Recent content by philosobyte

I've become accustomed to folks using "nerd" in an endearing manner. It depends on who uses it and how, I guess. For example, and I quote, "Thank youuuu ❤️ ❤️ dunno what i would do without my nerds" Thanks for the recommendations - I'll have to try out Square Mile and Columbia Rainbow sometime...

How popular is decaf among coffee nerds? Out of an aversion to caffeine, I've never drunk coffee. Except for that one time I mistook it for hot chocolate.

That's cool! It's great to hear from someone who made it work for a living. I re-listened to Joshua Bell's Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2. In that recording, it feels like he places more focus on using the entirety of his bow than on shaping his phrases. To be fair, that piece can be difficult to...

What instrument do you play? I encountered similar disappointment when I heard Yo-Yo Ma's recordings. I liked his Bach preludes but many of his recordings don't make it sound like he appreciates the uniqueness of each piece. He plays everything in the same way - specifically, the way that is...

The fact that someone on his crew had to explain to him who she was, and he reacted with "wow" as if he didn't know, makes me think this was mostly the decision of his crew, and not him. Regardless, unless he has been rude in public, it's probably hard for anyone who doesn't work with him...

I see. I'm more of a piano guy so the only song I'd heard from him was his io ci saro collaboration with Lang Lang. I thought it was good at the time, but I just went on Spotify and listened to his rendition of Hallelujah - his phrasing sounds more bland when he uses English. It's interesting...

Like him as in his personality, his music, or both? 5988

At first I wondered if it was some kind of subway accident. But then I realized I didn't live close enough to a subway for that to be the case... everyone in our multistory apartment went outside and we decided we would spend the rest of the day in the park across the street, far from any...

I agree with both parts of this. Using a bluetooth adapter instead of a bluetooth speaker widens your speaker options by a lot and also increases the practical longevity of your speakers. Speakers last a long time - electronics and wireless standards don't last as long. JBL is good at cramming...

It seems like that would make things easier for just about everyone. Lawyers would have an easier time searching for related legal cases because there are bigger discrete building blocks to search for. It might also be easier to build tools to translate documents into layman's English (or for...

Hi all, I'm a 25-year old guy who has always cooked at home with Chinese cleavers. I was excited to begin my journey and order my very first non-cleaver, a Toyama 240mm SS clad gyuto from JNS. Then I read about the smoke odor which comes with JNS deliveries. I figured it couldn't be that bad...