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  1. 2 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    That's pretty infantilizing to say that they've got zero agency and are 100% just the sum of choices that other people made for them. I have friends and family that are incredibly technically smart, but would believe the sky was green if enough people from their bible study told them. 

    Some folks CHOOSE to be so blinkered by their community, despite easy and ample access to verifiable facts. It all comes down to being easier to just turn off your critical thinking and go with the flow, and folks are so worn out from the constant firehose of catastrophe and scandal that they're more than happy to just check out and focus on fun instead of the ugly reality they prayed and voted for.

    i agree with this. when i was reading bozo's posts...while i agree with a kernel of what he's saying...i couldn't help think of bozo's old badge of honor signature line on hornfans or shaggy or some shit where he quoted someone saying something about his "smooth talking condescension." pretty heavy dose of that here in his argument that because people are tired of arguing with delusional systems and bots on the twitter shitpile, it's our fault that stupid people are stupid as if they have zero agency or personal responsibility.

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  2. 14 minutes ago, RollLeft said:

    How we doin?  Checking in for my monthly dose/take of the Trumpler is a nazi.  Does he lean authoritarian and nationalist? Compared to the country club repubs, yes.  Compared to the dems hell to the yeah x 1000.  Do I believe he gonna put people in ovens.  Lol, fk no.  "But, but, but gulags! Torture camps down in Florida!!" Lmfao.  

    Also, I just read that i need to unplug.  Lol, ok grandpa, what is this the year 2000?  Unplug from what?  Is the "you must listen to Fox news" still a thing/insult with you guys?  LMFAO, 2001 called they want there shitty ineffective insult back.  Like you can't easily tell when the hacks like Hannity/Waters or on the other side Bash/Tapper/Stepho aren't foaming at the mouth to defend THEIR side.  Lazy takes by some of you. Do better.

    Lastly, by all means please inform this dimwitted and uninformed troglodyte where the informed and more sophisticated get their info.  Your top two places will suffice.  This should be good.    

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    all the rest of you, you should really knock the idiotic conspiracy shit off. 

     

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  3. 1 hour ago, LCHorn said:

    There are generally accepted rules the appraisal district must follow.  The problem is enforcement; between negotiating with the district, the ARB, and arbitration on a subjective value truly only known at the time of property conveyance there's a lot of wiggle room. 

    FWIW, we appear to be down roughly 11% on our two investment properties in Austin after the hearings.   Selfishly I'm glad, but that's troubling from a "how do we fund AISD and city services" perspective if that's at all indicative of TCAD's broader value reductions.  

    apparently, i got you covered...

  4. 25 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Wayfair order arrived I see. 

     

    Now why would a guy who is term limited before the next election and census feel the need to do this?  Why???

    2026 midterms. in a world where americans turn rational (lol) and elect a congress not comprised of sycophantic pieces of shit with no sense of decency or self-respect, 2027 and 2028 are going to be incredibly uncomfortable.

  5. 2 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

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    Jobs report was best [July] ever for employment among native-born Americans, up two million [year to year] and annual growth 2.2 million faster than among foreign-born workers; native-born American employment is now 1.8 million above pre-pandemic level,” 

     

    In April, household income growth was reported to be between 0.7% and 0.8%. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (.gov) reported a 0.8% increase in personal income, while First Trust Portfolios reported a 0.8% increase in personal income.

    lol, holy fuck at that chart. possibly the dumbest shit i've ever seen...i truly cannot believe anyone would be stupid enough to fall for it.

    chickensandwich and incredulity are in awe of biden's work as the president! it is just too bad that chickensandwich's dumbass chart shows that biden did indeed become president in 2021 in the midst of covid.

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    you two dipshit deserve every last bit of raking you are going to get for these dumbfuck posts.

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  6. let's just start with seeing if i can bend the 15th fret of the b string to an E instead of a D#+ before I spend $350,000 on an emulation rig, mmkay?

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  7. 12 minutes ago, Goredho said:

    very few of the individual notes he plays are just the note where he might have a finger on the fretboard.  He's almost always doing something to "modify the note".

    it think fewer than 50% of these notes in this solo (starting at 3:55) are actually the note on the fretboard.

    side note: whoever is sleeping with romany must really want to bang dave. good lord...she looks like someone just put a wig on him in 1975.

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  8. 1 minute ago, G650 said:

    Glimour bends are hard as shit. That's why I use them for bending practice all the time. It's not just the fact he does big bends, it's his articulation of them and his uncanny ear for microtuning. Most of his most expressive stuff is just off the note, usually a tick flat, but absolutely perfect for the particular circumstance.

    it has given me a new understanding and appreciation for the gilmour "crying" solos. also, i have become a master of bending the 15th fret of the b string to a D# plus 10 cents trying to achieve an E. 🙄

    i'm gonna have to get 9's on my strat.

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  9. On 8/2/2025 at 8:10 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    while not as silly as posting the beatles, this one kind of stretches the concept too. that is an objectively high quality pop song...extremely well made and extremely musical.

    whenever someone asks about this...i always think of one more try by george michael.

  10. i asked @Goredho to help me learn to play the electric part of the "scattered" solo that starts at 4:38 below because it seems achievable based on tempo and key. when i first started playing it and was just hunting down the notes, goredho was like "yeah that's not even close to right because he's not playing those notes on the fretboard, he's bending those two semitone jumps. for example, the beginning phrase of b-d-e, i was playing on the e string instead of the b string and bending the d. of course goredho was right but watching this video finally, it, was so much more than even i realized. my left hand fingers are going to be three times stronger by the time i get this right.

     

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  11. 2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    There is also a strategy to see your money put to use before you die. I can understand that someone wants to play it safe and keep funds just in case they live to 105 or the more cynical view that they want to control their heirs a bit more, but there's also the good feeling of seeing how your life's work is benefiting others either through inheritance or donations.

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  12. 19 hours ago, Goredho said:

    This is one of my favorite compositions you've made.  It has a really interesting melody that goes to unexpected places.

     

    19 hours ago, G650 said:

    Impeccable use of soundscapes as always.

     

    19 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Yeah, that's a doozy.  For one thing, the establishment of Fmaj (ish) to Amaj (ish) sets a tone that is decidely not pop (which would probably be key of Am to the F on the 6).  Beyond that, it's really evocative in tone.  Well done.

     

    16 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    kickass

    thanks, fellas.

    yeah jimmy, the fmaj to amaj was a "unusual" but i loved the way it sounded back and forth and how unsettling it was. was just playing it back and forth on the piano on a rainy day and i was doing descending arps trying to find something and the a major over the f sounded rather pretty but obvious...and i wasn't going for that. i then did the e-c#-right to c over the inverted f of the main melodic motif and was immediately struck with the unsettling feel (i knew i was on to something when my wife yelled from the other room "ugh, don't play that again"). i felt like it would work well as a thematic tune for a psych thriller type show...something like a "severance." the other thing about the constant back and forth between the fmaj and amaj was what it did to the g and dmin chords. it made them feel so incredibly resolving in a cinematic way. i thought of this as a scoring "suite" off which different themes could be potentially developed for a movie/show for different characters/settings/etc... it is part of why the chords are screaming for a Bb min as part of the resolution but i don't give in...saving that for the prestige on some twist if you will. anyway, just a bit of fun.

    as a side note, i am doing a masterclass with alan meyerson on mixing in dolby atmos/immersive in november and i am thinking this would be a fun track to do as my project. i struggled with mixing it and am still not satisfied with how cluttered it feels in the heavy parts in the middle. feels like a good candidate for exploring the spatial audio elements to get the soundstage clarified on it.

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  13. 18 hours ago, Tailgate said:

    I grabbed RDDT this morning before earnings. This company is poised for serious growth in a world of AI coming hard. You have millions of post and users and topics all from real people….that value will not go unnoticed now and well into the future.

    where can i send my 9.95?

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  14. 3 hours ago, CTC2 said:

    I figured I would stay in District 10 because McCaul’s house looks down on my backyard, but it is just insane how it carves up just a sliver of Travis and then goes over and grabs rural East Texas. 

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    as a west lake hills resident, i am in a different district than people in barton hills and zilker directly across mopac, but in the same district as people in crockett and corrigan?

    fucking clowns man.

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  15. Great time, had a blast. Thanks to @wild_turkey for the planning assist. Only thing I’d change is to leave the kiddos behind next time. Would definitely recommend Cheval Blanc as a spot to stay. 
     

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  16. 24 minutes ago, Bevo said:

     

    That quote barely makes any sense: B’Tselem strives to end this regime (Israel’s regime). It is the only way forward for both Palestinian and Israeli. 

     

    The only way to interpret it is that any remaining Israelis needs to be under Palestinian rule. And they (B’Tselem) thinks that is the way forward for Israelis. 

    your confusion stems from the regime they are referring to not being the nation of israel...but instead the political regime led by n'yahu and his wing of extremists.

    the way you are interpreting it would be the same as interpreting me saying "i want to end the regime of corruption and incompetence led by donald trump from power in the united states" as "i want to end the existence of the united states and mexico should be in charge."

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