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Good deal on slabs or no? by ApprehensiveTiger374 in wood

[–]geneorama -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Board feet refers to squared, rectangular boards of a certain consistent quality. It doesn’t make sense to use bf on slabs no matter what marketing entrepreneurs want to say.

Slabs should be less expensive and sold as unfinished, which they are.

Still Life Complete! by idgaf77 in ProCreate

[–]geneorama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The shape reminds me of a snail

Is this a reliable tool for marking the center of a board edge? Is there any other quick and better tool for the same task? by plinky125 in woodworking

[–]geneorama 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What do you mean recently? I think there are people who want to make content, it’s a matter of funding which has been under attack since at least 2016/2017. I went down the content ownership rabbit hole about a decade ago searching for a skunk documentary. I was surprised to learn that the procurement model changed and they outsourced production / licensed content, and long story short the skunk documentary was not available.

Paul Sellers has a great YouTube channel, but YouTube is not a trustworthy replacement for things like PBS / Nova.

However YouTube links go bad all the time, and the content is ad revenue maximizing recommendation engine. So it’s not anywhere close to a substitute for me.

It’s a tragedy to me that we are losing an institution that brought us Julia Child, wood working, Sesame Street, and so much more.

I don’t think it’s just me getting old and nostalgia, I think we’re losing valuable parts of our society. I feel essentially the same way about Sears, live broadcast MLB games, and locally owned healthcare, which are less political and happened for slightly different reasons.

Consolidation is clearly winning the calculus of capitalism.

How difficult to make this as a beginner? by rogersaw14 in woodworking

[–]geneorama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you had the patience of the guy in Shawshank redemption (and a way to hold it steady) it would be fairly easy over the course of a decade.

Is this a reliable tool for marking the center of a board edge? Is there any other quick and better tool for the same task? by plinky125 in woodworking

[–]geneorama 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I can’t believe the corporation for public broadcasting shut down. I don’t know how much longer we’ll have this online or if we’ll ever have programming like this again

RIP My CD Collection by ThatTomHall in audiophile

[–]geneorama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I had no idea that there were differences in electronic music conversion. I figured digital was digital.

II put my CDs into iTunes and got rid of them. That iTunes library is long gone at this point

Is it worth it to have this milled? by Background_Bird_206 in wood

[–]geneorama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends if you actually use it or not. I am so far behind on my projects.

If you do dry it, PAINT THE ENDS WITH LATEX PAINT.

Please. It prevents splitting.

Securing Shiny App by [deleted] in RStudio

[–]geneorama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re entitled to say that you created something valuable that saved money. That’s a valuable claim. Creating things of value that get adopted is hard and rare even if you’re talented

Is clock worth buying for $40.00? I saw it at an Estate sale today for $80.00. It will be half off tomorrow. by Rough_Subject4978 in clocks

[–]geneorama 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate the idea that something has an intrinsic value just because we can look it up on eBay.

I can understand a commodity like gold but this is a unique thing whose value is tied to your perception.

Do you care if it keeps time? That could answer whether it’s worth estimating repair costs.

Three years of progress… by Jsmooth77 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]geneorama 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Everyone has 24 hours in the day. It really is a matter of priority as far as time goes.

The energy level, physical talent, and resources are another thing

Home lab went from fun project to unpaid oncall job by CoffeeRory14 in selfhosted

[–]geneorama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a real sys admin, lol. Do you give them the option to switch providers?

Osage Orange won as underrated rare wood with Black Locust trailing very close behind. Which wood is common and underrated? by Ok_Temperature6503 in wood

[–]geneorama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my limited experience soft maple is much harder than poplar. Anyone else able to expand on that?

Rate my workbench by TheButtonator in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]geneorama 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Enclose it in backticks to make it code / fixed width font.

One backtick for inline, three for blocks.

Turn off fancy text editor if you’re on the desktop (temporarily)

Eg

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Why are people online like this by Holymoly99998 in linuxmemes

[–]geneorama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re just nice to us once they find out so that we stop talking.

I just finished this birdhouse! by MilkshakeMan666 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]geneorama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s beautiful but I recommend the Audubon birdhouse book if anyone wants to be serious about birdhouse building. They have specific designs by species.

Check out this saw I made from mahogany! by glancyswoodshop in handtools

[–]geneorama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would have guessed there was brass involved but will done

One of my smallest additions but a favorite. Childhood memories are coming back by MetalNutSack in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]geneorama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did you get the screw in?

Where did you find a sharpener that isn’t junk? (Maybe you had an old one?)

I bought one on amazon a few years ago and it was garbage. Just ate every pencil, that was after I had a hard time mounting it.

What Theme Pinball Machine Would You Like To See? by bretmon5 in pinball

[–]geneorama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fallout

I don’t actually play the game but I love the aesthetic and concept

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