If IPT is down forever, who will take the reign?

redone3000 · 1 day

Was it really down for that long? I feel like I checked it four or five times within 12 hours and it was back up. What.cd and a bunch others were down around the same time for about as long. Think it's a bit mad to be thinking worst case scenario.

kearvelli · 9 days

I saw the movie Mothman Prophecies when I was in middle school. There is one scene where the protagonist goes to a window, brushes aside a curtain and looks out only to be confronted with a pair of red eyes starring back at him.

The whole movie (especially since it is "based on true events") freaked me out, but that scene in particular made it difficult to walk past the windows near my front door at night, for at least a few years after seeing it.

Vslacha · 13 days

Bright. Angry.

shameshesafeminist · 17 days

This will probably get buried, but I have a few questions. Sorry if this is too many.

You mention some sounds cause physical sensory manifestations. Most of the questions I read have focused on music, but are there particular voices, speech patterns or vocal ranges that cause such manifestations?
You mention metal music makes you uncomfortable. Going along with the first question, have you met anyone whose voice/speech made you uncomfortable?
Are you ever "overloaded" by all this sensory information that it leaves you unable to do certain tasks? I imagine driving might be difficult.
Do you find yourself easily distracted by some of the sensory information or are you able to block out most of it if need be? Imagine you were taking an exam, and you could hear the clock ticking, someone tapping their foot/pencil, coughs from around the room.
Lastly, did you experience any particular ease, difficulty or something interesting as you learned math growing up? Specifically, how was learning algebra? I ask because each level of math you learn serves as an abstraction of the previous level. When you are little, numbers are representative of real life objects; in middle/high school algebra, you learn about variables that stand for all numbers. Do variables cause the any synesthetic effects?
Obligatory: This 40 sec. portion of Aerosmith's original version of "Dream On" gives me frission, especially the scream around 3:30. Does it do anything special for you?

Thanks for doing the AMA!

superwaffle12 · 18 days

Ah, those plots; I'd recognize that Vernier software anywhere.

AlasPoorCitizen · 21 days

I posted this in another thread from this subreddit not too long ago. Without some formal training in basic calculus/linear algebra, these may be too advanced.

If that's the case, you can try picking up a modern physics book, such as Resnick (people love that book). Going more basic, you could try Part 3 of Knight's University Physics. This book has 3 parts (roughly Classical Dynamics, Electromagnetism, Modern Physics); the modern physics portion should be at the end past special relativity.

I am a physics grad student, and many subtleties of QM still evade me; it is simply a subject one never fully understands and it only opens itself to understanding over time by going over it again and again. I wish you luck, and if you need advice, feel free to PM me.

SingedEyebrow · 23 days

This will probably get downvoted to hell, but as a current PhD student in physics, I feel like I need to say this.

Most people with a physics BS can find a reasonable job in many fields from finance to engineering. But you mention going on to graduate school in physics. Currently, the US trains about twice as many researchers as there are academic/government lab/institute careers. Many newly trained physicists who wish to remain working in the field go into "post-doc purgatory" where they basically move around every two years becoming someone else's research bitch.

If you want to get a degree in physics then leave academia, a BS may suffice or if you have your heart set on being a wall street quant or something exotic, a PhD is needed. Just be warned that the road through physics grad school isn't an easy one, and depending on your expectations upon graduation, there may not be a bright light at the end of the tunnel.

jCcrackhead · 23 days

A+ post; this is 100% correct. Some examples of questions you might encounter:

What is the ground state energy of positronium? A: -6.8eV (This has about a 80% chance of being on your exam. Just memorize it is half of hydrogen's ground state energy.)
What is the Hamiltonian/what are Hamilton's equations for an Atwood device?
Which of the following particles is not a lepton/hadron/etc.?
Which experimental quantity was measured by Millikan in 1909?

I made the mistake of beginning studying the summer before by solving basic problems. Only once the semester started did I realize it's more of a memorization/trivia examination and changed my studying.

daysweregolden · 29 days

Here's what I do; maybe it will help you decide what to do.

I download all my torrents from personal trackers to my seedbox in the Netherlands. Once it's done downloading, I transfer the files to my computer in the USA via SFTP (secure FTP). This takes only slightly longer than it would take downloading directly to my PC via the original torrent because the seedbox down speed is so high.

Managing the seedbox couldn't be easier. It runs Deluge and I have configured a local installation of Deluge to connect to the seedbox's client so I can manage everything just as if it were on my local machine.

Price? Its about $12/mo. because my brother and I share it and we got a big one. I figure that's about the price of not eating a cheap meal out once a month so it's definitely worth it.

Sure it's not 100% safe but neither my IP or the seedbox's IP have ever shown up on youhavedownloaded or received an ISP infringement letter.

vegittoss15 · 1 month

Mine seems terribly inefficient but took about 5 minutes.

def split(s):
    i = 0
    lines = []
    while i < len(s):
        if len(s) - i < 13:
            lines.append(s[i:len(s)])
            break
        for n in range(13):
            if s[i+13-n] == " ":
                lines.append(s[i:i+13-n])
                i = i+13-n+1
                break
    return lines

blueboybob · 1 month

I just went to the library last weekend. However, I am having trouble with the metadata. Many of the audio books have 12-24 cds. Do you have any recommendations on how to organize the rips and exactly what metadata should be included from each disc?

steadybuffalo · 1 month

What are the exact specifics of what you're downloading and from where? Exactly how fast is your internet?

Video quality will greatly effect download size. Private/public trackers will greatly effect seeder upload speed/quality. How current/popular the series is will also come into play.

At 2MBps, a 20GB series would take about 3 hours to complete. For example, I see a torrent for Game of Thrones Season 1 720p that is 15GB. If you are trying to download high quality rips of large series, I could see 50GB taking 8 hours on a modest internet connection.

Sciurusdoomus · 1 month

its called a t flip flop faggot

catnipbilly · 1 month

Pro response. Thanks man. I figured heat would be a problem but I didn't think about the added dust or load on the kernel.

Cheers!

euthanatos · 1 month

Resnick is used for AP physics at my local high school and I used Knight for my university intro class.

But honestly, most high school physics classes touch on kinematics, a bit of energy/heat/thermodynamics and then circuits/basic electromagnetism. For the most part, those topics should be covered almost identically in all the texts mentioned in this thread, but I recommend using Resnick/Knight to brush up on your knowledge of the material and look in Serway for good problems to help your student(s).

catnipbilly · 1 month

The rig currently has a geforce 260 gtx in it. Any reasons to get rid of it besides power considerations?

euthanatos · 1 month

I am not sure what grade level (high school or university) you are tutoring, but here goes. If you are looking for basic introductory physics texts, here are some you may find in a high school AP physics or university intro physics course:

Physics - Resnick and Halliday (overall outstanding book)
Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Knight (Calculus based but great for concepts)
Physics - Cutnell and Johnson (algebra/trig based with a focus on bio/medicine students)
College Physics - Serway (basically a practice problem compendium geared towards premed students)

I was a math/science tutor for private high schoolers and college students while in college. If you can let me know more about at what level you are tutoring, I can probably give you some more guidance.

hammer60 · 1 month

Thanks bud!

hammer60 · 1 month

If you use iTunes to organize and play your music and use an iPhone, you can follow the following steps without downloading a 3rd-party program:

Open iTunes and locate the song you wish to make into a ringtone.
Locate the portion of the song (~40s maximum) that you wish to make into a ringtone. Remember the approximate beginning and end times of that section
Right-click on the song in iTunes. Select "Get Info". Click the "Options" tab at the top.
In the "Start/Stop Time" input fields, enter the start and end times of section you like. Make sure the check boxes are checked next to each input field. Press "Ok". Note: These changes are not permanent, so don't worry that you are ruining your song.
Play the song. It should only play the section you selected to make into a ringtone. If the timing is off, fine tune the start/end times by repeating step 4 and using the following time format: MIN:SEC.FRACTION_OF_SEC. An example is 0:05.25 which is 5.25 seconds into the song.
Once you have the song trimmed down to your liking, right-click the song again and select "Create AAC version." iTunes should create a second version of the song, but it should have a shorter play length. You may wish to rename this song "Song Title - Ringtone" for convenience in step 7.
Locate the iTunes Music folder on your hard drive. A likely place in Windows 7 would be C:\Users\USERNAME\My Music\iTunes\BAND NAME\ALBUM NAME. Once located, right-click the file and select cut.
Backtrack up to the main iTunes folder (C:\Users\USERNAME\My Music\iTunes) and see if there is a "Ringtones" folder. If there is, proceed to step 9. If not, then create a new folder and rename it "Ringtones".
Open the "Ringtones" folder, right-click and select "Paste". Right-click on the song file and select "Properties". In the top input field, there should be the name of the file plus a file extension at the end (.aac). Delete the .aac file extension and replace it with ".m4r". Thus your file should now read "song-title.m4r". "Click "Ok".
Lastly, we just need to import the new ringtone into iTunes. Back in the iTunes window, go to "File" and select "Add Folder to Library". Locate the "Ringtones" folder, select it and press "Ok." The new ringtone should be located in the "Ringtones" portion of your iTunes Library now.
Locate the song you made into the ringtone and remove the checkmarks next to the "Start/End Time" boxes in step 4.
Sync your iPhone with your iTunes library and you are done! Congrats!

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