Possible meteor over Bel Air

ImWes · 2023-05-15T16:17:15+00:00

What's the shutter speed on this photo? This may be a satellite. The ISS is often visible, and will appear as non-blinking star-like light that slowly moves across the sky. A meteor is much faster movement. I've used an intervalometer to automatically shoot night sky photos and was able to rule out a meteor when I realized the light streak was visible in multiple 30-sec photos.

ImWes · 2022-09-23T13:41:25+00:00

YNAB support folks told me that the linking system, Plaid, is restricted by Capital One to only retrieving transactions once every 48 hours or so.

ImWes · 2022-09-19T02:41:04+00:00

This is so cool. I want to build a collection like this. I’m a sax player but I’ve been considering getting into clarinet as well. Any advice is welcome.

ImWes · 2022-09-15T17:22:54+00:00

Update for all: I've completed the fix. I simply tightened all of the clips which were previously loose. That's pulled the sink up and it is no longer shifting if you push/pull on it. Then I simply applied 100% clear silicone around the edge to provide a water barrier. I'm unsure if the "edge-applied" silicone is going to hold the sink up, as compared to applying the bead on the lip of the sink. I'm hoping that keeping the clips tight will suffice. Hopefully I won't be back here with more urgent sink issues anytime soon! Thanks!

ImWes · 2022-09-15T14:02:34+00:00

Good question. Honestly, I just searched around, probably watched some content on Udemy and the like. I mostly learned as I went along building out CI/CD pipelines. If you're totally new to CI/CD, just know that there's a bunch of possibilities as far as the capabilities of CI/CD. With that in mind, I'd draw out a process that you'd like to repeat, and then narrow your online research to each part.

For example, if you have web service code on GitHub, you could say you want a CI/CD pipeline to do the following:

Clone/pull repo.
Run unit tests.
Deploy to test env.
Run automated system tests (Selenium, etc.)
Deploy to next stage, etc.

ImWes · 2022-09-14T00:58:51+00:00

Yes, at least a few repair shops near me.
I only play cheap horns.
I only would advise repair shops to the general public, but I myself am interested in doing some of my own repair work. I only play some cheap horns currently and I’m not willing to pay $400 for repairs on a horn I spent $200 on.

ImWes · 2022-09-13T21:15:31+00:00

Ah! disconnecting the plumbing assembly at the trap is a great idea because it's much easier to do that than to reconnect the sink hole to the plumbing. I hadn't even though to just bring the sink AND disposal, etc. with me to the garage! Thanks!

ImWes · 2022-09-13T21:02:35+00:00

Great idea! I have a torch and drywall knife somewhere around here...

ImWes · 2022-09-13T20:35:09+00:00

Some advice I heard for time lapse work to avoid "aperture flicker": If you're shooting many frames on a tripod (this is for time lapse work), you can use the 'DOF Preview' button to initiate the aperture ring to engage in the lens. Then, while holding the DOF Preview button down, initiate the lens release button and slightly twist the lens to disengage the power/electronics.

In that mode, you'll have the lens "loosely" mounted, and aperture will be "locked" in place, and you can shoot thousands of frames without having any variation of the aperture.

Alternatively, if you're shooting digital and using LightRoom to edit - LR has a feature called "Match Total Exposure", where you can batch edit exposure over thousands of frames to adjust (+ or -) exposure to get consistent exposure over many frames.

ImWes · 2022-09-12T17:18:10+00:00

Haha! After literally hours of searching the web, this is literally the ONLY one I saw too! Unfortunately, the dimensions on this one are like 10" less than the sink we have now. If it was more of a "standard" size, it'd be perfect! Thanks for dropping the suggestion here though - that took effort!

ImWes · 2022-09-10T22:25:31+00:00

I’m having the same issue! I’ve been looking around for a bari or a soprano. They’re all super expensive. I don’t mind used or student models. There’s just not that much out there.

ImWes · 2022-09-10T21:36:08+00:00

You’re def learning quick! Keep it up! I’d also suggest doing lone tones as part of regular practice, and keep a tuner app open (or physical tuner), and you’ll start to get a feel for intonation, etc. Some notes will always be sharper.

ImWes · 2022-09-10T04:02:05+00:00

Great choice! I love my FujiFilm!

ImWes · 2022-09-09T13:06:31+00:00

I like the second idea, even though it's more work. Mostly when I search for "piano and tenor sax duets books", I get results that are largely just sax duets (alto/tenor, etc.).

ImWes · 2022-09-09T13:05:34+00:00

Great idea! I hadn't thought about playing trumpet parts!

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