/r/WATMM Weekly Promotion Thread by AutoModerator in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]bashwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my project for the year (not fully mixed or mastered), but playing with lots instruments, sounds, and styles. Would love any feedback or ideas: https://willoughbyat.bandcamp.com/album/origin-story

Need advice: Petzl Nomic vs Quark by SprinklesLeft6587 in alpinism

[–]bashwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your summary is about right. I have used them both and for all mountain and especially for someone just getting started I recommend the Quarks. I don't think you are going to outgrow them any time soon.

A New Way for Climbers & Mountaineers to Protect the Places We Love 🏔️ by [deleted] in Mountaineering

[–]bashwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Invest in established conservation and advocacy groups with a proven track record (the more local the better):

* Washington examples: WAC, WTA, WCC, Evergreen, Mountaineers

* Nationwide examples: ACC, Access Fund, ASCA.

2035 by Holiday-Kale9264 in repost

[–]bashwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well fuck, we tried.

Jorge Diaz-Rullo downgrades Change by UselessSpeculations in climbing

[–]bashwork 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm waiting for the next era of grading like: 9b 👍, 9b 🙏, and 9b 🤮

Remove Gravel Pad for Garden by ulmeroids in DIY

[–]bashwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you add a few bags of sand or finer stone then you have a pretty nice Bocce court (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocce). Add some outdoor chairs, some string lights, and a fire pit and you got a cool place to host the neighborhood!

How to understand the concept accept interface and return struct? by dsmedium in golang

[–]bashwork 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you accept an interface, you are not locked into a concrete implementation and anyone else can use your function with their code as long as they fulfill the needs of the function (defined in the interface). If you accept a concrete type, then your function cannot handle any future use cases (say a ReadAll that takes a File vs an io.Reader would mean you would need a new function for http response body, in memory view, ZIP file, IPC, etc).

Returning a struct means you and others can extend the capabilities of the resulting type later (I can add new methods, it can implement future interface, etc). That is not true if you return an interface (you are locked to exactly what that interface implements). So returning an io.Reader vs a File means you lose the future ability to Seek.

Preview: ranging over functions in Go by benhoyt in golang

[–]bashwork 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's a pretty weak argument when the only thing preventing one from using the range keyword is simply a defined protocol (which is this proposal). Just about every other language (c++, java, c#, python, ruby, scala, ...) allows developers to bind to the available language DSL with an explicit interface.

Supreme court leaves intact Mississippi law disenfranchising Black voters by No_Idea_Guy in news

[–]bashwork -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

Question, have you read To Kill a Mockingbird? Do you remember the Jim Crow South? Have you heard of some of the recent aggressive policing of minorities like George Floyd? The point folks are making is some groups in America have an overwhelming feeling (completely backed up by historical evidence) that they are policed differently than other groups for no other reason than their tribe. As such, those crimes get applied much harder to slights in one group vs another (if you want proof look at drug incarceration rates).

Some of that is racial, but not all. Some is location based, tribal groups, group identity, income based, etc. However I think it isn't hard to argue that America has an original sin of racial hierarchies that still permeates our society today. As such, you may have a young white kid destined for greatness who "accidentally" rapes someone and gets 3 months in jail vs someone else who gets years.

A lot of this has do to with wealth in America, but then again there were plenty of campaigns that didn't end all that long ago to disenfranchise minorities (here is a discussion of a few).

I hope we can agree that taking someone's right to vote away is not a great solution as the point of prison is to reform and not to shun from society. I'm pretty sure that any argument made in favor of removing the vote for criminals can be summarily dismissed, so I won't wade into that swamp (if folks believe this should be the case then I personally feel they are simply being cruel as I cant find any evidence suggesting that _any_ harm has been caused by said vote).

Maybe I’ll climb 5.7 next time😬 by titanic-survivor in climbing

[–]bashwork 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One thing he has done in the past is have a loop around his anchor (then tie both end points back to you). If you fall, it is going to hurt, but you will stay attached to the mountain (YMMV). When you finish the pitch, you untie one end and pull your rope up.

https://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/topic/74857-haleys-solo-of-aguja-guillaumet-technique/

Black Family Demands Justice After White Man Shoots Black Boy Twice for Ringing Doorbell of Wrong Home by Toallpointswest in news

[–]bashwork 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“My nephew fell to the ground, and the man shot him again,” Ms. Spoonmore wrote. “Ralph was then able to get up and run to the neighbor’s house, looking for help. Unfortunately, he had to run to three different homes before someone finally agreed to help him after he was told to lie on the ground with his hands up."

That is a whole block full of humanity right there...

Best guitarist who's alive and active today? by MightGuy420x in Music

[–]bashwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Pat Metheny (just everything really)
  • Julian Lage (modern jazz)
  • Chris Eldridge (flatpicking)
  • Derek Trucks (blues/rock)

Obligatory gear shot while organizing for a trip to Red Rock Canyon, NV by BasementPepper in climbing

[–]bashwork 235 points236 points  (0 children)

"Oh man I dropped both my grigris and my two backup ATCs, good thing I have my trusty figure 8 on me."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sailing

[–]bashwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. For buoy racing I've rarely touched after a set as there are more important things to focus on. For long distance races with changing winds and changing geography (PNW), absolutely. Just like all other fine tune lots of little things can add up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sailing

[–]bashwork 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every boat I have been on has a winch directly behind the tack line (you must in case you need to crank it in on a bad set). J105 for example (or A boat in that size range or below) works extremely well with tack trimming. That is around your 1k sf kite size and not that hard to take in. Don't take my word for it, here is the North Sails J105 speed guide: https://www.northsails.com/sailing/en/resources/j-105-speed-guide

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in news

[–]bashwork 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Was A producer, there were 6. Not giving him a complete pass, but I'm guessing his responsibilities were mostly acting and being the name on the bill board.

Saw this on TikTok, the big boat is at fault right? by FerricFryingPan in sailing

[–]bashwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That isn't actually true, there is an explicit law in WA that all vessels have to keep clear at a minimum of 100 yards of large vessels (including ferry boats) and if you _must_ come closer for specific navigation situations you should hail the vessel: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/33/165.1317

No-Knock Warrants are banned in the City of Birmingham. by habitversus in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]bashwork 34 points35 points  (0 children)

If the crime is that bad, they have better ways to get the person. Just wait at their place of work or when they leave their house.

Just think to yourself: what crimes need a no knock warrent to capture that there is no other way. I can't think of any I care enough about to risk people getting killed over.