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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two-shay⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Biblically know? Sure, technically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's just obvious ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Good Socrates: “All we are is dust in the wind.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Domo ariagato, Mr Roboto,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone please ELI5 the legal issue with genericized trademarks?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that a company would want to stop other companies using the genericized trademark. But is there any problem for consumers?

  As far as I can tell, you can still buy Kleenex brand Kleenex’s and Q-tip brand Q-tips, and coke brand coke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone please ELI5 the legal issue with genericized trademarks?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a Velcro commercial, in case anybody else thought about clicking the link.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It must depend on the area of the country; we never hear about the bible. But we have heard from Pagans and Zen Buddhists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enough is enough⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s also the son of Ziggy Stardust

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enough is enough⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a new bash.org here:

  https://qdb.lol/quote/104383

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  ARF.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually found one in my neighborhood! It is called “Unitarian Universalist”, it is for secular and religious, everybody is welcome, you just have to agree to love each other, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately the way the US “democracy” works he didn’t need a majority, and still doesn’t have one.

  Lowest approval rating of all time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Do they send u one too? Did either of you say, “Ty, but no thanks I don’t like the look of it?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Practice, but not like that.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Esp. If swiss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone should make an Amazon for used gear, with the same fast shipping and return policy. BC you are right and the new stuff is often such low quality.

  There is a goodwill near me with OK prices, but it is a crapshoot whether what you bought will work. From what I’ve seen, used gear shops where they repair and test are mostly for rare and expensive collectors items and not worth it.

  I recently had to spend $160 to buy a used VCR capable of PAL/multisystem, on eBay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  NOT a polarized plug. The hum seems the same both ways. The hum is also unaffected by twiddling the volume knob

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes the house speakers (almost imperceptible hum, with the wires in the wall) are amplified by an Onkyo Tx-8011, which goes through a Niles audio HDS-6 high definition speaker selection system, with the protection toggle always engaged.

  For protection, it says:

  Disengaged:
  1-2 8 ohm
  1 4 ohm

  Engaged:
  3-6 8 ohm
  2-6 4 ohm

  But honestly I don’t have the users manual and I don’t know what it means.

  Back to the test setup (with the louder hum; speaker wire NOT in the walls, just draped over the dining room table), the speakers are AR18s, U028144. The 2 pronged plug is NOT polarized. I’ll look for a DC power supply and see how that goes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll try the tricks! I’m betting the volume knob / potentiometer is a cause.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They are AR something from the 70s or 80s (?). They might have been built from a kit. I’ll update when I get home.

  I’ll look for a ground conntector on the chassis.

  I have other speakers in the house, which connect to a whole home stereo system with wiring in the walls, which have a very very slight him at 0 volume, compared to these. That may be the whole house being slightly ungrounded? But it is different from my test setup, which has a noticeable hum.

  This “test” setup is on top of the dining room table with the stereo plugged into a wall outlet via an extension cord. About 10ft each of 16 gauge twisted wire speaker cable connects the stereo to both the L and R speaker.

  The stereo is this one: Daakro AK45 Stereo Audio Amplifier,300W Home 2 Channel Wireless Bluetooth 5.0 Power Amplifier System, Home Amplifiers FM Radio, USB, SD Card, with Remote Control Home Theater Audio Stereo System : Electronics

  https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BX8TGZZF

  Thank you for sharing your expertise!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are already no input wires (it is using Bluetooth) so I guess it is not a ground loop.

  Thank you for the education! I’m assuming that the inputs, if they are grounded, can lead to the ground loop?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks I’m probably going to return these.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Right now, the stereo is connected to power and the speakers are connected to the stereo and that’s the only thing that’s connected. So, either the 60 hertz hum is being picked up by the speaker wire which is unshielded as far as I can tell. Or are you saying the stereo itself could be poorly designed? Because that is probably the most likely thing with an Amazon stereo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I learned a little bit about ground loop and it seems like this mainly happens when you are plugged into power using two different sources? How is there a ground loop when the speaker is connected to the stereo and the stereo is the only thing plugged into power.

• Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh yes daddy credit please⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If I have never been affected by my credit score, does it mean I’m not really an adult?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Going to a Protest? Don't Bring Your Phone Without Doing This First⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I go to protests without my phone, and I’m afraid every time.

  I get that nothing is likely to happen to me, but it could. I get that this is am irrational fear. But idk strategically what to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] A good cameraman says more than a thousand words⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If this was improved 2x what was it like before?

  Or was she lying

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warning: Stripe Asks For ID Verification⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There, shitpost! There, castle!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My tender eyes and ears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In my headcanon the bikes were to keep the humans healthy. For the pleasure of their Simon Cowell leaders