Recent content by Snipe

Just finished Echopraxia. Not great. Some really good parts, but an incredible disappointment after Blindsight which is top 10 sci fi of all time. Now reading The Three Body Problem - which is pretty interesting so far. Unfortunately I was watching a UFO thing on YouTube and they kinda...

It's not that Nike doesn't care about tennis - they just don't care about their customers. Look at the amount of guys wearing Kobe Protos in the NBA - a shoe that's great to play in - but they keep from the public and only make available to shady middle men to sell for $700 on Stock X. Nike...

I have some Alu Soft but have never actually strung / played it. Why not try a $12 string which his pretty popular and well regarded in either Lynx Tour or Confidential and satisfy your curiousity? I feel like you're agonizing over a decision which is completely reversible and should last a...

Just to be clear - I don't really find them super similar as much as I'd put them in the same category. On the TW similar strings tool, Confidential 16 (1.3) looks the most similar to RPM 17 (1.25) but with increased spin and better tension maintenance. Lynx Tour shows about the same thing...

I really like RPM Blast - but it's tough on my elbow. I also really like Lynx Tour Grey, and Solinco Confidential. They're all a bit different, but they're all good for someone with that particular taste. I hate Hyper G at the moment. Thought I liked it for a while - but something about the...

I'll be interested in hearing other folks opinions on this. According to the Stringster app - poly does not lose any appreciable tension sitting in a racket if strung at 46 - 48 lbs and under range. How reliable is the Stringster app? That I can't really speak to. What I've seen thus far is...

Took our PA23 with Hepta Power for the first time yesterday (48/44). Previously had Confidential 16L, and before that Tour Hex. Hepta Power feels very similar to Technifibre 4S to me with a slightly more inconsistent launch. A little plasticy, tons of spin. It was absolutely amazing on...

I listened to the "Reading McCarthy" podcast episode on Blood Meridian yesterday during a long drive. It's worth a listen to help fill in some gaps, organize some thoughts, and put words to the feelings I believe you and I share. I came away with my view of the book generally unchanged as it...

Finally finished this and am happy to be done. I'm reserving judgement until learn a bit more about what I missed, however I can confidently say I did not enjoy much of this book. I agree with the broadly agreed upon opinions: - The language was unnecessarily difficult - The lack of classic...

Do you enjoy working with your hands and focusing on repetitive activities which require focus but not thought? If yes, then buy a machine. If no, do not. I enjoy tinkering with things. I've spend a ton of time working on golf clubs, cars, RC cars, painting, cooking, playing video games (a...

My opinion - but the 2023 Pure Aero is worth checking out. I get that it isn't a "control frame", but the new string pattern is pretty tight in the middle (pretty much dead on the Pure Aero VS). It's also been far more arm friendly than something like the VS for me thus far (I have Mayami Tour...

"Overconfidence bias is the tendency people have to be more confident in their own abilities, such as driving, teaching, or spelling, than is objectively reasonable." I appreciate your points, tone, and perspective. I'd offer a counterpoint which is the NBA. The NBA used to be about brute...

Life isn't fair. Everyone gets dealt some bad hands. The folks who can't accept that and make a massive stink over any minor imperfection are part of the problem. What we had here was three women behaving poorly. Not one of them is completely in the right. All three could have behaved in a...

Toth is the victim here as most of the clip edits are titled things like "Player's Disgusting Behavior Leaves Opponent in Tears" make it look like she erased the mark while the decision was still in progress. What was the rest of the match like? Were there other bad calls? Were the players...