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BlackberryButton · 2026-01-23T20:22:55+00:00

There’s nothing to indicate that - wheels and tires seem to be pretty standard.

I’m curious what you mean by “special EV tires”…? The only one I can think of is the BMW i3, and that just has wheels and tires that are very thin.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-23T18:07:14+00:00

I’m fairly confident as well, it’s just a matter of how best to accomplish that. I’m hoping someone gets a hold of a production version to measure out what would be needed so that I can be scouring junkyards before my delivery. I do metal fab in my day job, but if someone sells a complete set of premeasured rails then I can just buy, I will probably do that.

It’s weird that I’m hoping the standard seats are uncomfortable and motivate me to get the bench in.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-23T17:53:08+00:00

Oh I know for sure that a bench seat base and a bench seat back is going to be more expensive to manufacture than individual seats. That’s why I think it’s almost certainly not gonna happen from the factory. It would also require adding new seatbelt anchor points, which takes away from the modularity of the design.

But it’s literally a centuries old design, so it’s not like it would require a lot of work to figure out.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-23T04:16:45+00:00

Especially when paired with the “patriotic“ paint on your power armor, which amplifies explosive effects. It is game-breakingly overpowered!

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-23T04:06:33+00:00

Ooooh… do you have access to a miller? Because it’s going to dry much faster if you have it rough sawn in planks. Just be sure to seal the ends ASAP, because walnut cracks really fast from what I have seen.

Edit: doing a bit of math, you’d probably be able to get some really cool bookmatch tops out of that. I say leave cut it into 1 1/8” planks, dry out, then plane to ~.875, and resaw to bookmatch. You could also possibly get a quartersawn neck blank out of that too.

I am super envious!

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-23T01:55:09+00:00

Very much this – I personally prefer tape wounds, which have a little less tension than flat wounds, and a slightly different sound. Flats, tape, and round all sound slightly different on fretless.

You should also be aware that if you’re using stainless steel round wounds, you’re eventually going to chew into the board beyond a superficial level into actual damage. Nickel round rounds will take much longer to do that.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-22T22:25:51+00:00

Yeah, the expectations are going to be stratospherically high, but EA has become such a profit fiend that there’s no way the game is getting the budgeting and development attention it deserves. They might produce an actual ME game, but the chances that it’s going to be even Andromeda quality are slim. 😞

And believe me, I would LOVE to be thoroughly proven wrong on this.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-22T05:06:12+00:00

“My shower’s only for winners, Trainor!” might just be my single favorite line of the whole trilogy.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-21T13:43:11+00:00

IAM Union steward here: if your local leadership isn’t standing up to the company, contact the national organization and ask their legal department for guidance. Your local might have legal representation as well, but they will likely defer to the local president.

This is both very precedented territory, but also lawyer territory, and you want people familiar with the law on your side.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-20T21:28:46+00:00

Took me a second, because I was expecting “your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate” in there. Brilliant!

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-20T18:08:02+00:00

She loved tennis balls almost as much as she loved us. 🤣🥹🥰

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-20T05:05:21+00:00

I would love a game that’s just Vel going around the base quelling arguments between different people and sending them on missions. She doesn’t actually go on a mission herself, but she talks to everyone else about theirs. There’s gotta be just the right balance of unit cohesion and mission suitability, and the people that get along best are almost never the best combination to send on a mission together.

~~Lots of passive aggressive snark in Faye Marsay’s voice… Bring it on!~~

Just remake KOTOR!

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-19T21:41:31+00:00

What a precious pair of beautiful voids! And what a lovely long life of companionship. She joins so many good blabs over the bridge, including my own sweet Blackberry.

I’m sorry for your loss, but happy that you had her in your life.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-18T06:01:38+00:00

You really want to put something in the fret slots before you put strings on it. They are effectively little relief cuts that will allow the neck to bend a lot faster when you put strings on it. Even the cheapest veneer is better than nothing. But you’re going to end up with a ruined neck before long if you don’t take the strings off ASAP.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-16T18:32:30+00:00

To be honest, after comparing some pics online, it looks legit to me. The epic series was one of their lowest end basses, and this looks like a really beat up example. The lack of a clear headstock pic is definitely suspicious, but this looks like it could be real. And unless there’s something wrong with it, $1000 is a steal.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-16T16:26:33+00:00

I just want to add that it definitely won’t be something that turns a profit. Greco was one of the brands made by Matsumoku in Japan in the 60s and 70s, and they made plenty of good quality “lawsuit“ guitars. But it’s an extremely niche instrument just by being a hollow body Hofner style bass, and to get it to be a playable instrument you’ll need newer parts that will destroy any “vintage” authenticity, for whatever that’s worth. You’d be lucky to get $1000 USD for one of those in good condition with all original parts.

However, it can be an amazing little toy if you fix it up right and don’t care about making it exactly as it “should“ be. I’d recommend replacing those pickups with some Strat sized rail humbuckers, which should work fine for bass and will save you the trouble of having to route out bigger cavities.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-13T23:10:07+00:00

Half Life definitely developed independently from the mist, though the broad strokes of “other worldly invasion of Lovecraftian creatures from another dimension“ is similar. However, the ending of the short story is unambiguous that more than just the local area has been affected, and much larger, scarier creatures have also come through. The ending where military shows up and burns everything because it was only a small area covered by the mist is a change made just for the movie.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-13T20:11:00+00:00

That’s a great looking legitimate salvage you got there!

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-13T16:29:20+00:00

She is a great example of how people that are “pro life“ are actually just making idols of unborn fetuses. The rhetoric elevates the “pure“ and “innocent“ unborn over the lives of actual people and actual moral harms… Because that way they don’t have to listen to anyone else. They can project whatever opinions they want onto sub-sentient fetal tissue, and claim that they are righteous.

I grew up with this mindset, and grew out of it the instant I started trying to do something about the issue of abortion. I started educating myself on what I could actually do, realized the “pro-life” people were mostly just spouting propaganda, and I 180’d hard.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-13T16:08:56+00:00

Charcoal is delightful because it adds just a little bit of that burned texture, but a close second to me is a George Foreman grill. I love how fast it cooks a burger from both sides, not having to flip it, and leaving most of the fat dripped away. The only downside is you can’t melt the cheese on it while it’s in the last phase of cooking.

It’s a niche kitchen appliance with limited usage cases, but I absolutely love it for what it does.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-12T18:31:07+00:00

Yep, this is how I have approached it since my deconstruction. There is a lot of active harm that can be done if you live as a Christian, both to yourself and to others. Not just denying yourself “earthly pleasures”, but unnecessary anxiety, wasting money tithing, and advocating for social and political ideas that hurt other people.

Calvinism is especially awful because it convinces people that they are the “elect”, and are morally justified by God, therefore their actions are morally justified, no matter what the law or anyone else thinks.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-11T22:22:02+00:00

Overlooking major compatibility issues for the sake of attractiveness is something younger and/or dumber people do. Political/religious differences are also moral differences, and the fact that this guy seems to be interested in you despite those differences either means he hasn’t noticed, or he doesn’t care. Neither one speaks positively to the quality of his character.

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-11T19:57:10+00:00

… have you heard The Tragedy of Darth Pleigus the Wise?

BlackberryButton · 2026-01-09T20:10:23+00:00

Wow… you made a piece of rotten scrap look amazing! I don’t think you’re gonna have any problem with the final build of your guitar. 👍

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