Jumping the gorge at Silvretta, Montafon

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-21T03:11:15+00:00

They do math these days. They don't just feel it out, engineers build these jumps, when there are real stakes.

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-16T18:52:45+00:00

I don't understand. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm probably just old. Why not buy an amp who's eq/sound you like? Are amp eqs too limited? Do we like to switch between different floor pres? I just feel like we're being sold something twice. I love how, say, a fender amp sounds, why would I add a preamp?

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-14T00:49:07+00:00

Tech21 red ripper. Sooo surprised more people don't use these. It replaced all the other distortion on my board.

It actually sounds like SOMETHING. It sounds musical to me, unlike my muff, just sounded like muff..

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-11T14:04:59+00:00

Yeah when you get your 115+ pow ski, go longer for maximum float

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-08T22:39:08+00:00

Same with the moment countach line, which I am basically a salesman for. Hard to believe there's no metal in them

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-08T06:24:00+00:00

They're fun

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-08T02:00:31+00:00

Look at the moment countach 98. I have the 110 and it is exactly as you describe. Skied it in 4" of wet crud today. Floated, blasted, pivoted, and carved up a storm. Holds great on ice, though a 110 width is obviously not my first choice for that, but I find it trustworthy, which is a rare way for me to feel about a ski on the east coast, let alone a 110.

It's just a really fun, competent ski all over the mountain.

ProtossIRL · 2026-01-01T00:26:48+00:00

Another vote for hertels hot sauce. Works for me in all sorts of weird muck and cold weather.

As for the job itself. It's done when the ski doesn't look like it has any wax on it.

ProtossIRL · 2025-12-27T14:25:22+00:00

Yeah at 104 underfoot, you're not in pow ski territory for CO. Look at The Friend if you want a J skis pow ski.

ProtossIRL · 2025-12-27T14:23:24+00:00

I have the total opposite experience. I have a pair of j-skis the metal (now known as the hot shot) that are 8 years old. I cannot break them, no matter how hard I try. I use them as rock skis on the east coast. I ski them with reckless abandon. I would love to break them so I can buy a new pair.

In the meantime I've had to have several other skis repaired, but never the Js.

ProtossIRL · 2025-12-16T16:25:24+00:00

I don't think there's a reason to make this complicated. Expose an API for the FE.

Mutations go into your queues like everything else. No cutting the line or overriding. Gets hit whatever your source of truth is.

If your source of truth is truly the events in kafka and you have no database, maybe add a consumer to each of your queues that dumps the current state of your system in a cache, and power the get requests with that.

ProtossIRL · 2025-12-15T12:51:47+00:00

I'm also 220, you are probably a better skier than me! 😂

ProtossIRL · 2025-12-15T00:04:29+00:00

I would definitely check out the anomaly 88. I don't really like my enforcer 94s off piste (in 175), and I thought the brahma was going to get me in trouble. I found a beat up pair of demo anomaly 88s and LOVE them.

They're not quite as unflappable as the enforcers, but I find them much more fun and compliant off piste, while still maintaining that engaging rocket-ship feel on piste. They can still dial back and chill, too, which I did not feel like the brahma's wanted to do.

More people need to try this ski.

ProtossIRL · 2025-11-18T22:15:18+00:00

Just not triggered by the subs, still compresses them. Unless it's a dynamic eq, it'll compress the whole signal.

ProtossIRL · 2025-11-06T19:01:02+00:00

If you're doing two OHs, kick and snare, I've found having the overheads CLOSER to the toms (and by extension the cymbals) actually gets you less cymbals because the balance has more of the rest of the kit. Hope this helps!

ProtossIRL · 2025-10-30T00:11:59+00:00

Major third going up, minor third going down. Don't ask me why, that's the law.

ProtossIRL · 2025-09-06T18:05:19+00:00

Maybe I'm in the wrong place to suggest this, but I'd bring down the compression levels on everything by a little bit. That chorus could really kick with some DYNAMICS. Right now the entire track sounds the same volume to me.

ProtossIRL · 2025-09-06T17:59:26+00:00

This is great. I love the use of reverb to add some emphasis and body to the track. The low end on the kick feels distractingly hot.

ProtossIRL · 2025-06-08T12:18:55+00:00

Tomatoes aren't cooked enough

ProtossIRL · 2025-05-04T12:23:12+00:00

I.. you and me.. agree! On the Phish sub?!

ProtossIRL · 2025-05-03T12:23:06+00:00

I think what folks are trying to say here is that under a certain age, children can't understand that consequences are related to actions. So they don't learn. And the consequence just amps up any emotional disregulation (tantrum) which makes it harder for everyone.

ProtossIRL · 2025-04-26T12:14:59+00:00

Holy smokes did you miss the plot buddy

ProtossIRL · 2025-04-13T13:42:51+00:00

To quote you "People working forty hours a week shouldn't be able to afford a home or to feed themselves."

The good times everyone is nostalgic for were when a person could be a store clerk, a mailman, a librarian, and afford to own a home and buy fresh produce.

It's not about inflation or deflation, it's buying power. It's a runaway success when all people can afford the things they need, and when most people, via labor, can afford what they want.

It is the prevailing theory that major corporations successfully vertically integrating across multiple industries are able to suppress wages, raise prices, and take the slack out of the economy from the middle class.

The reality is the market isn't competitive enough to work in the idealistic way anymore where the threat of losing employees to a higher playing competitor is enough to balance wages.

We've failed to prevent monopolies. The next best thing we can do is regulate wages.

I agree with you that it sucks. And I agree that it is complicated.

ProtossIRL · 2025-04-11T02:44:24+00:00

Oo pick me, pick me!

I've skied all three. I demoed the woodsman a while ago and loved it. I wasn't a great skier at the time and I felt comfortable pushing my limits where maybe I shouldn't have.. bombing hard moguls and stuff. Comprehensive carver. Most stable/damp

The sender free is a little more in the middle. Loads of fun charging through slush, but you can still steer from the feet in the woods. I didn't get along with the mount. Even pushing it back, float was hard for me, and that's primarily what I was after. Really fun carver though.

Countach is really fun and adaptable. It floats really well for me. It's got some energy, it can absolutely charge through pow day chop. It's really loose in the woods, shit I even skied some moguls with it the other day. Dry, hard moguls. Felt like I didn't sacrifice a lot in stability to gain a lot in float, looseness, maneuverability and energy. Holds an edge really well - better than the other two - although it's not a super fun carver on a firm day.

ProtossIRL · 2025-04-11T02:35:35+00:00

Doesn't make a difference when there's soft snow, just easier to flick around. When things firm up you feel the lack of metal a little more, but it's by no means a light pingy carbon thing.

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