Required reading at work today; interesting topics covered

http://sportsscientists.com/2016/05/hyperandrogenism-women-vs-women-vs-men-sport-qa-joanna-harper/

@NerdyDad said in Pure Accelerate conference - Worth going to?:

hotel @ $420/night for 3 nights

Damn you don't mess around there

@RojoLoco said in Home theater audio:

I wonder if you could use a cheap instrument wireless system and a small amp near the rear speakers?

Given time and money this is how I would do it for multiple reasons.

@DustinB3403 said in Pure Accelerate conference - Worth going to?:

@MattSpeller said in Pure Accelerate conference - Worth going to?:

@NerdyDad said in Pure Accelerate conference - Worth going to?:

hotel @ $420/night for 3 nights

Damn you don't mess around there

AKA you also gotta be high as F*** to pay those rates.

I believe that was included in the price

@RojoLoco said in Home theater audio:

@MattSpeller said in Home theater audio:

Also don't forget that wireless speakers will induce latency. Some amps can adjust for this, have a look in your manual

My logic was that an instrument wireless would have less latency...

True, but still much more* than a wire (even a long wire)

*for values of much more measured in milliseconds

@Mike-Davis said in Laser printer sometimes trips an APC and shuts off computer??:

When the printer tries to heat up the fuser from being in power save mode, it probably causes a voltage drop on that circuit.

It sounds like the battery in your UPS is shot or something. If it's more than 3 years old just replace it. If you have the PowerChute software (or what ever it is for your model) you can run a load test and see if the battery can carry the load.

^ this

Also, stop buying cheap UPS under 5KVA - they're all shit.

Actually - Made - Of - Turds - Guarenteed - To - Fail.

Eaton makes nice stuff (over 5KVA) - so do many others.

@RojoLoco said in Home theater audio:

@MattSpeller said in Home theater audio:

@RojoLoco said in Home theater audio:

@MattSpeller said in Home theater audio:

Also don't forget that wireless speakers will induce latency. Some amps can adjust for this, have a look in your manual

My logic was that an instrument wireless would have less latency...

True, but still much more* than a wire (even a long wire)

*for values of much more measured in milliseconds

If you saw my living room, latency would become more appealing than running wires. Besides, it takes 28-30 ms to hear an audible echo.

You'd get away with it better when playing live music than replaying a recording I'd wager.

I can hear a small difference when playing classical over my 5.1 system. As a test I dialed in delay to the rear channels and it quickly became "not quite right". It's not an echo so much as it's just slightly out of phase and it's.... weird. Keep in mind that was a stereo recording, so the difference was very obvious.

No. There are no good consumer cheap UPS's that are worth buying. They are worse than useless!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Yeah worse than useless because they fail all the F!(@#%!)! time and you'll trust them to work. This does not end well.

Spend big bucks and get proper good quality stuff or figure out a better backup method.

I buy our old computers and nuke/pave them back to factory and donate them to the local women's charity (just happened to be the closest one to my house).

edit: I don't ask for a tax receipt or anything, though maybe I'll inquire next time.

Sorry to hear that man

@NattNatt said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller cheers, been a pretty shit time recently, but can only get better from here I guess.... touches every available wooden object

Shit man, best of luck for a short and highly successful job search!

@ivanatdell said in See what Chad Sakac is saying about recently announced ready nodes!:

@mattspeller, ready node is a server pre-configured and certified to run a specific solution ( vSAN, S2D, Scale-IO etc...)

Ok so it's a preinstalled software package on certain hardware configs

Got it now.

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I farted.

No link to the article? Pft.

It requires the new technology known as Smellivision to be able to experience it correctly.

Good news everyone! We've already developed this technology eons ago

Do not recommend. Cabbage, onions & perogies for dinner last night.

Trained attack dogs off-leash in the server room works well. Cheap too.

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

I farted.

No link to the article? Pft.

It requires the new technology known as Smellivision to be able to experience it correctly.

Good news everyone! We've already developed this technology eons ago

Do not recommend. Cabbage, onions & perogies for dinner last night.

Better than deer hit by a car apparently

Ehhhhh not a fresh one.

Bigger the antenna the better the chances.

Better still would be a repeater system or similar.

Better again would be wired links between repeaters.

@dafyre said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@DustinB3403 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@coliver ~2 for me.

Same here. Campus has been dead quiet today.

Exams at our campus, students need to chill out. Bathrooms are full of puke.

@bnrstnr said in anti-fatigue mat:

Do you guys love your sit/stand desks? Which brand did you end up going with?

I've been seriously looking at them lately as I've been having some nerve issues and the more I stand the less I hurt.

10/10 marks for this one. It's to modify an existing desk to be sit or stand.

https://www.ergodesktop.com/kangaroo

Just realized y'all are on vacation today, lazy bums

Until they pay me to be on call I only carry my phone. I do try and avoid planning weekend adventures far from cell service but they do happen.