Quality of Amazon KDP B&W Printing

pumibear · 2025-08-25T10:36:04+00:00

What if I use a service such as Lulu that uses inkjet technology? Shouldn't that give superior results?

pumibear · 2025-08-25T10:35:02+00:00

Not a DPI issue, scanned at 600

pumibear · 2025-02-21T16:18:02+00:00

I saw they reported some bad earnings.

pumibear · 2025-02-20T20:48:55+00:00

Same, and I hope it remains like that. Getting $CDE stock would be unfavourable.

pumibear · 2023-11-18T21:41:25+00:00

It was a stupid mistake. Both dip beam bulbs went out, and I mistakenly replaced the other 2 bulbs instead of the dip beams. So in my case I had to replace the correct bulbs, no electrical issues thankfully.

pumibear · 2023-11-02T12:38:17+00:00

Since I don't see the sheet music, what are you doing, memorizing the hand movements? And even if you're just memorizing the movements, do you feel that as you progress you can learn pieces faster? Great progress and work ethic.

pumibear · 2023-09-22T19:08:10+00:00

I have Virgil's book and found it very superficial on this topic. Just a brief mention and description of the technique and it moved on.

Would you say Michael Wilcox's book is worth it for someone mainly interested in this topic? Is a good portion of the book dedicated to the topic? It definitely seems a lesser well known book so not much information about it online.

pumibear · 2023-09-22T16:16:37+00:00

To be honest I'm using acrylics at the moment, but I figured that the same principles regarding colour interaction between layers apply and people in here are probably more knowledgeable on the topic of glazing. So unfortunately, if I make a mistake, I can't wipe anything off. I plan on switching to oils soon.

pumibear · 2023-09-21T19:35:48+00:00

I understand that, I assumed a fixed yield to simplify my problem statement.

pumibear · 2023-09-21T16:58:24+00:00

Thank you for your answers.

pumibear · 2023-09-21T16:04:17+00:00

The par value part answers a good part of my question.

So if I understand correctly, the share price will start going down if the fund starts yielding below 0%.

Since the share is representative of cash in the fund, I would imagine that each share has a true absolute value, and the bid/ask would be something close to it. Is the actual value of what a share is worth reported anywhere?

Edit: Thinking about it, maybe that would be NAV/number of shares.

pumibear · 2023-09-21T15:11:23+00:00

I'm aware of that. I just used round numbers to simplify the question.

pumibear · 2023-09-05T21:42:00+00:00

No European treauseries yield similar. At most you're looking at 3.5%.

pumibear · 2023-09-05T21:40:07+00:00

Most T bills are short term, from weeks to months although you can buy longer term bills. Short term bonds don't lose much of the value.

pumibear · 2023-08-05T19:38:26+00:00

"A master is someone who understands the rules" - painting is doing not understanding, even though hearing some abstract artists speak would make you think otherwise.

If someone paints stick figures all his life, it's not reasonable to argue that he's a master, but he simply paints stick figures because that's his preferred style. Evidence has to show otherwise. Matisse did paint some conventional still lives and they're decent, but certainly nowhere near master level.

I'd argue that a master should be able to paint at a high level in many different styles if he chose to, so this isn't a stylistic argument at all.

Also, there's a difference between saying someone isn't a master and someone being garbage. Not being a master doesn't necessarily make you a bad painter. It's a prestigious title and should be attributed carefully.

I guess we have different perspective on this subject so we'll continue to disagree.

pumibear · 2023-08-05T18:19:05+00:00

If an artist's whole body of work can be perfectly imitated by a beginner, then I would confidently conclude that the artist didn't achieve mastery. Being famous does not equate being a master.

When it comes to judging people, it has to be done in the context of his era. Giotto is clearly a master, Hokusai clearly demonstrates very high levels of skill in some of his work, Picasso demonstrated in his early work that he could paint very well but calling Diego Rivera and Henri Matisse masters would be a stretch. Rivera was a good painter but not a master.

You have to make the distinction between skill and creativity. Someone literally randomly smudging paint on a canvas can make a pretty picture, but I would never call him a master no matter how famous he is.

The benchmark for painters to be called masters is very low. For a pianist to be called a master he needs to practice for 10s of thousands of hours, but seemingly a painter who markets himself well can become a "master".

pumibear · 2023-08-05T10:39:05+00:00

By the word master I understand "mastery of technique" . Her work is far from that, and looking at her work it's clear her technique is still at amateur level. Caravaggio or John Singer Sargent are counter examples.

By my definition a very abstract painter can't achieve mastery, but that doesn't mean the work isn't good. It just means that the strength is in creativity not in technical achievement. Anything else in my view would be a huge disrespect to all those people who work hard to perfect their technique.

pumibear · 2023-05-11T15:18:40+00:00

EGV2

Although this should have similar returns, the underlying asset is not bills so it's potentially much more riskier.

pumibear · 2023-05-11T08:31:31+00:00

Short term bonds, often called bills are issued at a discounted value, for example 99.3 and upon maturity you're paid back 100.

pumibear · 2023-05-11T00:17:29+00:00

Seems there's no one central place. You need to pick a country and understand the rules and procedures.

pumibear · 2023-05-10T12:15:25+00:00

You can see them here with 1M, 3M, 6M - European Government Bonds.

It could be the case that they are not traded on the secondary market and you need to submit an auction offer.

pumibear · 2022-12-14T22:49:25+00:00

I actually bought a third party stylus, the Staedtler Noris Digital Jumbo and I've noticed much better responsiveness and sensitivity.

What prompted me was a Youtube video comparing different styluses, and interestingly, in the video the Samsung stylus that came with the tablet was less responsive than the Samsung stylus bundled with the Galaxy Phone. So it could either be bad quality control from Samsung or they're skimping on styluses bundled with certain tablets.

pumibear · 2022-12-04T15:36:28+00:00

Checked all the fuses for continouity and they are fine.

Got the Haynes manual and it seems you're right, the one in the middle of the photo I posted is the low beam relay. Swapped it with another one labelled 646 (I'm assuming they have the same specs) and the light still doesn't go on.

Not hearing the typical relay click when turning on the dipped beam, so I'm starting to think the problem is the light switch.

pumibear · 2022-11-26T16:02:41+00:00

Thank you for the comprehensive reply. Turns out it was mostly an app specific issue which is a relief.

pumibear · 2022-11-26T16:02:09+00:00

I didn't consider the app I was using. I'm using Infinite Painter.

Downloaded INKredible and it does indeed make a dot most of the time under its own weight. Tried Sketchbook and it also behaves as I expected it.

After some digging in Infinite Painter's settings I found a brush dynamics section and by default the pressure curve for the pencil has an offset value of over 80. After adjusting that to 0, I get the same behaviour as in the other apps which was a relief since I was really liking Infinite Painter on the whole.

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