TimR

Yes. And I'm still working. Although to be fair my last 3 call outs have been to turn machines off and back on again.

Computers and robots were going to take everyone's jobs in the 80s. Unfortunately they didn't and we all still have to go to work.

I don't know. There's plenty of examples of human creativity on Spotify. I suspect Bjork is correct.

I defretted my Marlin Sidewinder. Filled the slots with polyfilla. It sounds OK, but the pickups are very noisy and you can't use it within a mile of a fridge or dimmer switch. Hence it's in the loft.

It can only work on what it has been told or what information is already available. It doesn't learn by exloring the enviroment, doing and failing which is 90% of how humans learn. It's very limited. Until humans understand how intelligence works, they can't program intelligence in. We have only just mapped the brain of a fruit fly, we know the connections, but we still dont understand how they work. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lw0nxw71po

AI is not intelligent. It doesn't learn anything and has no real-world feedback to enable it to learn from its surroundings. People are still learning how it can and can't be used so like any new tool, the initial attempts at producing results are going to be clumsy and inaccurate. It's certainly not about to eliminate humans.

Bought a lightweight amp and a lightweight cab, a pedal board, a tuner and a drive pedal last year. Although the tuner was a replacement for my failed one (so obviously doesn't count). No need to buy anything this year, although I'm currently hankering after a waistcoat and fretless...

Check you don't have any Holes in Your Shoe before you start.

I 100% agree except over 8000 people have looked at their profile (me included just out of interest.) Seems they were quite active in a particular off-topic thread which has lead to the above query.

Glam Metal not Glam Rock.

You're still being evasive. Why were you stopped in a yellow box junction? Simple enough to answer. 🤣 I thought it was an offense to enter if your exit is not clear. I'm not aware that it has to be a stationary vehicle blocking the exit.

Mainly because I'm having to read between the lines because you haven't at any point given definitive reason why you've been fined other than you were stopped in a box junction. You have obviously not been successful in appealing either of the fines. You're being evasive which leads me to believe you've shown the same attitude to the fines/charges. If I've got that wrong, then maybe you'd like to enlighten us. 🤷‍♂️

You've been sent a fine for the non payment of a charge. The law you've broken is not what you've been charged for, it's for non payment of that charge. 🤦‍♂️ If it's a box junction fine, then it's pretty clear, you have to contest it within 14 days the same way as you contest a parking fine. If you just refuse to pay the fine, you just descend into a world of pain. DVLA conditions state that they are able to give your details to people. If you don't want your details shared, you can easily opt out by handing in your license and stopping driving.

Seems to be classic rock album material. All those great songs on classic albums that were never released as singles. Basically every song Rush has ever done. 😉

I think it would be the other way round. Higher impedance would require more power to drive for the same displacement. Maybe the amp is just undersized. Is the combo a sealed cab? Maybe it has a more sensitive speaker.

They spent an awfully long time producing albums that were absolutely perfect. Multiple takes using different musicians to play solos on a single track to find the right one etc. Which is quite an odd thing for Rick to like considering his penchant for warts and all (non-quantised and non-autotuned) recordings.

The optimum length for a YouTube video in order to monetise and place ads is 8 minutes. Hence all the 9 minute videos of padding.

Do the new proposed laws say anything about remaining anonymous? I assume the authorities via Ped can currently easily find out where I live if they have reason to. That would be an interesting twist.

I think the 'problem' is people can build communities full of like minded people who agree and reinforce their views. You no longer have to mix socially or (if you work from home) at work, with people who have opposing views. This means now, more than ever, people are not happy when their view of the world is challenged. The problem with the Internet is twofold. People can be anonymous and people can say things they wouldn't normally say without seeing the offense they're causes and/or risking real repercussions.

Don't worry too much about watts. Trust your ears and listen for distortion. If the cab can handle more watts that the amp can deliver then at worst you run the risk of pushing the amp into distortion which can overheat the speaker. If the cab can't handle the power the amp is delivering then you'll get the speaker hitting the mechanical limits and you'll destroy it that way. In any case, trying to match cabs and amps is very hard, if something is in your budget, and you like what they sound like together, then really that's going to determine what you purchase. Can you try them together before you buy so you can hear what they sound like?

Exactly. Seems to have worked quite well. To be fair, he has even complained about the algorithm forcing him to create content like this and label it in a click bait way. Some content creators are at least better than others. Someone shared some seemingly misinformation piece that wasn't particularly well done, I watched a minute of it and decided a) not to watch any further and b) not to follow the guy. I find out I should have watched it all, as he then went to debunk his first section. Which seemed seemed a very odd way to get new subscribers.

Is it anything like Surf Rock or Pirate Rock?

I'm not sure it's supposed to be 'sneaky', it's just down to incompetent design. I don't credit any local councils being that clever. We have a three lane carriageway near here where they redesigned the inside lane to be a bus lane, everything turning left couldn't, and no one exiting the supermarket could get out. They've since shut down the bus lane due to the chaos it was causing. So now a three lane road is down to two. A complete mess with no explaination of why it was changed in the first place, no applology and no plans to change it back. I was caught on a box junction when a bus pulled out of a bus stop in front of me. My exit was clear when I entered, but the bus took that space. It was 15 years ago, I would appeal if it happened now. There was nothing 'sneaky' about it. Anyway, I'm not sure how road fines have anything to do with online abuse or hiding your online identity so that you can abuse people anonymously.

Well, most of us less intelligent members remember to look it up when we get to our destination. 🤣🤦‍♂️ The rest of your post just reads as if you're frustrated in having to pay what the rest of us have to pay and are looking for excuses and don't like being called out.

You saw the sign but didn't look up what it meant?