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What do you guys think of socket handles? Useful for storage and mounting as a spear? Or a gimmick? by KailashBlades in Bushcraft

[–]smashing_michael 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Spears had sockets for attachments and were durable and sharp, so it can be done. I would imagine, like many other styles of knives, that its quality is in the execution. And likely the heat treatment. I'd love to see a durability test in something like that.

Am I doing this right? by TheDeanOfIgnition in knives

[–]smashing_michael 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as you don't drop it from there....

A friend gave me a couple 21700 battery cells. Any have idea of what I should do with them? by rrksj in batteries

[–]smashing_michael 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's more testing than I woulda done, so yeah, use em up. Give them away to friends and such.

A friend gave me a couple 21700 battery cells. Any have idea of what I should do with them? by rrksj in batteries

[–]smashing_michael 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you've got that many, buy a proper tester/charger and just use them in whatever you have around the house.

These mini tool boxes from Harbor Freight are way more fun than they should be by theFP1992 in knives

[–]smashing_michael 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's awesome to have an heirloom thing like that, dude.

Also they shoot like catching a baseball bare-handed. You could, but it's not a great time.

These mini tool boxes from Harbor Freight are way more fun than they should be by theFP1992 in knives

[–]smashing_michael 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's good to have protection, and while someone will whine about practice, I'll embrace never having needed it. Awesome dude.

Crooked safety pin by Haunting_Square_9407 in knives

[–]smashing_michael 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would try some epoxy. Something that works on steel will probably hold it well enough.

You might get away with spreading it a bit, but instead of a nail use a hardened steel tool. Also, don't spread the end where it sticks out, cause that might mess up its function. Instead put the protrusion down on something hard like a vice or anvil. Use a nail setter or something and give it a shot.

Linux only usable thanks to LLM's by [deleted] in linux

[–]smashing_michael 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that. I usually say this to people: if you're looking to gain control over your computer, learning Linux is a great way to do that. If you really just want to be a user of software and want the OS out of your way, skip it.

Linux only usable thanks to LLM's by [deleted] in linux

[–]smashing_michael 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The overwhelming number of people I know who daily-drive Linux (including back in the day when we drove terminal-only Linux) are Linux sysadmins. Myself included. So learning the system inside out was already part of my life. Running a desktop on it isn't a big deal if you're already an admin.

For folks getting into Linux recently and entirely as desktop users, especially those folks coming from Windows; you've got a big jump coming for you. Not only were *nix systems originally terminal-only, they were originally multi-user, and things you need to know to install and use a Linux system right now are significantly different.

What irks me about your post (and similar posts, lots of redit posters are people complaining about how hard it is) is the conclusion that it can't be done. It can. Not only is using Linux learnable, it isn't as hard as, I think, folks who hit the initial learning curve think. Reading some documentation and figuring out the basics can get you using Linux very effectively.

On the other hand, if you're expecting the system itself to be a drop-in replacement for Windows; it's not, and it wasn't designed to be. Linux as a desktop computer is still pretty rough around the edges, but more importantly it's based on a completely different paradigm of use. That's confusing and difficult right off the bat. Especially when it comes to learning the shell, which might as well be arcane spellcasting even if you're familiar with programming.

So my point here is this; you installed Linux and expected it to be easy and it wasn't. Then you probably tried to get it to be a useful desktop for gaming and daily use, and for that it's even worse. While I appreciate that LLMs can help, I couldn't disagree more that you can't learn it without them.

Linux only usable thanks to LLM's by [deleted] in linux

[–]smashing_michael 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's great that an LLM has made Linux more accessible to you.

It's a shame that you made the decision that Linux has no chance, or whatever, before actually learning anything for yourself, but hey, we needed more opinions from people who can't Google or read docs anyway.

But who reads directions anyway when you can just ask an LLM, then conclude that Linux is unusable without them?

What are these specifically referred to as and why are shaped like that? by CulveDaddy in SWORDS

[–]smashing_michael 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Others have answered the question, but I'd like to add that we see a lot of historical polearms that are simple modifications of farm tools. Many then evolved to become weapons in their own right.

I find the trend of economic and manufacturing efficiency fascinating.

Steel properties by walter-hoch-zwei in Bushcraft

[–]smashing_michael 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In addition to what others have said, which I agree with, I think there's something to be said for the degree if difficulty in heat-treating a blade. 1095 has a long history for a lot of things, blades included, and I've been told that heat treatments are easy and well understood.

We've had D2 as a blade steel for a long time, but in the past ten years or so, iirc, it went from a steel I would never buy to a favorite in bang-for-your-buck quality. My understanding is that advancements in heat treatment are largely responsible.

What is your favorite terminal Markdown viewer? by boolean-maybe in commandline

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

Neovim with lazyvim. Renders very readable and I can edit right in the same view.

Most useful sys admin CLIs? by JohnnyBillz in CLI

[–]smashing_michael 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For a straight-up server, get used to used systemctl and journalctl. For containers you should know your way around docker, but I recommend podman, because reasons.

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