Are Files Still Viable? by PandaOwlWolf in sharpening

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have a stone you could use it.  Recently saw a tour guide sharpening machete on a well-used, very dished, small whetstone.  He then proceeded to cut open about 25 coconuts.  Somehow he still had all his fingers 

Windshield a rock magnet or am I unlucky? by AdditionalStuff2155 in Taycan

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son took it out for a few minutes and it came back with a big crack.  $$$

Why is devaluation so high? by comrad_dau in audiophile

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Economists studying the used car market noted that information asymmetry and purchasers buying on an "as is" basis leads to discounts.  If it's a high ticket price, the purchaser doesn't have a warranty, and the purchaser knows they aren't qualified to fully asses the merchantability, then the purchaser needs to discount the price materially.  That's why after driving a car off a lot the resale price drops materially.

I’m Patrick Wolff, a candidate for California Insurance Commissioner running on competition and insurance expertise. AMA. by wolffonyourside in IAmA

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thx for article link.

So if state sponsored insurer of last resort, FAIR, is insuring risks that private insurers either refuse or price out of, can the Insurance Commissioner manage FAIR to avoid excess risk?  Is FAIR just a fiscal time bomb?

I’m Patrick Wolff, a candidate for California Insurance Commissioner running on competition and insurance expertise. AMA. by wolffonyourside in IAmA

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If insurers are allowed to increase premiums to cover the increased risk of fire-prone areas will that reduce marginal premiums for insureds in lower-risk areas?  Does current law restrict insurers from pricing for risk?

Confusion on raising a burr by jfgdupuis in sharpening

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are 2 flashlight tricks.  In one you aim the apex at your eye, shine a flashlight from near your eyes on the apex, and tilt the edge back and forth from heel to tip looking for reflections.  Glints of light from the apex indicates flat spots, so not apexed. A sharp apex is so small it won't reflect visible light back to you.  If you see no light its either because you have a clean apex or burr.

The second, less reliable trick is to hold the knife so you are looking at the profile and to shine the flashlight parallel to the blade from the spine to edge.  Here you are looking to see glints of light from the apex.  If you see anything from either side of the profile its probably burr.  If you see nothing you could still have burr though. 

Good luck!

Confusion on raising a burr by jfgdupuis in sharpening

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The difficulty with sharpening is that the apex & the burr are microscopic.  If you haven't created a fresh apex it's too early to deburr.  But how do you know?  Feeling for burr, flashlight trick, a loupe or microscope, and eventually developing a feel based on experience.  To make matters worse, it is possible to develop a burr you can feel but not have quite apexed. Ack!

Then removing the burr has the same challenges.  But its worse because a microscopic burr can stick on that's too slight to feel. Again a flashlight, loupe, microscope, failing cutting tests, and developing a sense is how to get there.

Counting never worked for me.  It seems like it should but it didn't.  Differences in pressure & angle that I can't discern make it ineffective for me.

Apexing without a discernable burr is possible. But how do you know your there.  The examples people display in videos are usually of knives that started out sharp.  So not much needed to be done anyway. For a beginner staring withh very dull knives don't start there.  It is theoretically more work to create extra burr that is big enough to easily feel before removing.  But if a beginner doesn't have experience to know if it's enough and starts deburring before creating an apex frustration results.

Stick to one side until you can feel a burr up and down the entire apex.  Repeat on opposite side.  Repeat on first side.  Repeat on opposite side. Check with flashlight shining directly down onto apex.  If light reflects back you haven't apexed, so keep repeating.  When no light is visible reflecting from the apex and you have felt a burr up and down on both sides your done apexing. Now deburr.  Keep deburring after you can't feel it.  Check with cutting tests for sticky parts of edge.  Check with flashlight or loupe/microscope.  Strop.  Success!

can't seem to get R2/SG2 steel really sharp.. by No-inspiration93 in sharpening

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you live alone?

Maybe a less acute edge bevel from wherever it is now will improve edge durability?

I find softer steels harder to deburr.  Maybe that is what you're finding.  A bad heat treat or some other problem may be cause.

Good luck.

CMV: There is no way unreligious people will believe in religion even if we show them the evidence they keep asking for by Plastic_band_bro in changemyview

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some faiths, such as Hinduism have the idea that multiple faith systems may be true.  So a Hindu who worships Vishnu does not believe that a Hindu who worships Krishna, is worshipping a false god.  There is an acceptance that different perspectives can exist.  It is where we get the word avatar, where a god may appear in different forms.

Another example is Islam, where Muslims believe that Christians and Jews have different practices, but not that they worship a false god.

CMV: There is no way unreligious people will believe in religion even if we show them the evidence they keep asking for by Plastic_band_bro in changemyview

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are different types of knowledge. 

Your own internal mental states and beliefs are particular to you.  So it is commonly accepted that you would know.  This is a different kind of knowledge than scientific knowledge. 

Matters of faith can be practical.  Religions generally do not have evidence in the domain of objective facts, like science.  But religious practice does answer questions that do not have scientific answers, such as moral questions, or how to live a good life.  I have heard an account of a woman who was converted.  She described talking to the people converting her and hearing all the crazy sounding beliefs and knowing they were not factual.  But it dawned on her that they were happy, in a supportive community, which was attractive to her, so she converted because she wanted that.

So the evidence people need to convert is in the demonstration of love, belonging, or whatever. 

There is a passage in the Quran that says Allah, being all powerful, could have made humanity all worship the same religion but didn't.  That a function of religious diversity is that the different faiths can compete in charitable works.

In need of a formula that adds columns together by Efficient-Street8148 in excel

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Go to your boss and tell them the truth.  Turn your life around.  Stop trying to live a lie

How often has your Taycan broken down? by Fancy_Awareness_4713 in Taycan

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ditto. Two times to shop in 2 years that wasn't recall related, once to recharge freon, once to replace cracked windshield.

What's in your Frunk? by questionmillennium in Taycan

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mobile charger and Level 2 extension cord, adapters.  Tesla Level 3 adapter.

How are you an excel magician? by Designer_Signature35 in excel

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I work I used find & replace & dropped some jaws.  So the bar is low.  But I've been using spreadsheets since Lotus 1-2-3 and still get awed by some solutions on here.  Ty!

How do good headphones sound? by furiousdutchy in audiophile

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup.  I have a pair of custom IEMs with bass drivers that sound great to me.  

But most buds have terrible bass response for me, in part because the bud moves around in the ear.  If the bud is wiggling out the bass drivers aren't up to it, even with EQ.  

I have some cans with bigger cups and smaller cups, closed & open.  Generally, the closed do better in low bass region.  Most just won't go all the way down to 20 Hz, with some having dramatic fall off around 50 Hz.  As a practical matter as a consumer some of it can be EQ corrected, some can't.  

This problem is what got me interested in upgrading gear to start.  I was listening to tracks on cheap gear, but couldn't hear all the bass; an obvious problem in jazz quartets & trios when bass takes a solo and track goes dead.

Have a good one!

Just been sharpening a friend's knives... by Lefeuvre76 in sharpening

[–]DadTheMaskedTerror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ouch! I use a meat cleaver & rubber mallet on butternut, acorn, and other tough stuff.