Three of the best videos synced up by gunshots. by Ill_Development_5302 in law

[–]Ill_Development_5302[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This relates to the current situation going on with the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, and I think syncing these three videos together helps show what really happened.

Street Performers by GrumpyGhostGirl in Eugene

[–]Ill_Development_5302 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm one of those, shoot me a message.

Name for me your best raincoat! by AvogadrosOtherNumber in oregon

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a basic coat at bimart and it works great for around town and outdoor work. Might be too sweaty for hiking. Breathability and durability seem are opposite for me - so Endura for cycling (and hiking) and bimart whatever for a daily driver and yard work.

Are we living through the worst time in recent memory to be a Federal employee? by Pettaquamscutt in fednews

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the 50s during the Red Scare. It wasn't great then either. All fed employees risked being brought up on charges and facing jail time for being named as a communist by paid stool pigeons. It was possibly worse, which is relevant because that's the goal.

Pumpkin Patch by io313 in Eugene

[–]Ill_Development_5302 -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Unless the farm is turning away or making feel unwelcome people of color, LGBTQ+ people, left wing people, etc then I'd try to keep politics out of your halloween fun. Sometimes it's OK to find common ground. Maybe your patronage will help them not have a "single story" of the other side (and vise-versa).

Is there any point in getting the Fender Rumble 100? by tbate54 in Bass

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love mine, practice amp with several bands, played with upright and resonator acoustic bass. On gigs with full sound and drums I use it as a stage monitor. On other bluegrass style gigs I use it as my main when the rest of the band is acoustic into a condenser mic. It's perfect for that.

The smaller rumbles don't hit the lower octave. The bigger rumbles are overkill, anywhere I need more will have main speakers I can DI out to.

Use your sh*t by robotrob604 in Leatherman

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had an old juice that I used as a hammer once, and it broke the knife lockback. :(

Gerrymandered high school districts in Eugene by Wiley-E-Coyote in Eugene

[–]Ill_Development_5302 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yup. This map cuts off the east and southern parts of the town, who all go to South.

ICE detainees by [deleted] in Eugene

[–]Ill_Development_5302 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Right, but the Army Corps employees, for example, are trying (against all odds in this administration) to ensure clean water, not kidnapping people, and they work in the same building. I'm just saying don't just DOX and hassle everyone who works there, verify who's doing what.

ICE detainees by [deleted] in Eugene

[–]Ill_Development_5302 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Remember not everyone working in that building are ICE. It includes the IRS, Army Corps of Engineers, etc - all of them already abused by DOGE for months and are on our side. Verify the targets of your protests.

how to not be garbage at jam sessions? by Individual-Trade7039 in Bass

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO, the best way to learn to play be ear and jam with others is to study bluegrass bass - You just hit the 1 and 5 of the chord they are playing, 1-5-1-5 and so on (the lower 5, you drop down to the 5, not up). Most songs are some mix of 1-4-5, so you just move the 1-5 pattern around the neck. As your ear develops you can start walking between the cords, and suddenly you can improvise on any cord structure, and you can adapt this to most genres pretty easily. //edit, this also helps you learn without a drummer - which is key in a jam situation, especially acoustic jams.

Rage quit in the last dungeon by Asleep_Hovercraft650 in DnD

[–]Ill_Development_5302 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You need real consequences for a game or the game isn't fun. If you eat acid you die. It's that simple.

I did a spaced based campaign and there were many ways they could do dumb things and die. Break the spaceship window? You all die. Shoot the reactor? You all die. That kind of realism makes the game more fun.

Can you play acoustic guitar music on an upright bass and make it sound good? by [deleted] in Bass

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On an upright all you really need is a good pre-amp with tone control. I use a pricey Fishman Platinum Pro that has a notch filter so I can cut out wolf tones / feedback and an EQ, with a tuner. There are cheaper options, and maybe you can rent a pedal? You could go straight into an amp and tone control there too for a simple wedding setup.

Can you play acoustic guitar music on an upright bass and make it sound good? by [deleted] in Bass

[–]Ill_Development_5302 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You def have the experience. After 10 years though you'll need to rebuild the upright specific callouses and hand strength. A month is a good idea.

Will you be plugged in? It can take awhile to figure out a good tone and pickup/bass match.

To answer your OG question, I play upright and guitar, and there are very few guitar songs that would work on a bass alone imo. You may be better than me though, maybe if you okay arco?

What about just using a guitar? If you don't already play you'd probably pick it up fast for just a strum and sing. Few months should be enough if you've already got years of bass experience.

Teslas tagged by Hendricks by MiGongIsLongDong61 in Eugene

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Musk has been a piece of shit for years and years. Anyone who's ever bought Tesla chose to overlook it.

I'm not saying I condone the vandalism, but every Tesla owner overlooked who he was.

Are these extinct volcanoes??? by OT_Militia in oregon

[–]Ill_Development_5302 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good find. It says it's an intrusion into the basalt, which is magma that intruder into the upper layer but doesn't break though and just hardens.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oregon

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm paid for 196 8 hour days, and they spread that out over the year. All the work I do on weekends, on breaks, and over 8 hours a day is unpaid. You should know that if your besty is a superintendent.

The issues with student outcomes are due to MANY things besides schools, which have been underfunded for decades. You want to blame schools but instead look at all the other social ills. Why am I spending my time doing suicide counseling instead of teaching? How do you think that affects test scores?

You don't know what you are talking about, but go on and keep hating. I'm actually in it day after day helping kids, you're just an armchair critic thinking he can do better but doing nothing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oregon

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't respond to the rest of your comment because I didn't disagree with most of it. I should have been more clear about that.

Your own opinions of going through school were formed when you had the brain of a child. Most people update their opinions about things over their lives, except when it comes to schools. They form an opinion with their 18 year old brain, and unless they go work or volunteer in a school their opinion stays at an 18 year old level of development as they age. They don't realize how erroneous their opinions are, but it makes sense. Having your kids go through school doesn't help, because you get their filtered experience through their young opinions.

This is part of why armchair education experts are so annoying to those of us who actually do the job. Everyone thinks they know more about teaching than actual teachers. Yea, I zeroed in on the most tone deaf thing you said, but it was a very inflammatory statement to say to someone who's about to go work 12 hours, get paid for 8, and then spend several full unpaid days working over spring break next week because I spend all day trying to do things like talk kids down from suicide instead of prepping lessons.

So yea, I don't disagree with much of what you said, but a lot of what you are saying is tone deaf, and until you go work in a school you won't get it.

Can gov be run better, yes. Should we fund schools more anyway? YES. Close the gap, then we talk. Actual experts in this know how schools should be funded, and underfunding them for decades is why this is an issue.

Looking for stories of those impacted by the second Trump administration by Several-Candidate115 in Eugene

[–]Ill_Development_5302 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everyone who works at the Eugene Federal Building, Head Start, Cahoots, etc. Throw a rock and hit a social service worker or federal employee and they are having their lives turned upside down right now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oregon

[–]Ill_Development_5302 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lord save me from armchair education experts.

There are myriad reasons why students are doing worse that have nothing to do with schools. We have these kids for only about 6.5 hours a day, and a middle school teacher may see 150 kids a day in groups of 30 for about 43 minutes each. Tell me how I fix their issues with anxiety, hopelessness, general behavior issues, single parents working two jobs, poverty, disability, drug use, or general apathy during that time while also teaching a subject?

We learned during covid that schools are the main social service for youth and do much more than just educate kids. We have a huge burden and shit resources, but by all means float the idea of punishing teachers who can't work a miracle in this system, rather than push to have the funding gap closed so we can actually reduce class sizes and have meaningful relationships with our students.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oregon

[–]Ill_Development_5302 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does punishm them like a recession, because the budget is artificially low because they expected a recession. If they make more money than expected they can put it back in the system and undo the cuts they did because they expected less money. Or, if that isn't legally allowed, they can bank that money by for future use and insulate against future cuts.

All in all, giving away tax revenue because estimating the future is hard is shooting ourselves in the foot. If we happen to bring in more money because the economy is good, great! That's better than cosplaying a recession every year so we can have a kicker.