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Re: M2 vs. M3 Buyer's Guide: How Much Better Really Is M3? - 2 days ago
QuoteFritz YMMD, but I asked my friend, who is involved with ProTools for Skywalker, if I should upgrade from tricked 2018 mini to an M. He said not unless I'm doing heavy lifting like film or video editing. I would agree with him. Audio, itself is handled pretty effectively on older Macs. Loads of VIs and sample playback added in starts to up the requirements. Video editing and 3D animation aby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: and in a related subject - medigap - 4 days ago
Quotefromish F. We talked to a number of insurance advisors, read about the coverage and options, and despite the expense for the 'Cadillac' plan. This website compares Blue Shield medigap benefits. The costs are based on age rather than community, so they always increase. We have found it more than worthwhile and have received total benefits that are greater than the total premiums weby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Musk tells Disney CEO Bob Iger, advertisers that left blackmailers and to "Go ____ yourself" - 4 days ago
Way to go scooter. The sooner they launch his bloated behind on a one way trip to Mars, the better off we’ll all be.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Latest Topaz AI tests run on M3 Macs - 5 days ago
I have and use Topaz Gigapixel AI, Sharpen AI and deNoise AI but don't reply on them solely. I also use Luminar Neo with their Noiseless and Supersharp extensions and the old Macphun Noiseless plugin for Photoshop, which I find many times to be the best noise reduction filter out of all of them. I find no one filter is best for all images and usually get different results from all the filtersby JoeM - Tips and Deals
A load of Canon refurbished cameras back again in their store - 8 days ago
But R5 @ $2199. and others are out of stock. You can get on their notifications list for when they’re available again.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Medicare Adv and middle class - 10 days ago
QuoteNumo For those who haven’t signed up for Medicare yet, be aware that if you initially choose an Advantage Plan, you will have to qualify (have your medical history undergo scrutiny) to join a Medigap (non-Advantage Plan) later whereas if you initially chose a Medigap policy, you are guaranteed acceptance at the cheapest rate. Good point. It makes sense to start with “traditional Medicaby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Giant Bag of Suck. Knee In Severe Distress - 10 days ago
Nothing to add except that looks bad and I hope you can get an appointment sooner. I wouldn’t wait on that Good luck, I hope you get some relief from the pain and get it successfully treated..by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Holiday Pie Suggestion - 10 days ago
I passed up on pies this year and made an Italian ricotta pumpkin cheese cake.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Cher delight?!....in case you missed it -> Cher performs 'DJ Play a Christmas Song' @ Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade..... - 10 days ago
Oh god. Much respect to both of them but ....oh god.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Medicare Adv and middle class - 10 days ago
I've always avoided Medicare Advantage plans. I think they're only useful if you are in excellent health and rarely need medical treatment or if you have financial issues and need to keep expenses low. It's basically HMO healthcare and I've never cared for HMOs.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: ‘Perrrfect’ Newspeak peeve. - 13 days ago
The phrase they use that gets me is “no problem”. Every kid seems to use it. Where did this come from?Are they taught this in school? I go nutz when I tell them “thank you” and I always get “no problem” for their reply. I guess they have never heard the reply “ You’re welcome!” I can’t wait to tell one to get off my lawn.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: aaahhhh, the health care "industry" - 13 days ago
Small or individual doctor practices are being bought up by these conglomerates and private equity firms. Urgent Care centers have replaced banks as businesses that pop up on every corner. In my town at a main crossroad we now have 4 Urgent Care centers, two right across the street from each other. A fifth is about a two minute drive down the road.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: You, and your spouse if married or partner if cohabitating, must attend a 120-minute Club Wyndham timeshare sales presentation. - 13 days ago
I’ve been to a couple of Marriott presentations. They hammer the heck out of you and you must stay for the full presentation. Also you and your spouse/SO/partner must both attend. No good if only one shows up.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Lawman Bass Reeves episode 4 - this one got a little annoying (WARNING SPOILERS!) - 14 days ago
I’ve really enjoyed the shows so far but episode 4 last Sunday fell a bit flat for me. First off there seems to be more commercials than actual show. I found myself saying “that’s it?” when it was over. It felt like it ran for 30 minutes. Besides that a few scenes seemed a bit of a stretch. First he comes upon a tough old lady that points a shotgun at him but after he captures her twoby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Thanks to JoeM on the Picfair.com recommendation. Picfair coupon 60% off 1yr membership total $48 - 15 days ago
QuotepRICE cUBE QuoteJoeM Unfortunately since that time Picfair has done away with their free sites and forced free site members to subscribe to the pay version ( at a 50% discount for 1 yr) if they wanted their images to be viewable. I decided to delete my account rather than let my images sit on their server without being viewable, leaving everything now on my smugmug site. Glad you were abby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Thanks to JoeM on the Picfair.com recommendation. Picfair coupon 60% off 1yr membership total $48 - 15 days ago
Unfortunately since that time Picfair has done away with their free sites and forced free site members to subscribe to the pay version ( at a 50% discount for 1 yr) if they wanted their images to be viewable. I decided to delete my account rather than let my images sit on their server without being viewable, leaving everything now on my smugmug site. Glad you were able to get a 60% off deal fby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Moon photobomb...sort of... - 15 days ago
That is very cool! I have always wanted to get a jet flying across a moon shot with my SX50 but no luck up to now.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Allan Holdsworth Memorial Video Compilation - I can't stop watching this - 16 days ago
Thanks for posting, been meaning to watch this but I never seem to get around to it. I was lucky enough to see him 2 or 3 times back in the late 80s, one time in a small club in NJ, sitting about 6 feet away from him. He was a true game changer on the guitar.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Should I keep buying my now grown-up nephews presents and gift cards...? - 16 days ago
I always stopped gifts when they hit 18 yrs. old.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: This Old House on MRF: What would you do with this wall? - 17 days ago
If it easily comes off I’d do that and either skin the rock underneath or possibly add a new 1/4 or maybe 3/8 layer over the existing rock. Otherwise do what others suggest and take it down to the studs.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: *sigh* inlaws donating to their rather expensive retirement community - 18 days ago
Wow, I have no advice. Just want to give you mucho credit for hanging in there and trying to help in this situation.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: What kind of turkey will you buy? - 19 days ago
For the first time in I don’t know how many years: none. My wife and I have finally passed the family thanksgiving meal on to my son and his wife.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Enjoying Lawman: Bass Reeves - 19 days ago
I’ve seen all 3 so far. My only complaint: they’re over way too fast and then I gotta wait a week to see the next one.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Any ON1 photo software users here? - 21 days ago
I still prefer Photoshop over everything else. I use Luminar Neo, On1 Photo RAW, Aurora HD, Topaz Noiseless and Topaz Sharpen AI as plugins within Photoshop so I can pick the best solution or filter depending on the task I’m looking to do. That being said there are free trials for both Luminar Neo and On1 Photo RAW 2024:by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Jimmys ruffled shirt & psychedelic tele - 22 days ago
Quotehal QuoteJoeM A very cool and impressionable time to be a kid learning to play. Pagey was the height of cool when he joined the Yardbirds. I got to stand 3-4 ft in front of him for their whole set when the Yardbirds played my HS in Middle Village Queens NYC. Me and my buddy got his and the rest of the bands autographs after the show. that's insane! You guys 10 years older than me had allby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Jimmys ruffled shirt & psychedelic tele - 22 days ago
QuoteFritz that must have been awesome! '67? Yeah, I think that was in 67. No one knew who he was at that time. I thought I was going to see Jeff Beck but he had left. He sat right in front of me and played White Summer. I was really blown away with that one.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Any ON1 photo software users here? - 22 days ago
I used it for a while but haven’t used it much lately and haven’t upgraded recently. I’ve stayed pretty much with Photoshop and Luminar Neo for a while now instead. I’m a member of their FB group and it seems there are more users complaining since the new update. Generally I think it’s a good editor but didn’t see anything in it that would replace PS and Neo.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Jimmys ruffled shirt & psychedelic tele - 22 days ago
A very cool and impressionable time to be a kid learning to play. Pagey was the height of cool when he joined the Yardbirds. I got to stand 3-4 ft in front of him for their whole set when the Yardbirds played my HS in Middle Village Queens NYC. Me and my buddy got his and the rest of the bands autographs after the show.by JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Ric Ford's notes on the recent silicon Mac failure - 27 days ago
QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Quoteka jowct QuoteJoeM Quoteka jowct QuoteTheTominator And even when you do, you cannot boot from it if your internal drive has failed. That's right. If you are making an external boot drive to help you recover your backup data and get going again quickly when your internal drive fails, you are out of luck. No internal drive, no boot. Since the internal SSD is a wear part tby JoeM - Tips and Deals
Re: Ric Ford's notes on the recent silicon Mac failure - 27 days ago
Quoteka jowct QuoteTheTominator And even when you do, you cannot boot from it if your internal drive has failed. That's right. If you are making an external boot drive to help you recover your backup data and get going again quickly when your internal drive fails, you are out of luck. No internal drive, no boot. Since the internal SSD is a wear part that will fail, you will have to get it serby JoeM - Tips and Deals