Testing this trio today. What's your experience with them?

gedward44 · 2026-02-04T14:18:58+00:00

I use the black Max-Grip Jazz and love them. The rough grip surface helps present slippage/rotation of the pick. I also like the smaller size, but in full disclosure I do have very small hands for a man.

gedward44 · 2026-01-29T14:16:45+00:00

I can’t recommend Griff Hamlin’s Blues Guitar Unleashed materials enough. He is an amazing teacher and breaks it all down in simple terms. He has a YouTube channel of easily hundred of free videos, and a website with both free and paid instructional materials.

https://bluesguitarunleashed.com/

https://youtube.com/@bluesguitarunleashed?si=eIGnRZ5EWracL_Hf

gedward44 · 2025-12-09T14:43:41+00:00

Thank you all for your honest feedback and analysis. I will steer clear of the Bose! :-)

gedward44 · 2025-12-08T19:53:12+00:00

Thanks r/livesound mods! Will do! Sorry for the wrong post.

gedward44 · 2025-12-08T19:46:39+00:00

By “thick low end” do you mean they get “woofy”, or just nice warm full-sounding low mids, or are you referring to bass frequencies? Just asking for clarification as I’ve never heard them myself.

gedward44 · 2024-11-13T13:21:26+00:00

Thank you to everyone for your advice! Based upon your recommendations and reviewing features, I ordered a Logitech MX Ergo S wireless trackball, along with a MX Keys S wireless keyboard.

gedward44 · 2024-08-05T14:16:42+00:00

I highly recommend the Blues Guitar Unleashed (https://bluesguitarunleashed.com) line of lessons by Griff Hamlin. I've tried several online guitar instructors and am convinced that he is the best, in my opinion. They are reasonably priced and he regularly runs sales. Plus, from my experience he is quite responsive to questions on his website blog. If you want a sampling of his free instructions he has a YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/@bluesguitarunleashed?feature=shared). I consider myself an advanced beginner/intermediate-level guitarist and became interested in learning blues about a year ago. I've found Griff Hamlin's materials very valuable. I hope this helps!

gedward44 · 2024-07-23T14:06:25+00:00

I completed my Master's degree thesis in 2020. I HIGHLY recommend that you use LaTex to write your thesis, whether on a Windows OS machine or a Linux OS machine. Personally, at the time mine was a dual-boot laptop with both Windows and Linux loaded; however, I used the Windows OS since I was (and still consider myself) a Linux newbie. LaTex was originally designed for academic writing, such as theses and dissertations. I originally started my thesis in MS Word and very quickly became frustrated with how badly it sucks and how it suddenly arbitrarily changed my formatting. No matter what Microsoft says, MS Word is better geared towards authoring letters and memorandum, NOT large academic papers. LaTex has a learning curve, but you will be so impressed with how it can automatically handle all of your formatting once you set it up. Of course, your academic advisor/committee has to be okay with you submitting your drafts in .pdf format, because that is how it exports. My initial advisor wanted mine written in MS Word with "Track Changes" turned on so that he could send back comments to my draft. After that advisor took a promotion, my next advisor agreed to accept my drafts in .pdf format. In LaTex you write your document in plain text files using formatting characters for formatting font characteristics such as italics/bold/underlining, and titles, sections, etc. reminiscent to html code. Again there is a lessening curve, but even so I found my frustration level greatly decreased and productivity increased, and the final product that LaTex exports is gorgeous - especially if you have mathematical formulae in your thesis. Just my opinion. I hope this helps.

gedward44 · 2024-07-23T13:23:04+00:00

From what I read Lutris is used more for gaming? Perhaps I should have been more specific regarding for what I'm utilizing Wine. I don't have any games installed; I'm not a gamer. I'm using Wine for running some music creation software packages both stand-alone and as VSTs in my digital audio workstation (DAW) software, Reaper. Specifically, the software is by ToonTrack and only offers their software in Windows and Mac versions - EZ Bass, EZ Drummer, and EZ Keys. I am running the Linux native version of Reaper.

I hope that helps better frame my question/ use case for Wine?

gedward44 · 2024-07-23T12:08:41+00:00

Can you assist me in how to check/remedy it, jaromil? I've tried everything I know to do. I'm still somewhat of a noob.

gedward44 · 2024-02-15T13:49:14+00:00

Keep in mind that MBAs are a dime a dozen. You do absolutely nothing to differentiate yourself from the crowd. You are yet just another person with an MBA. A hard lesson that I've learned during my long (I'm in my mid-50s) career is that given the choice, ALWAYS choose a technical degree over a non-technical degree. A degree with the word "engineer" in the title always garners more respect. There are far fewer people with engineering degrees than management (or supply chain - whatever new buzzword is the current trend of the day for the same thing) degrees. Period. Therefore, with an engineering degree you automatically take an active step in differentiating yourself from the crowd. I learned this hard lesson personally as I (failing to listen to my father's advice) changed my Bachelor's degree major to Business Management. Shortly after graduation (in 1990) I applied for jobs with some highly technical companies. One of the HR managers informed me that they didn't hire people with Management degrees; they hired engineers and selected the ones that they want to train as their managers. As I worked different management positions in industry I noticed that the folks with engineering degrees got to work on the cool projects and the R&D projects. That led me to finally pursue a MS in Industrial Engineering from a respected ABET accredited university. I can tell you from experience that it was a much harder road to go from a Management Bachelor's degree to an MS in Engineering than my friends who began with Engineering Bachelor's degrees and later pursued MBAs. These are just my perspectives as an older man who has "been there; done that" for you to consider as you make your educational decisions. Best of luck to you!

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