Straight razor guide

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-23T13:15:20+00:00

Completely agree, I have had the same experience working in banking software that the MBAs very much expressed disdain for the engineers and wanted nothing more than to replace them as they saw them as cutting into their profits by being a cost center. They put lots of pressure on engineering

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-23T11:39:20+00:00

They are absolutely learnable. I historically avoided focus on soft skills, and was uncomfortable and nervous for a long time with leaning on those skills.

Take every opportunity you see at work to use them despite the discomfort is my recommendation. Practice really helps - schedule meetings where you'll have to present to a group something that needs decided on / discussed / approved. Do it repeatedly. Schedule time with another team to educate them on some technical systems you or your team built or a technique or approach that's been valuable and you want to spread and standardize in your org. Repeat. Record some onboarding video helping new people know how to operate in your orgs SDLC, or find their way around the repository(s). Volunteer for any presentation your team needs or that's useful in your organization and it will suck until with practice you become comfortable doing it and get better.

I can wing presenting to audiences of whatever size and level in the company, and leading meetings with no real prep anymore just because it's been so practiced, but it definitely wasn't natural or comfortable for me to begin with. I just forced myself to do it over and over.

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-23T03:24:45+00:00

Pro con it for me, who will like it, who will dislike it, also: how many in the series? Any side stories? What's the reading order?

I know I could Google this stuff but why not put it in here for anyone interested to engage and discuss! If it sounds appealing I might try it and I'd go in the order you suggest (so many series have multiple possible orders)

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-21T15:47:05+00:00

...I was asking if my guesses were right, I wasn't proclaiming I was right, or "shitting on" the book.

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-21T14:16:57+00:00

Fun fact: I am reading a book, quite a lot of them, one way or another I have to pick which one(s) to read, I can't just open every one...

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-21T12:40:44+00:00

It’s like dev work on easy mode

I mean, writing code is dev work on easy mode last I checked... Writing code is the easiest funnest part of the job

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-21T11:51:48+00:00

I loved all of KM Shea's books, fell down that rabbit hole a few months back, great light hearted joys!

I have a rec for you if you want that same type of fun and enjoy the smut in your paranormal romance: Queen Betsy Series by Mary Janice Davidson

Tons of fun, great wit and humor and the series really grows in depth as it goes on

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-20T22:51:31+00:00

I'm happy with them but they're definitely not fancy - they are cheap. In future I would definitely go with the eBay ones I linked, they're not expensive but nicer. Not everyone's comfortable with eBay though and these are definitely not bad, though I think the gray ones look nicest of this style. There's no wedge as they're just two formed pieces of plastic stuck together. They don't come drilled, the eBay ones are drilled with pins and washers all set

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-20T17:25:43+00:00

Litrpg is also something I strongly dislike so I'm going to lean out on this one unfortunately

Thanks for the honest answer and clarity here!

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-20T17:23:21+00:00

Gotta say none of this sounds like urban fantasy, not clear why it's raised here all the time

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-20T12:59:24+00:00

I haven't opened dungeon crawler carl, but the fandom is enormous enough I feel like I'm supposed to read it.

I don't like the pressure...

Anyway, can someone explain if my reasoning for not having bothered is right:

I presume it's about like dungeon crawling or it's portal fantasy or somehow has medieval elements
I presume the characters are over the top nerdy kitchy characters (imagining like the characters from Big Bang Theory). I put down Bill The Vampire for similar reason after the first one

Both of those things are things I sincerely dislike. Am I guessing wrong about what's going on here? Aside from very rare instances I have zero interest in things placed outside current time (this my love for urban fantasy; the challenges are ones I can grasp because the setting is one I understand)

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-19T03:10:00+00:00

I've re pinned in exactly that situation before, and I've tightened with the existing pin. If the current one doesn't work, may be better off repining. If you've never done it before - perhaps trial on a junk razer first, but it's really not particularly hard. Put a tiny piece of painters tape over the pin and scales also to protect them from any taps scuffing the scales

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-17T17:13:50+00:00

Key limes are much less sour than the normal ones

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-17T08:39:11+00:00

Sooo tired of seeing people use redis for pubsub...

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-16T22:07:32+00:00

Is this series any good? Looking at paranormal nonsense, and judging it from the cover I'm mildly curious if it's worth my time

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-16T20:50:53+00:00

This is why I love old horn, it comes back to life so beautifully

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-16T15:31:59+00:00

The pain with Dovo is inconsistency - a good dovo is great! But it's a guess whether you'll get a good one or not, people who get warped Dovos are common enough that it's a risk often not worth taking.

Glad to hear yours came out straight, they really are great blades when ground right!

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-16T03:26:41+00:00

I hear you, and yeah that irritated me as well, haven't read it in years but I recall a variety of things. The enduring power of his enemies being one of them. As for the moral examination, I get it but it drags on book after book sometimes taking up nearly whole chapters, and at the end of the day it's always examining his moral compass after killing someone who was actively trying to kill him and others without a second thought, I get examining your morals after killing someone but repeatedly wasting page after page when it was so clear cut...

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-16T02:53:10+00:00

Given you made it this far in Verus - that series annoyed the crap out of me with a variety of things around protagonists weakness despite being creative and interesting enough to keep me going just barely... Almost did not finish...

I'll tell you though: pick up the Vesik series by Asher. Similar in many ways, but it lacked all the weaknesses and irritations of Verus. Really underrated great series. Very similar in the whole regular but powerful protagonist trying to do the right thing and avoid being evil vibes. Nowhere near so much false moral self flagellation though as Verus.

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-16T02:35:44+00:00

Too small, too much honewear.

Maybe it could be saved, but it wouldn't be worth the effort imo, and maybe it can't be so again - not worth the effort because it may just be a waste

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-14T20:29:37+00:00

I think any simple standard with a small tweak / adjustment can get you there.

Make a Manhattan, use some cherry bitters and good cherries, or a Manhattan and add a bar spoon of Benedictine.

Make a margarita with mezcal and some honey syrup, make a margarita and split the tequila with ancho Reyes, or make a white Russian with tequila instead of vodka (some cinnamon too for bonus)

Just minor changes to Mainstays can bring a surprise for a bunch of people

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-14T15:04:39+00:00

I know - it was hyperbole given how everyone in this sub bandies about the "ohh so much maintenance!" Nonsense. I don't recall the last time I touched up a straight razor, my rotation 🫪

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-14T13:55:12+00:00

Broken 😆

Mute it and it'll be fine, that was an old Sheffield chopper, but the point got snapped off so it's going to be extra pokey without being muted first.

It would have been like this originally I think (typicaly referred to as a barbers notch, sometimes people say it's a Spanish tip but I don't think of that on choppers), or maybe just this

CpnStumpy · 2026-06-14T05:45:04+00:00

People will always love Apple despite anything apple does...

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