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[bcrdukes]

P.S. - I have never seen whitev70r so engaged on a topic. And of all things: pianos.

[GS8]

Kawai MP11-SE

Otherwise get a used 88 keyboard on marketplace. In case your kid loses interest, you can sell it for what you bought it for.

A 4 year old might get intimidated by true weighted action but kid's brains are very malleable and they'll adjust once they get over their frustrations.

I find Yamaha keybeds to be very very good for beginners.

I have a P515. I don't recommend that one. Wooden keys are quite heavy

[GLOW]

if you impose asian parent will, the intimidation felt by the 4yo will greatly be outweighed by the fear/presure of asian style parenting that may or may not include a feather duster jkjkjk

[bcrdukes]

Edit your post, GLOW. We know you're not joking.

[GLOW]

i'm white washed, of course i mean belt

[spoon.ek9]

Boys, I love the Save On burger even more after today.

Went for lunch and ordered the smash burger for myself and the crunchy chicken burger for gf. Somehow, the lady gave me a $5 discount on the chicken burger and then completely forgot to charge me for the smash burger at all. Naturally, I said nothing and tapped my card as usual

Two meals, $9.44 LOL!

If she had come back and asked me to pay for the burger I would have done so gladly. Obviously I could have said something but my inner Asian was like nah fuck it, not my problem

I already know Hobz is proud of me

[unit]

eh jimbo can suck it.

[yray]

Originally Posted by unit

eh jimbo can suck it.

jeetbeet gonna lose their jerbs

[N.V.M.]

there should be Jimbo Dead Pool on RS. cant be long now?

[whitev70r]

Originally Posted by spoon.ek9

Boys, I love the Save On burger even more after today.

I already know Hobz is proud of me

Nice! Did you go to North Shore one or the one out in Coquitlam?

[spoon.ek9]

Sunwood square in poco! The lady was middle eastern I believe

[sonick]

I'm going to save on for their happy hour this Friday since it's a holiday

[6793026]

on company CPU trying to get a refresh as I'm already using it for 2 yrs. I know normal cycle is 3

what's ur cop cpu cycle / refresh like?

despite i'm using i7 w/ 32gb on a laptop.. unless my battery dies and doens't hold charge.. i want to ask for a faster one but shouldn't... what are your corp cpu policies?

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

Check this one out! Free ... won't last long! Gerhard Weintzman. Some hoarder who doesn't even play will pick it up and sell it for like a thousand dollars!

https://www.facebook.com/share/15f1EFWQAws/

My 2 cents, i did my ARCT Performers

- weighted keyboard is fine until they start doing grade 8+ competitions
- most upright sucks, especially Yamaha U series because the action is still too light and key travel too short
> kawaii K or used Steinway upright are a bit better ... maybe the Yamaha UX

on the competition side
- the new Yamaha C3s they started using have lighter action & very responsive, love playing them
- steinways (except flagship model D) almost made my quit - they're voiced very dark and sluggish for 'home'/smaller venue listening so you need like 10X finger strength

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by 6793026

on company CPU trying to get a refresh as I'm already using it for 2 yrs. I know normal cycle is 3

what's ur cop cpu cycle / refresh like?

despite i'm using i7 w/ 32gb on a laptop.. unless my battery dies and doens't hold charge.. i want to ask for a faster one but shouldn't... what are your corp cpu policies?

Corp refresh policy is every three years for me.

CPUs are issued based on role types. A data entry clerk doesn't get the same CPU as compared to say a software developer. Directors+ usually get top-tier laptops.

You're already using a nicer laptop than me. I'm using poverty-spec i3 8GB RAM.

[pastarocket]

FYI: NASA astronauts go back to the moon for the first time in 53 years!

A 10 day lunar orbit mission called Artemis 2.


Livestream of mission launch. The Artemis 2 mission starts at 3:24pm PST today.

-NOT an April Fool's joke!

https://www.space.com/

https://www.space.com/news/live/arte...s-april-1-2026

[Great68]

I'm not sure what my company's official policy is, it seems to be "if something breaks then we'll give you a new one".

My last machine was replaced when it started randomly just shutting off on Battery power.

I'm currently on a 2.5 year old Lenovo T16 with i7-1260p and 24GB of RAM.
It's been a pretty solid machine, my only gripe is that IT's crap such as antivirus, PAM, puts a noticeable drag on the machine. It idles around a constant 10% CPU usage.

[6793026]

#1 question we get is why not moon in the last eonsss of years..

Answer is always no money. why spend 50 billion to do space launch when they can't even get TSA agents on the floor. Good luck Trump spending at Nasa

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

Corp refresh policy is every three years for me.

CPUs are issued based on role types. A data entry clerk doesn't get the same CPU as compared to say a software developer. Directors+ usually get top-tier laptops.

You're already using a nicer laptop than me. I'm using poverty-spec i3 8GB RAM.

Btw if you guys haven't already, pop into power options and bump your profile from balanced to high performance.
It's needed even on very recent hardware like Lenovo P14s Ge 5.

For Windows people, the newest Core Ultra 3XX CPUs are really good.
- Performance is as good as Apple M4 chips
- Heavy load battery efficiency 150% (~250 cinebench points per watt, up from 100) but still needs another 70% to reach Apple (400ppw)
- Light load battery life for web surfing and word processing is better, thx to 1 FPS refresh displays

At current company, it's all M3+ Macbook Air/Pro so there's no refresh.
They all work fast enough.

[whitev70r]

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

My 2 cents, i did my ARCT Performers

Could you post a short clip of you playing Rachmaninoff?

[whitev70r]

Originally Posted by pastarocket

FYI: NASA astronauts go back to the moon for the first time in 53 years!

"Go back"? When did astronauts go the 1st time ... j/k. Technically, they are just doing a fly by but still ... exciting and adventurous. Suppose to lay the ground work for a landing next year?

[AstulzerRZD]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

Could you post a short clip of you playing Rachmaninoff?

funny you should ask, examiner called me big balls for closing with the heroic polonaise

it's rach 1ish in difficulty which i also learned, but didn't touch 2/3.

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

Could you post a short clip of you playing Rachmaninoff?

Wow.

My speculation: whitev70r is a world-renowned pianist. Play Rachmaninoff and Saint-Saëns w/o breaking a sweat. Probably a ringer for professionals to maintain anonymity.

I am fascinated and mildly obsessed.

Such an amazing community!

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

Btw if you guys haven't already, pop into power options and bump your profile from balanced to high performance.

I wish I could. The option is bricked by IT.

Kids in elementary school are using better laptops than me.

[whitev70r]

No man, AstulzerRZD is the ARCT Performance level pianist !!