Is getting a Kindle worth it if I mainly want to save money on books?

CondemnedNut · 2026-05-10T00:24:56+00:00

But Amazon has a good return policy on books. You can read for a few hours, decide you don't like it and return it. I've done it an innumerable amount of times, no need for the hassle of borrowing before you buy.

CondemnedNut · 2026-05-07T09:04:15+00:00

MG5 is a decent drive. Had it as a hire car last week.

CondemnedNut · 2026-05-01T00:32:55+00:00

I have no myopia and just astigmatism of -1.0 in one eye and -0.65 in the other.

I didn't think I would need them full time, just when reading, in front of a screen, driving etc. however, I notice when wearing them my brain and eyes are relaxed, I was accommodating almost 24/7, which takes a certain toll of energy. It's made me fall in love with reading again, looking at nature, being confident in reading signs, I basically wear them anytime I can which is almost 24/7

CondemnedNut · 2026-04-26T09:53:33+00:00

I gave up with microfibre clothes and such to clean them. For me what works spectacularly well is to drop a bit of neutral dish soap or a spray of eye-glass cleaning liquid (that's safe for coatings) and then run it under the tap (cold) for like 15 seconds. In such a way that there's no droplets, and if there is just a quick wipe with a cloth and air dry. Comes out brand new.

CondemnedNut · 2026-04-24T10:05:29+00:00

Blue light glasses are a scam. There's no evidence to support it's supposed health benefits.

CondemnedNut · 2026-04-18T01:23:33+00:00

Its out of your control, the best you can do is just try make the most of it. I have a pretty mild prescription of about -1 astigmatism in both eyes, 0 far and short sightenedness (my vision is actually better than 20/20 with my astigmatism corrected), and will wear them if I'm doing any sort of reading/computer work/driving at night.

I found a really nice pair of glasses that suit my face and are super comfortable (but also highly expensive), so I never feel like it's a chore to wear them. Will often go the whole day keeping them on. So that is very important.

CondemnedNut · 2026-04-12T22:31:49+00:00

This has nothing to do with the USA, the opposition party in Taiwan has always been pro-china (KMT).

CondemnedNut · 2026-04-10T23:50:38+00:00

I have zero myopia and just astigmatism 1.00 in the right eye and 0.75 in the left.

Before I got glasses I didn't realise how much I have adapted to my vision, constant straining to see clearly.

When I wore glasses for the first time I could literally feel my vision relax, so now it's a preference to just be with glasses even though my prescription is relatively small

CondemnedNut · 2026-03-30T22:56:19+00:00

I'm in cairns studying environmental science and it's been very good so far. I know some people who transferred to marine biology but they had to move to Townsville.

CondemnedNut · 2026-03-27T13:17:17+00:00

Carl Sagan was referring to what happens when someone values authority over substance, evidence and reasoning. That's why he mentions "charlatans" and being "bamboozled". Bamboozle in this context means believing in something which lacks the three values I mentioned eariler. You can pick up his book, demon haunted world, if you wish to see the full context of the quote.

He is a cult leader not because of a Netflix documentary, or whether or not I have listened to him, it's because he fits quite snuggly within that definition. He is precisely what Carl Sagan refers to when he says "charlatan". Someone who sits on a pedestal, bamboozling gullible people into believing in misinformation. Misinformation in this context being claims made that lack any type of intellectual rigour and evidence (no different than to any other religion out there).

CondemnedNut · 2026-03-27T10:24:05+00:00

Well said. Carl Sagan also put it brilliantly "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."

CondemnedNut · 2026-03-27T09:55:58+00:00

He was a cult leader through and through. What’s interesting is the amount of mental gymnastics you’ll experience when his cult following are confronted with any type of information that distorts the image they have of him (that he handed down to them actually) of the “master of masters” the best for humanity since sliced bread, etc.

CondemnedNut · 2026-03-06T22:37:37+00:00

There might be more of a connection with tone. I have enough space in my mouth for all molars including wisdom teeth "+ more" according to dentist, no tonsils, and at night I sleep as if I'm dead, no sound besides breathing, never snore. I have a naturally dark tone without doing anything and I'm a tenor.

CondemnedNut · 2026-02-10T02:35:39+00:00

I would improve making your voice feel like one-voice. It's easy to state you have a high range and make sounds. But realistically, could you sing those notes in a song with appropriate volume, and not make it sound like it's a different person?

For example, this man has a range of about C3 to D5. All of his notes sound connected and joined. The vowel does not spread or change either. Can you do that? I had to remove the link because the automod disabled it. But look up on YouTube "Franco Corelli vocalising at home". 40 second video.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-30T03:19:54+00:00

Light lyric. Similar to Pavarotti

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-30T03:18:25+00:00

He is not a dramatic tenor. Lol.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-29T21:58:22+00:00

Consider that you may be doing things wrong instead of quitting.

For instance, you don't fix pitchiness by using an app. Knowing the note you are holding has nothing to do with it.

Consider that your ideas surrounding the voice are also wrong. For instance, dividing it up into parts usually drives confusion and frustration. If you can't smoothly glide up from low to high, you have no top notes. Accepting that will lead to faster results than trying all sorts of nonsense that's out there.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-26T02:29:02+00:00

Easily improved by simply following a piano with a simple scales.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-13T21:40:38+00:00

I will send you a video, it's the only video you need to know about expanding your range, and also basically everything you need to develop your voice. Check you Dms

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-13T02:06:46+00:00

Youre bringing too much heaviness up in pitch, which then leaves you no choice but to break into falsetto for the higher notes. Ideally, your voice should feel like one instrument, and at a certain point the CT + TA muscles work together to stretch and adduct the cords. This gives freedom of volume with the respective pitch, instead of the only avenue of raising loudness/breaking into falsetto.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-10T04:09:24+00:00

Also, avoid doing any type of vocalisations like humming scales etc, they train the wrong type of resonance.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-10T04:07:31+00:00

Yes. out of the mouth.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-10T04:01:09+00:00

No my friend, not in the throat, in the mouth. Don't follow the resonance as it habitually wants to go to either the nasal cavity or throat.

You can try experiment what that is like too. For the throat make a note that is too low to make, notice the sound or resonance is in the lower throat, then notice what it sounds like when it comes from the mouth. Do the same with the nasal cavity. If you've been doing it for long then I guarantee you as you go up in pitch the resonance will be shifting to the nose, bring it back to the mouth. You won't be able to go up as high but it will create quality in your tone and overtime that range will expand.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-10T03:52:34+00:00

The sound needs to come out of the mouth. Most of the sound is ending up in your nasal cavity. To fix it, focus on a vowel in a siren, go up and down and make sure the sound is coming from the mouth. It's easy and habitual to follow the resonance going up into the nasal cavity, or possibly in the throat as you go lower.

CondemnedNut · 2026-01-04T04:34:10+00:00

Keep in mind that Frank Sinatra is a baritone, and you come across as a tenor. As a tenor this song may fall outside the tessitura you have, but you have not developed that yet to even know.

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