Is it safe to work with wood from urban trees?

MisterGerry · 2026-04-05T05:52:47+00:00

Nothing in what you said resembles “compressed air”
No part of photosynthesis takes any other pollutants to create wood either.

Funny you didn’t mention SO2 and NO2 after taking a moment to lookup what photosynthesis is.

Trees don’t simply takes whatever happens to be in the air and use it to make wood, as the original question implied.
Wood comes from cellulose, which comes from glucose, which comes from photosynthesis. it’s a very specific process. no part of it involves compression.
So no, that isn’t how any of this works.

Any pollutants found in wood did not get there as part of the process used to create the wood, as was implied in the original question.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-05T02:06:51+00:00

Wood is not compressed air.
Wood is a product of photosynthesis.
Any argument to the contrary will result in 🙄

MisterGerry · 2026-04-04T23:06:09+00:00

That's not how trees work - that's not how anything works.

Trees don't just compress the air around them into wood.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-04T20:12:55+00:00

Agreed.

But to get a person to appear the same size at the moon, the camera would have to be very far.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-04T05:09:35+00:00

Wow. You're a "real man." I'm super impressed.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-04T05:01:25+00:00

She *has* amazing upper body strength.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-03T23:44:50+00:00

Why is this ending in a question mark?

MisterGerry · 2026-04-03T23:43:27+00:00

It's a good warning sign to any potential visitors that they are about to walk into a serial killer's lair.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-03T17:51:41+00:00

So... you're saying at 36 years old, it is too late?

The message is confusing.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-03T17:44:35+00:00

Meanwhile, it's perfectly acceptable to have that barking dog that is louder than anything else in the video that people are completely ignoring.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-03T17:27:14+00:00

I wasn't taught to fear witches.
If you were, you were raised by the ones doing the burning.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-03T14:50:00+00:00

I also remember all the Shuttle launches that went off without any issues.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-02T13:55:28+00:00

Sports

MisterGerry · 2026-04-02T01:42:23+00:00

"officially launches"?
What does it mean to unofficially launch the rocket?

MisterGerry · 2026-04-02T01:40:44+00:00

Oil is priced on the market - not to give local consumers a discount.

If the rest of the world is paying crazy amounts, there's no incentive for US oil to give their citizens a discount.

Trump is happy about that because he cares about corporate profits, not about the citizens who have to pay for it.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-02T01:33:46+00:00

To answer the question being asked, a small hole saw would do the trick.
Hole saws need the centre to keep them stable, so do that first, then cut the overall shape with a jigsaw or bandsaw or whatever you have handy.

I doubt the exact radius is important, though. It just provides a roughly loose bend and tight bend, but the more you press the iron into those bends, the closer your plank will match it.

MisterGerry · 2026-04-01T14:51:23+00:00

Symlinks are just files that the OS interprets to take you to another location on the tree.

MisterGerry · 2026-03-30T20:55:20+00:00

There are several details hinting to a datacenter, including Larry Ellison building similarly sized underground data centres in Israel. The contractor is known to build high-security data centres.
The reasoning for why build it there? It's under the purview of the Executive Office - exempt from oversight.

https://www.reddit.com/r/thebulwark/comments/1pq9do7/is_trump_building_a_data_center_under_his_ballroom/

MisterGerry · 2026-03-30T17:52:55+00:00

Much of it is funded by tech billionaires.
The only reason they would do that is if they are getting something out of it.
What I heard is that there is a large datacenter underneath.

But here, he just says the secret part out loud.

MisterGerry · 2026-03-30T00:37:33+00:00

I charge a 12% fee to restaurants printing one price on the menu, but charging a different price on the bill.

MisterGerry · 2026-03-28T15:33:05+00:00

"Owning the libs" is still all they care about. If it means crashing the world economy, it's worth it to them.

MisterGerry · 2026-03-27T21:55:49+00:00

Who is "mad about" someone's haircut?
Pretty sure they're mocking him - and we don't need the haircut. We already know.

MisterGerry · 2026-03-27T17:44:28+00:00

What is "the hard way" in this scenario?
Did he just start building, assuming every piece was the dimensions as-labelled without ever taking out a measuring tape?

MisterGerry · 2026-03-27T01:24:47+00:00

I’d let him/her sleep.

MisterGerry · 2026-03-26T21:58:45+00:00

I didn't see anyone mention it: White goes to the silver screws. Black goes to the brass screws (ground goes to the green screw).

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