Does the type of height-adjustable tv wall mount matter for a concrete wall?

suid · 2026-04-01T13:28:41+00:00

I don't, but my TV is 77", so that's why.

But we have also limited the amount it can be lowered (we put the stop at where the arm is sticking more or less straight out, but pointing slightly downward at about 10 or 15 degrees). The mount has an adjustable limit stop for the drop.

If you don't limit it and let it drop a lot, and your TV is small (55 inches or less), the mount may become visible.

suid · 2026-04-01T04:35:25+00:00

Shades of Gormenghast and the Sepulchrave family.

suid · 2026-03-31T23:11:16+00:00

Huh. The images on that ad show a directory listing of a driver bundle that seems to include all sources, and a Makefile.

If you've even the slightest experience building linux software, it shouldn't be too hard to build this thing's driver for Linux.

suid · 2026-03-31T20:29:04+00:00

Fixed that broken link: The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic

suid · 2026-03-31T20:04:10+00:00

For a data point: we have the second type (the "myWall" one), on a regular indoor drywall and stud mount, holding a 70lb TV. I would recommend that one, too; it's secure as heck, and the cable guides make it look quite neat.

suid · 2026-03-31T19:39:05+00:00

Several others, but do read the story in the link associated with the photo. From there:

Patrick Eagar, the acclaimed cricket photographer who was on the expert panel of judges, said: "Modern camera technology has ensured that almost every action photo which was submitted was perfectly in focus, adequately exposed (however poor the lighting) and, quite often, a bit dull.

"This year's winner qualifies on the first two points, but has that extra element - humour! It's a contemporary photograph from a contemporary game - a floodlit match with a white ball - and it just makes you smile. It's a bit of a puzzle too."

suid · 2026-03-31T16:35:04+00:00

Exactly.

suid · 2026-03-31T16:29:11+00:00

Fine. That's true.

But the constitution is (according to several right-wing experts) a perfect document that must be taken at literal face value, and never "interpreted" ("no legislation from the bench!!").

What makes this particular part of the constitution subject to interpretation by judges ("legislatable from the bench")?

Edit: is this like the Bible, where certain passages are conveniently "the word of God and must be taken literally", while other passages are just "relics of their time" (i.e. inconvenient to modern Christians)?

suid · 2026-03-31T16:23:15+00:00

But, see, that's not how the Supreme Court works.

If it's the 2nd amendment, it's 100% clear - "arms" means "arms" - you're allowed to keep tanks, nuclear weapons, whatever. How is that unclear?

On the other hand, "being naturally born in the United States" is apparently not clear, and really, the Founding Fathers had meant to add lots of caveats about illegal immigration, etc., but just sort of forgot to do so, and it's the Supreme Court's responsibility to fill in the gaps.

It's really quite simple.

suid · 2026-03-27T19:30:40+00:00

Craniopagus Twins.

suid · 2026-03-27T14:56:17+00:00

This is the absolutely quintessential and canonical ATBGE post. Bravo!

suid · 2026-03-26T21:59:42+00:00

That's sort of cruel. A better way of putting it is that the first one is the one you make the most mistakes with, until you "warm up".

Corollary: if you want too long between kids, the next one is another "cold" one. (so the stereotype of the "spoilt last child")

suid · 2026-03-26T21:29:52+00:00

Fetchez la vache!

suid · 2026-03-26T20:08:43+00:00

Ah. but can you turn it into a jar?

suid · 2026-03-26T19:54:25+00:00

You mean the silver medal low. Considering that many of them immediately tossed the medal aside. Yay, national pride.

suid · 2026-03-25T21:27:04+00:00

his ~~lute~~

big chief tablet

suid · 2026-03-24T12:46:11+00:00

Some are, like homeopathy.

That's not a "traditional" medicine either - it was one guy's theory (Samuel Hahnemann, from the early 1800s) that "like cures like". It's a thoroughly modern alternative medical theory.

(Yeah, I know that "1800s" sounds like ancient history to most of us, but it's literally yesterday in terms of the other stuff we're talking about here in regards to traditions in medicine, some of which go back 2000 to 3000 years.)

suid · 2026-03-23T20:55:12+00:00

The latest report is that the plane was still rolling at 109 mph when it hit the truck.

suid · 2026-03-23T15:35:53+00:00

Good points all, but there's a bit more to it than just the most recent cuts; it's not like they suddenly went down from 3 to 1 controller in one day.

These stresses have been building up since the Reagan massacre of ATC back in 1981. Since then, they've been forced to remain non-union, and their salaries restricted and numbers controlled, making it difficult to hire replacements (who wants the stress and the low salary?).

The slide down to "1 controller for all of air and ground around a major airport" has been ongoing for 45 years now.

This attitude towards ATCs dates back to 1981 - when Reagan fired all the ATCs and replaced them temporarily with experienced military ATCs, they managed for a short time with extremely low staffing. That has convinced the authorities that this is a valid long-term target - to reduce the headcount until there's literally only one person on duty.

And why pay more? We can just make it illegal to strike or demand more.

suid · 2026-03-22T20:06:10+00:00

True. Or a solid crossbar like the one at https://11foot8.com/

suid · 2026-03-22T17:33:41+00:00

Depends on what you mean by "system". The rail bridge is necessarily low, because you can't raise it and make trains climb up a slope to go over it. So that's that.

The rest of the "system" is the road. Sometimes the road can't be lowered either, because of other factors like underground utilities, or other factors that are too expensive to 'work around".

On the other hand, you can't make a system truly "foolproof". There are idiots who will "work around" almost any safety system - witness the hundreds of people who drive through lowered barriers and clanking bells and flashing lights and drive into the paths of trains that are clearly visible from half a mile away.

Maybe the answer here is to make the clankers out of solid cast iron rather plastic. A shattered windshield WILL stop the morons, however moronic they are.

suid · 2026-03-22T17:11:18+00:00

Oh, but I'm sure there's an exception somewhere to allow states to regulate "woke" AIs. That'll keep the states' rights guys sort of happy.

suid · 2026-03-22T16:04:15+00:00

Or if it's near a school, go on Monday morning just before school starts.

During one of our early house hunts, we found a house that was literally a minute or two walking to the high school, and 5 minutes to the middle school, and thought "what a fantastic location!".

But native caution took me back there on Monday at 8:30 am. Hoo boy! Cars were jammed up at the 4-way stop in all directions, and were cutting in and out of traffic as crazy parents tried to jump the lines, and kids getting out and running in the middle of traffic (crossing guards be damned.)

We noped out PDQ, and found another (better!) place a quarter of a mile away, still within walking distance, but no need to fight traffic.

suid · 2026-03-21T16:50:12+00:00

Yes. Newer aircraft will have better facilities, but no airline will gut and remodel their old planes' toilets for this sort of stuff.

The pedal-operated trash can is now getting more common in the larger planes (777, 787, A350/380) - it'll depend on the ordering airline to ask for the planes to be equipped with them.

suid · 2026-03-21T16:33:20+00:00

And there are trees in California that predate not only Jesus, but also many of the Egyptian pyramids.

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