glorkon
@glorkon@lemmy.world
- Comment on It's almost here 8 hours ago:
Americans using Fahrenheit always make me think of this sketch by John Finnemore.
- Comment on I hate Wireless devices. 1 week ago:
Then you didn’t even really read what I said. I even described the two different kinds of signal paths I was talking about in my first response to you.
This has been a waste of time. Have a nice day.
- Comment on I hate Wireless devices. 1 week ago:
Again, when I said it wasn’t possible to get the same quality using Bluetooth, I meant using Bluetooth headphones, not a Bluetooth DAC and wired headphones. And this is the second time I’m explaining that to you, not going to waste my time doing it three times.
- Comment on I hate Wireless devices. 1 week ago:
Well, but that wasn’t the use case I was talking about at all.
I was talking DAC + wired headphone vs. Bluetooth headphones.
You’re talking about wired headphones with a Bluetooth DAC. Entirely different thing.
- Comment on I hate Wireless devices. 1 week ago:
Also, might I add, I have tried just about all the highend Bluetooth headphones.
Dali IO-12, Mark Levinson No 5909, Focal Bathys, B&W Px8, T+A Solitaire T, Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H100. In a shop which had them all available to try. I’ve compared them with the Arya Organic and the Meze 109 Pro (both wired).
The Bluetooth headphones I liked the most were the Dali. They really came close to the wired ones. But then again, I would advise you to check out the Hifiman Arya Organic at a local dealer if you can. You will definitely know what I’m talking about.
- Comment on I hate Wireless devices. 1 week ago:
When I mentioned “balanced output” I was referring to the analogue cable I’m using to connect the headphones to the DAC. Balanced means you get separate channels for each ear in your analogue signal path.
With a Bluetooth connected wireless headphone, it’s always balanced by definition. But when I said “that kind of sound quality isn’t possible” with Bluetooth, I was referring to a different problem: Digital to analogue signal conversion.
In my setup, it happens in the DAC which is audiophile quality. Signal path: PC - (digital USB) -> DAC -> Balanced cable (analogue) -> Headphones.
In Bluetooth, it looks like this: PC - Bluetooth (digital) -> Headphones (which do the digital to analogue conversion).
This signal conversion can’t match the quality of a dedicated desktop DAC.
- Comment on I hate Wireless devices. 1 week ago:
I had a Focal Bathys. They sounded great, but the build quality was laughable for such a high priced pair of headphones. Some plastic bit
So I bought some cheaper BT headphones just for home office purposes, calls and such.
And I treated myself to a dedicated USB DAC (iFi Zen DAC v3) plus wired headphones (Hifiman Arya Organic) connected with a balanced cable.
Never going back - I don’t think that kind of sound quality is even possible with Bluetooth.
- Comment on Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time 2 weeks ago:
My favourite sci-fi game of all time is Elite. Because I am old.
- Comment on Stop acting entitled and just live your own life 2 weeks ago:
My God (I shall use upper case for him from now on because that somehow makes him seem more imposing) says all I have to do is find something in the scriptures that I can somehow reinterpret to mean exactly what I need to justify any of my arguments.
So, I hereby declare that I can certainly do that, because it says so in the holy scriptures: “At least it’s good to be on the winning side.” (Mother Goose & Grimm, April 29, 2001, Panel 4)
- Comment on Stop acting entitled and just live your own life 2 weeks ago:
Wait, so you’re telling me that if I pretend to believe in an imaginary being, I can feel special?
It sounds tempting. Can I also attack anyone personally if they question my belief as if they’ve attacked me as a person?
And I also always really wanted to tell people that they hate god, even though they say he doesn’t even exist. I’m sure this somehow violates every law of logic in existence, but I really want to.
Can I justify killing people for believing in the same god as me but slightly different?
Also, well, this one is a bit odd: I have this urge to tell people who they are allowed to have sex with. If your belief allows me to do all this, I’m on board.
- Comment on Stop acting entitled and just live your own life 3 weeks ago:
Here’s a crazy idea, hear me out: What if there is no god?
- Comment on Substack prompted a Nazi blog again 4 weeks ago:
As a German it’s completely mind boggling to me that some societies tolerate an ideology that is responsible for plunging the world into its biggest humane catastrophe (so far), for the sake of free speech. Nazi ideology wants to kill free speech. If you truly want to protect free speech, you have to at least limit it to all the things that do not threaten it.
- Comment on missing 4 weeks ago:
You should try my cheeseburger, brother.
Patties are beef mixed with unholy amounts of shredded parmeggiano. Add extra mature cheddar. Glazed onions. Sour pickle. German extra strong mustard. And bacon marmalade.
- Comment on How Coldplay actually sounds 5 weeks ago:
His wife was shocked when she saw that picture because she had no idea he’s a Coldplay fan.
- Comment on Don't mess with me bro 1 month ago:
Americans think Big Bang Theory is the funniest sitcom ever, and whenever a foreign word sounds like a funny English one, they lose their shit. And then they tell Germans about their sense of humor…
- Comment on Don't mess with me bro 1 month ago:
There’s a satirical movement in Germany called “Front deutscher Äpfel” (front of German apples). One of their slogans is “Was gibt der deutschen Jugend Kraft? Apfelsaft! Apfelsaft!” (“What gives German youth strength? Apple juice! Apple juice!”) They would approve.
- Comment on I am two of them 2 months ago:
As much as it pains me to admit you’re right, you appear to have hit the nail on the head.
- Comment on I am two of them 2 months ago:
I believe there’s a much broader spectrum as straight, gay, bi. I was never sure where I belong on this scala.
Like, I thought I was straight during my entire teens. Sometimes in the early 2000s, I discovered the joys of online porn, and then found that the guys in porn sometimes seemed more interesting to me than they should. But having sex with a guy? No way. I thought.
So I spent my life, a below average looking guy, starved for sex for a long time, except the occasional awkward and underwhelming experience with humans of the female persuasion. Smoking a lot of weed to fill the internal void. One day, met a fellow weed smoker online. Lived nearby, gamer. Knew where to get good weed. After a couple of weeks we met. He told me he was gay. I was like, alright, sure. We played NHL Hockey and smoked a lot of weed. He asked me if he could suck my dick. Stoned as fuck, I said yes. Best blowjob I’ve ever had. But then, I ghosted him. Why? No idea. Couldn’t face the fact that I might be bi? Not sure to this day.
In my late 30s, I got married. And turns out once we were married, my wife turned asexual. So now I’m stuck in a straight life with no joy and no sex, getting closer to 50 every day. Even had to quit smoking weed. Boy, do I regret ghosting that guy.
So to this day, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t turn down a gay guy if an opportunity arose, even though I lean more towards women. I’m just a guy leading a sad existence in the closet and this comment turned out to be a much gloomier confession than I intended it to be when I started typing. Sorry.
- Comment on 2025 be vibin' 2 months ago:
I’ve started working in IT over 20 years ago. In my humble opinion, one of the keys is being specialized on something that not everyone else can do. Become proficient in a certain area - devops, quality assurance, security, whatever.
On top of that, try and acquire a niche skill that makes you the type of employee that’s hard to find and replace. For example, banks are really desperate to find Cobol experts because most of them are pensioners now.
I know it’s tough, and I wish you had it as easy as I did back in the days, but it’s all I can tell you, unfortunately.
- Comment on You ever just take a shit so huge it boosts your mood after? 2 months ago:
No because those usually clog my toilet.
- Comment on Congratulations, homosexual! 2 months ago:
Chariots!
- Comment on Dairy 3 months ago:
You beat me to it. Eek.
- Comment on Moar garlic 4 months ago:
You’re welcome! You’ll love it. There are tons of Youtube videos about this, btw.
And there are tons of great things you can do with it - for example:
Blend the soft garlic with parmeggiano, spread on slice of ciabatta, sprinkle with cheese, bake until golden brown, sprinkle some garlic oil and parsley. That’s fantastic garlic bread.
- Comment on Moar garlic 4 months ago:
120°C is good. Cook for at least one hour. Add aromatics like thyme or rosemary if you feel like it.
- Comment on Moar garlic 4 months ago:
I just prefer a good olive oil. The confit is way better used on pasta that way. But you’re right, rapeseed oil might be a better choice if you don’t want it to solidify.
- Comment on Moar garlic 4 months ago:
I always have some emergency garlic confit in the fridge.
Take an ovenproof baking dish, fill with peeled garlic cloves, cover cloves with high quality olive oil. Cover with tin foil. Cook for one hour in oven, low temperature.
Store in glasses. Will keep for weeks. Or months in fridge, although the oil will become solid.
Use it for whatever needs a garlic boost.
- Comment on Infinite Monkey Theorem 4 months ago:
As an IT guy, there will always be a special place in my heart for the awesome person who wrote a protocol suite for this use case (it is a lot of fun to read):
- Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing. 4 months ago:
Well in that case, if a religious person accuses you that you hate their god, it’s still not true. Because that religious person thinks of their god as a real entity, while you hate their concept of god. The target of that hate is not the same.
- Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing. 4 months ago:
That’s as may be, but that’s not the word that was used in the meme.
- Comment on Maybe it's just a human thing. 4 months ago:
No atheist hates god. How can you hate something you don’t think exists?
