Krudler

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I bought a Rada Quick Edge at a thrift store for $2.

Was always taught my my metal-smith grandfather how to properly care for and sharpen knives, but when I tried it out on a knife I cared little for, I found it was such a shocking difference in efficiency I couldn't help but notice.

It completely changed my relationship with knives and knife care, which was so helpful for me because I cook everything from scratch and whole ingredients. Everything, so having good knives is not kids-play for me.

It made me discover that for me, using a quick sharpening wheel and a hone gets my knives beard-shaving sharp in less than 30 seconds. I could never go back to the "right way" and I firmly joined the "dark side" of knife ownership.

Yes they destroy knives with some aggression, far more than traditional methods, but in the forensic audit it has saved me hundreds in a literal way, and hundreds of hours laboring over sharpening stones.

I no longer need to pamper knives, I buy cheap German steel chef knives on sale for $5-$20 and I throw them out in 3 or 4 years. I'll never go back. All the hysterics from knife "gurus" on YT be damned - in my personal cooking world where I have 10,000 Km on my knives and cutting board, I could give two shits what they think. Nobody better ever give me a $300 knife for a present because it's going back in the box.

Dual-wheel sharpener and 14" hone is all I'll ever use from now on.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I love that you suggested something actually professional, but please don't kid yourself, at 56V you're not going to get anywhere near a 2-stroke/4-stoke or even household AC current.

I do an absolute shitload of electronics repair, and I need people to understand that you cannot ever get close to other solutions with battery power. There are many complex reasons, but the basic answer is: forget it.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Making jam is trivial.

You boil the fruit, and if it's not gummy enough, you add pectin.

Done, jam.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Basically the very thing that is wrong with democratic social media, summed up in 2 comments.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

The way I have done it for the last several years and it has brought me amazing new dimensions of sound experience...

Find an artist that you like, look them up and find out who produced the album and other group members.

Then do a little Wiki research into the discography and solo work of each of those performers or producers.

Follow up on interesting threads, and you'll be exposed to all kinds of amazing new stuff.

Although I'm definitely out of this listening phase now, an example that worked for me was I got very obsessed with Talking Heads band. Looked them up and found out that Brian Eno produced them.

Started to notice from other bands I looked up that Brian Eno was mysteriously involved in so many of them.

Started to look into all the bands that Brian Eno produced and worked with over the years, and then started to look into the music of Brian Eno.

Starts to give you a realization that the true talent in a band is generally not the performers, but rather the veterans with decades of experienced who guide them.

Another example is Buckethead, started to see this dude buckethead appearing on literally hundreds of different album credits! Did a lot of research into the guy and the various bands he's worked with, and that opened hundreds of new experiences to me.

This comment is getting a little outside of my original point, which is to actually do some research on your own, go out and find the lesser-known works of artists you love.

Basically just follow different Wikipedia links, and then when you find an album in a discography that you think might be interesting, look it up.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Good Lord! Thank you for the warning! On lowest audible phone volume it blew me away lol

What is that and why does it exist??

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

They wanted a bribe dude.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago
[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Over and over again I point out that people like you are the problem with this platform.

Everybody wants meaningful dialogue, but then YOU show up.

You're nothing but a selfish vandal.

 

I don't know what else to say to describe this beyond Title.

Sometimes they hide, sometimes they come back. There is no apparent pattern to this.

If it is a network issue, can Boost please implement a queue and reattempt failed API calls?

 

https://chienchienlu.bandcamp.com/album/built-in-system-2

https://www.chienchienlu.com/welcome

Chien Chien Lu is a jazz vibraphonist, contemporary percussionist, and composer.

 

Masayoshi Takanaka & Santana at Yokohama Stadium

Is it rock? Is it jazz? Is it a jam? Yes.

The solo at ~12m15s is madness

 

Recorded live at "Midsummer Night's Jazz & Rock" held at Hibiya Amphitheater on July 21, 1970

 

The moderator told me questions like this aren't stupid and they're the point of this community.

I want an answer.

 

I can drink a 6-cup pot of espresso and immediately have a nap

I can drink pot after pot of espresso every day (i love the taste and comforting warmth) yet if I travel or "miss" my morning coffee it changes nothing about how I feel or my energy level. No cravings ever.

I kind of would like to get the zap of a good caffeine buzz. It sounds like some kind of amazing out-of-body nervous energy

When I was a kid my friends used to love this stuff called "Jolt Cola" that was marketed as having "All the sugar, and twice the caffeine" of regular soda (lol)... I drank can after can of it and never clued into why I thought it was just regular soda, and my friends were going cuckoo berserk on it

It's a weird superpower. I'm also immune to codeine and similar, which I've come to understand are similar molecules... so it seems to explain something to me. I didn't figure any of this out until my mid 30's. Post-dental surgery, emergency visits and similar was always a huge battle because they'd think I was lying when I said the painkillers weren't working, assuming I was drug-seeking

Just talking

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The 7th and final Herbie Hancock album under the Blue Note label before moving to Warner Bros. Records. Recorded in 1969 and released 1970

It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hancock said he'd been closer to his real self than on any other previous album

Musicians include tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, trumpeter Johnny Coles on flugelhorn, trombonist Garnett Brown, flautist Hubert Laws, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath

Hancock praised Laws as one of the finest flautists in classical or jazz music. Krudler agrees.

This will be my final Hancock post for a while. I listened to all 7 today, and posted as I went. I love full albums, but I also love to hear a series of albums and enjoy experiencing the artist grow

 

Hancock's 6th album is set against the backdrop of social turmoil in the 1960s US

Hancock wanted to picture an upbeat, brighter future, and to rediscover the childhood qualities of purity and spontaneity

Hancock mixes up his front line with Jerry Dodgion on alto flute, Peter Phillips on bass trombone, and Thad Jones on flugelhorn

Ron Carter on bass/rhythm and Mickey Roker on drums

 

Hancock's 5th album, with tenor saxophonist George Coleman, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams

A concept album aimed at creating an oceanic atmosphere; The musicians develop the concept through their use of space

This album was presented with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999

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Herbie Hancock's 4th studio album featuring greats Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams

A little known tidbit about Ron Carter - he is the most recorded bassist in jazz history with over 2200 credited sessions

This album was reissued in 1999 with 2 bonus tracks of alternate takes

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