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Tcoat · 09-13-2022, 08:48 PM

TIL or more accurately was reminded, that when people complain about rough ride and road noise being excessive in these cars they should not be dismissed as overly sensitive. After driving around on Michigan roads for two days I am about ready to trade in for a nice soft Buick.

Sapphireho · 09-13-2022, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

TIL about agent orange. and the irony of recommending an asian use it to fix a weed problem

Is he viet cong? If not, we're good.

Sapphireho · 09-13-2022, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

TIL or more accurately was reminded, that when people complain about rough ride and road noise being excessive in these cars they should not be dismissed as overly sensitive. After driving around on Michigan roads for two days I am about ready to trade in for a nice soft Buick.

I swear my ears hurt more after a drive in my twin than in the Lotus. I know I've made mine louder with all the bolt-ons, but dam.

x808drifter · 09-13-2022, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by spcmafia

TIL about pre and post calibration performance on monitors while reading a review for the LG Ultragear QHD (Costco). Im about to give the calibrated settings a try and see if there are any noticeable differences.

The review was at rtings.com and they're kind enough to give you the best calibration settings as the software and hardware require to do so can be quite costly.

Calibration depends on where the screen was calibrated.
Spend the money and get an actual calibration kit.

A bright ass room is fine if the screens in a bright ass room, not so good if the lights are off most of the time. Or if you get natural light most of the time.

I have yet to have seen a screen/tv match an actual calibration kit in terms of final quality.

But like they say on Rtings

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Most TVs are able to achieve decent accuracy with only a few minor settings changes, most of which can be easily done by beginners at home, with no specialized equipment. For most people, having a TV professionally calibrated isn't necessary. In the end though, not everyone enjoys an accurate image, so you should adjust your TV to whatever looks best to you, adapted to your viewing conditions.

Working for News for almost half a decade makes you a bit anal when it comes to proper screen calibration.

Sapphireho · 09-14-2022, 06:42 PM

TIL that Kewpie mayo is very yolky. Tastes like deviled egg filling. For sure it has some uses, and the piping bag style bottle is fun, but I don't see it replacing my Best Foods (Hellmann's) on a sammy any time soon, especially at $7.95 for a bottle as big as a beer.

NoHaveMSG · 09-14-2022, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

TIL that Kewpie mayo is very yolky. Tastes like deviled egg filling. For sure it has some uses, and the piping bag style bottle is fun, but I don't see it replacing my Best Foods (Hellmann's) on a sammy any time soon, especially at $7.95 for a bottle as big as a beer.

I’m not a huge fan of it. I love the sesame dressing though.

x808drifter · 09-14-2022, 11:50 PM

I hate that Duke's is so hard to get here.
Best Food's being my usual go to.

spcmafia · 09-15-2022, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by x808drifter

Calibration depends on where the screen was calibrated.
Spend the money and get an actual calibration kit.

A bright ass room is fine if the screens in a bright ass room, not so good if the lights are off most of the time. Or if you get natural light most of the time.

I have yet to have seen a screen/tv match an actual calibration kit in terms of final quality.

But like they say on Rtings

Working for News for almost half a decade makes you a bit anal when it comes to proper screen calibration.

I ended up using their profile and did a screen calibration using the windows tool, had to look up tips and what not because I had no idea what I was doing when it came to the finer details. Didn't really notice much of a difference other than text is much finer and a little clearer. Realized my gamma was too high, whatever that does.

I'm all about investing money in something that will pay itself off in the long run, if the price is right and I see potential to benefit from it, I'll probably get a kit, I do know it is not cheap.

Dadhawk · 09-15-2022, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by spcmafia

I Realized my gamma was too high, whatever that does.

Well, just don't get angry when it's high....

spcmafia · 09-15-2022, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Well, just don't get angry when it's high....

Im always angry, that's my secret.

wolffbite · 09-15-2022, 12:48 PM

TIL you can now make AI generated images at home of just about anything you want...

(This is basically DALL-E 2)

https://github.com/cmdr2/stable-diff...i#installation

This is extremely cool, but also pretty frightening in some contexts.

soundman98 · 09-15-2022, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wolffbite

TIL you can now make AI generated images at home of just about anything you want...

(This is basically DALL-E 2)

https://github.com/cmdr2/stable-diff...i#installation

This is extremely cool, but also pretty frightening in some contexts.

the ai art stuff is really interesting, causing a lot of stir in the art world. this guy just won the colorado state fair with an ai art piece.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/t...e-artists.html

bcj · 09-15-2022, 10:03 PM

From Autopian

I'd have one of those. Cool.

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Tcoat · 09-16-2022, 10:30 PM

TIL

09-13-2022, 08:48 PM	#3347
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,838 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s)	TIL or more accurately was reminded, that when people complain about rough ride and road noise being excessive in these cars they should not be dismissed as overly sensitive. After driving around on Michigan roads for two days I am about ready to trade in for a nice soft Buick. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

09-16-2022, 10:30 PM	#3360
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,838 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s)	TIL __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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