pinwurm

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who back into parking spots: Why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a private parking spot off street in a city. I don’t like backing up towards the main road; since it has pedestrians and stuff. It’s a little harder to see.

  So I back into the spot. It’s way easier than backing out - and pulling out is even easier. 

  My work parking garage is already really tight. It’s another situation where backing in is easier than backing out - and driving forward our is even easier. So just some planning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone recommend a NuTrek viewing order? Or does it not really matter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Strange New Worlds picks up as a spin-off of Discovery Season 2. If there’s one Nu Trek to watch, it’s this.

  Discovery and SNW are prequels to TOS. However, Season 1 of Disco is very weak with the exception of one or two episodes. Season 2 is much better and you can probably start here. Then go into S3 or SNW.

  Season 3 is where I believe Discovery really shines. It also changes setting entirely. 4 is good too.

  Lower Decks takes places shortly after/around DS9/Voy era. So if you’re familiar with 90’s trek, this show is basically like home cooking. You can watch it anytime.

  Picard Season 1 and 2 are bad. But if you think of it as non-canon Fan Fiction written by Patrick Stewart, it’s just kinda fun. Season 3 is the final season and is basically the show everyone actually wanted. It’s an epilogue to TNG. There’s a few references to Season 1 and 2, but you can Google the small gaps. You can watch it anymore.

  Also, watch The Orville. It’s a love letter to Star Trek, has Trek writers, producers and actors. It’s a dumb comedy for a few episodes that didn’t know what it’s doing, but by episode 3 they start to find their footing. Season 2 and 3 and pretty much perfect and IMO as good as the best of Trek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samuel L. Jackson Claims Strange Film Editing May Have Cost Him Academy Award Consideration⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  At some point, he deserves a lifetime achievement award from the academy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did anyone here ever actually fully pay for BMG or Columbia House?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Columbia House and BMG were record clubs in the 1990s. This was a subscription service that regularly sent music album CDs to your house. They advertised in mailings, TV, radio, etc. It was ubiquitous.

  The catalog for available records was quite vast. 

  In order to get new customers, these record clubs had a loss leader marketing approach. You would get 5-10 CDs for only a penny for signing up, and you are not charged for the first month. After, there is a hefty cost. The CDs are yours to keep, but you need to cancel the membership before the first payment is due.

  Word spread pretty fast that the deal was legit. For many of us kids pre-internet piracy, Columbia House represents the biggest album haul of that era.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best instruments for a beginner to pick up?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You have some options.

  Firstly, remember that learning music is basically learning a new language. So be patient.

  Piano/keyboards are great because of low-cost of entry. You can find second-hand instruments in all sizes (25 key up to 88 keys) on Craigslist or Reverb for as low as $50. If it has MIDI or USB, you can hook it up to your computer and control endless downloadable virtual instruments - and/or record it easily to write songs.

  It’s an ideal instrument to learn theory. I recommend getting a roll of masking tape and labeling all the keys until you memorize them.

  Guitars are more fun, IMO. They’re portable. You don’t have to learn as much theory to get started and it’s certainly less formal. Some of the best guitarists around don’t really know what they’re doing - they’re just feeling. You don’t get a much of that with piano.

  Guitar is all about awkward hand positions and building muscular memory around that. I never know what note I’m playing half the time when I play guitar - I just know the positioning.

  The downsides is maintenance. Guitars require tuning before playing, changing strings periodically, etc. There is a higher cost of entry. A lot of new players but terrible quality cheap guitars with unchanged strings and get discouraged by the poor sound and feel.

  Ukeleles are generally cheaper and it’s easier to get a good sound. They work similar to guitar and you can figure out the basics fairly quickly.