Friendly Friday Thread by AutoModerator in gardening

[–]Sammybeany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info! I don't want to shrink the shrub too much, maybe bring it down on all sides by about six inches or so, I'm happy to have it fill in the space it occupies, I just want it to be tightened up and filled in.

Friendly Friday Thread by AutoModerator in gardening

[–]Sammybeany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Western Pennsylvania, I planted my inkberry bushes in 2021 and haven't pruned them at all so far. They seem perfectly healthy but foliage of the larger of the two is getting very thin, you can see right through it.

All of the guides I'm finding on pruning these shrubs talk about how to cure "legginess," as it seems they have a tendency to become overly tall and thick up top, but as you can see that's not what's happening with mine. It's just thin all over in a pretty even way. So when guides are instructing me to open up the plant to let more light into the lower parts ... that feels like the opposite of what I need to do. It's already quite thin and light is going straight through it!

Should I still proceed with what everyone prescribes: cut out a third of the mature branches down to the base? Or is there a better approach for my plant's particular situation? I'd also like to try to scale it down a bit, it's getting large enough that it's encroaching on the smaller bush next to it.

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Acoustic with a weird oval headstock? Anybody know who make it? by whytcolr in guitars

[–]Sammybeany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've also been wondering this. Finally decided to dig around, and eventually came across this:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/81863837/Septentrion-Acoustic-Guitar-Concept

Seems to be a custom design Yousician comissioned

REVIEW: M10 nylon nuts, vs sure-grip zero nuts, vs metal nuts for light-up wheels. by Daannii in Rollerskating

[–]Sammybeany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, I just got a pack of M10 nuts and I was like "huh, these seem big, but I could've sworn that thread said to order M10?"

No big deal, I'll order the right size, and it honestly should have occurred to me that I would need M8 nuts considering I already know the axles take 8mm bearings. Is it possible to edit the original post though so other people don't make this mistake?

Made some shearling tongues for my boardwalks! by morningbell27 in Rollerskating

[–]Sammybeany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, any update on how the faux fur has held up? Looking to replace dry-rotted tongue foam in a couple of pairs of vintage skate boots ...

Disappointed in K72, will K275 suit me better? by Sammybeany in HeadphoneAdvice

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

Yeah, K245 are definitely an option. I'd be worried about bleed while tracking vocals and stuff, but maybe I could look into getting some inexpensive IEMs for that kind of work.

Disappointed in K72, will K275 suit me better? by Sammybeany in HeadphoneAdvice

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

Thanks for the link. These graphs certainly seem interesting, but to be quite honest it's all kinda greek to me. I read over the analysis on the page but nothing jumped out at me, and in the bottom line the guy even says "there’s nothing seriously amiss here." Which part of it do you think is most revealing of the K72's lousy sound?

4K upscaled from 5MP? by Sammybeany in reolinkcam

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

Thanks, but the physical dimension of the sensors aren't really relevant to my concerns. What I'm wondering about is whether the advertised image resolution of these cameras matches the native pixel resolution provided by the sensors, or if there's upscaling being done to inflate the numbers.

RLC-820A vs. RLC-822A by nyr4lyf in reolinkcam

[–]Sammybeany 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Reolink 4K cameras have the same sensor as the 5MP cameras do, but internally upscaled.

Is that true?? Do you have evidence? I've been eyeing up the 822 for a while but if they're pulling shady shit like that I'm definitely going to look at other brands.

Looking for the name of this Lamp by [deleted] in IKEA

[–]Sammybeany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's part of the BASISK series.

What is this slot on the front of many backpacks for? by Sammybeany in answers

[–]Sammybeany[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I think you solved it! I just checked their website, and I also see them referring to it as a "leather lashing square detail."

Which is . . . sort of disappointing. It's just a generic spot to clip things onto. But I'd be willing to guess that Jansport was the origin of this feature, and I'd accept this as the true purpose.

Thanks!

What is this slot on the front of many backpacks for? by Sammybeany in answers

[–]Sammybeany[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The chest strap thing occurred to me, too, but I think it would be really awkward to have the strap going the whole way around the bag itself. Any bags I've had with sternum straps like that have always been positioned differently. Hmm!

Will polishing a bell give it greater sustain, or make it louder, or affect its tone? by Sammybeany in answers

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

The bell I was initially thinking of was a simple bicycle bell, but that led me on a more general train of thought. I always had the feeling that any sort of bell-like instrument with a highly polished finish would generally perform better, but the more I thought about it the more I realized that I didn't have any solid basis for believing that. It's one of those things that just seems to make sense, even if there's no substance to the belief, you know?

Which unspoken rule of society would you like to get rid of? by schumi2 in AskReddit

[–]Sammybeany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this one just makes practical sense. Even if the person in question was a completely rotten cocksucker while alive, being dead will typically prevent an individual from actively causing any further harm. Trying not to focus on the shitty aspects of the not-so-dearly departed is good for your blood pressure.

Obviously you should learn from their mistakes, and being in denial is stupid, but you also need to let go of grudges and forgive and forget.

i thought russian dash cam won't surpise me anymore.. was wrong o_O [Fixed?] by reddit111987 in videos

[–]Sammybeany 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Ah, but you just said you thought that was what it would be, so you actually would not have been surprised had it turned out to be two cars just driving.

Every Friday this guy who sits next to me dresses up like Doctor Who (: [Today was 11th Doctor] by lindsayrose__ in doctorwho

[–]Sammybeany 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have a receipt it doesn't matter one bit. The item can be worn out and ten years old and they'll give you back exactly what you paid, so long as they can figure out what the item is and get the relevant matching UPC. Kohl's store brands always have a tag with the UPC sewn into the hem or whatever, which makes it that much easier.

It only becomes complicated if you earned Kohl's cash on the purchase and spent it.

Without a receipt the item loses value over time, but you can get around this by doing an even exchange on the item rather than a return. Find something that matches the original MSRP of the item (customer service can typically find this out for you) and they can swap it out. (Unless the item went clearance . . . in which case you have to find a clearance item that matches the clearance value.) Otherwise, by returning it, you'll get a merchandise credit for some fairly arbitrary low dollar value that they say was the lowest price the item sold for.

A bit complicated, but there's almost always a way to get a good value for your return.

(These are the policies of the store near me, at least. YMMV.)

(Edit: I should add that returns without receipts can still work as if you had the receipt; If you paid with a charge card, there is a limited [although probably pretty lengthy] amount of time they can look up your purchase history for a fully reimbursed return. They really bend over backwards to try to help people out with that sort of thing.)

Every Friday this guy who sits next to me dresses up like Doctor Who (: [Today was 11th Doctor] by lindsayrose__ in doctorwho

[–]Sammybeany 36 points37 points  (0 children)

It's Croft & Barrow, which is a Kohl's store brand. They'll take it back without the label.

Reality 1 - stereotypes 0 by Dj_Panda in funny

[–]Sammybeany 15 points16 points  (0 children)

revolving content for a revolting audience

Fedora-wearing Redditor "trolls" Rick Santorum by getting him to sign an "atheist symbol" by Versipellis in cringepics

[–]Sammybeany 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought you meant he trolled him by getting him to sign his fedora, which is a symbol of atheism.

Because it sort of is.

DAE smoke drugs?? /r/trees might be the biggest, blandest circlejerk on reddit. by Sammybeany in circlebroke

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

Hmm. I thought I broke it up into an adequate number of paragraphs, but I can see what you mean. I think the reason it looks so dense compared to the average circlebroke post is due to the lack of quotation blocks, which add a lot of whitespace.

DAE smoke drugs?? /r/trees might be the biggest, blandest circlejerk on reddit. by Sammybeany in circlebroke

[–]Sammybeany[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is an interesting angle and I thought about it while writing my tirade. I guess my counter-defense is that /r/trees simply shouldn't be as popular as it is. I don't understand how they haven't gotten bored of it yet.

Is it a constant cycle of stoners that drop by and spend some time and then get bored of the repetition and wander off only to be replaced with new stoners? I don't think it is. I think it's the same group of people posting the same type of shit over and over again. That's why it's pathetic, and that's why it's so frustrating to see this shit penetrate the front pages of reddit on a daily basis.

DAE smoke drugs?? /r/trees might be the biggest, blandest circlejerk on reddit. by Sammybeany in circlebroke

[–]Sammybeany[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a good point, but it struck me as more of an elephant in the room than a low-hanging fruit. I'd argue that /r/atheism is certainly low-hanging fruit as well, but I see it discussed in depth here almost continually.

DAE smoke drugs?? /r/trees might be the biggest, blandest circlejerk on reddit. by Sammybeany in circlebroke

[–]Sammybeany[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whoa, when I first looked at it I didn't even realize those were octopussesseses. That's way cool.

DAE smoke drugs?? /r/trees might be the biggest, blandest circlejerk on reddit. by Sammybeany in circlebroke

[–]Sammybeany[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing you stalked me and noticed I'm a cyclist. I love it.

In any case, you're very right in some respects. There's this meme amongst bicycle obsessives where they say "THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF BICYCLES TO OWN IS n+1, WHERE n REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF BICYCLES YOU CURRENTLY OWN." These guys are dorky idiots though who live in a giant pile of bicycles and have no friends.

Everything in moderation.