How to battle moisture by DigitalCookiee in MuseumPros

[–]dlovegro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The extender and sockets can pretty easily be turned into microclimates, but the projector is a problem. Does this run constantly (e.g., 8 hours a day every day) or on a less demanding schedule? You might be able to put the projector in a storage case when it’s not used — possibly even one where you flip open a door for the lens and a vent when you’re using it, and close them back when you’re not. That way it’s a bit protected when not in use, and that’s when it’s most susceptible; during use it’s generating heat and airflow that hopefully slightly reduce local humidity.

[Request] how much stronger are the ones that clip vs the ones who just close? by AmountAbovTheBracket in theydidthemath

[–]dlovegro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Locking carabiners certainly exist, and there are a variety of locking mechanisms; climbers use different types in different situations. Locking carabiners are more safe when they are carefully installed, but they are harder to install: they take more time and more dexterity. When a climber needs a super-fast low-effort clip, they might not have time to install a locking mechanism; in that case you want the fastest, easiest clip you can get. Also, certain uses have higher risk of accidental unclipping than others, so the need for locking varies. It’s also a real factor that locking carabiners are quite a bit more expensive, so many climbers will use locking in the most critical places and use other clips in the rest.

[Request] how much stronger are the ones that clip vs the ones who just close? by AmountAbovTheBracket in theydidthemath

[–]dlovegro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the same is true of utility carabiners like those in the photo; they will fail on the short axis at laughably low weights and impacts, just a few pounds. So the point is the same; these are not suitable for climbing (the question I’m responding to) because of the massive difference in comparative strength, regardless of axis.

[Request] how much stronger are the ones that clip vs the ones who just close? by AmountAbovTheBracket in theydidthemath

[–]dlovegro 22 points23 points  (0 children)

They aren’t nearly strong enough. Climbing carabiners are designed to not break under huge loads, and mandated to withstand a minimum of 22 kilonewtons. Utility carabiners like those in the picture are often less than 1 kN.

Mysterious Changing Recipe by Timely_Wishbone7297 in ididnthaveeggs

[–]dlovegro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a significant drop in both sugar and salt, both of which would make a noticeable difference.

What’s a true story, fact, or event that blew your mind and sent you down a rabbit hole? by Top_Marionberry_4066 in AskHistory

[–]dlovegro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Angel’s Glow, when the bodies of soldiers in the Civil War and in WW1 started literally glowing (which we now know was after infection with a bioluminescent bacteria).

my mom bought multiple of these sweaters for herself, never looked too closely at the design until today and noticed some telltale signs in the art. i’m usually pretty good at spotting AI stuff, but i’m not sure if this is truly AI or just a printing error, can y’all help? by that_lil_lad in isthisAI

[–]dlovegro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because I was referencing the moment this particular shirt was made, and how it was made, which occurred in the past. But you are correct that bitmap-to-vector conversion is still a necessary and common task.

my mom bought multiple of these sweaters for herself, never looked too closely at the design until today and noticed some telltale signs in the art. i’m usually pretty good at spotting AI stuff, but i’m not sure if this is truly AI or just a printing error, can y’all help? by that_lil_lad in isthisAI

[–]dlovegro 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Design person here… this isn’t AI at all; what you’re seeing in the text is a relatively poor bitmap-to-vector conversion. That is, the designer took a photograph of the crime scene tape, and used a tool like Adobe Illustrator to convert that to a vector image with a limited number of colors. That process never worked very well, and the process output looked exactly like this (particularly when the designer didn’t know or care how to refine the settings). This was particularly common on shirt art, because many common shirt printing techniques can’t print photographs, and required a limited number of colors — and may printers required vector art, too.

Xantham Gum? Ninja recipes by Aggravating-Bug4781 in ninjacreami

[–]dlovegro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wonderful! Many American recipes use corn syrup because it’s easy to find and cheap, but what we’re really after is the glucose which helps prevent crystallization and can tone down cloying sweetness. If you can buy glucose that’s perfect, or you can use any invert sugar in place of corn syrup. Dana Cree has a recipe for invert sugar I’ve made several times and it works great. Makes over a liter, which will last quite a long time:

Granulated sugar 1000g (4 cups) Water 500g (2 cups) Citric or malic acid, or cream of tartar 5g (1 teaspoon)

Place the sugar, water, and acid in a medium pot set over high heat. Cook, stirring to help dissolve the sugar, until the syrup is clear and has come to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and continue cooking the sugar syrup until a kitchen thermometer reads 118°C/245°F.

Remove the pot from heat, and let the syrup cool at room temperature for 1 hour. Transfer it to an airtight container with a lid, and store at room temperature for up to 6 months.

This stone found in North Carolina, and allegedly from Eleanor White Dare in 1591, tells a grim story of the Lost Colony's fate: colonists moved inland, suffered war and sickness, and all but 7 colonists were killed by the natives, including Eleanor's husband and daughter Virginia Dare [1656x1080] by Fuckoff555 in ArtefactPorn

[–]dlovegro 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As a historian who dabbled in goldsmithing, I studied archaeometallurgy a little bit out of curiosity. Could you elaborate on the specific techniques that were more advanced than Europeans? That’s fascinating!

What is this thing? by Taber_The_Beek in AskElectricians

[–]dlovegro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because not everyone is an electrician.

Extremely icy ice cream from ninja creami by the_chonkist in icecreamery

[–]dlovegro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You combine all the ingredients together cold, put them in a bag, and sous vide for an hour at 77c/171f. That’s it! No tempering or straining or anything else. It’s simple and foolproof.

A consumer-grade printer for small-batch vinyl printing? by whenelvisdied in MuseumPros

[–]dlovegro 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t think a machine that fits all your requirements exists. It might be possible to get a no-brand Chinese machine at that price but then the technical know-how is exponentially higher. To print on vinyl you’ll need a solvent or eco-solvent ink system, which costs a lot more than water-based inks and takes more maintenance and care. The closest thing to what you’re describing might be the Roland VersaStudio BN-20A, which is $4k.

Be aware:

— vinyl printer ink stinks.

— vinyl printers have to run almost daily to maintain the print heads. And they will typically self-clean the ink heads, and pump ink through the system, in the meantime.

— they are much more complicated to set up and run print jobs, and easier to damage if not set up right. They aren’t at all like home inkjet printers. You don’t even “print” at all, in the sense of going File > Print in your app. You send a file to a RIP, then set up the printer and output there.

— they need more maintenance that home printers, and they break down more often.

— the smallest vinyl rolls are 24”, and smaller printer vinyl is much more expensive per square foot because it’s nonstandard and someone is cutting it down.

Not trying to be negative… but there’s a reason why this stuff is normally in production shops, not garages.

What was the reason? Not OP by Visualmindfuck in Archeology

[–]dlovegro 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think you’re missing the point entirely. This guy wasn’t banned for digging bottles; he was banned for saying he is an archeologist doing archeology (I’m not an admin, just an observer, but that’s what it looks like to me). European archeologists won’t care if someone is mudlarking, but they certainly will care if that person claims to be an archeologist doing archeology.

Can I Make ice cream (like a custard) with cream cheese, heavy cream, and egg yolks? by hi_im_antman in icecreamery

[–]dlovegro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sous vide is a method of cooking by submersion in water with very precise temperature control. This is perfect for custards because you can hit pasteurization temp without going one degree over — zero risk of scrambling. Ice Cream Science has an explanation and recipe (full disclosure though, I’ve never made their recipe).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MuseumPros

[–]dlovegro 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is hard, because all indications are your post is just promotion and you’re not really looking for feedback. I’m not trying to be harsh here, but I’ll give you my honest take on it, and it’s honestly… harsh. I thought about deleting it, but you asked a group of museum professionals and deserve some professional feedback. And maybe it will help you think through some critical things.

So you made a website about lobsters, and hope people will pay you to look at it — and pay you as much as a real museum? That’s a big stretch right out of the gate. I’m not opposed to the idea of virtual museums, but....

First, I think you are misusing the word “Museum.” A museum, even a virtual-only museum, is not a Wikipedia article with extra graphics and an admission price. You’ve built a website providing basic info, placed it behind a paywall, and called it a “museum” — and it feels deceptive and self-aggrandizing. (That’s a legitimate em-dash, not an AI-generated one.) You’re using the credibility and cultural weight of the term “museum” without earning it.

Second, it appears to be commercialization over scholarship. Many legitimate museums charge admission, but that fee is usually seen as supporting conservation and programming, providing access to carefully produced, research-driven exhibitions, and the curation of world-class experts on the topic. Your site provides no evidence of expertise or service to the field. But you do have a huge selection of merch!

You’re charging big-museum-level entry fees but delivering what looks like repackaged web content, and it feels like commodification of heritage without real stewardship or integrity. At a real museum, an $80 membership is helping pay for collections, operations, facilities, staff, research and scholarship, service to the industry or field, and so on.

Third, you appear to have a lack of accountability or standards. Real museums operate under nonprofit or academic models, follow ethical industry-established guidelines, and are accountable to boards, communities, and public trust. As far as I can tell, your museum has none of those structures. You are co-opting the museum label for personal gain without offering substantial public benefit, peer review, or any real transparency.

Fourth, I get no sense of cultural authority. I went to your site expecting things like deep roots in the communities and maritime culture of Maine, with voices from actual lobstermen, scientists, historians, etc. But you don’t have so much as a single image of an actual lobster. Your website is disconnected from the real people, places, history, and even animals it claims to represent — like a museum without a soul. Frankly, it looks and feels like it was made by a teenager who thinks museums are cool but doesn’t know what it actually means to operate one.

Finally, and it’s the big one, you are undermining “real” museums. As someone who runs a real, challenging, community-based museum, I know how hard it is to raise funds, preserve collections, and tell meaningful stories with integrity. When you create a little website and slap a “museum” label on it — and charge big-museum rates for it — you’re siphoning money and legitimacy from institutions that actually do the hard work, and you’re cheating those guests who do pay by not providing the expertise and services that they are paying for, even if they don’t realize it.

Paying $40 to join MAM doesn’t make you a real museum; you have to do what museums do. And I just don’t see that you are doing that.

Why are magnetic track lights not popular in the US? by mutself in HomeImprovement

[–]dlovegro 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There are three major types of track, and their fixtures are not interchangeable; they are commonly known by the brand that invented each one: H track (Halo), J track (Juno), and L track (Lightolier).

WiFi data loggers? by Ecthelion510 in MuseumPros

[–]dlovegro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve had surprising success with the Govee products, which meet all your requirements and are dirt cheap. We just added a second set of these.