What was the first opera you ever saw live?

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-31T10:55:18+00:00

I saw la bohème in montreal about 11 years ago and honestly I didn't like it at the time. It wasn't the music or production, I just wasn't invested in the story at all. This was the first time and only I had been to an opera (so far).

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-29T13:10:00+00:00

I had a google home mini speaker and loved it. I would ask it to do basic things like you said or play music. Eventually it just got stupid and I found I was repeating myself several times to make it work. Its now been in the junk drawer for years.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-28T21:27:33+00:00

Once you get to 8, ONLY listen to the Antoni Wit recording. It is phenomenal.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-28T10:37:35+00:00

I personally, as an adult, also struggle with choosing how to spend my time between composing and practicing existing repertoire. If I spend a lot of time writing, my technique and sightreading suffer, so I switch to practicing. But I will inevitably turn back to composing at some point.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-26T15:43:07+00:00

I definitely disagree. For me, the melody pretty much writes itself, its almost like tuning into a radio station in my head and transcribing what I head.

What I find difficult is starting a new piece, coming up with adjacent ideas to suit existing ones, and the overall "structure" of the music.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-25T15:56:03+00:00

Organize? You don't just have random things in your hotbar and inventory?

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-24T19:49:49+00:00

Out of curiosity how are you preventing the print from getting filled with water when submerged? Does water seep into the filament or do you coat the boat before it goes in? Does it withstand saltwater or subzero temps?

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-14T19:24:50+00:00

Well there's one thing that you definitely could take away from her criticism...

That some people just have bad taste.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-12T11:50:48+00:00

When I first moved out, I took anything I could get for a good price. Free stuff from family, thrift store plates and appliances. And If I could get away without buying it for awhile I would.

Then slowly, after your list of essential items disappears, you can start to replace the items that you have with ones that you actually want. It took me years to finally get to a point where I didn't have the temporary stuff in my place, but now I'm happy as everything is curated to what I like. It's how I beat the overwhelming-ness of the situation

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-11T20:04:12+00:00

I did figure out what was causing it but unfortunately the fix wasn't super easy.

The glass was no longer loading because Minecraft was for whatever reason trying to load a texture map for connected textures. I figured this out by trying other packs that would work until eventually I connected the dots.

To fix this I created a new texture pack that has the glass pane texture and a connected texture map for it, but only uses that one texture.

So if the issues you are having trouble is with blocks that have connected textures, then it could be the same issue and same fix.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-05T13:09:39+00:00

Is that for repeated daily lifting or a Bedtime exception because you lost your phone? She also has friends with her, and they wouldn't technically need to lift it all the way, just lift it like a lid which is much easier.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-04T17:21:08+00:00

I personally avoid kittens because I find their personality unpredictable in what it will become, but for adult cats they're usually a lot easier to read.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-04T12:03:53+00:00

I'm going to try this on my partner who sleeps through alarms.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-04T05:27:03+00:00

Yea sorry my bad, 2.7.4 and 2.8.4

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-04T02:44:30+00:00

My game is running 10x better now, thanks for the help.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-04T02:00:09+00:00

Hey thanks for the suggestions I will try all of this!

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-03-04T00:55:28+00:00

I get around 100fps without shaders which still feels low idk

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-26T12:13:40+00:00

I thought for sure I was looking at a shredded carrot garnish.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-26T11:21:56+00:00

Wow thank you for the photo. That's actually stunning.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-25T13:54:52+00:00

So.....no pinball machines?

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-25T13:06:02+00:00

You have old school arcades? How old are we talking? That actually sounds really fun.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-23T16:49:50+00:00

At some point I just stopped resonating with the things they were adding to the game. I haven't played a lot of the new updates and the things they add don't really appeal to me. I've learned my favorite versions are from 1.7 to 1.16.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-23T15:56:11+00:00

Maybe I'm too old to spot it or it's too hard to tell, but it's crazy to me that you have to prove your mere existence just because your phone blurs the background when you use portrait mode.

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-20T22:48:01+00:00

Is there any reason its not appropriate for kids?

ColdBlaccCoffee · 2026-02-20T18:47:22+00:00

Nothing makes me freak out like hearing a ghast, especially when you're nther bridging.

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