there's a few people who think differently and either use a tracksaw or build up a custom work table with something smaller as its core, but the vast majority of people who are "into" woodworking will have a cast iron table saw in good repair.

    steaksandwich,

    I’ve currently got two vintage contractor saws sitting in my garage: a Craftsman 113 and a Powermatic 63. Both have beautiful cast iron tops and both have misaligned blades that I’ve spent hours trying to fix. I have PALS installed on both and for the life of me I can’t get the trunnion aligned properly. (Yes, this is a cry for help. plz help)

    Devi, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?

    In reef aquariums people are currently obsessed with this -

    https://charterhouse-aquatics.com/shop/aquatics/pumps/aqua-illumination/ai-nero-5-powerhead

    It moves water. Not anywhere in particular, just makes it move within the tank. It does this job quite well. It sounds ridiculous when you try to explain it to anyone that's not part of the hobby.

    Eykha,
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  • Devi,

    It's good for the corals, they like being bashed about a bit, like the waves would in the sea. Corals are very weird animals.

    HidingCat,

    Marine tanks are just full of weird things. Love hearing the stories from friends and acquaintances who're into it.

    keeb420,

    my mom had one growing up. the person we got it from had a maroon clownfish that was full size. it would sometimes attack when my mom was doing stuff in the tank and even drew blood. she ended up trading it in to the dealer she bought stuff from and he put it in his display tank. youd think with now much she spent on the thing wed have had a generator of some kind but nope. i even suggested it. it sucked having to clean the tank after losing power for a week from a hurricane or winter storm.

    EmptyRadar, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?

    I'm into 3D printing, so for me right now the piece of kit I'm drooling over is the X1 Carbon by Bambu Lab. It has a lot of fancy features but what I most want is the 16-color mixer. It would be great because it would significantly reduce the painting overhead. I'm hoping to have it before the end of the year, if there's not something fancier out by then.

    keeb420,

    damn you i need to save money not spend it.

    exohuman, in How are some NSFW magazines or instances coming through to the kbin.soical sidebar?
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    This is a problem. Some NSFW communities are not tagging their posts NSFW. I like that we have NSFW content, but something needs to be done about communities that aren’t tagging. It’s getting ridiculous. Report them and then block them.

    a_mac_and_con,
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    That is one possibility, but I've noticed that communities/magazines/domains I have blocked show up in the sidebar and when I use the search engine. So I don't think the block function is working completely.

    metaStatic, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?

    Miniature painter here, if you don't own a Windsor and Newton series 7 sable brush what are you even doing?

    oh, I recently got a Vortex mixer and it's a game changer.

    A good quality airbrush can get expensive too and is probably the biggest upgrade to the hobby.

    as with all art it's subjective, you adjust to the tools you use ... but seriously, get a series 7.

    funkmachinego,

    Windsor and Newton Series 7s were my first expensive brushes. I'm rocking Raphael 8404s right now though and I've been a lot happier.

    I'd say that the Harder Steinbeck Infinity series are probably the "you've made it" of mini painting with lots of little tweaks and QoL features, but my Iwata Eclipse has been a perfect work horse for me and may be a "pinnacle" for mini painting as far as overall value.

    Not sure you've made it over there yet, but feel free to join us on https://kbin.social/m/minipainting. Always love to see more work over there!

    metaStatic,

    I'll see if I can't get a good shot of something with my old camera to share over there.

    Ironically my next big purchase will be a new SLR. Taking pictures or videos of minis to share is as big of a rabbit hole as painting them in the first place.

    LoFi-Enchilada, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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    iPad Pro.

    First Apple product I've purchased since the 2005 iPod Video. It does live to its hype for publicists/designers: Ridiculously powerful/optimized device for its form factor, P3 color calibrated 120Hz display covered by laminated glass, and with the support of software like Nomad Sculpt, Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher, Procreate, DaVinci Resolve, Pro Tools and Final Cut Pro.

    I think the only thing we're missing is a hard-surface modeling package like Blender, and actually usable IDEs like JetBrains Rider, but this thing which is the size and weight of a magazine is already an amazing professional toolbox.

    HidingCat,

    As a photographer who also did some video services, I simply cannot imagine doing work on that tiny screen and limited storage space without a full blown OS. I don't know how some of you do it.

    LoFi-Enchilada,
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    It's super easy and comfortable, actually. The only thing that might bother me a little is iPadOS, which has been a little buggy lately. Otherwise, 13 inches of screen and storage isn't an issue at all.

    The screen is not small IMO. If it is for you, you can hook it up to an external display via USB-C to USB-C/HDMI or wirelessly via Airplay and basically turn it into a laptop/desktop with all the bells and whistles like external sound cards, keyboards, mice, external displays, MIDI instruments, microphones, HDDs/SSDs, etc.

    I went for the 256 GB model which always has 100+GB of free storage because I always archive the finished projects onto either cloud or my own server, and delete them from my PC/iPad. Storage has never been an issue for me for as long as I can remember, but the iPads go up to 2 TB of internal memory.

    I think that my only frustration with this thing is that it has the same hardware as the iMac/MacBook, and only because of the OS I can't install desktop programs on it. In your case, what part of a full-blown OS would you miss if you were to use an iPad to edit photos?

    HidingCat,

    I work on two 30"+ monitors; 11-13" for a secondary machine is fine, but if it's my main I want bigger, and if I'm hooking all that up I might as well work on a desktop system that has a much higher TDP limit; power and flexibility-wise I don't think a tablet is something I'd be happy to settle with. This is before I get to the OS even, where I don't like not working with a full-fledge file system and a command line. And proper multitasking too.

    JWBananas, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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    A good bench scraper is useful for anything you do on a cutting board.

    peppersnail, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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    I have electronically actuated (as opposed to cable actuated) gear shifting on my bike. It's becoming way more common these days, though...but still, it's a pretty expensive piece of kit for quite marginal gains.

    Fulthi,

    I didn't even know that was a thing.

    xenos,
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    Woah that sounds amazing, how much of the system is electronic? Is the derailleur itself controlled by a servo?

    peppersnail,
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    Front and rear derailleurs are servo controlled. These connect to a central unit that also has the shifters connected to it. This central unit can communicate with a bike computer (via ant+) to show gearing.

    In addition, you can set it up so that when you shift the front derailleur, it automatically moves the rear derailler. You might want to do this in order to keep roughly the same gear ratio when changing chainrings. Or, there is a mode where you just shift up and down, and the system manages the shift for you, shifting either (or both) derailleurs, simulating a 1x drivetrain.

    All of the popular group sets have a version of this: shimano, sram, and campagnolo.

    It’s very expensive lol

    parrot-party,
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    Is it battery operated then or is there a vampire circuit from the pedal power?

    SentientMattress,
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    Modern drivetrains are great but I love the feeling of friction shifters. It's like driving an old pickup with a manual transmission.

    peppersnail,
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    Nothing wrong with that. There’s something to be said for going with simplicity. Way easier to fix if something goes wrong. If I was doing some really hardcore touring through remote areas, I would definitely favor friction shifters for this reason.

    Xeelee,
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    How's the dental practice doing, Fred?

    Mikelius, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?

    For guitarists you have either the 100% analog guys that can spend tens of thousands on a collection of amps, or the ones that went more digital with modelers. The big ones being the Kemper, Fractal, Nueral DSP and Line 6. I have the Quad Cortex and it's a killer, thought I wish the rate of updates was a little faster.

    AttackBunny,
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    Tube amps always sound better. Just saying.

    Can we tell which category I fall into?

    dismalnow,
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    Can we tell which category I fall into?

    Forearms that can carry a boogie stack from the van to the stage by their damned selves.

    That category.

    AttackBunny,
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    You know what? Fair enough.

    dismalnow,
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    I pined over the Dual Rev G when I could actually use one as a gigging guitarist in the 90's - but, as a gigging guitarist, I couldn't afford one.

    Now I have a bad back, but it's a Marshall bad back. So I guess it all worked out.

    Jimi_Hotsauce,

    I like to split the difference and use one of those nutube amps, I got a voxmv50 AC and it works very well for what I do. Tube purists will stick their noses up, modeling people will gawk at the lack of features, but for someone who doesn't even use reverb or delay it's perfect. (Plus it weighs nothing!)

    AttackBunny,
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    If it sounds good, I’m into it. I’ve seen really, really expensive amps sound horrible, and relatively cheap ones sound great. But pretty universally, I prefer tubes amps sound.

    -spam-, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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    Two for me.

    For simracing - a set of pedals with a load cell brake. Building muscle memory for the force you push on the brake is so much better than trying to be consistent with the angle of your ankle. The consistency you can achieve with braking is unreal.

    Home espresso - a set of accurate scales and a timer. Reducing variables when trying to dial in a new bag of beans or when chasing that perfect cup is so handy. Like the the load cell brakes for sim racing, it allows you to be consistent and just change small things at a time and then stick to what works.

    AmbientChaos,

    You seem like a very cool person, same exact hobbies for me!

    For sim racing everyone in my groups are losing there minds over MOZA hardware. I had the chance to try an R9 and instantly fell in love

    For Espresso all my friends are still obsess with the Niche Zero and the Decent Espresso DE1. I roast on a Ailio Bullet and am still very obsessed with it!

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