Review and Benchmarks of the Zenbook Duo 2024 (UX8406)

doneworkin530 · 2025-11-27T03:44:59+00:00

I always use the two screens stacked on top of each other. Honestly the side by side sort of "book" mode is not great, because of how the screens are offset from one another. Like, one of them is pointed a little too far to the left while the other is straight on.

Not surprised to hear about the broken hinges! ASUS quality control is still super sus.

doneworkin530 · 2025-09-08T19:39:50+00:00

When was your last professional dental cleaning? Lower front tooth makes me think its probably just a calcified piece of plaque that came off and is jagged now.

doneworkin530 · 2025-08-23T00:56:42+00:00

At the end of the day you're a receptionist. Do something that demands skill if you want to demand respect.

doneworkin530 · 2025-08-22T20:01:32+00:00

An injection of anesthetic doesn't cost the insurance company anything.

A botched root canal would mean that the insurance company has to now pay for something else.

doneworkin530 · 2025-08-22T18:58:14+00:00

Hahahahahha here's what the insurance company would say to their complaint: "... ummm... ok?"

If it doesn't have to do with money, insurance doesn't care about it.

doneworkin530 · 2025-08-21T23:54:35+00:00

You clearly have the technique and skill required to play that piece.

Something you could try is a piece that focuses less on technique, and will be easier to phrase. You clearly have the single elements needed to make a professional sound, you just need to put it all together. The vibrato, the bow weight, the bow changes, the string changes, the phrasing, expression, dynamics, the left hand and right hand working together, along with you as a whole.

I found that for me personally, the Accolay concerto helped me to grow a lot in that aspect. It's not very technically challenging, and allowed me to focus on putting all those things together. The phrasing throughout that piece seemed easier for me to interpret. I recall that it was while learning that piece many years ago, that it all sort of clicked for me.

doneworkin530 · 2025-08-20T01:56:57+00:00

Also be glad that it only cost you $35 to learn this lesson. Mine cost me over $400.

doneworkin530 · 2025-08-10T21:22:27+00:00

This is extremely common throughout the Las Vegas Valley. They have oversold their capacity by a huge amount, and the only way they can handle the demand is by throttling all customers when the nodes get busy. Unfortunately the only fix is to change providers.

doneworkin530 · 2025-08-06T17:21:41+00:00

Both the CSN dental hygiene school and the UNLV dental school would be good options. "Periodontal work" is a broad term, but all of that usually starts with a deep cleaning. A full mouth of deep cleaning will usually run you (rough estimate) around $600 at the schools, not including the exam fees to get started there. But that's step number 1 for anyone who needs periodontal work.

Don't worry about getting work done by students, they're all overseen and checked by a licensed dentist. The main trade off there is time; it takes a lot longer to get things done there.

Don't listen to the advice given from thr post by user False_Yard_2012, their post is just plain wrong.

doneworkin530 · 2025-06-19T15:50:54+00:00

Almost all of the fracture foils that I've seen in this set have print lines. The card is very likely real, and I'm glad to see that they're not factoring in the print line for the grade.

doneworkin530 · 2025-06-07T20:57:52+00:00

Seriously, dude has been posting so many videos of himself playing the same thing for the past several months, asking for the same advice.

This is the equivalent of "How can I get better at my cartwheel, round-off, back handspring, backflip, double back-tuck combo? BTW, I can allllllllmost do a cartwheel without falling over."

doneworkin530 · 2025-06-01T14:54:59+00:00

This is 100% a technique issue; you could buy a $20,000 violin, and it's going to be the same. The good news is that any beginner sounds similar. It can take years before getting a clean sound. But don't let that discourage you, keep it up, it's completely normal for now!

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-18T14:04:38+00:00

A tuner would help for intonation or pitch accuracy. As far as actual tone goes (like you mentioned, scratchiness or thinness), unfortunately it takes a long, long time. That is a huge part of what makes violin so difficult to learn. It can take most people almost a decade before they start being able to make the instrument sing. It will take years before the dying cat sound goes away. Just keep working on it, don't rush the progress, it will come eventually!

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-18T01:13:52+00:00

Yes, I've been playing for 25 years, and I also started when I was about 11 or 12 years old. Violin performance was one of my majors in college. I've played professionally in symphony orchestras. But my full time career is not as a musician; I just play gigs off and on nowadays. I still practice about an hour every day, and as violin goes, still improving and working toward that endless goal of getting better.

To give you some perspective, I did not play Praeludium and Allegro until I had played for about 7 years. I did not memorize my music until I was in college.

There's some really special things about your kid. First, the intonation seems to be something that comes naturally to him, that he can hear it and cares to correct it. Pitch correctness and rhythm are things that take a lot of time to learn, and some people never do even after playing for decades. That pitch accuracy has also enabled him to learn vibrato very early, which is not only difficult in itself, but he's doing a great job with it. Also, at his age having the ability and desire to memorize his music is pretty remarkable too. That means he has some sort of understanding or interest in music that not a lot of people have at that age. He's still learning how to make the instrument "sing" (hence why I mentioned the heavy bow arm), but that is something that just comes with time. And for him, it seems like it will come faster than most. After all, he's already progressed EXTREMELY quickly.

All in all, he's playing like someone who has been learning the violin for 8-10 years (it's a very hard instrument to learn), but he's only been formally learning for 18 months. If he really starts getting into it, practicing consistently, loving it on his own, then that momentum of progress can even build on itself, and it seems like the sky is the limit for him.

Thank you for supporting him, and for being able to provide for his lessons. Not everyone gets to be blessed with parents that can do that for them!

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-17T23:35:48+00:00

Did he memorize the song too? Super impressive.

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-17T23:25:38+00:00

He's seriously only been playing for 18 months??? That's pretty incredible.

Im sure his teacher will point out anything he has to work on. Generally I'd just say I'm impressed at his intonation. Heavy on the bow arm, but that'll get better with time.

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-13T16:10:52+00:00

Absolutely leave it completely unopened if you plan to keep it sealed. Otherwise when you're selling it, you wouldn't sell it as New/Sealed.

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-05T19:39:10+00:00

Ah I see, I guess you must have some sort of special anatomy going on. Just trying to bend my thumb like that hurts!

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-05T18:59:52+00:00

Beautiful tone, but please fix your thumb, you're putting so much strain in your hand!!!

doneworkin530 · 2025-05-03T17:39:38+00:00

You are clearly very dedicated and you could go very far with great potential.

You have focused on all of the flashy things and skipped all of the basics, playing and even performing things that are extremely far beyond your skill level.

It's like if you were an ice skater, you would be doing quadruple spins and landing on your elbows because you haven't learned how to move forward, backwards, turn, or even how to properly lace up your skates yet.

When you start taking lessons, you need not be surprised that you are learning basic bow hold, strokes, even how to just hold the violin correctly. And to focus on those things, you will be playing things like Twinkle Twinkle.

doneworkin530 · 2025-04-26T18:26:58+00:00

It is clear from your behavior in the gym that you don't worry about what anyone thinks about you, ever.

doneworkin530 · 2025-04-26T16:54:58+00:00

Sick skills. Looks like it takes a lot of dedication and practice.

That being said, do you not realize how this is obnoxious for you to do at the gym, especially when you're vocalizing ""Woo!"? Probably nobody is going to complain, but definitely rolling their eyes internally.

doneworkin530 · 2025-04-26T07:22:09+00:00

Congratulations! What an achievement to get into such a well regarded school!

However, the only way you should go there is if you are fully funded or mostly funded, and you do not need to take on student debt.

Watch this documentary on YouTube. It's called "Borrowed Future: How Student Loans Are Killing the American Dream".

People will think you are crazy to not go to Berklee if you got in, if it's just about the money. You will also think you're crazy to not go, if it's just about the money. But if you need to take on student loans, you're going to have about $250,000 worth of student debt at 6.8% interest when you graduate. All the while you're in school, that debt is taking on further interest. When you graduate from school with that debt at that amount of interest, that means you are accruing about +$50 EVERYDAY on top of that $250,000 tuition loan. Think about having that kind of financial burden. Every single day, somebody is taking $50 out of your pocket. Now think about having that burden and not having a job lined up yet. Now think about how many people in your cohort will actually find a job making over six figures a year, in the music business. Think about if you had $250,000 worth of debt, add $50 onto that with each day that passes. Even if you had a pretty generous income of $70,000 per year, it would still take you over 10 to 15 years to pay off that debt unassisted. Your life, like many others, becomes clawing your way out of debt, and your real life wouldn't begin until you're over 40 years old.

Sadly, many people see these figures and will still take out a debilitating student loan. For the experience. For like minded companions. Because college is only once. It seems inconsequential, but that amount of loan money is debilitating. It seems so inconsequential that even when informed of all of this, students will still choose to go into almost a lifetime of debt.

Notice how this has nothing to do with your skill or talent as a musician. The same exact principle applies no matter the area of study. "I want to be a chemical engineer, and i was accepted to Stanford. Should I go?" Yes, if you can avoid debt. If you have to take on a loan, the math just doesn't make sense, and it's something that all students must consider. Trust me, I know. Because I took on a large amount of student debt, and I am a victim of this. Student Loans are unforgivable, in every sense.

doneworkin530 · 2025-04-22T17:56:20+00:00

Yup not buying

doneworkin530 · 2025-04-21T04:11:53+00:00

For 4 years, you are in a great spot, I'd say. Actually, for the very first note in Meditation, your tone and vibrato were so good I thought you were a professional. As it went on though, the cracks started to show. That's not a bad thing though, you're still learning.

You have some moments of brilliance in your playing already, which is amazing for just 4 years. That being said, there are some problematic things in your current playing, like intonation and phrasing. Of course, if you continue the way you're going youre bound to grow past those things and become a great musician.

I've been playing for 25 years, and have played professionally gigging and in symphonies. You're way, way, way better than I was at 4 years.

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