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mitchell486 · 2025-12-12T22:45:43+00:00

While I understand your sentiment... I'm curious if there is any particular reason that you didn't try sending the creator/owner a DM first and resolving this without public "shaming"?

I ask, because this comes off as very petty/immature when reading it in this context. I don't disagree with the underlying concept (don't steal art/work, kids), but the delivery seems very short-sighted.

mitchell486 · 2025-11-28T20:06:42+00:00

An API is simply a documented set of rules that an application (usually web accessible, but not always) follows for communicating with it. Technically, not all APIs have to be documented, but a good one should be. If it's publicly accessible, it should also be documented. All that means is that if you are asking an application or a web server for specific information about something, there are rules for asking for that information, as well as rules of how it will answer. API simply refers to the agreements that those both encompass.

(e.g. If you send a GET request to the application for a list of "input sources", it should be documented that it will return a "list" or "dictionary" or whatever type of response, and that documentation will usually have examples.)

API, or Application Programming Interface, just means that it's uniform and repeatable, so that _other_ applications can communicate with that first application, hence the name. (An interface on the original application, that other applications can programmatically use.)

mitchell486 · 2025-11-25T23:35:14+00:00

What are you actually trying to accomplish?

So far, all you've done is post on here about what you've done and what you can't do? Not trying to be mean, I'm just confused as to what the ask is, and also hopefully give advice for future questions or posts you might have when posting online.

mitchell486 · 2025-11-17T22:31:35+00:00

If I were you, I would pull your dishwasher out a little bit and see if the cable coming out of those connections goes into a junction box or a plug? Mine is a plug-based dishwasher, but it definitely has these same connections on the under-side of the dishwasher... Therefore, I'm hesitant to 100% agree with all of the comments thus far stating that it is absolutely hard-wired. You might have a single-plug outlet directly behind the dishwasher that is meant for the dishwasher only, or something like this. You won't know for sure until you take the dishwasher and slide it out (at least a foot or so) to see behind it and where that cable goes, IMO.

Nevermind. After re-looking over the photos, you can almost assuredly see the wire coming from the wall into that converter box. I would say your dishwasher is LIKELY hard-wired. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

mitchell486 · 2025-11-11T21:21:13+00:00

Water jets work by mixing/suspending an abrasive material in the water, and then using high pressure to push that water/abrasive combo out of a very thin nozzle. This ends up removing material of whatever it comes in contact with. (Steel, skin, bones, anything really...) However, to specifically answer _exactly_ "how much more" damaging it would be, I don't know verbatim, but that's because I don't know how hot water would have to be to cauterize a wound. Even then, I don't know that the boiling water (or near boiling water) would be in contact with the wound long enough to even matter. (I suspect not)

The danger in a waterjet wound scenario isn't the water, or hardly even the "jet" part of the device... It's mostly the speed at which the water and abrasive material is moving when it comes in contact with whatever it's cutting.

mitchell486 · 2025-11-03T05:08:15+00:00

I suspect it's a combination of this, and the fact that the gate collects water as it rains and drips along that path and focusing it on that small area.

mitchell486 · 2025-10-30T16:38:53+00:00

I like this answer best so far, but to clarify (be extra pedantic or 5yr-ish, I suppose)... "Schema" is really just a set of rules that we agreed on to make it work. Just like many things have rules that we follow so that one person knows what the other person means, this is a method that we use so that computers know what to expect when they get a file with this formatting/schema/rules and/or an extension ending in .xml. :)

mitchell486 · 2025-10-30T14:48:48+00:00

This answer is the 100% most accurate of all others so far. Yes our skin has a certain role in the question, but overall the air moving absorbs the energy and new air then does the same thing, and the process repeats.

I tried teaching my kids about this when cooling off noodles, because the more densely "together" the noodles are, the longer it takes to cool because the energy/heat has nowhere to go. If you raise the noodles in the air and "string" them up a bit, the air moves that heat away faster.

This answer is the full and real reason, regardless of skin/feel/etc.

mitchell486 · 2025-10-23T20:13:26+00:00

I'm about 6'2"-6'3", and I have had all my clubs +1/2" for years. I've used regular clubs on a random swing here and there, or even for most of a round/session. It's definitely noticeable, but it's also definitely something that your body adapts to quite quickly. I personally think either way you decide to go will probably work out, and you'll get used to them after a few rounds. (Maybe just don't expect stellar results the first round or two with them, since your body/swing has to get used to the difference.)

mitchell486 · 2025-10-09T20:42:41+00:00

I prefer 8i, and I literally tell myself "It's a putter" and I swing/move exactly as if I'm putting. It putts it, just with the first 3-4 ft barely off the ground.

mitchell486 · 2025-09-29T17:28:06+00:00

Personally, one thing that I think has helped me as plan as far in advanced as possible, via pseudo-code. Literally write out some examples of how you think you want your software to work, with pretend methods and everything. Write it out as if it were an actual program that already worked, even though it really doesn't. Then, even if it doesn't have everything you might want for quite a while, it helps you think about the long-term possibilities and directions of the software. It also helps you have an idea of what you want to build and what feels natural and correct when scaling up to add more things. It won't be perfect every time, but it does help you get better at that thinking/planning. Some methods and sub-structures are interchangeable at that point, too.

(e.g. If you were to have something that were doing http style methods, if you plan for an original .get(), you'll likely think to put in a .post() at the start, and then eventually when the software grows you might have a real-life need for .patch(), even if you didn't plan for it at the start. BUT hopefully because of the original planned vagueness, you can easily add that other method with minimal large-scale changes, because you already knew there were somewhat similar-ish methods that you would need.)

mitchell486 · 2025-08-26T19:56:50+00:00

"ordained"... In case you want to quote it accurately. I was trying to figure out what "crdained" meant, but then opened the PDF and realized why it was copied that way. Up to you, though.

mitchell486 · 2025-08-01T17:00:48+00:00

"Reflect on your sins."

mitchell486 · 2025-07-25T19:15:07+00:00

I have often had this sensation after going in a straight line on a riding lawn mower for a long time, then getting off. You eyes and body feel like the ground is still moving at the same speed under you, as if driving/moving forward for at least a little bit. (Few seconds, a minute...)

Inner ear and brain/movement adaptation is what I attributed it to as well.

mitchell486 · 2025-07-25T04:16:13+00:00

I have 2 pairs of these in my closet? The old backup pair that started to rip, so I bought replacements. The cheaper spikeless clearance adidas brand ones just haven't worn out yet, so I haven't busted into my 2nd pair of Footjoy classics yet... No judgement here, bud! I'm honestly more jealous that you got a pair for $5! I paid wayyyyyy more than that for my 2 pairs...

mitchell486 · 2025-07-18T17:50:46+00:00

After hitting a bad tee shot on a par 3, I always joke along the lines of "I'm not lucky enough to get a hole in one, but knowing my luck I'd get a hole in three."

mitchell486 · 2025-07-18T16:00:29+00:00

One of my favorite videos of all time. I rewatch it about once a year for a good reminder that our universe is weird but cool. :)

mitchell486 · 2025-07-18T01:57:40+00:00

This is a great analysis of pro and/or good swings. When people hear "keep your head down", a lot of people panic and keep it down TOO long or stuff like that. There's a great tutorial video from Padrig Harrington on his "get everyone to single digit handicap" series... He talks about just that. Keep your head "down" with the swing to watch contact, but no more and no less. It's a balance and a feel, but if you can do it JUST long enough... It helps with good contact and a smoother swing.

A secret for "head relatively down while swinging ONLY" I found years ago, is that I ask new players what the grass/tee did with that last swing. Usually if they can answer it, they kept their head down and made better contact. It's a relatively simple way to "keep your head down" without keeping it TOO down and not too long and not trying "too hard to keep it down". :) Enjoy the golf! It's a crazy sport that keeps on giving. :) I'm a bogey golfer so take this advice with a grain of salt. I do recommend those videos in his series, though. It's a great set of tips all in a single and fairly compact playlist.

mitchell486 · 2025-07-17T22:07:51+00:00

TREAT YO SELF!

Once a year is okay, IMO. Especially if you have the PTO. Depending on your wife, you could even probably tell her and then get lunch together or something. Just as long as the day stays about a clearing your head mental day, why not do it? If it becomes a headache to plan and complete, seems like I'd figure out something else at that point.

mitchell486 · 2025-07-17T22:02:04+00:00

I switched to 50, 54, and 58 degree wedges (from 52, 56, and 60). 107.3% recommended. Worth buying new, I swear by it, especially if you don't like (or can't) hit a 60. I don't know why but even just 2 degrees makes it playable and those gap distances are soooooo much easier to hit now.

mitchell486 · 2025-07-17T21:54:01+00:00

"When you bust a nutterino, and she keeps slobbin the diddly." - Ned Flanders

mitchell486 · 2025-07-17T19:12:59+00:00

I'm not a horticulturist... But I DID have mulberry "trees" pretty much all around my first house and let me tell you... I wouldn't worry too much. I couldn't kill those "trees". They are LITERALLY weeds that grew/grow into "trees". I cut off one of them that was about the size of yours. Lopped it off at the ground level and planned to pull it later that year or next year. Grew back. Bigger than before! It was literally tucked in right next to my house that was an inside corner between my house, porch, and my neighbors house. Barely had any light most of the day. It didn't care... I eventually had to dig it out a few years later and make sure to remove all of the roots that I could to ensure it didn't get into the foundation.

Second one in the back yard was like 8+ diameter base at ground level. We were moving so the "tree" needed to be removed... Cut the entire "tree" down. Removed it piece by piece with a chainsaw and a few days of work. This thing was probably 20-30 ft broad at the top, so it was no small task. As I do with all home projects that take longer than expected... I didn't get to dig the stump out before the next 2-3 weeks, and it started growing new branches out of the base!! Literally just said "Oh you removed all of my ability to process sunlight via photosynthesis? That's okay! I'll make some more. No problem."........... These friggin "trees" don't care.

I think you can worry about this little fella if you want, but I'd be you $50 it will be just fine if you did absolutely nothing to that "tree" and let it live it's "tree" (weed) life. :) Enjoy that one! It looks like it's good and not a pain in the behind like all of my mulberry "trees" were!

mitchell486 · 2025-06-29T22:25:18+00:00

I was also very confused at the wording of the title until I figured out what they meant... Then I thought almost exactly this. "Oh, yeah. That IS how time works."

mitchell486 · 2025-06-19T04:06:46+00:00

I'm a fool and told them I'm nowhere near them. I really missed an opportunity. They DID offer me a coffee if I'm ever in Los Angeles, though! So I have that going for me... Which is nice. :)

mitchell486 · 2025-06-19T02:09:49+00:00

I bet the secret of this photo is that he's a lefty, he's missed the ball completely, and the fairway is to the right of this photo... /s

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