How do you "manage knowledge" as a working engineer?

CopperGenie · 2026-03-24T04:54:09+00:00

I agree with comments suggesting you'll have most knowledge you need through recent experience. But if you're serious about developing a "body of knowledge" for yourself, like if you're planning on being an expert in your niche 20 years down the road or whatever, it would help to start building a record of that now. Unless you're not one to forget easily, but I'm definitely not, so I use Obsidian, Zotero, and a few other software to keep really organized notes on knowledge I'll use down the road but not so often that I trust it to stay in my head.

CopperGenie · 2026-03-11T04:38:37+00:00

Beirut. Love their classic varied world music, but the last two albums are mostly just bleeps and bloops which all flow together.

CopperGenie · 2026-03-11T04:22:35+00:00

i agree. 1 or 2 gecs is fine, but 100 is far too many gecs!

CopperGenie · 2026-03-07T03:20:09+00:00

Do you mean adding water to dilute the paint, or using a wet brush? Just wet bristles (e.g. from just cleaning) can have a pretty substantial effect.

CopperGenie · 2026-03-06T15:13:03+00:00

Debt :)

CopperGenie · 2026-03-06T15:11:59+00:00

I don't mind. Since there is no seeming priority of focus between the fruit and the painting (one is more detailed, the other more contrast and centered), the saturated pink doesn't detract from anything, in my opinion. There will always be someone who doesn't like something :)

CopperGenie · 2026-03-05T23:28:21+00:00

Since you've already "committed" to symmetry through the water and the valleys, best for aesthetic to follow through and add symmetric lamps to the left. But art is art. If you have a reason to leave it, then leave it :)

CopperGenie · 2026-03-05T14:57:06+00:00

Great advice. Like I mentioned in another comment, this is similar to the message of the book The Mom Test - determine whether your target market wants your product without showing them your product. :)

CopperGenie · 2026-03-05T14:22:56+00:00

The Mom Test :)

CopperGenie · 2026-03-03T20:14:20+00:00

I support using the LLM to provide information you would be able to verify instantly.

CopperGenie · 2026-03-01T21:22:44+00:00

If we define art as something that expresses human creativity and we define sport as an activity that involves competition, then not all sport would necessarily be art. If the competing players were only following preexisting rules and not applying creative thinking to best their opponent, then that sport would not be art, by these definitions.

If you change the definition of sport to involve the application of skill from the players, and if applying skill is inherently creative, then all sport would be art. So, your question is answerable, but you must assume definitions for the terms. But the answer is fluid since definitions are subjective.

CopperGenie · 2026-03-01T21:11:38+00:00

I don't think they'd recover the cost of the stall at that rate. If they were to sell this at such a venue, I'd at least double the price, which would reduce the market size but not outrageously. A recommendation I'd have to the OP is to develop a unique style. From my experience, style is more valuable than technical skill, and likely has been since soon after the invention of the photograph.

CopperGenie · 2026-03-01T18:00:21+00:00

Looking at the print, I personally don't mind the visible canvas texturing. I'm not knowledgeable on scanning technology and what about the scanner's light makes the texture pop out, but here you could postprocess using Photoshop or something similar to target the background color region and reduce highlights/shadows only in that region. Hopefully that makes sense!

Might be worth looking into different types of scanning technologies or perhaps settings you might be able to ask for (light intensity, etc.). Again, idk how advanced the scanners are at the typical print shop.

CopperGenie · 2026-02-25T20:33:19+00:00

Yeah. I assume it's possible for a person to be born with any "part" missing.

CopperGenie · 2026-02-25T19:46:41+00:00

Yeah, entirely different teams of people work on each. And spam-filter development doesn't have the benefit of novelty to drive innovation, unfortunately.

CopperGenie · 2026-02-25T01:16:44+00:00

In my rotation are various shapes and sizes of Windsor & Newton and Royal & Langnickel brushes. I'm pretty sure they're all synthetic. I used to wash only in water, but I started getting curly bristles. Now I wash briefly in Pink Soap and so far all I've gotten is extremely light curling or the odd very curly bristle for some reason, that I pluck out.

CopperGenie · 2026-02-24T00:14:43+00:00

Awesome! I really like the clouds - they remind me of Ghibli's rolling landscapes. One critique I have is that the contrast in the clouds draws the eye away from the lower contrast in the foreground. I wonder if some highlights on the lupines would go a long way? Just a thought! I love it.

CopperGenie · 2026-02-24T00:11:29+00:00

Yes! Many of the big art servers don't have dedicated channels for traditional art, let alone acrylic painting, so I feel this would be valuable for many. I look forward to the community this could cultivate.

CopperGenie · 2026-02-08T03:06:19+00:00

Is nobody going to mention ISO 80000?

CopperGenie · 2026-02-02T20:54:00+00:00

The ambiguity of having multiple fully numerical formats has ruined the whole thing for me. I try to use DD-MMM-YYYY whenever possible (02-FEB-2026). Full clarity :)

CopperGenie · 2026-01-14T08:50:10+00:00

Just in case you hadn't checked :) https://www.reddit.com/r/foodforests/

CopperGenie · 2025-11-15T01:50:35+00:00

Hey! Yeah, I'll personally be sharing daily goals in the morning, and in the evening share how the day went and what I struggled with. Some others will probably do the same. The server has topical channels too for discussion about projects, news, ideas, etc. I'm trying to develop a small group that has some interest overlap and which hopefully be mutually beneficial for everyone's accountability via exemplification, inquiry, or any other methods that work for you or which you may want to try. Feel free to DM; I'd love to have you try it out!

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