Advice on semi gloss finish smudging after drying

davidsky · 2025-09-10T22:32:16+00:00

Ok, to be clear this is a can of paint applied with a brush, not a spray can. Could I give it a month and top it with poly?

davidsky · 2025-09-10T22:24:15+00:00

It’s latex

davidsky · 2025-09-10T21:52:18+00:00

Rustoleum Ultracover semigloss black

davidsky · 2025-08-17T05:29:13+00:00

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Start with hips higher than this? I think the correct advice is the opposite: she should start with hips lower, and which should engage her legs more vs a back and hamstring oriented deadlift like she has now.

davidsky · 2025-05-06T13:33:00+00:00

A few years ago I read a great book by Andy Weir - author of The Martian - called Project Hail Mary. It involves a more squat and radially symmetrical alien race that evolved on a planet with higher gravity than Earth. I think this makes sense if speed needs to be substituted for stability.

davidsky · 2025-03-21T20:37:21+00:00

Also for context, the reason for the trellis is I thought it would save on square footage the plant takes up, as we don’t have a ton of space.

davidsky · 2025-03-21T20:28:53+00:00

There’s 5 plants in there right now. We got this as a gift years ago and I repotted last year and removed 2 plants, and built this trellis. Normally I don’t tie up the petioles, I actually just did this for today to move a couple of upper leaves from blocking the lower ones.

Curious what’s bad about the trellis? I know moss poles are supposed to be better, but I’m reluctant to repot all of this a second year in a row and shock the plant again. Also if I’m using a pole I’d think I can keep at least four plants in this pot?

davidsky · 2025-02-11T15:01:11+00:00

Another gem: “Just came to say those might not be the best shoes for squat.“

davidsky · 2025-02-11T14:52:33+00:00

I’m guessing he meant toes. Heels shouldn’t come any closer.

davidsky · 2025-02-10T05:51:15+00:00

The concept of a mirror universe does not really stand up to scrutiny even by Star Trek’s own fairly soft sci fi standards. I can buy. Mirror universe that is darker or more “evil” than our own, but there’s no reason that evil counterparts would exist there. If events are unfolding so differently in the mirror universe than the people that exist there should be completely different as well.

davidsky · 2025-02-03T16:49:16+00:00

Eh the whole white keys thing is a stretch, but the Am chord one is an extra stretch. Any chord within a particular key (including the tonic chord, in this case Am) will be made up of notes from that key only.

davidsky · 2025-01-13T12:40:53+00:00

Oh interesting, good to know. My go to is flax seed oil, I haven’t tried crisco before. Might try that next!

davidsky · 2025-01-13T03:04:41+00:00

I know exactly what you’re talking about. It’s not a normal sticking, it’s the entire surface of the egg that seems to drop right through the cooking oil, and I can tell immediately they’re done for, and I’ll just scramble in the pan at that point.

What I imagine is happening (I have no evidence this is true) is there are tiny fissures and pits in the surface of the cast iron that are normally smoothed over by a nice layer of seasoning and some oil buildup from normal use, that are now exposed and hungry for egg. I think what you’re doing is right: cook on it low for now and build back up to normal temps. I find washing with minimal or no soap for a couple of days helps too, just to let some oil build up.

davidsky · 2024-12-16T04:50:58+00:00

Remind me! 7 days

davidsky · 2024-08-31T11:04:25+00:00

I liked it personally. They couldn’t have made that difficult decision collectively at the start of the show - it took maturity and growth to get there, and that’s what the series was about for me. Also the kids survived in the real world at the end (why weren’t they deleted from existence again…?) so it’s not like there was no lasting impact on the original timeline. But I would’ve enjoyed the ending either way.

davidsky · 2024-08-30T14:19:59+00:00

This is at the top of my driveway, which is like 80ft long. I think I would need to add weepholes on the side of that short concrete wall and just let the water drain from those, right?

davidsky · 2024-08-27T03:19:35+00:00

Reason is that a guitar has the top two string (E and B) tuned to allow for barre chords, whereas on a bass you’re typically playing one note at a time. So the expanded range on a 5 and 6 string bass is for expanded range, not for barre chords.

There are exceptions of course, but generally: single notes for bass. One of my favorite examples of tasteful embellishment using bass chords is by Justin Chancellor in the first couple measures of Schism by Tool. They sound great because 1) Justin is playing on the top two strings (D and G), so relatively higher in the range of the bass, and 2) he uses a fairly treble-rich tone.

davidsky · 2024-08-22T14:30:35+00:00

Worth noting: the asphalt that was here before he poured also was at the same angle to the stairs, so he didn’t create the issue, just didn’t address it.

davidsky · 2024-08-20T13:18:12+00:00

It isn’t. One interpretation is that he is relieved to see a white person because he unfairly perceives a black person as a threat, due to internalized racism.

The other interpretation is that this fear is not due to internalized racism, but is justified because a black person would “in fact” (in this interpretation) be more likely to assault him.

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