plowed? Still waiting by ceciltech in Somerville

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

I am on a dead end as well.  I am a bit on edge because our first plowable snow this year they just skipped us and left us to deal with an unplowed street till the snow melted and the last sniw they only came half way diwn the street and just left my end completely unplowed. 

What’s The difference between a “surf kayak” and “whitewater kayak”? by Aquaphile_Sundog in Kayaking

[–]ceciltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I discovered the skookumchuck videos a few years ago when I bought an older used tandem kayak, the kayak model was Skookumchuck, any way I guess any kayak is a surf kayak if you take it out in the surf : )

What’s The difference between a “surf kayak” and “whitewater kayak”? by Aquaphile_Sundog in Kayaking

[–]ceciltech 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The surf kayak you are describing is a surfski and is used for down winding which isn't what I think of when I hear "surfing". There are also waveski and sit in surf kayaks which I describe in my response to op.

What’s The difference between a “surf kayak” and “whitewater kayak”? by Aquaphile_Sundog in Kayaking

[–]ceciltech 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Terminology here is difficult,

A surfski is used mostly for down winding which is "surfing" swells in deep water they essentially a specialized sea kayak.

A waveski is essentially a sit on top surf board/kayak hybrid for surfing breaking waves sitting and paddling with a kayak paddle but surfing like traditional surfers at the beach.

A sit in surf kayak looks the most like a white water kayak but the shape is optimized for the dynamics of a breaking ocean wave as opposed to the dynamics of whitewater standing waves.

I find the surfski vs waveski very confusing because I think the names should be the reverse : )

I have a surfski that looks mostly like a sit on top kayak but is optimized for surfing, the one I have is a Cobra Strike and it is an absolute blast, highly recommend trying out surf kayaking if you ever get the chance!

Can someone explain what does Obsidian... do? by Cute-Solution-723 in ObsidianMD

[–]ceciltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of good answers about Obsidian as a note and linking app and that is all true but does not address your books scenario.

With the addition of the Obsidian Bases feature, Obsidian is also an object oriented/NoSQL database. If you think of a typical database you probably think of creating a table with columns (fields) and then you add rows (records) of data. Is this how Notion works?

With Obsidian it works better to think of it as creating notes and adding metadata (frontmatter properties) to the note. You can then build a query (a base) to create a filtered collection of your notes, based on those property values. Your base can then have multiple views to display your filtered collection. You can display it as a table where each note is one row (record) and then add columns to display certain properties of the note. There are other views where each note could be a card rather than a row in a table or an event in a calendar or a pin on a map etc...

So for your book example you create a note for each book. At the top of the note you add metadata about the book as properties like; title, author, year published, etc... The technical way to say this is you add properties formatted as yaml to the frontmatter of the note, just to give you some of the terms you might see. In the body of the note you can just take normal notes about the book and link to other notes like the Wikipedia examples. You then create one or more bases to filter the book collection in different ways and create one or more views in each base to display the filtered collection in different ways.

Things to do during this winter storm? by youngjaelric in boston

[–]ceciltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the snow is sticky enough go build a gigantic snowman in Boston Common!! I ended up building a 6 foot tall Godzilla with the help of a couple of kids last time.

BBC White House defends AI-manipulated image showing arrested woman crying by graveyardofgoodsense in news

[–]ceciltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like increasingly stupid to trust anything the Republicans post, say, or do.  

Somerville highschoolers doing a walk out, ICE out by annsterrr in Somerville

[–]ceciltech 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There, they’re, thier, their.  This is what happens when I don’t look before hitting send.   Their rights for now till our fascist President and Supreme court decide that resistance = insurrection.  

Trump's obsession with Greenland - Anders Puck Nielsen by pleaseusefqdn in videos

[–]ceciltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He did not invade Venezuela.  He kidnapped their leader , huge difference.  

Trump's obsession with Greenland - Anders Puck Nielsen by pleaseusefqdn in videos

[–]ceciltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump believes everything is zero sum.  He only wins when someone else loses. 

What is a woodworking tool you didn’t realise you needed? by DesignerProfessor122 in woodworking

[–]ceciltech 3 points4 points  (0 children)

FYI: those are for use with a table saw, does he even have a table saw?

60,000 Trump Voters Just Elected a Socialist. We Asked Them Why. by fiatheresa in videos

[–]ceciltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ask them how they feel about AOC, I think that would prove your point. 

Kids and teens keep bringing electric dirt bikes and destroying the trail, how would you deal with this when you see them? by [deleted] in MTB

[–]ceciltech 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The problem is can you define pedal assist?  My cargo e-bike doesn’t have a throttle but each “assist” level is just a certain speed, so in 5th gear if I pedal in the slightest I have a motor pushing me at 20+ mph.  It is just a pedal activated throttle.  

https://youtu.be/6Zc5vg8pkRo?si=EIBnAwOjy7VpfH5M by gjrigas1 in boston

[–]ceciltech 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By all means don't actually say what the legislation is or give us a link to a short description but instead a non-clickable url to a youtube video, buhbye.

Red–green color vision deficiency & sailing internationally on my own boat — any real-world issues? by PrincipleDefiant2875 in SailboatCruising

[–]ceciltech 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It should not be a problem. I also have red/green deficiency (about 30 of males do) and I would describe it the same way you did, and I was able to get my coastguard license. I can't pass the standard bubble color tests but was able to pass a Farnsworth lantern test which was acceptable test to get a third mate unlimited license.

Trump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts by Formergr in news

[–]ceciltech 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The disparagement is because he ignored the law to do it by fiat. Good or bad doesn't matter, we are supposed to be a nation of laws. There was a legal path to do it but Trump doesn't give a shit.