So before #100aDayUntil100k was a thing, I was trying to do 50 #pushups per day, but kept failing just due to time management throughout the day (and, no, couldn't just pump out 50 all at once before bed).

So instead I've been aiming for 1 set of 10 every hour that I'm awake (so, ideally, ~160/day). Gets me up from my computer and gets the blood pumping more often.

REALLY enjoying this approach, even if I miss a few hours.

Me: You will eat more vegetables and you will be happy!

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Savage.

Bruh, Duolingo hitting too close to home today.

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"non-ownership proofs"? Can you provide more detail?

I'm only signing inputs that have bip32 derivations that match my signing key. The rest are ignored.

Good enough movie if you're not a Trekkie.

Meh to ehh to ug if you are a Trekkie.

But shockingly bad technicals if you have a 4k + Atmos setup.

https://habla.news/u/KeithMukai@nostr.seedsigner.com/1708652507958

Sad to think that i'm way closer to the end of my gymnastics days than the beginning. But hoping to keep getting stronger and seeing what I can still do this season without breaking anything!

This press #handstand isn't totally up to my usual standards, but it took a bunch of tries just to get one where I actually held the handstand so, yeah. Something's better than nothing!

https://v.nostr.build/xrJ0.mp4

Well, the receiver has its own 9(?)-channel amp built-in, so I'm just sending those five channels out to the exterior amp.

But, yeah, took me a while of reading the online manuals and scouring forums to make sure I got a receiver that could do this.

What really sold me on Atmos was just how lovely the musical score is when it's lifted partially toward the ceiling. It just adds a fullness that's so right. And it's hard to explain, but it helps to have the usual surround effects "on the ground" (e.g. a car driving on gravel conveyed by the 5.1 or 7.1 horizontal plane) while the music sits above it. Sounds contradictory, but being able to separate elements like that creates a more cohesive whole.

Scalding with heat WORKS! I used to microwave water, dip a dish towel in, and hold that to a bite for as long as I could tolerate the pain. But now I just use this.

Caveat: S19 would require 240V outlet for max output, but can be modded to run lower at 120V. Or hashboards can be separated to run individually on S9 power supplies at 120V via Loki.

$25/Th?

$10 is better.

Or $5.70, though I don't know anything about Canaan machines.

Also the "Midway" 4k disc is weirdly cheap right now (I actually got it for $9.99 last week!). So why not?

https://void.cat/d/2PBT1gtzKbiSREUV2EVaQ3.webp

https://www.amazon.com/Midway-4K-Blu-ray/dp/B07ZWBPM9Y

The biggest hurdle with Atmos (aside from the addiction of adding more and more speakers) is the receiver/amp situation.

7.x (non-Atmos) receivers are ubiquitous ("x" can be anywhere from 1 sub to 4, but that doesn't matter here).

But if they have Atmos onboard, then can switch between:

7.x vs 5.x.2

(the ceiling ".2" speakers need to be amplified, so they eat up two of the 7 channels).

So a 7-channel Atmos receiver is really your minimum.

If you want 5.x.4, you need a 9-channel amp. Starting to get more expensive.

But the full Atmos spec supports 7.x.y ("y" = in theory I think you can go insane to like 30 ceiling speakers).

If you want 7.x.4, that's 11 total channels. Only a few really high-end receivers provide that many amped channels. Megabucks.

BUT the clever workaround is that there are 7- and 9-channel receivers that offer you the line-level (not amplified) audio out for the missing channels, you just have to pipe that to a separate amp.

And in my case, my separate amp is the GOOD AMP. So even though my receiver can amplify 9 channels(?), I'm only using 6 of them and instead I have my good amp doing the most important work:

Proceed AMP5: L, R, C, side L, side R

Receiver: rear L, rear R, top front L, top front R, top rear L, top rear R

I see that you're a Klipsch maxi!

The Klipsch tweeter horns are so unique. I'd love to hear how they sound some day.

The only Klipsch gear I have is my ceiling speakers, but they don't seem to have any real common lineage with the things that make the main Klipsch speakers unique.

Will do!

I had to pause and think about it for a sec, though. I think my gear is very good and not cheap, but not so ridiculous that it'll create extra incentive for a $5 wrench attack.

My two most expensive, most important components were acquired probably 20 years ago. Kinda fun to think that I've slowly pieced together and evolved this system over all that time.

Bug on habla.news tags. Each time I edit, it looks like the current tag list form field is getting appended to the existing list rather than replace.

https://void.cat/d/Rvpq5D31PrfbYGUVvTPySB.webp

#Audiophile / #Videophile nerd review of "Midway" on 4k UHD Blu-Ray.

https://void.cat/d/PfTQd3A3jJQpHpciBaZt9F.webp

https://habla.news/u/KeithMukai@nostr.seedsigner.com/1708450249010

Got it. I've occasionally thought of setting up my kitchen that way so it gets the living room audio. But speaker cable runs would be a pain to manage (would have to route through the gross crawl space under the first floor) and I only casually looked for a wireless option at one point.

I'll have to google those speakers but the Playstation collection is awesome! 🤣

My main workhorse is a Denon X3700H with an OLD but AWESOME Proceed AMP5 driving my mains. Some power conditioners behind that that I can't recall. Some homemade power cables(!).

B+W 703 left/rights are also OLD but so f'n amazing.

Then a mishmash of B+W 602 s3 sides, Elac Uni-Fi 2.0 UB52 center, cheapo Elac Debut B6 rears, cheap enough but nice enough Klipsch in-ceiling units. RSL Speedwoofer 10S MkII sub (holy amazing for the price and in my small basement!).

I'm glad I got my most expensive pieces way before my bitcoin days; no way could I justify the expense once I started stacking sats. But even the biggest items I bought used for pretty great deals. eBay and manufacturer "B-stock" discounts are clutch! I can't stomach full-price audio gear!

But did have to splurge to get proper Dolby Vision support out of 4k blu-ray discs (Panasonic UB820).

NINE?! Whoa.

I've never had a use case for a Zone 2, though maybe I just never appreciated the possibilities.

How do you control basic things like volume?