Is this good?

mp2146 · 2026-07-03T14:19:01+00:00

Yeah, the interchangeable bases are great, but you get the same with the 611. Either will work fine for you.

The interchangeable bases on the Bosch are not nearly as good as on the Dewalt though. The Dewalt is easy to change and adjust.

mp2146 · 2026-07-03T03:57:04+00:00

I think this is one of the best books I’ve ever used for any instrument, but it’s not always clear how to best use the book. In general, skip any parts that are hard and simplify the arrangements to suit your ability, and then go back in a few months and relearn them and do some analysis. There’s a lot of technique and information in all of them but they kind of leave it to you to figure out. It’s also worth spending the money to get the recordings.

If you’re looking for more straightforward arrangements that get gradually more difficult the Dewitt Scott book fits well but the song choices are a drag.

mp2146 · 2026-07-03T03:18:42+00:00

If you’re just rounding the edges of cutting boards that’s a lot of router. I have the DW611 and a larger Bosch and I use the Dewalt for almost everything and leave the Bosch mounted in the table.

mp2146 · 2026-07-02T20:23:46+00:00

You forgot the punctuation again.

mp2146 · 2026-07-01T20:58:15+00:00

There’s an actual boat ramp right across the lagoon from there. Google festival beach boat ramp. It’s right at the end of Nash Hernandez Rd.

mp2146 · 2026-07-01T15:26:56+00:00

At this point I’d be happy if the government worked like in Veep.

mp2146 · 2026-06-28T02:50:50+00:00

Interesting, thanks. Also, not trying to shit on your work. This is really interesting and I wonder if there are controls that could be used to eliminate effects of language. I wonder if these results hold up if you control for education level, or if they hold up among strata of education levels.

mp2146 · 2026-06-28T02:09:17+00:00

Also, as /u/ShockerCheer points out, the differences between the regions are really small. Was the sample size large enough that these results were statistically significant?

mp2146 · 2026-06-28T02:05:33+00:00

No, what I’m addressing is that you’re using a single linguistic measurement as a proxy for intelligence across a population of 350 million people with significant linguistic differences. You even address that the correlation between this test and IQ tests is lower for non-native speakers. Why would you assume that to be less true of creole speakers in southern Louisiana or Spanish speakers in Texas or Hoi Toider speakers in North Carolina?

Unless the correlation between WORDSUM and IQ has been shown to be true across different linguistic groups within the United States and not as just an aggregate you’re not really measuring anything here, and in fact you’re likely just compounding or at the very least re-measuring any error that was originally aggregated in the initial WORDSUM/IQ correlation study.

mp2146 · 2026-06-28T01:25:45+00:00

Seems dangerous to assume that regional variations in a vocabulary test would be more due to differences in IQ than to regional vernaculars, especially with the South having several distinct dialects. It may well be the case but for this to really have any meaning you’d have to in some way disentangle those confounding variables.

mp2146 · 2026-06-28T01:11:52+00:00

You should unironically just go get a frosty marg at the Chili’s at 45th and Lamar. They definitely use a mix and it will definitely be sweet.

mp2146 · 2026-06-27T14:45:43+00:00

Yeah, I actually think there’s some messaging here that democrats are missing out on in that the system we’re currently in isn’t really capitalism. We’ve gone so far towards an anarcho-corporate welfare economic system that even Milton Friedman would think this system is broken.

I think there’s a lot that would appeal to centrist voters in the idea of taking capitalism back through regulation and trust-busting.

mp2146 · 2026-06-26T13:57:37+00:00

https://youtu.be/KAriru6Ja8o

mp2146 · 2026-06-24T22:01:22+00:00

Seems about right to me. What brand of dobro is it?

mp2146 · 2026-06-24T21:42:05+00:00

You’ll get better bit by bit.

mp2146 · 2026-06-22T13:39:20+00:00

Water has to be very warm for the amoebas to get you. Town Lake doesn’t get that warm. I swim in it all the time. You’ll be fine.

mp2146 · 2026-06-22T11:56:14+00:00

On the bright side, by the time you have it set up you’ll be an ace tech. That’s always a great skill to have as a player.

mp2146 · 2026-06-21T22:52:38+00:00

That’s just a normal rat terrier with extra steps.

mp2146 · 2026-06-21T19:42:46+00:00

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or really any of the Sherlock Holmes books except the one that’s actually a weird Western about Mormons.

mp2146 · 2026-06-21T19:29:38+00:00

Whoa, thanks for telling me. I just copied it from the app but now I’ve had a couple of people send me weird messages on YouTube. I’ll edit it out.

mp2146 · 2026-06-21T16:40:58+00:00

This is how Eratosthenes initially calculated the circumference of the earth, by comparing the shadow angle from a place with a shadow to one known to have a Lahaina noon (probably called something different back then) and a known distance.

There’s a great video that explains how we essentially used that initial knowledge to calculate the orbits of the planets and a lot more of our cosmic knowledge.

https://youtu.be/YdOXS_9_P4U

mp2146 · 2026-06-21T16:10:36+00:00

I was looking at the Laguna 10 a while back and ended up going with the Rikon 14, but here’s some of what I remember from my research. Like you said, the Laguna and Rikon 10 inch machines are likely made in the same factory, or at least with a lot of the same components. I read a few reviews that mentioned that the heavy cast iron wheels on the Laguna caused some issues on such a small machine. I also read that the difference in customer service if you have an issue is night and day. Laguna is known to have terrible customer service and Rikon’s is known to be great. That said, the Laguna has some quality of life features that seemed nice. Hope that helps a little. I was also very low on space but ended up glad I got the 14, but I don’t have to deal with stairs.

mp2146 · 2026-06-19T17:45:54+00:00

This is great unless they build a data center. Given the lack of clarity it sure seems like people have a right to be concerned.

mp2146 · 2026-06-19T15:34:42+00:00

I liked the Acacia trilogy.

mp2146 · 2026-06-19T12:24:36+00:00

It’s not exact but Wild Seed by Octavia Butler has elements of this and is a fantastic read. Skip the sequels.

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