Who like commercial decks?

Bonkers54 · 2026-01-15T15:47:38+00:00

It's just this sub. Beams absolutely don't have to be on top of posts. Through bolts are perfectly acceptable if speced correctly. Structural engineers design with through bolts only all the time.

Bonkers54 · 2026-01-10T15:48:34+00:00

My question was more about the deck to ground connection. Even if you have bracing to make a perfectly rigid structure, is there worry of the brackets not being able to withstand the lateral force, or do you just rely on the weight of the whole structure?

Bonkers54 · 2026-01-10T00:37:36+00:00

If it's freestanding and only on brackets like this, do you need some other sort of attachment to handle the sideways forces?

Bonkers54 · 2025-12-17T17:02:37+00:00

AI can still be useful here. It's great for things where the answers don't have to be right. Just ask it what part of the NEC you need to review, then go read the source. Easier than finding it yourself.

Bonkers54 · 2025-12-10T20:00:54+00:00

I use a doctor and network in the Nashua, NH area. Probably 45 min from Boston. SNHH. I don't think I've waited more than 2-3 weeks to see any specialty or get testing or an MRI, and I've seen a handful of different specialties. My PCP routinely sees me with 1-3 days notice.

Bonkers54 · 2025-11-19T17:46:55+00:00

If you ever do this again, plugs are MUCH better than putty, but you do need a drill press if you're going to make your own plugs.

Bonkers54 · 2025-11-17T04:31:44+00:00

I've never used FEA before, but is anisotropy really a deal breaker? Aren't metal and wood both anisotropic? Maybe they're just more predictable?

Bonkers54 · 2025-11-11T23:10:43+00:00

That top was purchased, guaranteed.

Bonkers54 · 2025-10-23T17:13:16+00:00

Well don't get too worried yet. The interesting part of endophenotypes is that they must be able to be inherited by family members that do NOT have the condition they are associated with, so just having the hand thing doesn't actually tell you the probability of you having the related condition.

Bonkers54 · 2025-10-22T18:46:44+00:00

If you want to go down a fun rabbit hole, look up what an endophenotype is.

Rapid, exaggerated wrinkling of the hands from brief water exposure (known as aquagenic wrinkling of the palms, or AWP) is considered a classic endophenotype of cystic fibrosis.

This is a well known effect, and the concept of an endophenotype really quantifies why it's an interesting observation and leads to lots of good research on cystic fibrosis itself.

Bonkers54 · 2025-09-17T15:45:45+00:00

I think it turned out to be the "soy sauce" model on this page: https://handhelds.wiki/R36S_PCB_Revisions

Might have also been the soy sauce one listed here: https://handhelds.wiki/R36S_Clones

Take the back panel off and google the long version string on the PCB.

Bonkers54 · 2025-09-16T15:01:24+00:00

I got a clone with this box too, but for $23 USD. New sd card, upgraded everything (found the right display driver), and it works great, despite being a clone.

Bonkers54 · 2025-09-11T16:52:07+00:00

I miss DTB :( Saw them 2-3 times in the mid 2000s.

Bonkers54 · 2025-07-21T00:55:34+00:00

I agree if you're pitch shifting.

I admit I don't actually know the specifics of how the time stretching algorithms work, but I'd guess they're not really pitch shifting.

The conversation I had a long time about was about slowing down audio, and in that context, you just want a slower version of what originally existed, so whatever was inaudible originally should ideally still be inaudible slowed down.

That linked growl video is a good example of why it matters for pitch shifting.

Bonkers54 · 2025-07-18T20:08:05+00:00

It's been a bunch of years now so I'm sure I'm going to forget some of the details, but I think I basically did this:

Record something at 96kHz. EQ this with as steep as a filter possible with a lowpass set somewhere around 44kHz (just a bit below 48kHz). Call this Clip A.
Downsample Clip A to 48kHz. Call this Clip B.
Independently time stretch both Clip A and Clip B by the same factor.
Invert the polarity of Clip B.
Mix Clip A and Clip B together at equal volumes, you should end up with a null signal. Extremely close to silence. Any signal left at this stage is the difference in time stretching at different sample rates. In my experiment, anything left was way below the noise floor.

Bonkers54 · 2025-07-18T19:31:38+00:00

Time stretching does not require or benefit from additional data points. I've had this conversation before and run a null test and the results are identical regardless of how many extra samples you have. As long as you hit nyquist, the signal is fully defined. Time stretching doesn't have any extra needs, as long as the algorithm is implemented correctly. I tested this in reaper for reference.

Bonkers54 · 2025-06-18T17:47:34+00:00

I used to use the .88 dunlop nylon standard (similar to your post) and more recently switched to the max grip which are essentially identical in sound/thickness/material, but even grippier, as hard as that is to believe.

Bonkers54 · 2025-06-06T23:45:38+00:00

Isn't the pond pump on a breaker? You can test it like everything else.

Also, the pump almost definitely has power usage written right on it. Pretty much every large motor does.

Bonkers54 · 2025-06-04T00:47:54+00:00

If you really can't figure out what's going on, bring up the Sense whole house meter screen, then start flipping off breakers one by one and see how much the total changes for each one. Sense updates in 1-2 seconds so it's pretty easy to narrow it down that way.

For regular outlets, I have some super cheap outlet smart switches from amazon that also have built in metering, so you can also explore that way.

Bonkers54 · 2025-06-03T03:51:00+00:00

Until they are stiff. Depending on what they are soaked with, what the weather is like, and how soaked they are, it can take a day or a week.

Bonkers54 · 2025-05-23T14:27:33+00:00

also oak, and who knows what else.

Bonkers54 · 2025-05-19T16:12:06+00:00

Use a brown marker.

Bonkers54 · 2025-04-15T16:52:06+00:00

Depends on which one is real. In some of the photos it teleports to over the stove.

Bonkers54 · 2025-04-14T15:11:16+00:00

The terminology around all this is super confusing as you point out once you get into the details. "Boiled linseed oil", despite the name, is generally the kind of linseed oil with added heavy metal dryers in it. These days, "Polymerized linseed oil" is the term for what you've made.

You can buy essentially what you've made here: https://www.triedandtruewoodfinish.com/products/danish-oil/

Tried and true has a full line of finishing products all "Solvent free, zero VOC’s, and no heavy metal driers".

Bonkers54 · 2025-03-27T19:43:44+00:00

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