Great Audio Equalizer For Windows

I don't know why I suddenly decided to share this but for those who do not know (I'm not affiliated and it's free)...

"Equalizer APO" is an audio EQ/Equalizer for Windows 7-11 and probably later. The EQ settings affect everything that comes out of your speakers, Bluetooth, whatever (system wide).

"Peace" is a front end/GUI for Equalizer APO. Use this in addition to Equalizer APO if you want standard Windows style menus rather than editing a text file! For those who don't understand what I am saying: you will need Peace as well as EQ APO. All you need to know :)

I found this a few years ago after buying Bluetooth headphones. This is the only EQ that I am aware of that is system wide. You won't need to set separate EQs in each program, it affects them all.

I have an EQ setting saved for music, another for movies, and one for certain videos that have way too much bass. It can also auto-detect the sound output being used and load settings automatically if you want. Like if I switch from my wired headphones to Bluetooth ones it would be cool to have different settings. Haven't tried that feature yet.

You can customize the individual frequency bands (number of, and value), add effects if you want, and it's pretty simple to use.

If you watch movies or listen to music through a computer and you don't have an EQ somewhere in the chain, you might want this.

It makes a huge difference in audio quality, plus you can jack up the volume as much as you dare. I highly recommend it.

Equalizer APO download page

Peace download

Install EQ APO then install Peace. Launch Peace to operate the EQ.

Again, I am not affiliated in any way. Like I'd make money in this private forum anyways ;)

Can the Dems retain the House Speaker??!

The GOP seems determined to continue to shoot itself in both feet and kneecaps while it continues to field such maladroit nincompoops as Kevin McCarthy for Speaker. Here he is just today failing to get his extreme right party brethren on board to support his bid for Speaker, because, it seems, he is not fascist enough like them.

Quote:

The final hurdle to Republican Kevin McCarthy’s years-long quest to secure the speaker’s gavel grew even more formidable on Monday as a sizable group of House colleagues from his own party said they were not yet ready to support him. The nine Republican rebels made the announcement after the California congressman made a series of concessions on Sunday to try to shore up the support of conservative hardliners ahead of Republicans assuming control of the US lower chamber on Tuesday. McCarthy can afford to lose only four votes from his party’s slender majority if he is to win the election for speaker that will be among the first orders of business for the new Congress.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...rdliners-house


Here's my questions: How is the Representatives Speaker position selected? Is it a whole-of-House vote? Has it been assumed that the majority party will get their choice simply because they are the majority and they will all vote for the one candidate?

Assuming it is indeed a whole-of-House vote, what happens if the Dems field and all vote for their own candidate, and the Republicans split their votes between two internal rivals? (Pro-Kevin and anti-Kevin??) Surely if the Dem candidate has the majority of House votes, s/he is elected Speaker!

Could this happen?? :eek::D

From the "People Who Pull Numbers Out Of Their Asses Department"

Also, New York Post (automatic source fail):

The price tag for COVID school closures that led to historic learning losses for kids could top $28 trillion

Quote:

Add one more grim figure to the toll exacted by disastrous COVID-era school closures: a huge penalty to the lifetime earnings of students forced to suffer through remote schooling, totaling possibly as much as $28 trillion (more than the nation’s entire GDP) over the remainder of the 21st century. Those figures come from a new study by Eric Hanushek, a Stanford University economist and expert on education, following on his own 2020 study, as well as work published by professors at Harvard and Dartmouth in October. The new study analyzes the hideous nationwide decline in 8th-grade math scores on the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress, a k a the nation’s report card. The average drop in math scores amounted to eight points — the largest ever recorded, erasing all gains since 2000, equal to as much as 0.8 missed years of school and a likely lifetime penalty of 5.6% to earnings.

Of course, this is all the fault of the Democrats and the teachers' union.

Quote:

The tragedy is that the learning losses were avoidable. Schools were never vectors of COVID transmission. Yet the United Federation of Teachers, working hand in glove with the federal government and blue-state pols, conspired to close them during the pandemic anyway. That forced students and parents to accept less-effective remote education. UFT head Randi Weingarten’s justification for the closures? The cruel, heartless claim that “kids are resilient.” Yet the new study suggests they’ll pay a big price. But don’t expect Weingarten or any of her co-conspirators to seriously apologize — let alone take responsibility.

Um, just a second. Wasn't somebody named Trump, along with the GQP, in charge during the first year of the pandemic? The period during which most of the school closing took place?

tl/dr summary: The usual bull ****.

MITCH MCCONNELL vs. DONALD JOHN TRUMP,

Just wanting your Thoughts on who will win the Republican Civil War between Trump and McCoverup McConnell?

Wanted to make it a poll, but couldn't remember how.

A. Trump Wins, though fear Mongering.
B. Mitch McCoverup McConnell wins, by hook or by Crook.
Ç. Democrats win as Trump starts a Third Party.
D. DOJ and America wins by Trump being Indicted and Convicted in a Court of Law, Destroying the Republicans for Decades, leading to a Reformed and less courpt Conservative Party.
E a Meteorite hits the Earth it splits in half and we all Die and Nobody Wins.
F even on Planet X No one cares anymore.

David Miscavige "missing" as he avoids child trafficking lawsuit

"Scientology leader David Miscavige is apparently “nowhere to be found” as prosecutors search to serve the controversial figure with a federal child trafficking lawsuit, RadarOnline.com has learned.

"Federal authorities have reportedly attempted to serve the mysterious 62-year-old Scientology leader 27 separate times over four months in Los Angeles, California and Clearwater, Florida."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...DxH?li=BBnb7Kz

Maybe he's gone wherever his wife Shelly disappeared to.

Identify as American? You're, "problematic".

Where next? The University of Stanford has, in it's release of a, "harmful language", list, identified that people from the United States only, may be insinuating that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas if using the word, "American", to describe themselves.

Quote:

For instance, yes, “American,” from the “imprecise language” section is now problematic. People are instead asked to use “U.S. Citizen” because “American” is commonly used to refer to “people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the U.S. is the most important country in the Americas.” The Americas, the guide points out, is made up of 42 countries.

You insensitive bastards!

Tire shop employee killed by customer who thought car was being stolen

‘It’s a sad day’: Tire shop employee killed by customer who thought car was being stolen, police say

Quote:

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — One person is dead and another currently behind bars after a shooting at a tire shop Saturday afternoon. DeKalb County Police responded to a person shot call at the Tires Plus at 577 DeKalb Industrial Way just before 1:30 p.m. Once officers arrived, they found Daniel Gordon, 24, suffering from gunshot wounds. Gordon was an employee of Tires Plus. According to DeKalb detectives, the suspect, identified as Quadarius McDowell, 30, had taken his car to the tire shop for service. Authorities say, at some point, Gordon started to drive McDowell’s car in the business parking lot. McDowell reportedly thought Gordon was trying to steal his car and fired multiple shots, shooting the victim. He then ran away on foot, but officers were able to find and arrest him. “You can’t even feel safe at work. It’s just it’s sad,” a friend of Gordon said. Gordon was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.

What the goddamn freaking **** is wrong with somebody like that!!?? Are you really that goddamn freaking ******* stupid!!?? You bring your car for tires, isn't it ******* logical that they have to move it inside for service!!??

Also, I'd like to thank the NRA and GQP for making it possible for every goddamn freaking ******* idiot to carry a gun!