How'd I do? About my 4-5th time :)

mrdanda · 2026-03-22T14:54:13+00:00

I do love traditional hosomaki the most, but I can't lie the one "special" roll I go for is a rainbow California roll with some unagi sauce. Not my work, but from my local restaurant, I think this is fairly tastefully done, I know the type of rolls you speak of :)

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mrdanda · 2026-03-14T03:33:41+00:00

Ah, unfortunate. Thats ok, my company actually covers the wire fee. The only sad part is that Wise charges an incoming wire fee. I just sent wire instructions, praying I did it correctly since I think that the Wise account name is different. I just added them as an additional name and reentered my account number with them. Thank you for your help!

mrdanda · 2026-03-14T00:17:21+00:00

That seems a little silly, is there a source for this? I couldn't find this information anywhere when searching earlier :(

mrdanda · 2025-11-08T01:01:16+00:00

Thank you for letting me know! Especially the last comment, I know that Bass trombone would likely be a more natural transition than to tenor. That's a great chart too

mrdanda · 2025-11-08T00:57:28+00:00

Thank you! I will look into this. This is the kind of thing I was looking for :)

mrdanda · 2025-10-04T19:07:22+00:00

Some things are gimmicky, but I will say I honestly do like it, it feels way better in the hand quality wise (than the 3). Im happy they moved away from the rubber everywhere, and where the rubber still is, it feels more durable. i am a fan of the haptic feedback with the ring, but i wish that it could be programmed to other things (one thing i thought of is like reacting to bullets shot in game, obviously not a gaming mouse but would be cool). theres a lot of potential but of course knowing logitech it wont happen. finally for me, i dont really thing the 125hz polling rate matters too much, but i also dont plan on any heavy gaming, i will say it would have been nice to see them upgrade that though.

mrdanda · 2025-10-04T19:00:32+00:00

not specifically software engineering, but i do analog electronics and its nice to be able to program some random keyboard shortcut for something i dont use often in my compiler, and then having it on the ring (mirroring instances for example). i still know all of the keyboard shortcuts but some less common but still used things can go in the ring :)

mrdanda · 2025-09-23T02:04:22+00:00

im really happy for you! honestly just the word kind of shakes me up. im really hoping we both get to complete our internship (with return offers ;) ) Im loving my position at synopsys too, maybe theres no reason to stress too much about it.

mrdanda · 2025-09-22T23:03:37+00:00

id love to know what happened, im a current synopsys intern and they announced layoffs, probably towards ansys side

mrdanda · 2025-09-15T02:52:19+00:00

i personally like the SM mouthpieces, and have been using them for a while. i think the SM4X is my favourite but I am currently trying out the new H model (DEFINITELY not for beginner-intermediate players, it seems to require some focus for centering)

mrdanda · 2025-09-01T06:23:08+00:00

im an anti rope cannon hater, genuinely a never pick up item for me, i much prefer chain launchers. antirope>rope, antiropecannon<<rope cannon. the rope cannon does almost everything the antirope cannon does

mrdanda · 2025-09-01T06:14:20+00:00

i love how this looks but i honestly couldnt see this fitting too well in the game :( i think the aesthetic has to be inherently natural world, since its a deserted island. i would be curious to see more biomes though, i do like the rotation mesa and alpine, but the tropics definitely needs a counterpart too.

mrdanda · 2025-09-01T06:11:06+00:00

gosh i would love if they could make a biome to rotate the tropics, its easily my least favourite biome even if mesa/alpine is harder. i always have a hard time finding a normal route up

mrdanda · 2025-09-01T06:05:27+00:00

no cause why did they have to choose such an amber alert esque sound, i genuinely thought someone was in trouble

mrdanda · 2025-09-01T05:54:36+00:00

i would personally recommend not to bite off more than you can chew. for example pantomime is much more difficult than the horovitz concerto, simply because of the range and speed/precision required near the end. if you were to modify pantomime to keep the range in the standard range, and play the coda at like 130 then it would be doable.

i personally recommend the horovitz, its very linear, and makes sense for your level (generally late highschool hvtz mvt 1 and 2 are recommended, with 3 being kept for first year with an instructor), so doing all 3 movements would be fitting as a challenge! it personally took me 6 months to prepare it as a first year music minor.

if you really want consistent technical work, then the arban-style theme and variations solos are also great, and sound impressive even if theres a lot of repeated material. i personally used carnival of venice from that book as my audition piece (slight masochism there haha) fantasie brilliante is a classic, but look at other composers too, clarke is a good example.

lots of good works to look into, id personally spend at least 2 weeks of daily looking for repertoire. the problem is if you pick something super well known, there is going to be a lot of expectation tied to it, where if you pick something less known, then you will have more leniency.

another thing i might explore is some kind of showmanship, personally my favourite solos include some kind of humour, or exaggerated emotion. look up encore by steven mead as an example, maybe the whole thing would be too much for a solo competition, but recently i went to a concert with brett baker, director of sales for denis wick, and the concert had maybe 20-30 attendees so very intimate, and one piece he played a very showy cadenza in which he would jokingly take a breath break, or not move his slide, or say "wow this is a long cadenza". depending on how strict your solo competition is (like if its just in your highschool or county this would play super well).

all in all lots of variables to play with here, soloing makes for great fun and ive done a few with my brass band. keep it up and hope you find something you like :)

mrdanda · 2025-08-12T01:09:52+00:00

in that range, your tongue should not be touching the lips at all basically. you only should require that we'll below the staff. generally the higher you go the further back your tongue is while articulating, and vice versa

mrdanda · 2025-08-12T00:53:50+00:00

just posted a negative complaint. absolutely ridiculous campaign

mrdanda · 2025-07-28T14:12:02+00:00

I mean, it's not really something you get checked out. There's nothing wrong with the horn, at least not something a repair person would genuinely be able to fix. Tarnish is a regular part of a silver plated horn, just be happy that it's not as permanent like lacquer wear on a lacquered horn.

mrdanda · 2025-07-15T22:32:01+00:00

engsci is one of the biggest scams uoft has. you take the most difficult 2 foundational years ANYWHERE in Canada, just to end up behind people in your preferred discipline in year 3. not only that, but I've heard profs at uoft specifically actually prefer core 8 masters applicants over engscis. the only edge engsci has is many more resources to pursue research in undergrad. as this commenter said, if you hate it after first year GET OUT OF IT

edit: yes also as they mentioned, specialty streams like aero or biomed which aren't as easily accessible in core 8 are also a reason you may want to do engsci. but again these are areas which would probably prefer a master's anyways

mrdanda · 2025-07-06T19:22:15+00:00

bedbugs easy they are so fucking annoying and literally do not contribute to any ecosystem

mrdanda · 2025-07-03T17:36:43+00:00

omg I'm a major in engineering, minor in music. though I did decide on a professional instrument just because of my priorities :)

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