Posts by gadzooks

1. 2019-03-12 at 8:58 AM UTC in The WHY
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   Why do you/we use drugs? Alcohol and weed, of course, count here.
   
   Do you ever introspectively analyze the precise psychological mechanisms that lead to using?
   
   And, what's even more intriguing... Why that particular drug?
2. 2019-03-12 at 8:56 AM UTC in Where is the line between being a junkie and not?
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   ITT everyone == junkie.
   
   sadface.
   
   neutralface.
   
   hopefulface.
   
   Why do we do the drugs that we do?
   
   That's a thread topic right there...
3. 2019-03-12 at 8:55 AM UTC in Where is the line between being a junkie and not?
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   pregab and ketamine and alcohol and nitrous and (low THC) weed and some crack scrapings from my pipe and valium and xanax right now.
   
   Ain't no thank but a chicken wang.
4. 2019-03-12 at 8:52 AM UTC in So fucking low
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by mmQ I hate myself.
   
   I wish I was dead
   
   For some reason some people like me.
   
   I still fucking wish I was dead.

   
   I like you. 😟
   
   Fist bump... 🤜
5. 2019-03-12 at 8:44 AM UTC in So fucking low
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   Grylls yourself.
6. 2019-03-12 at 3:38 AM UTC in Subforums that this site needs.
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by Lanny Anyone remember how long zoklet was around for?

   
   All I know is that it was around as early as 2009, and as late as October 2012.
   
   The timeframe might be wider than that, but that's as much as I know for a fact.
7. 2019-03-12 at 3:32 AM UTC in THis sit =e is dead
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   By the way, my archiving is all done.
   
   I have every single thread archived, and every members' profile page.
   
   I can pretty much extrapolate anything else I need from that data once I've parsed it locally.
   
   It was a lot quicker than I expected.
8. 2019-03-12 at 3:31 AM UTC in THis sit =e is dead
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by Lanny (python 3 confirmed garbage)

   
   I still love it, tho.
9. 2019-03-12 at 3:25 AM UTC in Gadzooks's Preferential Drug Hierarchy
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by -SpectraL Your expectation is the ill effects, and so your body mimics that belief. True.

   
   That's just so plain wrong.
   
   So bad trips on hallucinogens are just placebo too?
   
   Next you're going to tell me that schizophrenia is placebo, too...
10. 2019-03-12 at 2:45 AM UTC in Gadzooks's Preferential Drug Hierarchy
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by -SpectraL They've actually brainwashed themselves into believing the weed will fuck them up, but it's all in their head, not real. Weed CAN'T fuck a person up the way they describe it. It's chemically impossible.
    
    "Sometimes a person can have a response to a placebo. The response can be positive or negative. For instance, the person's symptoms may improve. Or the person may have what appears to be side effects from the treatment. These responses are known as the "placebo effect."
    
    There are some conditions in which a placebo can produce results even when people know they are taking a placebo. Studies show that placebos can have an effect on conditions such as:
    
    In one study involving asthma, people using a placebo inhaler did no better on breathing tests than sitting and doing nothing. But when researchers asked for people's perception of how they felt, the placebo inhaler was reported as being as effective as medicine in providing relief.
    
    How Does the Placebo Effect Work?
    
    Research on the placebo effect has focused on the relationship of mind and body. One of the most common theories is that the placebo effect is due to a person's expectations. If a person expects a pill to do something, then it's possible that the body's own chemistry can cause effects similar to what a medication might have caused."
    
    https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/what-is-the-placebo-effect#1

    
    This is some next level dumb shit right here.
11. 2019-03-12 at 2:07 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Also, why are there so many SG-tier posts in this topical subforum thread?
12. 2019-03-12 at 2:05 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
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    ^{double posted}
13. 2019-03-12 at 2:05 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Below is a VERY truncated sine wave (440Hz)...
    
    I cut out most of the values (leaving in only every 1000th value).
    
    

    
    sine_wave = [0, 4, -3993, -7103, -10060, -12845, -15387, -17601, -19429, -20873, -21891, -22509, -22686, -22319, -21505, -20337, -18700, -16723, -14315, -11666, -8809, -5788, -2607, 629, 3829, 6975, 10010, 12681, 15295, 17500, 19361, 20844, 21891, 22555, 22606, 22329, 21590, 20402, 18831, 16754, 14492, 11892, 9018, 5973, 2783, -393, -3662, -6808, -9795, -12597, -15118, -17411, -19237, -20738, -21862, -22438, -22661, -22378, -21587, -20433, -18846, -16859, -14593, -11985, -9123, -6065, -2917, 301, 3537, 6616, 9662, 12416, 15047, 17276, 19181, 20627, 21748, 22442, 22588, 22402, 21703, 20541, 18933, 17023, 14679, 12149, 9198, 6187, 3087, -139, -3315, -6488, -9493, -12356, -14971, -17177, -19101, -20591, -21717, -22381, -22661, -22406, -21687, -20600, -19052, -17146, -14836, -12232, -9404, -6376, -3182, -43, 3156, 6316, 9350, 12170, 14833, 17016, 19027, 20566, 21718, 22435, 22653, 22493, 21733, 20715, 19141, 17205, 14896, 12391, 9607, 6600, 3420, 182, -2998, -6225, -9228, -12058, -14651, -16890, -18922, -20538, -21636, -22333, -22632, -22404, -21745, -20690, -19207, -17333, -15092, -12557, -9711, -6677, -3576, -341, 2885, 6047, 9094, 11922, 14477, 16799, 18799, 20426, 21603, 22275, 22583, 22451, 21776, 20759, 19297, 17425, 15274, 12706, 9916, 6852, 3735, 500, -2682, -5842, -8867, -11766, -14420, -16776, -18737, -20395, -21521, -22266, -22671, -22467, -21909, -20821, -19303, -17516, -15338, -12745, -9972, -7016, -3918, -716, 2534, 5674, 8791, 11686, 14280, 16695, 18650, 20332, 21516, 22267, 22623, 22562, 21928, 20913, 19525, 17606, 15482, 12914, 10144, 7188, 4035, 785, 58]
    

    
    
    So you would have to sequentially etch to a depth of each value into your virtual vinyl disc.
14. 2019-03-12 at 1:56 AM UTC in License plate
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Krow Without searching.. is it a true spelling of his last name. I wonder how he pronounces it.

    
    Yeah it is. I'm not certain on how it's pronounced, though.
    
    There was a huge controversy over it after Trump's whole "grab her by the pussy" comment, because some most people are absolute ignoramuses.
15. 2019-03-12 at 1:50 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Who If you want the real thing, you get a phonograph and connect it to a PC, for the gifs as conceptual google them

    
    Yeah but how do you represent that in VR/AR?
16. 2019-03-12 at 1:43 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    And is the resolution of a commercially available scanner even high enough?
17. 2019-03-12 at 1:43 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Who 45 , copy machine, 45 face down on copy machine, copy machine connection to PC , scan and save.
    
    Google turntable gifs copy and save
    
    Glad I could help

    
    Yeah, but then you need a physical copy of the record to begin with?
    
    That's gonna be way too expensive and logistically challenging to be of any real use.
18. 2019-03-12 at 1:14 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Erekshun Nice google search.

    
    
19. 2019-03-12 at 1:11 AM UTC in Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Come to think of it, it actually wouldn't be anywhere nearly as complicated as I originally envisioned...
    
    The grooves are simply measures of sound wave impressions being etched into the vinyl material at a particular rate.
    
    There are all kinds of libraries for loading audio samples and converting them to purely numerical arrays.
    
    If you're proficient with coding, and also happen to have a decent grasp of some technical audio concepts like Fourier Transform, you should be good to go.
20. 2019-03-12 at 12:11 AM UTC in Inspirational Quotes
    

    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny bot detected

    
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