Mel81x

Unbelievable what happened at the start of last year and how unprepared everyone was for what was to come. Its also nice to take a look at how we all processed the information.

I do agree and seeing his history is a clear indicator of how reliable he really is when it comes to injuries. However, he is one of our more experienced CBs and to have him out doesn't automatically allow Fab to move into midfield and just swap in the two new CBs. It's going to take time and I believe Matip will be with us next season because we've got other players that need to be offloaded too like Origi as an example. I also think this has just been freakishly bad luck because having Virgil out then Gomes and now Matip really isn't something anyone could have foreseen based on last season's performances.

Only time will tell I suppose. I do like the idea of Fab out of there but I think we'll see him there for some time as we get these two CBs integrated. Would have been nicer to have Matip in there personally but it is what it is now.

Can we not get a break?

If you want to see how fast the world is giving birth and people dying too have a look. http://worldbirthsanddeaths.com/

I think that they tried phone numbers but data privacy laws also came around and created holes that made it optional as well if I remember right. as you said it doesn't stop the ones who really want to continue doing what they are doing but it does deters a population that doesn't want the hassle. We have the tech to do this we just need the social media platforms to start accepting responsibility and living in a world of no repercussions. As for the AI problem, the bigger issue isn't the failure but actually allowing the AI to learn and grow in the system. Recognizing any kind of intent is hard on day one or in some cases even year one but giving it time is never a bad thing. GPT was like a child with no context when it first came out but they let it stick around and learn. Now its able to mimic intent and that's scary from a writing perspective but its even more impressive that it was able to learn what it was doing wrong and rectify it long-term. Most times we expect tech to come out of a box and work as it should with very minimal failure and that's what a lot of these ventures suffer from with their user populations. I can't remember it off the top of my head but there is a successful watchdog AI out there in the wild that's able to auto-flag content with a higher accuracy rate but if I also remember right its purely experimental and wasn't accepted by big tech because they felt it would deter the natural flow of content and how users interacted with it which I think is just them looking out for their profit margins.

Well the only thing there is that they'd tie your account to your MAC (which is the most important part of the entire locking and banning process) so you get banned and its tied until its unlocked. Effectively meaning that if you are onion-layering it and its all automatic there's no real way to remove the ban without actually clearing the offense first. Of course this wont stop people from creating multiple accounts which then goes full circle back to social media apps finding smarter ways of dealing with this. I mean they have AI that reads content and suggests things to us you'd imagine it wouldn't be very hard to remove offensive content from an app in a similar fashion. But ... it hurts business so why do it at all and push the onus back on the users/community.

Its how they've operated for years now and they arent changing for anyone. The revenues have always been the number one point everything else is just a nice-to-have.

I think the easiest thing to do is the following but of course it will never happen. If a social media site/app is alerted to a racist tweet they ban the MAC address of the device sending the tweet until further review. This does two very important things. 1. You can create as many new IDs as you want but hey guess what you cant really change your MAC (i mean you can but are you really going to jump hoops for it) 2. Tag the user and open the profile for examination by an actual investigative agency and if the user wants access to the platform again they have to submit a form to their local police department asking the ban to be revoked (privately of course). I guarantee that if this ever comes to fruition people will leave their racism at the door very fast. The problem is that this kind of interaction generates a lot of traffic and these companies aren't going to do anything about it as long as they see their numbers go up.

So the Mandolin arrived on Sunday and I spent about 4 hours just trying to figure out how to play it and more importantly how to set it up. After hours of trying I couldn't get it to sound right so I took it to the store this morning and the guy there tells me the bridge (the most important thing on this instrument) has a problem where the strings wont sit right. He then gives me a choice on whether to return it or he can fix it. I figure its a cheap investment but I want to return it as he showed me a very nice Sire Bass in the store an I think adding a bit more funds and getting that has better long-term implications for my music.

doesnt the NT-1 also come with a metal mesh in the box? Or is that the mesh they are giving now?

i like this mic because its quite clear. The only issue with it comes around when you start to want to pad things and do all the rest of those funky Db things that other mics do. But for the price and in its range its very very good. It was a toss up between thing and the AT for me and I chose the AT because the goal was to get a Shure long-term which I now have.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/game-of-thrones-animated-series-hbo-max-1234894042/ Game of Thrones the animated series hmmm. Meanwhile on this episode of Attack on Titan.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/27/gamestop-stock-market-retail-wall-street Its funny whats happening in the stock market right now and to think that something like GameStop is in the middle of all of this.

I want it too and its so far to Xmas now . Luckily theres a birthday before that haha.

@Dr. Gonzo when you get the time. What fucking sorcery is this?

I've only heard very good things about Audient and how they manage the sound. I think with that kind of setup its just a matter now of learning to use a DAW and you're set.

Im like an old uncle haha. My music tastes have varied over the years so I've collected quite a lot with a lot of learning in between. Yamaha C70 Classical Gretsch Electromatic Jet Yamaha TRBX Bass Fender Precision Bass Fender Jazz Bass Fender Dimension 5 Bass Yamaha Pacifica Fender Telecaster Fender CV Stratocaster Yamaha APX 500 (This is a very good acoustic to own for plugging into an amp) Hunting for just to add to guitars I really like and want to own/play Ibanez FRM100 TR Ibanez JEM JR or the Blue one with the floral decals and the tree of life in blue on the fretboard ESP Vulture Rickenbacker JetGlo Bass Waiting for delivery An Ibanez Mandolin The prettiest of them all of course is my Gretsch. That thing is almost vintage looking and I think I posted a pic on here some time ago.

Yeah I think he does. Its not like we're languishing in the bottom half of the table nor has it been an easy season either so I cant see the board giving him the axe.

That all depends on the interface and more importantly the microphone. Not sure if a condenser mic will shut out ambient sounds completely. But, there are ways depending on the interface and other factors as well.

@Happy Blue loveeee those guitars.

I cut both ends but I think it depends on how its strung because if you dont create the right amount of tension then the strings wont last wrong. I am keen what you find out when you do the backwards thing.

Once you go beyond 60 its really hard to come back down because it jitters for me haha. I run a 240 and it took me a while to get used to it.

After watching the match last night I think we are actually getting better but the real issues do exist at the back because towards the end of the game it really could have all gotten worse if Cavani finds a way to score. I think getting players back like Jota are just as crucial as fixing our defensive issues now because teams have become wise to the way we play and having someone who will run at defenses and link play is very important. Not sure what we will see in the Spurs game but I do hope Matip or Hendo are back for that one, the obvious preference being Matip.

https://www.wired.com/story/faces-of-the-riot-capitol-insurrection-facial-recognition/?utm_social-type=owned&mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=wired "Late last week, a website called Faces of the Riot appeared online, showing nothing but a vast grid of more than 6,000 images of faces, each one tagged only with a string of characters associated with the Parler video in which it appeared. The site's creator tells WIRED that he used simple open source machine learning and facial recognition software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face from the 827 videos that were posted to Parler from inside and outside the Capitol building on January 6, the day when radicalized Trump supporters stormed the building in a riot that resulted in five people's deaths. The creator of Faces of the Riot says his goal is to allow anyone to easily sort through the faces pulled from those videos to identify someone they may know or recognize who took part in the mob, or even to reference the collected faces against FBI wanted posters and send a tip to law enforcement if they spot someone." Whats really interesting is that the hacker didn't have to go to multiple sources to get the data.