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  1. 3 minutes ago, HillCountryBevo said:

    Seeing people on here who still support Joe Biden 🤮🤮🤮

    I am curious.  Why shouldn't someone support Biden and/or why should they support Donald Trump?  What are your criteria?

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  2. I find the idea of neural implants offered up by someone with the empathy of Elon plus developments in AI pretty unsettling.  Like, I already feel uneasy using AI to be hyper-productive via a keyboard and web browser.  I see my company starting to rethink plans of hiring junior engineers because experienced engineers using AI kind of make their contributions unnecessary.  I've seen the majority of people in my industry start using AI with zeal.  They almost have to.  If they don't, their productivity decreases in relation to those that do.  That could cost them the promotion, or limit their opportunities if they get laid off.  All that is happening today.

    Well, what if Elon's brain implant gave humans a direct, completely frictionless and fast as thought interface into AI and that resulted in even more hyper productivity?  I can guarantee you that if it did, there would be a mad wave of early adopters trying to stay ahead of the curve just like they are now with AI.  Health risks wouldn't be much of a factor in their calculus.  And their momentum would put pressure on everyone else to get a fucking brain implant or risk becoming a 2nd or 3rd tier worker.  In this case, it might not just be an easy choice of fuck no, I wouldn't let a fucking sociopathic capitalist like Elon plug into my brain.  It might be a choice of do you let a sociopathic capitalist like Elon plug into your brain, or do you not pay the mortgage, or put food on the table, or whatever else you use your current income for?

    There's a SciFi movie plot for whoever here writes screenplays.

     

     

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  3. 2 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

    What are they normal? 

    Reverb says standard Martin D-28's in very good condition are worth $2012-$2299 and it's based on "recent" sales history.  That is without shipping, and inclusive of Reverb's 5% cut that a seller is paying.  I tend to subtract the 5% if buying outside of Reverb, which would make the range $1911 to $2184.  So I think that guitar, if in a very good condition, is probably priced right at the low end of its worth.  If it were me, I'd go play it and if blows you away, don't leave without it.  If it doesn't blow you away, I'd make a low-ball offer that gives you a built in resale profit margin and if they take it great, if not, return to lusting over Hummingbird's.

    I put recent in quotes, because there are usually much fewer sales of high ticket items and the small sample size can make their range iffy.  That said, there have been 7 sold on Reverb in very good condition over the last year and the price ranged from $1995 to $2690.  The cheapest available on Reverb right now is $2199 + $100 shipping.

    You can check out their price guide here https://reverb.com/p/martin-d-28#price-guide.

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  4. 36 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

    Ok if you change your mind you need to list it here. I love that goofy Gibson pickguard. It’s hog, right?

    Yep, mahogany back/sides and sitka spruce top.  I'll let you know if I decide its not for me and why.  You'd get the price I got, which was muy bueno.

  5. 5 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

    A weekend in jail just might kill him. 

     

     

    Not with White Power Bill to safeguard him.

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  6. 2 hours ago, mdmost said:

    People use that line but the pandemic would've destroyed anyone's economy. Obama's, Clinton's, W's. But some people get all warm and fuzzy remembering the pre-2020 economy under Trump when goods and services were cheaper. Liberals have got to stop burying their heads in the sand on this economy. Data wise, it's improved but consumer wise, it hasn't. Groceries are still expensive, car loans and credit card loans are more now because of the Fed rate hikes, meals out cost more. That's all things that hit people in their pocketbooks and Biden, rightly or wrongly, takes the blame as Carter did and Bush Sr did. This administration has incredibly shitty messaging on the economy. 

    Spot on.  Some people are feeling pain due to inflation and/or resultant interest rate hikes, but I don't think it has anything to do with who has been in the Whitehouse.  Where I think this is different than previous fed actions that affected Carter or Bush Sr is that I think the fed held off on rate hikes much longer than they would have ordinarily because we were in the middle of a pandemic and a global response to it that was impacting the economy in unprecedented and unpredictable ways.

  7. I got the Gibson Southern Jumbo deluxe in and it’s great.  I’ll be checking it out for awhile, but my initial impression is that it’s gonna be a keeper*.

    * guarantee limited to 2 week term

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  8. On 5/3/2024 at 5:40 PM, Biff Tannen said:

    This reinforces the fact that his followers are the dumbest people.  He commits crimes right out in the open.  He commits non-criminal, but deplorable acts right out in the open.  Yet these people are not smart enough to see it when it is in front of their face.  

    I don't think its that they don't see his crimes, I think its that they see "the system" as a rigged sham.  Crimes are just violations of rules.  Rules that they feel are unjust and capricious and designed to keep them down.  In that worldview, the crime is that rules exist in the first place.

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  9. On 5/3/2024 at 11:58 AM, Brisketexan said:

    Fantastic post.

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    I'll add that back when these guys HAD to have some level of normal social interaction (they couldn't just hide in their little caves/online worlds), they were exposed to some social pressure like "maybe, dude, you could dress a little better -- see how we dress -- and you'd have better luck with the ladies.  It helped the dorks become a bit more normal.  Now, they can just stay and wallow in their dorkdom.

    Dorkdom's Wallow will be my metal band's name.

  10. 6 minutes ago, Helobious said:

    You guys sound desperate for STDs and for opening yourselves up to sexual assault allegations (I see it as the more partners I have, the higher the odds I run into a crazy one that could make up an allegation about me). Not worth the risk at all. 
     

    I really don’t feel like I’ve missed out on anything by not having someone ever ask me to cum on their eggs benedict. But you do you. 

    tl;dr @F250 is the Harvey Weinstein of Surlyhorns and has AIDS.

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  11. I added one of these Jackson Audio Bloom compressors about a week ago, and I really, really, really dig it.  Its kind of a combination compressor. booster/sustainer and 3 band EQ.  You can activate any combination of the 3 with the 2 footswitches.  The compressor has different modes for different styles like chickin pickin, funk, slide, etc... This defines some unadjustable compression settings like attack and decay, then you have knobs to control the amount of compression and the blend of your dry signal.  The bloom knob & switch is the booster/sustainer and you can change how it fades in to your signal.  I haven't used the EQ yet, but I could see using it to offset differences between guitars while keeping an amp dialed in.  Finally, its quiet as fuck and so usable in a recording context.  I have a strong feeling this is going to be one of those always on pedals.

     

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  12. Eh, I'll wait for AOC's or Boebert's outrage before I start white knitting over a photo that is obviously fake and not them.  Also, we're all on a forum with a section titled "I'd pee in her butt", so there is a certain amount of sexist/toxic male behavior that you accept and tolerate with your presence on surlyhorns.

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