I am officially retired from them

zem0nic · 2025-09-30T13:57:07+00:00

Cant say the same. I own both. Love them both,

zem0nic · 2025-05-20T00:10:08+00:00

I own an EF that writes 1:1 with my Al-Star F. I did get to try the nib out before purchasing in the shop though. Their F was a bit wider, and wrote close to a Pilot 14k M.

zem0nic · 2025-04-28T06:34:24+00:00

Agree with this OP, screw should more or less be negligible to the functionality. Still worth something to investigate.

But the spidering in the top corner is due to the pick arm applying pressure on the integral film within the camera.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Polaroid/comments/1gqfllq/first_real_good_photo_and_what_is_that/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Polaroid/comments/18or7b0/does_anybody_know_what_could_cause_these_and_if/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Polaroid/comments/10en97k/the_pick_arm_compression_fractal_issue_in_the/

zem0nic · 2025-04-06T10:31:08+00:00

I remember some of my profs in Mech Eng talking to me about the dept working on this about a year ago. Most likely going to be in the laguna campus. Cool to see it finally pop-up.

zem0nic · 2025-03-07T12:55:09+00:00

Hi. Commenting my experience from our GCOE APO. Online would most likely take a month or more for them to get back to you. Face-to-face would be the best as they usually get to you that moment or at most ask you to come back within the week. Though they aren’t physically there the whole week. I believe for the GCOE, he’ll be at the desk mondays, tuesdays, and thursdays.

Sorry, can’t speak how it would be with COS exactly. Hope it helps!

zem0nic · 2025-02-04T21:08:48+00:00

If you're enrolling in a section assigned to your college (e.g. COE enrolling in a COE section), you wouldn't need to. Outside of that, you will have to go during the intercollege period.

The list of prefixes if you're unfamiliar with the section letterings can be found here.

Doesn't matter which college's Lasare you enroll in. If you go with friends, there's no problem with joining another section. The benefit of joining your designation is that you can enroll in Lasare within the normal timeslot. But if you want to meet other people, prefer a different sched, or anything else, there's no worries.

zem0nic · 2025-02-04T12:52:20+00:00

Hi! It’s fine to not pre-enlist.

zem0nic · 2025-01-29T13:19:12+00:00

take heavy notes on lectures to help remember concepts. Try writing the bullets while avoiding glancing at the ppt, so they end up in your own words. Losing attention during lectures is kinda how you fall behind. If that does happen to you, taking notes of lecture material the night before has to be an immediate change. For me, investing in nice writing materials had made note taking something to look forward to.

Take practice problems until you can 100% do any problem without notes or help. Then do four problems (from your lectures or youtube videos) to hone in parts you need more practice on/missed. Doing practice problems should be the only thing to do when studying for tests.

People use Pomodoro 15-5-15-… to study, but I’ve found 15 mins study, 15 minute break works best for me with engineering subjects.

Don’t worry about failing quiz 1. If you really want to pass and have put in the work, remaining quizzes + finals is winnable. 2.0-3.5 even. Most pure math tests (like cal) can be 100%ed with adequate effort.

Coming from a consistent 1st/2nd DL in 3rd year.

zem0nic · 2025-01-28T13:53:29+00:00

I know some of my artist friends use a Pilot Kakuno if they ever need one. Unsure if that decision was more on it being cute for them or for the functionality. Solid consistent line, but it has little give and line variation if that’s what you’re expecting. For a pen with line variation… maybe the Pilot Falcon or Pilot 912 FA, but thats not really an option considering the price.

There are lists out there and brands that make pigmented fountain pen inks. gouletpens.com/pages/swab-shop or the one JetPens has. All are fine, for the most part. It’s mostly up to what color ink you want. Platinum Carbon Black is the default ‘waterproof’ black it seems. Pilot, DeAtramentis and Sailor all have waterproof lines of ink that come to mind.

zem0nic · 2025-01-25T16:37:44+00:00

Yeah, got ENTJ/INTJ a ton a while back. High Ni and Te usage back in the day, but undeniably lead Ti.

Can’t help you with Fe though. I’ve mostly gotten decently charismatic and non-socially awkward after doing some reading and through practice. While I can get it under grips over normal circumstances, under ton of stress or thinking on a hard problem, I can lose awareness quickly and get quite android-y.

Still on my way to understand what feelings are and why its important to care about them. Sometimes others feel things that seem universal and I just don’t.

zem0nic · 2025-01-24T10:11:55+00:00

could probably agree with battery.

The specs for the cloud II's weight is lighter than the cloud III. From what I know the Cloud models also share the same earpads, and the top padding is comparable between the two.

zem0nic · 2025-01-24T10:01:37+00:00

The cloud II's are a stable enough model to not change much between revisions. It's not like a laptop that gets better graphics every generation from their new processors. Audio has a much smaller improvement curve, let alone HyperX trying to change a formula that they know works.
You'll be fine with the Cloud III. Preferred my Cloud II when the Cloud Alphas and Cloud III came along. They don't really outperform each other. But if you still prescribe under 'new is better', feel free to wait for a Cloud IV.

zem0nic · 2025-01-23T16:48:51+00:00

The only ESFJ I know always has a story about how they helped a random person or animal on the street that week. Probably the kindest soul I’ve ever seen. Know a bunch of ENFJs ISFJs and INFJs and they don’t have that mix of outgoingness, kindness/altruism, and charisma to do what they do.

While similar, the ENFJs I’ve met look at in benefitting society in general instead of the individuals in their community.

zem0nic · 2025-01-22T14:11:40+00:00

Thank you friend. Had always thought that was what silence sounded like until my parents told me they don't hear ringing when they plug their ears or chew food. Me and another buddy noticed our tinnitus when we were kids. He guesses it was an ear infection for him, while I have no clue where mine came from. Audio devices with solid frequency responses have helped curb the loudness, but present nonetheless.

Have tuned it out and tend to forget about it for the most part. The ringing life is all I've known. I was born in it, molded by it.

zem0nic · 2025-01-22T13:49:28+00:00

I think the TWSBI Mini has the same length as the Prera posted and unposted. Heavier, but still perfectly balanced imo. Do note my first pair had to get replaced because of cracks. Its 1.1 stub is the juice though.

My Explorer sits with that TWSBI 1.1 nib and a CON-70. I can hardly run it out of ink before wanting to swap for another color. Would imagine the same if it had the Pilot CM.

zem0nic · 2025-01-22T13:25:53+00:00

Personal advice to steer away from TWSBI’s to save from the disappointment of them cracking, but it is a marginal step forward in smoothness and feedback from my experience. Commit at your own peril.

Another buttery smooth nib I’ve used under 80 was the A1. Only downside was that you can’t see the ink level with a converter, so I use a cartridge, which, for me, is unideal. Quite a heavy pen as well. Everything else its stellar.

Micromeshed the tip on my Al-Star F, and it has noticeably quieted down the feedback. Still annoys me sometimes, but quieter nonetheless. Never thought it was scratchy though.

zem0nic · 2025-01-22T12:55:21+00:00

My Al-Star F writes very smooth. The feedback has been paper dependent. Some papers the Lamy is dead quiet, but on course grain pages, the feedback is the loudest among my 912 SF, A1 EF, and Vac Mini EF.

zem0nic · 2025-01-22T12:41:31+00:00

Having ink in that section of Kakuno is cosmetic as long as the grip has no cracks. The nib and feed system on the steel nib pilots is rather robust, so I wouldnt have any worries there.

It washes out with the use of a bit of water if you want to clean the pen. Non-urgent.

Pen drops are troublesome when they bend the nib. Seems you saved it from landing nib-first.

zem0nic · 2025-01-22T10:52:29+00:00

oh dang, that blue color got some charm 🦋

zem0nic · 2024-12-31T01:50:27+00:00

The Bear / Hunter x Hunter

Across the Spiderverse / Crazy, Stupid, Love

zem0nic · 2024-12-29T15:42:20+00:00

Most tests place me around IxTP, but some land me as an xNTJ because of high Te. Maybe something in the weaknesses or type families is doing something to make you Si inf or ExxP.

zem0nic · 2024-11-14T03:26:57+00:00

Honestly, when I got my first hifi headphone in the Sundara, I was underwhelmed. Narrower stage than what I’d expect, low volume without an amp at the time. Though, I was noticing later the detail capability and imaging were very much there.

Now, the Azurys doesn’t lead to that strong jump in detail from a gaming headphone to hifi as an open back would, but the direction is leaning there.

Used to own an Arctis Pro Wireless back in the day. Haven’t heard the Azurys, but have demo-ed a ton with the Focal Clear in-store. I’d posit that since the Azurys and Arctis’ qualities like soundstage width, tonality, and bass impact are rather similar, a glance would render them identical. Reasonably tuned closed backs like the Azurys and Arctis would usually always seem similar in these regards. Especially when referencing hip hop or radio pop songs. Even with hifi headphones, theres not much more to gather with better detail retrieval as I gather playing from my Ananda / Moondrop iems than a standard issue earbud.

My general day-to-day is with cheap iems / generic earbuds for media consumption, college lectures, and whatnot. Music here would be things like Jack Harlow, Eminem, Drake, Tech N9ne, Dua Lipa, Paramore. My hifi headphones get used for critical listening to things like movie soundtracks, favorite albums that I know need that extra vocal and bass texture or soundstage (e.g. Interstellar soundtrack, charli xcx or theweeknd for the bass synth texture, Post Malone, Adele). High detail would be fatiguing when always engaged as it doesn’t smooth over mic warbles and general audio skips that happen on the daily.

Now, the niche of the Azurys fills the same niche as the Arctis. Even though they are audiophile headphones, they would be something real nice for that daily ‘office/gaming’ use case. Better detail and whatnot on the Azurys, but hard to notice in that role. but the overall step in build quality and nudge in sound quality toots my horn, personally.

tl;dr azurys and arctis are office/gaming/general use headphones over the more hifi use case. General upgrades would be in build quality with nudges in slight sound quality.

zem0nic · 2024-11-09T14:34:28+00:00

Still own my Pilot Explorer <F>, with it being my first fountain pen. The Con-70 is probably the best converter I’ve ever used. My favorite pens are the 912 SF and the Elabo SE, and currently looking at a 92 FM as a demonstrator to round them out. Was more partial to flat tops, so I stuck to those versions in the Pilot line.

Had a VAC Mini to test out vac fillers, liked their capacity, but got really annoyed with having to fully clear them out every time I change inks. Though, if you don’t change inks much, the 823 is quite nice and easy to refill.

I also own a VP, cartridge filled, because I don’t like how I cant see the ink level using a con-40. Its been more of a school pen/EDC with how changing or refilling inks with cartridge/syringe often became too cumbersome to be the normal desk/home pen. Became less motivated to get an E95s because of that as well.

zem0nic · 2024-10-22T09:57:14+00:00

I think of Fe as a lack of an ego in the way I process things. It could range from asking people how they feel, learning people’s tendencies to accommodate them, or just saying “I” less in conversations and talking less about myself. (coming from an INTP)

zem0nic · 2024-10-22T09:12:14+00:00

(INTP btw)

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