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@ -14,25 +14,25 @@ I am a "Zillennial" from the American Midwest. I am a second-generation Indian-A
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#### Religion
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I am a Christian. I spent some time in the Missouri Synod Lutheran, Plymouth Brethren, and Evangelical-free denominations but am currently a Baptist. I was saved sometime around 2013-2014 and was baptized in 2021.
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#### Work
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I am a PhD student in Computer Engineering, with my specific research area being computer architecture (even more specifically: hardware accelerators and side-channels). In the past, I've done research in neural networks, persistent memory, and vehicle CAN bus security but have finally settled into an area I fully enjoy. I hold a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and Mathematics and pretty soon will hold a masters degree in Electrical Engineering.
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I am a PhD student in Computer Engineering, with my specific research area being computer architecture (even more specifically: hardware accelerators and side-channels). In the past, I've done research in neural networks, persistent memory, and vehicle CAN bus security but have finally settled into microarchitectural security and accelerators. I hold a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and Mathematics and a masters degree in Electrical Engineering. I am pursuing a PhD in Computer Engineering.
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#### Hobbies
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My hobbies, in no particular order, include programming, digitial music production, guitar, image boards, bicycling, exploring small towns, reading philosophy, and reading Christian theology. I do not legitimize video games as a hobby - I've noticed people that do tend to use it to justify spending ridiculous amounts of hours playing them. Nevertheless, I occasionally enjoy them.
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#### Programming
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I started programming in C++, then moved to C which remains my language of choice for many personal projects (we are called "cniles"). I've worked with Python, Java, Octave, and R additionally. My work in formal verification has led me to functional programming, in which my language of choice is Standard ML, specifically the Poly/ML implementation. If you consider ELisp a functional programming language, then that would be another language I prefer.
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I started programming in C++, then moved to C which remains my language of choice for most personal projects (we are called "cniles"). I've worked with Python, Java, Octave, and R additionally. My work in formal verification has led me to functional programming, in which my language of choice is Standard ML, specifically the Poly/ML implementation. If you consider ELisp a functional programming language, then that would be another language I prefer. I am slowly warming up to Python but at this point use it mainly for bots and automation and my code is caveman-tier.
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#### Tech
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My main computer is a custom-built desktop. It has 16 GB DDR4 RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X CPU, and an RX 580 8 GB GPU and it runs Void Linux. My laptop is a 2012 Lenovo x230 Tablet running Void Linux as well (but not librebooted yet). The server on which this site runs is an old Dell Latitude E6420 laptop running OpenBSD. I own the Purism Librem 5 Evergreen that I use as a portable computer. I use a debloated and mitigated cheap Samsung smartphone for calls and texts.
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My main computer is a custom-built desktop. It has 16 GB DDR4 RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X CPU, and an RX 580 8 GB GPU and it runs Void Linux. My laptop is a librebooted 2012 Lenovo x230 Tablet running Void Linux. The server on which this site runs is an old Dell Latitude E6420 laptop running OpenBSD. I own the Purism Librem 5 Evergreen that I use as a portable computer and my phone.
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#### Software
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- Operating System: Void Linux
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- Text editor: Emacs
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- IDE: Emacs
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- Music library manager: Lollypop and sometimes Jellyfin
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- Email client: mu/mu4e
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- XMPP client: gajim
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- XMPP client: Gajim on Linux, BeagleIM on MacOS, Dino on Librem 5
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- File browser: Emacs
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- RSS feed reader: elfeed on Emacs
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- Web browser: Firefox with arkenfox user.js, occasionally eww on Emacs
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- Window manager: modified dwm
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- Terminal: modified st
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- Window manager: exwm (emacs window manager)
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- Terminal: M-x shell (emacs shell)
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- E-book reader: Emacs
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- Digital audio workstation: LMMS
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- Video game manager: Lutris
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- [Mississippi Grind (2015)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Grind) briefly took place in Dubuque at the start of the movie. IIRC, it featured an establishing shot of Mulgrew's which is a bar across the river in East Dubuque, Illinois, but points for effort I guess.
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- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Season 17 Episode 20, Fashionable Crimes, features a victim who started out working at the Coldstone Creamery in Dubuque and moved to New York for a modeling job.
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- In [You Were Never Duckier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Were_Never_Duckier), Daffy Duck says he came from Dubuque when he arrived at the National Poultry Show.
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- [Field of Dreams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_Dreams) had scene filmed in Dubuque
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- [Field of Dreams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_Dreams) had a scene filmed in Dubuque
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- Claire Kittle, University of Iowa basketball player and wife of the San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle, grew up in Dubuque and attended [Wahlert Catholic High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahlert_Catholic_High_School)
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- The Bachelor Season 19 filmed in Dubuque a couple of times, getting a some nice shots of the [Hotel Julien](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Julien_Dubuque)
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| Mass-market beer | Rolling Rock | Budweiser |
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| Animated TV Show | Futurama | South Park |
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| TV Police Procedural | Psych | NTSF:SD:SUV:: |
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| Shonen Anime | Hunter x Hunter | My Hero Academia |
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| Shonen Anime | Hunter x Hunter (2011) | Re:Zero |
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| Seinen Anime | Parasyte: The Maxim | Berserk (1997) |
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| Anime Movie | Perfect Blue | Kiki's Delivery Service |
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| National Park | Yellowstone | None yet |
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| Tales Game | Symphonia | Symphonia: Dawn of a New World |
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| Battlefield Game | Bad Company 2 | 1942 |
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| ARPG | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Borderlands |
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| CRPG | Divinity: Original Sin | Divine Divinity |
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| Isometric RPG | Divinity: Original Sin | Divine Divinity |
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| JRPG | Final Fantasy X | Any Pokemon game (they're all the same) |
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| Video Game Console | Wii | Xbox 360 |
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| Classic Novel | Great Expectations | Moby Dick |
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| Procedural Programming Language | C | Fortran 90 |
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| Object-Oriented Programming Language | Java | C++ |
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| Functional Programming Language | ELisp | Common Lisp |
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| Decade in American History | 1980s | 1970s |
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| Decade in American History | 1980s | 1960s |
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| Electronic Music Genre | Future Bass | Drum and Bass |
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| 3rd Wave Emo Band | The Used | Jimmy Eat World |
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| First Person Shooter | Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) | Halo: Combat Evolved |
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| Disney 3D Animation | Ratatouille | Frozen II |
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| Disney Live Action Remake | Aladdin | The Little Mermaid |
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| Dreamworks Animations Movies | Shrek 2 | Trolls |
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| National fast food joint | Taco Bell | Burger King |
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| Regional fast food joint | Culvers | Whataburger |
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| National fast casual joint | Chili's | Red Robin |
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| Modern romance novel | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | Fourth Wing |
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| Beer type | IPA | Lager |
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| European Country | France | UK |
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| Modern Country Artist | Luke Combs | Morgan Wallen |
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| NFL team | Carolina Panthers | New Orleans Saints |
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| Big 12 team | Iowa State Cyclones | BYU Cougars |
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| Big 10 team | Iowa Hawkeyes (except during the Cyhawk Game) | Ohio State Buckeyes |
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| ACC team | UNC Tar Heels | California Golden Bears |
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| SEC team | Tennessee Volunteers | Texas Longhorns |
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| Sitcom | Seinfeld | Friends |
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[The Force Engine](https://theforceengine.github.io) - A reimplementation of the Star Wars Dark Forces game engine, makes the game playable by modern standards
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[ScummVM](https://www.scummvm.org) - A collection of executable rewrites of point-and-click adventures from the 90s and 00s (e.g. Beneath a Steel Sky, Sam and Max Hit the Road)
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#### Textbooks
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##### Only links to free and legal textbooks. I will eventually put up a general books section on this site.
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[Neural Network Design by Hagan et al.](https://hagan.okstate.edu/nnd.html) - A surprising amount of people have asked me about resources relating to the theory of neural networks. I have no idea if this is the best, but it's one I used to quickly bootstrap myself in an undergraduate research project. Unfortunately, looking for NN books nowadays will turn up shovelware book #19280915932521432 which is an idiot's guide to a version of Pytorch or Tensorflow that will be entirely outdated and useless in a matter of months due to the developers' allergies to backwards-compatibility. This text, on the other hand, focuses only on the math and provides custom built code examples in Matlab that are at a lower level of abstraction than Pytorch or Tensorflow making it really useful for learning the ins and outs of neural networks and ensuring it won't be useless for years, if not decades, to come. I have read this book pretty much all the way through and by the end you will have the skills to easily pick up Pytorch or Tensorflow.
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[Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs](https://web.mit.edu/6.001/6.037/sicp.pdf) - If you've spent any time online at all, you know what this is. For those of you that haven't, this is THE text on functional programming and higher abstraction programming. I, like a vast majority of those who have claim to read it, have not read it all the way through but I'm working on it.
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[Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics](https://tgvaughan.github.io/sicm/toc.html) - SICP's neglected younger brother, reteaches classical mechanics from a computational point of view using functional programs. I won't even claim to have read this, but it's on my list.
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[Real Analysis by Jiri Lebl](https://www.jirka.org/ra/realanal.pdf) - My undergraduate real analysis textbook whose pdf is unfortunately named "realanal.pdf" - My buddies and I got a kick out of that in college. I spent many long hours studying this textbook trying to get a decent grade in what was considered the hardest math undergraduate course. IIRC, I scraped by with a disappointing C+ so I've been telling myself I will revisit this text someday. It's been years, but I'm still optimistic I'll get back to it someday. Beware, Lebl's philosophy is to not give answers to exercises so this is not an easy book to get through.
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[Book of Proof by Hammack](https://richardhammack.github.io/BookOfProof/Main.pdf) - One of the, if not THE, standard intro to proofs textbook. I have read this one all the way through.
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[Introduction to Algorithms (CLRS)](https://archive.org/details/introduction-to-algorithms-third-edition-2009) - The standard algorithms textbook. I have not come close to finishing this behemoth, and I don't know if I ever will. Algorithms don't really interest me much, but I do own a hardcover copy of this so maybe I'll give it a whirl after I knock some stuff off my reading list.
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#### Watchdogs and Guides
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[spyware.neocities.org](https://spyware.neocities.org) - A software privacy watchdog I utilize heavily. Extremely outdated, slightly controversial, but still useful.
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[RYF certification](https://ryf.fsf.org) - The FSF's Respects Your Freedom certification page.
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#### Old Farmhouse Buffet - Martinsville, Virginia
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Good southern cookin', reasonably priced for a buffet ($16/person for dinner), NASCAR themed. 9/10
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#### @ Elm St Grill - Greensboro, North Carolina
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We were looking for good Cajun restaurants in the Greensboro area, and this was one of the highest rated ones. Imagine our surprise then, when we walk in and receive one of the most eclectic menus ever devised, ranging from Chicken Tikka Masala to Jambalaya to Chicken Fettucine Alfredo to Philly Cheese Steaks. Our disbelief was quickly assuaged by focusing on the right margin of the menu, which featured a unique wine pairing for each meal. It is clear then that the owner (Ravi) started with a love of wine, and built the menu around his favorites. We started out with the Sausage Pimiento Cheese Dip as an appetizer. For the main course I got the Jambalaya and my wife got the Chicken Tikka Masala. Both were quite good (the Chicken Tikka Masala in particular) and we had enough food for a leftovers meal but it was a bit on the expensive side at a little over $20 per plate. Ravi even came over and made sure we were enjoying our meal. I was absolutely mesmerized by the TV running a slideshow of promotional material which transgressed pretty much every single design rule devised over hundreds of years - light text on light background, dark text on dark background, corny fonts, etc. but I thought it added to the charm of the place. According to their website they host community events like wine tasting and celebrity chef meals, and we will definitely be returning for those. 8/10 mainly because it is a little expensive for what it is.
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#### Black's BBQ - Lockhart, Texas
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We heard from two independent sources that at one point lived in Texas that either Black's or Terry Black's in Lockhart has the undisputed *canonical* Texas barbecue. This is of course silly as there will always be detractors when such a title is on the line, but we went ahead and tried Black's anyways. Black's is the original joint, stiff and unyielding in their execution of almost century old recipes and techniques whereas Terry Black's was founded by members of the Black clan that wanted to reinterpret the old recipes. This has of course evolved into a bitter rivalry. We rolled up to Lockart at around 11:00 AM and surveyed both restaurants which are less than a mile from each other, possibly adding fuel to the rivalry fire. Both were basically ghost towns but to be fair it was quite early. Nevertheless, in the same town, Barb's B Q had a line out the door this early which kind of takes the piss out of either of the formers' claim to canonicality. Deciding in favor of Black's and leaving Terry Black's for another day, we entered the joint. We first got our sides of coleslaw, cream corn, "Norma Jean's Beans" (baked beans), and potato salad. After getting the sides, you talk to the butcher who will cut your meat for you. We were caught off guard because they sold meat by the pound with a hefty price tag, but nevertheless we got 4 pieces of brisket and a singular jalapeno sausage ring. All the food was excellent to be sure, especially the brisket which was moist and full of flavor and the potato salad which was probably one of the best potato salad executions we have ever tasted. The problem at the end of the day was price - even with only drinking water, the total bill was around $50 and we weren't really filled up. The interior was impeccably decorated with a "rural"-type interior with plenty of pictures of the Black family members and a couple of interesting catering jobs they've done. When I return, perhaps I will be way more ok with spending a lot more money, but for now I give it a 7/10.
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#### Velvet Taco - Austin, Texas
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This is an "experimental" taco chain that happens to have a location right outside Austin's famous Dirty 6th Street, recommended by a friend. When we walked in, we were expecting ridiculous creations, prices reflecting that of a hippie town-turned-corporate wasteland, and drunk people regretting their life choices. We got none of these things, but to be fair we rolled up around 6:00 PM and they're open till 4:00 AM. My wife ordered the Spicy Tikka Chicken and Cuban Pig tacos while I ordered the Jambalaya (a temporary item) and Chicken & Waffle tacos. We each chose to get the "Say What?! Combo" which for $15 got you two tacos, a drink, and a side; we both chose elote for this. Additionally, I got a sangrita. Out of all of the tacos, the best one by far was the Chicken & Waffle taco, featuring chicken with maple syrup, a drizzling of sausage gravy, some bacon, and some veggies all served in a waffle formed to be a taco shell. The rest of the tacos were good but nothing to write home about. Affordable, interesting tacos for a reasonable price. 8/10
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#### Texican - Kyle, Texas
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This was our first attempt at Tex-Mex and we were incredibly disappointed. The food was pretty average. All our lives we were told that the best Mexican food is in Texas in the form of Tex-Mex and we were expecting a life-changing experience. I'll hold out on judging Tex-Mex as a whole for now, but ultimately this place had about 1.5x the price and the same taste as a Mexican restaurant you'd find anywhere in small town America. I got the Diablos Enchiladas hoping for something extremely spicy, but it wasn't spicy at all. The enchiladas were $17.99 and I also got a "Texas Size House Margarita" for $8.00 thanks to Happy Hour. A little expensive for what it was. 5/10.
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#### Chuy's - Austin, Texas
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This was our second attempt at Tex-Mex; of course, Chuy's is a Southern chain but it got its start in Austin so we felt that it would be a decent representative of Tex-Mex. I got the Elvis Presley Memorial Combo which came with three enchiladas (beef, chicken, and cheese) and a queso-dipped tostada. All in all, it was $14, a reasonable price and I had enough for leftovers. The sauce wasn't anything to write home about which is apparently one of the defining characteristics of Tex-Mex but all in all it was a good experience. 7/10.
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#### Main Street Pizzeria and Beer Garden - Buda, Texas
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A pizza joint and bar in the middle of downtown Buda. We got a large "coppola" pizza which had prosciutto, salami, pepperoni, and basil for $23. The pizza was excellent and I'm sure satisfactory even for a New Yorker, the beer was cheap, and they have generous daily specials. They have many of the local brews on tap as well. 10/10.
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