CHOPSTEEQ

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[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 months ago

They uhhhh they definitely do. But fuck Home Depot, go to your local Ace Hardware franchise, mine has an absolutely impeccably organized fastener section, and you throw the ones you want in a bag and write down the price. All honor system, no hassle.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Over here in Florida, I shock people when I show them my actual bill from the power company is exactly the minimum service fee every month. I don’t “get” paid for my excess but I don’t have to pay over night so I’m sure as hell happy for that arrangement.

I’ve also blown some people’s minds by framing it as equity building too. You pay a mortgage and own your house eventually. Why not roll solar into that and get equity into your energy as well instead of renting it from the power company?

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago

It’s crazy how much less offensive it looks. I’m shook.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A band is 3-5 ish people just vibing and making it up together. When you get into a studio, now you have at least one engineer in the group. If a record label is involved, you have their representative as well as all their money. So it’s a lot of chefs in the kitchen when it comes to making an actual recording.

The biggest influence outside of the band though is usually the engineer. As an outsider with a vested interest in making the song as good as it can be, they often have really great insight into changes that can make the song even better.

Finally, when you’re playing live even with a click track in your ear, you’re going to want to rush. And that’s ok, it’s fun to play fast. You may not even notice it. And then you go into the booth to record and you end up laying out what you had in your head from the start.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I never really clicked with Thrice as a whole for some reason, but The Alchemy Index albums are just incredible to me. They nailed the aesthetics and motifs for each of the elements, the songs are good and catchy, and are so vastly varied. It’s probably my favorite concept album(s).

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

The rear spoiler thing on my hatchback trunk is starting to peel and I thought it would be easy to remove and repaint myself. But I was surprised to learn it’s just glued on. But it’s just a trim piece of plastic with a brake light and a fluid nozzle in it. Not a body panel per se.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

I’m as anti “AI” as they come but there’s a master Japanese carpenter on YouTube, Shoyan, who goes through the trouble of translating his commentary to English, someone proofs it because the grammar is usually perfect, and then runs it through a comforting racially ambiguous old man voice from ElevenLabs I think. And honestly? It works really well. It’s obviously not a natural voice but it’s not fake enough to be disorienting or annoying like the early types were.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 49 points 4 months ago (2 children)

On the one hand yes. But, and this is a big but, typically when ships are sunk by the government, a lot of environmental impact studies and decontamination processes are preformed. The goal is usually to create artificial reefs, which is pretty useful because of how much damage we’ve done to the natural habitats.

Does it balance out, or make up for it? I don’t know, I’m not smart enough. But I do know the artificial reef projects are greatly appreciated and highly desired by local governments.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Any amount of bandwidth/data cap saved across 8 billion people is appreciable. Full stop, that’s all I’m saying. If you don’t wanna acknowledge that point there’s really nothing else for us to say here.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I’m not defending webp over png. All of my sites serve both depending on what the browser indicates it supports. It’s zero effort.

Implying that because people with unmetered internet are live-streaming, people on data caps don’t matter is asinine.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I’m not even trying to change your mind on webp I don’t give a shit. But ingesting images on your platform and serving them efficiently is part of writing lean code and you’re just arguing for arguments sake.

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