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reay

@reay@mastodon.social

Dad. Writer. Amateur photographer. Dabbler in tabletop game design. Fan of books, tabletop/video games, comics, music and movies. Neutral Good. He/him.
Thoughts and opinions are my own.
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https://www.reayjespersen.com/

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  • Got an unexpected chunk of writing done on my current work in progress
  • Loved the family coming together to help the kiddo with a project
  • Started and finished the day with reading for pleasure
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Well done.

Colbert Creates Fox News Apology Viewers Wanted to See After Dominion Settlement: ‘We’ve Done Our Part Now’ (Video) https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/colbert-creates-fox-news-apology-133000434.html

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Headed to my new studio for a workshop. Hope I can find it. Hope people are nice. It's going to feel weird potterying in a different place. 😬

reay,
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@APBBlue I’ve discovered I get worked up a lot and quickly about a sudden, large change in plans, particularly when it involves now being with people people when I was ready for a stretch of not being with people. (There’s a tiny chance my introversion has deepened as I’ve gotten older).

On the upside, it almost always works out just fine and I have a genuinely good time. But that first impact when I hear about the change is big.

All of which is to say, hope it goes well for you.

paul, (edited ) to fediverse
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I feel healthier since my to .

Not in an elitist way but the topics are so broad, and not focused on one evil subject. We still get that in but then you have the pure, refreshing content.

You get into disagreements and discussions, but they usually end with a follow or at least ends without battle scars and wounds.

My skills get tested due to my on a regular basis.

was physically & cognitively injuring me.

reay,
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@paul Welcome!

reay, to random
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  • Slept in
  • Figured out a key issue with some recording problems I was having
  • Grocery shopped sales with my wife; pleased at how well we did and grateful for having the means to do so
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When my son was little I would tuck him into bed then lie on the floor in his bedroom and count to 1,000 to myself before leaving. It was usually enough to make sure he fell asleep.

reay,
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@monkeyborg I did the counting thing as well getting my daughter to bed when she was younger. But no joke it usually turned into me basically counting sheep and I’d fall asleep, sometimes before she did.

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I was surprised to see so many Maple Leafs fans in the Tampa Bay arena tonight, and my wife had a theory that I just verified:

It’s literally cheaper right now for someone in Toronto to fly to Tampa Bay, get a good seat for the game (first section closest to the ice), and stay in a good hotel… than it is to get one game ticket in the same area of the arena in Toronto.


anthracite, to random

At the ice cream shop. Watching it get made behind the window.

reay,
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@anthracite Never not engaging.

We had occasion to go to a Nitro ice cream place visiting friends in Florida recently, and that’s all done in front of you, too, and it’s absolutely bananas.

nyquildotorg, to random
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We know HBO tried to "buy out" JKR from the Harry Potter films so they could make more of them with the original actors, but failed because she demanded "ridiculous" money. I wonder if Scholastic did the same with the books.

And if so, did they send her a colorful flier on magazine paper making the idea seem awesome?

reay,
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@nyquildotorg It’s hard to imagine someone being a literal billionaire but asking for what even a movie studio thinks is a ridiculous sum beyond that insane wealth.

A thousand million dollars, and she wants so much more beyond that that a studio used to throwing around nine figures to make a single movie is balking at her price.

Unreal.

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https://xkcd.com/2766/

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Republicans passed a bill in Texas to end countywide-voting, which allows voters to choose polling locations that are convenient or have short lines, and a bill allowing the state to take over county election administration on flimsy pretexts.

If signed into law, the fix is in. Republicans will close locations in opposition areas to engineer impossibly long lines for democrats, but keep voting fast and easy for Republicans.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-senate-passes-bill-end-countywide-voting-election-day-rcna80829

reay,
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@alexwild What never ceases to amaze me is how Republicans can at once sincerely be all Rah Rah The U.S. Is The Bastion Of Democracy, yet then the next moment do shit like this that is directly the opposite of being in a democracy.

Both can’t be true at the same time, you big dummies. Either let everyone vote fairly and accept the results as a democracy or skew the playing field to help your team to win. Make a choice of those two and own it, but you can’t have it both ways.

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    @Eamon1916 I both totally understand this but also do it to myself most of the time and to others at least some of the time.

    reay, to random
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    • Got a needed contact lens swap with the optometrist put into motion
    • Started reading an unexpectedly engaging book
    • Progress made on resolving some issues with voice over recording
    reay, to random
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    I’m a middle-aged white guy who was just driving home with Public Enemy turned up in the car to keep the neighbours on their toes.

    reay, to random
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    I’ve always been told I walk into the room and everyone immediately picks up on my Big D(onut) energy.

    reay, to random
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    All right, enough dicking around and not doing any work… he thinks, before unironically deciding he needs a snack and tea before getting to work.

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    Wait for it… waaaaaaait for it…

    https://youtu.be/-UYgORr5Qhg

    adhdeanasl, to random
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    this morning: Tool’s Forty Six & 2 as performed by the kids of the O’Keefe Music Foundation.

    If you’ve never seen any of their videos, check out what O’Keefe does. It’s good stuff.

    https://youtu.be/mYKLvYGqaC0

    reay,
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    @adhdeanasl Same. I can manage now, but Carey is god level.

    TNLNYC, (edited ) to internet
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    I've decided to ACTIVELY decouple from Twitter: Every day, I go back and DM at least 10 of my followers, telling them I've moved here and to follow me here instead (I remove them as followers after that DM). A number of them have set up accounts as a result.

    Please do the same if you're more active here than on That's how you can help the

    Boost if you agree.

    reay,
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    @TNLNYC That’s why it’s nice to see SOME of them starting to make the move here. Neil Gaiman, Elvira, Mark Ruffalo… hoping more come this way.

    reay, to random
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    Does anyone who records vocal audio have any thoughts on why my waveform amplitude seems so small on the recording software?

    I’m having to turn the interface gain to almost max just to capture even that.

    The presets I’m using in Audacity are in line with tutorials I’ve seen, so it’s not that.

    And I know it’s not which USB port the interface is connected to on my laptop. But aside from that, maybe the mic itself (a Shure SM-58)? Maybe the cabling or a connection somewhere?


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    @thebishopgame Ok, so update: Realized I hadn’t installed the driver for the UR12. Straight-forward, seemed to take it ok, all good.

    And now it’s recording as more sensitive than it had been, though still oddly low.

    With the gain at zero, there’s literally no levels registering on the input. You can hear it on the playback, but very faintly.

    Gain cranked half way, I was peaking at around -40dB.

    Gain at max, peaking at -12. That was too much, even with headphones pretty low.

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    @thebishopgame So yeah, definitely more sensitive with the driver installed, but I’m still having to put the gain up around half way to get it into a decent playback volume.

    And for what it’s worth, even with gain maxed out and the volume too high, the wave pattern amplitude on the visual is still really small compared to what I’ve seen in every tutorial video, with them just talking casually. 🤔

    warandpeas, to random
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    Just One Word

    reay,
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    @warandpeas Solid pick.

    reay, to random
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    There are times when the Toronto Transit Commission’s Trip Planner feature works well.

    And then there are times when its first result is suggesting you can walk 790 metres (half a mile) in 10 minutes. 🤔

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    @apLundell Realized the issue with the walking distance time estimate. I mis-typed the address. 3730, not 3070 as I had it.

    I was wondering in retrospect why it was saying it was only 800-ish metres away, which is about 8 city blocks. It's 3.3 km (33-ish blocks) from my place.

    Waaaay less confusing now.

    There are times I feel extra not smart.

    reay,
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    @apLundell Oh, for sure. I’m a slow walker. But I should’ve twigged in earlier to the fact that I’m not THAT slow, and realized I made a manual error somewhere.

    Like, yeah, I can walk 8 city blocks in about ten minutes. 🙄

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    *** PLEASE BOOST ***

    Next VPN question: Does anyone a) access Masto with a VPN running, and b) do you use the Tooot app to (try to) do so?

    I’m putting a VPN through some tests and it seems to do well overall but I couldn’t load anything on Tooot from any timelines.

    The second I turned off the VPN, my timelines loaded. But I’m not yet clear on if that was an app issue or if somehow Masto itself (or at least the .social instance) doesn’t jibe well with VPNs.

    Anyone got any insight?

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    @TB41 Thanks!

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