Also slashdot hates iPhones. Too lazy to find a computer to post here

Making good music out of oneâ(TM)s bedroom is not limited by the gear but by the skill and drive of the people making it. They are probably smart, took the time to set up the room with acoustic treatments, bought books on recording/learned online/etc, and really put in the effort Additionally a lot of professional engineers use the same old techniques in similarly-designed rooms making similar-sounding records. Using a recording studio can be hit or miss â" does the engineer impart their sound on it and are their genres compatible with the artist? The song is more important than the artist & performance. The performance is more important than the microphone. The microphone is more important than the preamp and the preamp is more important than the analog-to-digital converter Recording studios still have plenty of use (I run one myself) but acquirable-by-mortals gear is wonderful for the creative process. Tracking drums or vocals in a great room with yummy gear then taking it home to add MIDI instruments and electric guitars then getting it professionally mixed is a (non-essential) recipe for success for a talented artist A studio is an audio expertâ(TM)s office. A furniture-maker has a workshop, same thing for an audio professional. These âoegee whizâ articles often forget to mention skill. And thatâ(TM)s why bedroom albums get grammies and professional musicians hire studios: skill

Often mixing and mastering engineers will, post recording everything, convert some/all of the mix to analog to use some analog hardware and then re-record that into the computer. There are many software emulations of classic hardware but sometimes, subjectively, the real deal works better for that particular mix

Good point, and maybe it can be etched. I wasn't thinking about the possibilities all the way through and that makes me think this thing will be huge in the film/tv industry as well. Plus it is quiet so it won't make a ton of noise rolling up on to an outdoor set, and could be swapped while the other drives back to power to recharge. I can picture an array of them parked around connected to various lights ... I bet they'll immediately start showing up in movies because they are already being used on set (and of course they will be in movies). It would be cool if the semi had a battery trailer -- so many uses

Whatâ(TM)s a better open source, self-hosted DropBox alternative? Serious question â" I need to send large files (~5-120G+) often.

I think trying to predict the sales for this thing will be tough and under-estimated. It will be bought by many wanting to make a statement. I think it will sell to more nerds than people who need trucks but it will sell very well. I think we will see a huge turnaround in Teslaâ(TM)s share price since now they have realized two big R&D expenses (this and their budget car)

No, I refuse to engage in your childish game. YOU are making an attempt at wasting MY time constantly trying to respond with your immature pissing contest. You are obviously insecure about women. I have NOTHING to prove to you, my thin-skinned friend. And if I did show you, you wouldn't believe me. Somehow you latched on to me giving a few Tinder pointers to somehow being a personal affront to your manhood and THAT is pathetic man. Why do you care so much about me and my 'success with women' like it is a game. Why do you keep responding over and over in an attempt to insult me? Do you have such little self-worth that you cannot just enjoy whatever success you had for yourself? I will give you one piece of information to hopefully shut you up: I am exactly where I want to be love-wise. I wouldn't change anything about her, or me other than growth. And I sure won't be telling you any more about her. My best friend is a (mostly) former model and I showed her this thread. We had a sincere laugh. Here, let me put it another way. You strike me as someone in this thread that is looking for validation, not love. If you were looking for love you wouldn't care about all of this superficial crap. You'd maybe want to share notes, or wouldn't feel threatened by another guy that doesn't send women running away screaming. However, reading your words there is no way I would stand behind you dating one of the women close to me in my life (picture what you will, sister/friend/daughter/mother) because you just seem so darn angry, invalidated, and insecure about this subject. EVOLUTION: A confident person is also a safe person. The person with nothing to prove won't try to do anything funky to prove anything. I run into guys like you all the time that somehow want to try to dominate me in a show of masculinity. but what this is called is actually "toxic masculinity". And the effect on me is not fear or feeling like I've been put into my place but simply a lack of respect for you. When most women's attraction is based on feelings of respect borne from things like confidence it makes it seem highly un-likely that you are the Casanova you describe. You're trying to shame me by calling me a gigolo I guess? I donno how men became so insecure ... particularly ones so much older than me! I thought you guys came from when people were tougher or something.

What was a defense mechanism? But here you're treating women like trophies to be bagged. And THAT sir is a defense mechanism. You somehow think that bagging a lot of women makes you better than other people, maybe? That seems like a defense mechanism. You are randomly challenging a stranger on the internet on who's women are better? No, you obviously don't do so well or you wouldn't be trying to prove to me the-internet-stranger as inferior to you because you would know it so well in your heart that you wouldn't need to hear it from any external source. And THAT, sir, is the confidence (most) women crave. Not some show of confidence, deep inner confidence. Unflappable confidence. I won't disrespect any of "my women" by describing them here

What case, that you think you are more mature than me because you had a failed marriage when I was playing with play-dough? You are literally contradicting yourself, hereâ(TM)s the logic: Mature people donâ(TM)t insult others You try to insult me by saying Iâ(TM)m not mature So your argument is a complete fallacy Btw âoeOK boomerâ means that I donâ(TM)t have to respect you just because you are older. Youâ(TM)ve been thinking about women as objects for as long as Iâ(TM)ve been alive and that is no accomplishment Trying to âoemockâ me (openly) by disparaging women is childish. What are you, 60? Trying to harm the feelings of someone younger than you and calling that maturity? You make a bad example of your generation. Oh and bragging about 2 failed marriages is just bizarre. Do you understand how little sense you are making in your attempts to make me feel small? Hah, OK boomer â" next time you want to seem mature donâ(TM)t do things a kindergarten teacher teaches like basic respect Yeah you respected your elders, OUR elders are often disrespectful and those people (like you) barely deserve the time of day from us youthful people. You certainly donâ(TM)t deserve my respect Go find some people your own age to try to emotionally beat up.

OK boomer

Look Iâ(TM)m not trying to be in a debate for the sake of proving you wrong for a win on my end. I sincerely want people to move beyond this because I used to think the way you do and it was so very depressing Lets talk evolution for a moment. Men can spread our seed say .. 3x a day. So we can maybe have 500 kids in a good year if we have a harem. A woman can only have 1.25 on average (excluding twins) but then she has to take care of them and protect them. I was joking when I said they were less shallow than us but it is kinda true because the qualities that raise the chances of successfully becoming a grandparent increase the more a cave woman was attracted to emotional strength, physical strength, a good social group, and strong drive to live/succeed. If she can marry the chief of a tribe/group she gains much security for her children That translates to today. Yes, women like a happy and successful guy and that would have been the proper counter to me if you wanted to win this debate The good news for men is that self-care and focusing on your career are more attractive than a pretty face. And no, almost no cave man would have 4 hours to spend at the gym. For a man physical attraction is simply health Look at some the other insecure comments about my jokeâ" those men wonâ(TM)t be attractive to women because they have not yet figured out the self control in face of adversity thing that most women find so darn attractive. They are trying to insult me which belies a sense of insecurity both for her hanging out with them and their own lack of confidence There are plenty of ways both genders are shallow, it all evens out. I think it is a funny subject. But in love, men are one-track Those haters are whining about how women donâ(TM)t like them but are just megaphoning their insecurity because what most woman want is a man who deep-down thinks he can make her happy. As with anything in life, if you think you can do it you probably can

The way you talk about 'liking' women is liking them for what they can give you. E.g. the way you mock me for thinking 'liking women' is a radical concept implies liking them for sex. What I mean is liking them as an actual person which seems above you at this point. You don't seem to like women like that very much at all.

You think about maturity like it's how one acts but really it is about what one does

Iâ(TM)ve noticed men who do very poorly with women often get very offended by the truth that it is in your power to make them actually like you vs avoid you You are obviously choosing a path where you donâ(TM)t like women and they donâ(TM)t like you. Calling me immature just makes me feel happier on my path of actually liking women (and hey-yo! All the women are over here!)

Yes, I have. Several times. The lowest score I have received was 159 & I was studied by a scientist when I was in grade school. I was in middle-school math in the 1st grade. But I can also be dumb as a brick sometimes! That being said, you obviously have an axe to grind with women. The core of your message here is calling me stupid for respecting women. You suffer from âoefundamental attribution errorâ where you blame your looks for a poor experience with women where it is likely actually your poor attitude towards women that is causing your poor experience with women I threw in that joke at the end as another experiment and it seems to have awoken the incel movement here. Look, my ideas are not strange because they are quite closer than yours. Women are not so interested in looks. They want a man that feels successful in what he tries to do. Women are arguably less monogamous then men. Stop blaming women for not liking you. You can become a better man and they WILL like you. But you insulting a stranger on the internet by trying to call me stupid for saying women like a manâ(TM)s mind certainly brings you further away from love.