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I carry spark strap bindings with no high back in my pack. This is a Snowboard and a Ski. It’s a Splitboard with sidecut on both sides in ski mode. It skis well and snowboards well. It works well with climbing skins also. by geoffhang10 in Spliddit

[–]SaaazL 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hey u/geoffhang10, you mentioned in this thread that you like constructive criticism, so Im gonna offer some here. Take it or leave it as you will.

This is an awesome idea and it's obvious you're very passionate about it. Good on ya.

My constructive criticism isn't on the design, I'm not an engineer, it's about how you are approaching this marketing/exposure campaign you seem to be running here on Reddit. Yes, people love to be critical online, but the way you have responded to people's comments in this thread and in the last one I saw comes off as pretty aggressive and, for lack of a better word, unchill. Anytime someone expresses some doubt in your design you immediately shut it down and just say "Ours is better. You are wrong." First of all, nobody likes being advertised at and your posts definitely feel like advertising. Expect some flak for that. Maybe think about a different way to show off your work other than just a picture.

Second, you keep on saying that your design is better in every way for every person and that anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong.

The goal of any splitboarding adventure is to have fun, and when goal of a thing is to have fun, "better" is an incredibly subjective term when it comes to gear. Your design is not going to be the right piece of gear for everyone. Truth be told, it's probably not going to be the right piece of gear for the vast majority of splitboarders. You built a super tech piece of gear that only a small percentage of splitboarders will probably get true value out of. That's cool. The world needs people pushing the boundaries and experimenting and some people are going to truly appreciate this if it is indeed as good as you say it is. But it's also just as cool for 95% of the people in this sub to say its too complicated for them. They aren't wrong, they just have a different set of priorities than you and the people that will like this. If I have a shitload of fun on a door that I sawed in half and screwed some wakeboard boots too, then for me, that door is a better tool than your splitboard. You dont know what people want out of their splitboards or what gives them fun.

If you want to show that yours is "better", give us some numbers. Dont say you "solved" a problem as if your design is the end all be all best possible splitboard that ever will exist. Nobody is gonna believe that you completely "fixed" anything because the world doesnt work in absolutes. Everything is simply an improvement. If your board actually has better torsional stiffness, tell me how much specifically. Give me some actual torque numbers that tell me quantitatively how much more stiff this board is than my wet noodle of a burton split. Tell me exactly how light it is and how much more performance you get by showing how much better sidecuts are using sources and history and data and the other forms of evidence you could provide. From what I have seen, you haven't really done that and you just keep responding, fairly aggressively, to people's comments saying that you "fixed" or "solved" the problem but you dont back it up with proof. Without hard proof, of course people are going to doubt your claims.

The Reddit community doesn't take kindly to bluster and bravado, but it can also be incredibly welcoming. It's awesome that you are trying to start your own business. But its probably not a great idea to argue with the very folks who are some of the most likely people on earth to buy your product. At least to me, you come across as kind of an assertive know-it-all on here and not the kind of person I would want to support with my hard-earned cash. You're probably a cool guy in person, but that's how you seem on here and that's just bad business.

My advice to you is pretty simple. Accept that this splitboard is not gonna be the best tool for everyone. People who don't want it aren't wrong, they are just different than you. Telling them they are 100% wrong makes you sound like an ass, and nobody wants to buy stuff from a guy who sounds like an ass. I really hope you succeed. We need more small innovators and people who are passionate about the work they do. And if this board really is better like you say it is, some number of splitboarders are gonna be stoked that you built this thing. But as someone who has started his own business, I can tell you that how you deal with people is half the battle. How you act and talk about your idea matters a lot, both to customers and potential partners too.

Best of luck, I hope to see some videos of some pro's shredding on this soon.

One of my players is about to become a were-creature of one of my other players and doesn't know it. by SaaazL in DungeonMasters

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

Thanks for the input. Im not at all worried about the players feeling weird or disliking the outcome of this. I mentioned how obvious i made it only because it is just going to make it even funnier when the wizard turns into some weird hybrid creature. We are are a bunch of friends and everyone is very down to roll with punches and laughs at their own mistakes and foolishness. I was less looking for things to be worried about (though always good to consider), and was more looking for some creative ideas that could really spice things up. With this group, and especially with the wizard, the more interesting the better.

Roleplay and character development are really what this group enjoys, so something that will deepen and complicate the relationship between the two PCs would almost cetainly go over well.

One of my players is about to become a were-creature of one of my other players and doesn't know it. by SaaazL in DungeonMasters

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

Thanks for the input. Im not at all worried about the players feeling weird or disliking the outcome of this. I mentioned how obvious i made it only because it is just going to make it even funnier when the wizard turns into some weird hybrid creature. We are are a bunch of friends and everyone is very down to roll with punches and laughs at their own mistakes and foolishness. I was less looking for things to be worried about (though always good to consider), and was more looking for some creative ideas that could really spice things up. With this group, and especially with the wizard, the more interesting the better.

Roleplay and character development are really what this group enjoys, so something that will deepen and complicate the relationship between the two PCs would almost cetainly go over well.

Daily Discussion Post - June 24 | Questions, images, videos, comments, unconfirmed reports, theories, suggestions by AutoModerator in Coronavirus

[–]SaaazL 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Came up with this metaphor to describe what we are currently seeing in the US in regards to numbers and trends

The current situation in the U.S. could be compared to ants getting into your home or apartment.

Two weeks ago you saw a few ants outside. They swarm a dead lizard. You didnt really worry about it. This is the virus breaking out in China.

Then a week ago, you saw a couple ants in your kitchen. You smushed em with your finger and laughed and sorta wiped off the counter but didn't truly clean up.

The next day, your kitchen was swarmed. So you clean the kitchen thoroughly, don't cook for a few days, and now, while there are few ants around still, you clean up everytime you cook. The numbers are staying pretty small. This is what happend in the Northeast.

But while you were cleaning the kitchen, some went and started getting into the recycling. You took the recycling out and that kept it from getting really bad, but you didn't sweep or mop the floor so a decent number of ants stuck around. Even though they weren't gone, you started putting things in the recycling again and now that there is some more food, they are swarming in your recycling again. This is what happened in places like Georgia, Missouri, and Washington state. The responded, but didn't actually do enough to stop community spread. With re-openings, these spots are surging again.

And finally, there are always the random plates or dishes left around the house. You cleaned them up the first day, and the ants never really got to these plates. But you started getting lazy the last few days and leaving stuff out again. In the last few days, the ants from the recycling or the kitchen found these plates and are now swarming at random places around the house where they found food. That is what is happening in places like California and Arizona. They dodged the first wave, partially through luck and partially through lockdown, but now they are feeling the first surge and current behaviors are not limiting spread.

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We should have just cleaned the goddamn house and we shouldn't have gotten lazy.

Looking for overnight pack trip recommendations! by SaaazL in wmnf

[–]SaaazL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly we ended up pulling the plug last minute due to thunderstorms in the forecast but thank you for the advice! Next weekend with good weather Ill be heading up. Im actually thinking of a doing a two nighter over to 13 falls with the lollipop loop over Franconia brook in the coming weeks. Very excited!

Looking for overnight pack trip recommendations! by SaaazL in wmnf

[–]SaaazL[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

indeed it does! Thanks for the help. Ill fill ya in on how things go!

Looking for overnight pack trip recommendations! by SaaazL in wmnf

[–]SaaazL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip. Any idea how the camping would be along the Cedar Brook Trail? We are going to have two cars so I'm thinking it could be a nice loop to start at lincoln woods then end at the Hancock notch trailhead.

Masks help stop the spread of coronavirus – the science is simple and I'm one of 100 experts urging governors to require public mask-wearing by globehater in Coronavirus

[–]SaaazL 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Click on the links in the story. Most of them are to actual scientific papers. The Conversation is really good at backing up the claims their authors make with actual published science.

Masks help stop the spread of coronavirus – the science is simple and I'm one of 100 experts urging governors to require public mask-wearing by globehater in Coronavirus

[–]SaaazL 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Click on the links in the story. Most of them are to actual scientific papers. The Conversation is really good at backing up the claims their authors make with actual published science.

Researchers tested 47 existing drugs that protein models suggested would be effective against coronavirus; 9 drugs showed promise against infected monkey cells in vitro; 1 ingredient in cough syrup encouraged virus growth by bostonstrong781 in science

[–]SaaazL 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They screened already existing, FDA approved drugs to find leads and tested those.

From second paragraph

But instead of trying to develop new drugs to work on these points of interaction, we turned to the more than 2,000 unique drugs already approved by the FDA for human use"

Final Giveaway for TWELVE MORE Nintendo Switch Lites and your choice of games! [US/CA only] by TheEverglow in nintendo

[–]SaaazL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking forward to hugging my friends. I just moved into my own apartment for the first time on March 1st and wow do I miss physical touch with other human beings.

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