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Sam Lin

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  1. Those cookies look amazing.
  2. My grandpa in his office. First one to leave the village and go to school. Graduated with a degree in Chemistry. I <think> this is my great grandma. IF it's my great grandma, the stories my grandpa told about her are incredible. My grandpa was already the most frugal person I've ever known or heard of, and he spoke of this grandma as being impossibly frugal and living on nothing so the kids could have food. To hear someone so frugal speak so strongly about another person being so frugal, I cannot begin to imagine what this great grandma went through. One example story, he explained how they only got a few rations of rice and food a day, she would prepare them for the kids, and then she would go pick through the corn cobs and husks that were delivered to feed the pigs, to find something for herself to eat. My dad told me years ago that one of his strongest memories of my great grandpa, her husband, was watching him use a knife to cut layers of callus off the bottoms of his feet, and being amazed how thick the callus was that was being cut off. Grandpa various places. Grandpa and grandma bottom left. He's been gone some years. She is still here but mentally quite degraded. I miss them both so much. There is so much I wish I knew about their lives, and so much hardship that I have no way to remotely put into perspective. I so dearly wish I had someone to explain more of these albums to me now.
  3. That mac looks amazeballs.
  4. Many states allow front windshield tint if a doctor writes you a note recommending it due to light sensitivity. I don't know if Texas is included; I've had coworkers in a couple states get those letters and tint their windshields. Any doctor will generally write you one.
  5. Just microwave their slices when it's time to serve. No reason to cook an entire roast to shitty doneness to satisfy one or two people. Or, if you care more, slice and sear in a pan with butter.
  6. Sam Lin

    Eyesight poll

    Another resounding fuck yeah for Lasik being the best spent money ever.
  7. I gladly subscribe to Grassroots Motorsports, and so should you.
  8. The latter. Rarely are later passengers bumped to accomodate an earlier problem.
  9. negged
  10. Just relax, extra lub... Treat it just like a smaller one, might take slightly longer is all. (alsowhatshesaid.gif)
  11. Be aware wagyu generally cooks faster, don't let temp get away from you.
  12. These are fighting words. I didn't even know RPN existed until college, and then I quickly learned that opinions on it are stronger than most religions.
  13. Acquit.
  14. Dry brine (sprinkle lightly with salt) a day ahead or overnight. Smoker as low as you can run it, which is around 200-225 for me. Steaks in until 110f or so. Take them out and sear them on a grill ripping hot, or on a cast pan with butter and aromatics, or just take the barrel off the WSM and put a grate right on the fire ring. Hope your steaks are thicker, less tricky on timing. 1.5" is a good minimum thickness.
  15. If you are Korean, there's a chance Starcraft is the better paying decision. https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Winnings
  16. This is the way. If you want more smoke, start it right when you get home from work (vs after dinner), so it gets a bit more time on the smoke. Then, at bedtime (probably earlier than 2am), wrap and throw them in the oven as above.
  17. The video probably answers you better than I can. The orchestra composition in the video looks quite similar to the performance I just attended, the layout is a bit different, probably more a function of venue than anything. It's a smaller orchestra, esp on the strings, but with a very wide variety of instruments, esp on the percussion. Backed up by a choir for about half of the pieces (FF was the first game soundtrack to use choir.) The performance I attended was the Thailand Philharmonic and Philharmonic Chorus - I'm unclear how they do their tour, if they use local orchestras for each performance or if some people tour and travel with them. I know the special guests vary from performance to performance. Photo from the final bows of the Bangkok performance: Choir in back, piano/harp on left. Two composers front left, two vocal soloists front right.
  18. Amy Austin, restaurant in Dublin. https://amyaustin.ie/
  19. For a new dog into a household with three other dogs? Fuck no!
  20. Looping back to this, I got an ad a little while ago for Final Fantasy Distant Worlds, a world touring event that happens pretty much constantly, performing songs from the Final Fantasy game series. They came through Bangkok this past weekend, I definitely didn't miss my chance to go. As a huge fan of classical and a huge fan of Final Fantasy, it was amazing. So much fun, so many memories, and such an enjoyable experience, with the bonus of incredible audience energy as everyone was there for love of the games. If you have a shred of connection to the games, go to this. As a random classical fan, esp if you have kids you want to introduce to classical, go to this. It had paired visuals from the games to keep eyes occupied, and the music is much more diverse than most classical in terms of instruments, in terms of playing methods, in terms of mood and styles, due to it being pulled from 15 soundtracks vs a "piece." Extra guest treat at the performance: two of the composers were at the performance, and two of the vocal soloists were the original ones that sang the actual game soundtracks. Direct link to the tour schedule page is here, I see they went through TX a few months back. The schedule page is constantly rolling, they add new dates all the time. https://ffdistantworlds.com/concert/ Arnie Roth is a quite respected and decorated conductor in his own right, he is the conductor for these performances. And Yoko Shimomura might hold the most positions in most top10 video game soundtrack rankings. For an idea of what it's like, watch this, this is a performance from 5yrs ago:
  21. Sam Lin

    SpaceX

    15 reuses on a Falcon. Beyond design spec, beyond expectations, and still going. From a cost basis, they just got half a booster for free. (assuming 10 reuse design life) From a cost basis compared to the rest of the industry, they've gotten 14 boosters for free. It's hard to emphasize that enough. It's HUGE.
  22. Mitch Cumsteen's house.
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