stupid first world problems you're dealing with

  On 3/31/2020 at 12:08 AM, IDEM said:

That's the first time I've read the word "cougar" in a non-sexual context in years. The world is already beginning to change.

I assumed "fawn" stood for 19-22 year old men, and cougars were becoming much bolder in the parks now that the bars are shut down.

Fired up the 2.1 system for the laptop at home, (Altec Lansing VS4121), worked fine the first day. Second day, right speaker isn't working. The headphone jack on the right speaker is working though. So I'm guessing that the problem in the chain is between the speakers in the cabinet and the spot where the audio cable routes the signal to either the headphones or the speakers.

Any thoughts from people on here about how easy this would be to fix?

Put a paper note in the floppy drive

I dreamed that I worked hard all day and then woke up and had to go to work

so i bought this metal drums library (15GBs) to use with NI kontakt for 80 USD to keep myself entertained practicing tech/math metal drums... turns out you can only download it trough NI Native Access app that only works on a PC... problem is that i'm using my cellphone mobile data (sometimes around 2 MB/s when close to coast) to make downloads because my ship's wifi speed is around 45 kB/s, which would take me around 1000 hours to download...

i've contacted customer support to see if they could host it somewhere else but they say it's not possible... oh and i could eventually share a mobile hotspot with my laptop but apparently there's a limit and i've used it already... honestly didn't know about this, like, i have unlimited mobile data on my cellphone but when sharing an hotspot there's restrictions, how that fuck does that work? 

fuck this shit...

Set your phone up as a WiFi hotspot, dummy.

Oh, you edited. 

Why did you buy it if you've got not data? 

Coronas in your brain, I tell you

  On 4/2/2020 at 8:57 PM, Gocab said:

Set your phone up as a WiFi hotspot, dummy.

 

Oh, you edited. 

Why did you buy it if you've got not data? 

Coronas in your brain, I tell you

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I have data u dummy, i simply didn't know that there was speeds restrictions for wifi hotspots... First 1.5GBs full on speed (2MB/s), after thats 20kB/s...

  On 4/2/2020 at 2:16 PM, darreichungsform said:

I dreamed that I worked hard all day and then woke up and had to go to work

This is how power imprisons you. In your own mind.

  On 4/2/2020 at 9:22 PM, Braintree said:

This is how power imprisons you. In your own mind.

Yeah, trapped in a panopticon of my own superego's making, damnit

  On 4/2/2020 at 9:58 PM, darreichungsform said:

panopticon

Word was cool enough for me to google it and i don't get it... What prevents the inmates from seeing if the guard is in the tower or not? How come they don't know if they're being watched? 

It's a nice sounding word, yes

I dunno, maybe the guards wear camouflage

Because this

  On 4/2/2020 at 8:42 PM, Tim_J said:

 

so i bought this metal drums library (15GBs) to use with NI kontakt for 80 USD to keep myself entertained practicing tech/math metal drums... turns out you can only download it trough NI Native Access app that only works on a PC... problem is that i'm using my cellphone mobile data (sometimes around 2 MB/s when close to coast) to make downloads because my ship's wifi speed is around 45 kB/s, which would take me around 1000 hours to download...

i've contacted customer support to see if they could host it somewhere else but they say it's not possible... oh and i could eventually share a mobile hotspot with my laptop but apparently there's a limit and i've used it already... honestly didn't know about this, like, i have unlimited mobile data on my cellphone but when sharing an hotspot there's restrictions, how that fuck does that work? 

 

fuck this shit...

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Probably not but if it’s possible for someone else to download the library I’ll gladly dl it and mail you a usb stick? 
 

  On 4/2/2020 at 10:12 PM, Tim_J said:

Word was cool enough for me to google it and i don't get it... What prevents the inmates from seeing if the guard is in the tower or not? How come they don't know if they're being watched? 

The idea is that the guards are in a central tower with something obscuring the prisoners from seeing them. Like one-way mirrors, for instance.

  On 4/2/2020 at 10:23 PM, user said:

Probably not but if it’s possible for someone else to download the library I’ll gladly dl it and mail you a usb stick? 

You need the serial to download it and the serial is linked with my mail which is linked to my NI account so i don't think it's possible... Totally anti-piracy... But honestly thanks a lot! 

Some cameras around here are fake: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Replacing-BART-s-fake-cameras-with-real-ones-13102017.php

  On 4/2/2020 at 10:28 PM, Braintree said:

The idea is that the guards are in a central tower with something obscuring the prisoners from seeing them. Like one-way mirrors, for instance.

Yeah i thought about that but didn't saw it mentioned anywhere, the preface of the explanation is quite misleading... 

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The concept of the design is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be observed by a single security guard, without the inmates being able to tell whether they are being watched.

Although it is physically impossible for the single guard to observe all the inmates' cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that they are motivated to act as though they are being watched at all times. Thus, the inmates are effectively compelled to regulate their own behaviour. The architecture consists of a rotunda with an inspection house at its centre. From the centre the manager or staff of the institution are able to watch the inmates. 

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https://weburbanist.com/2014/05/15/real-life-panopticons-deserted-dystopian-prisons-in-cuba/

Some AAA game developer will eventually catch wind of the word Panopticon and name the evil empire in their next game after it

The secret is light. The guard's tower is in the dark, above the lights that illuminate the cells.

What? Just have cameras in the cells. Guard site could be totally remote and the inmates would never know. 

  On 4/2/2020 at 10:49 PM, chenGOD said:

What? Just have cameras in the cells. Guard site could be totally remote and the inmates would never know. 

Inmates don't even need to be in a prison as long as they can always be tracked and accessed. This all can work via smartphone

  On 4/2/2020 at 10:50 PM, darreichungsform said:

Inmates don't even need to be in a prison as long as they can always be tracked and accessed. This all can work via smartphone

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'xactly