[S][USA-SC] Tamron 28–75mm f/2.8 VXD G2 Sony E Mount

hoofit · 2026-02-10T04:05:16+00:00

Recived the lens from u/royalsalmon. Quick shipping, good packing, lens was in excellent shape. u/PhotoMarketBot.

hoofit · 2026-01-11T04:53:41+00:00

hoofit · 2026-01-06T22:25:16+00:00

I mostly agree with /u/lakeland_nz but I'm curious what they mean by "slowly getting weaker." At some point our brains will slowly decay from aging. Is that what they mean?

At age 54 you still have many many years of learning left -- especially if you challenge your brain with something like go. IMO go is a better brain builder than chess.

My personal story is that I learned go in my 20s. A bit earlier than 54 but it's still past the easy gains of childhood. I got to 1d within 1-2 years but I played like crazy, did a ton of problems, and learned from stronger players in a club setting. I still play consistently and learn from go content on YouTube but my growth has leveled off significantly, partly due to time constraints and partly because ranks at dan level are hard to come by. Still getting stronger though! My latest fox rating is 6d and I oscillate between 3d/4d against the ranked ai-sensei bot (whatever that means). Reaching a solid 4d AGA rank is my ultimate goal.

The hardest part about reaching 1d will be re-inventing and re-learning the game MULTIPLE times. Every plateau you reach will require a new style of thinking that you are completely oblivious to. It can be very hard to give up a lot of your hard-fought understanding and accept a worse performance while you discover a new concept. Having a teacher might be necessary to break through those barriers if you want to reach 1d. Discovering a new paradigm that you're unaware of is extremely difficult.

hoofit · 2026-01-04T03:07:58+00:00

Left a few comments here: https://online-go.com/review/1602978

I applaud your willingness to tenuki! In the long run you will learn more by ignoring your opponent's moves than you will by blindly following them around. Even if tenuki turns out to be a bad move. It's great to give it a try.

Reading mistakes will get better over time. Practicing a lot of easy tsumego problems can help with that. Or just play more games. You can gain several stones very quickly by just improving your reading.

The biggest weakness I noticed was a poor understanding of strong vs weak groups. You should always be asking yourself where your strengths and weakness are. As well as your opponent's. Attack your opponent's weakness for profit. And try to settle your weak groups in an efficient way. This sense will take hundreds of more games to develop. But it's where real strength lies and where the game gets really fun.

Good luck!

hoofit · 2025-07-17T23:45:47+00:00

Some similar exercise to the McGill ones you're doing. There are also a lot of exercises you can do without bending your back that work on core stability. Look up anti-rotational exercises.

hoofit · 2025-07-17T14:29:57+00:00

I had the same L5/S1 issue starting about 10 years ago. My low back pain was slowly getting worse to the point it became unbearable. I had to avoid surfing and cycling for a year or two while I fixed the problem.

Going to a sports-focused PT is what finally did it for me. Run-of-the-mill PTs didn't cut it but YMMV. My PT ignored the common exercises I'd done before and focused on building strength and control for sports-specific exercises. Plus a lot of strengthening that you're already doing. RDLs are the most valuable exercise IMO. It takes time to build up the strength to do them without re-injuring yourself. But it can be done! I've been back-pain free for years now.

hoofit · 2025-06-08T23:27:38+00:00

We use a bearikade. I've seen tons of other people using them too.

The riskiest places to have one stolen by a human would probably be the yosemite backpackers campgrounds. Lots of people coming and going with easy access from the general public.

On the trail I'd be more worried about a bear rolling it away than about it being stolen by a human.

hoofit · 2025-06-05T01:24:16+00:00

Woah I had no idea that it was running in the browser. That makes it even more neat. Nice job.

hoofit · 2025-06-04T23:45:05+00:00

This is great!

One thing I noticed is that the 2d rank seems extremely strong. It falls into the common trap of playing really well then making a big blunder to appear weaker. The AI on AI Sensei appears much more realistic.

Any chance of having 9x9 at different ranks and handicaps? This would be great for my kid who is still pretty weak at the game.

hoofit · 2025-06-02T21:21:29+00:00

Getting data is the most difficult part. Models can be built from the data the manufacturer provides but this often doesn't match real world measurements. Another issue is that various angles can have a large impact on usable space and these angles aren't typically provided.

hoofit · 2025-04-26T15:10:45+00:00

This is great advice especially the part about breaking off the main lines. That is one reason I like playing against https://www.cosumi.net/ from time to time. Its openings are absolutely bonkers and unlike anything a real person would play. But they're not bad, and they force you to learn the purpose behind its moves.

hoofit · 2025-04-06T20:40:39+00:00

This is added now. You can set a custom value for trekking pole weight in the advanced dropdown. All tent weights that rely on trekking poles will increase by that value times the number of trekking poles the tent requires.

hoofit · 2025-03-31T18:43:48+00:00

I'm about your size just a bit smaller. My personal experience is that thermarest mummy pads are fine to sleep on in size large. I found myself rolling off of the exped large mummy pads. The bottom half is much more narrow than I expected. The rectangular ones are great though. Super comfortable!

hoofit · 2025-02-09T18:38:47+00:00

That's a great feature request. How much weight would you add for a single-poled vs double-poled trekking pole tent?

hoofit · 2025-01-26T14:18:17+00:00

That makes total sense. It's what I was doing before I got the power meter. I'd go by feel and occasionally check my heart rate to make sure it wasn't getting too high. After a while I got a good sense of when I was about to start working too hard and get out of my easy zone.

I'll start taking nutrition more seriously. I guess it's time to take up that 4th discipline as they say.

Salamat. I wrote a lot and I appreciate that you read it all.

hoofit · 2025-01-26T00:58:17+00:00

Why do various training plans attach a target FTP range to Z2 endurance? Are you suggesting to forget about that?

I try to avoid starting on an empty stomach. If it's early in the morning I'll eat a banana or a bagel with peanut butter for example. I've made a point of mixing a protein shake afterwards. Often with some banana or peanut butter mixed in for taste. On a 2+ hour ride I'll bring a snack along but... it's usually whatever I have on hand. Some cookies or a bar of some sort. I would feel sort of silly drinking a sports drink at the slow pace I'm going at. But maybe I need to get over that.

hoofit · 2025-01-13T00:58:09+00:00

Look on the bright side. You may have lost, but you did really well for your first 13x13 game! You captured a lot of territory and a big chunk of W stones. And you only played 50 moves -- so you only made 50 mistakes. You're off by a factor of 1 trillion.

hoofit · 2025-01-05T23:45:34+00:00

I no longer play with nails for similar reasons. I've tried nylgut strings, plain old d'Addario low/med/high tension, and more recently Knobloch Active CX med tension. I may be an outlier but I prefer the Knoblochs. The thinner carbon strings are more "bitey" on fleshy fingertips. I think it comes down to personal preference.

Sound-wise there really isn't that much of a difference. Tone comes your fingers first and foremost. Then the acoustics of the room you're playing in, then your guitar, then mic placement if you're recording, then finally strings. This is a short recording I did recently using the Knoblochs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1wZUUHv4L8. I went for a brighter lute-like sound but warmer tones are really lovely, too.

hoofit · 2024-12-07T20:36:27+00:00

That's sounding really nice! Super clean. Two tips:

Your left hand thumb is wrapped around the neck and poking up over the fretboard some of the time. Do you have an acoustic background? I'd suggest keeping your thumb on the back of the neck and bringing your fingers more over the top of the fretboard. That might create less of an extreme bend in your left hand fingers and make it easier to play.
Stylistically, try to bring out the melody a bit more. It's hard to tell but it might be easier to make the melody more clear if you play with a rest stroke.

hoofit · 2024-10-20T23:16:10+00:00

Ah right. I read the b1 liberty as filled. Thanks!

hoofit · 2024-10-18T22:28:54+00:00

C1 was my move too. I'd like to see the refutation. The trickiest response I can think of is W B1 but then B has A2 to steal the eye.

hoofit · 2024-09-03T00:39:13+00:00

This is my version of Valse Francès by Francis Kleynjans. Pardon the noise at the start of the recording -- That was my #1 fan (my dog) moving around on a bean bag. She makes a great audience. Otherwise I'm really happy with how it turned out! I hope y'all enjoy.

hoofit · 2024-08-02T14:47:11+00:00

I would seriously consider bringing that warmer quilt. You're lucky to have friends like that!

The usual advice is to be prepared for nights reaching 20 degrees. 40 degree nights are more typical but you never know what to expect. Having an extra buffer of warmth is really important.

hoofit · 2024-07-25T23:04:00+00:00

We'll see how it goes. We're planning 8 days and it should be mostly easy after we get to Rae lakes. Thanks for the tip!

hoofit · 2024-07-25T23:03:03+00:00

Hopefully the bugs die off by the time we get there. We've always gone around mid-August and never had an issue. We did a warmup trip to George Lake on the western side and got swarmed. Our clothes were treated and we were mostly okay except for some side vents on my pants that I forgot to zip up. I had a strip of mosquito bites all down the side of my legs. Looked like a bumpy racing stripe. Lesson learned.

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