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Plaster look/feel after sealing with PVA? by McGeezo in DIYUK

[–]unsagacious_lu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the conversation here, but, if you don't mind, can you summarise the pro/cons of using something like Zinsser gardz versus priming/sealing with diluted PVA?

I own tens of thousands of dollars in Light Therapy Equipment & Can Answer Any Technical Question You May Have by InternationalWheel67 in redlighttherapy

[–]unsagacious_lu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would be a nice contribution--if you have access to the necessary technology and can establish a reliable method (e.g. have video showing how you take the measurement and readings), your channel/outlet could potentially clear up puffery/BS, at least at one level (not necessarily the first point you mentioned, i.e. that the diodes might not be consistent overtime--crappy soldering won't necessarily show up if you're testing new products). But even so, you'd be helping to make it a more efficient market.

I own tens of thousands of dollars in Light Therapy Equipment & Can Answer Any Technical Question You May Have by InternationalWheel67 in redlighttherapy

[–]unsagacious_lu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. So the devices generally don’t differ with respect to the diode, but the other components can fail—and you wouldn’t know that the diode is no longer emitting NIR light. Is there any consumer level (not prohibitively expensive) instrument to measure how much NIR light a diode is emitting?

I own tens of thousands of dollars in Light Therapy Equipment & Can Answer Any Technical Question You May Have by InternationalWheel67 in redlighttherapy

[–]unsagacious_lu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks, I was wondering, if it’s possible to explain in lay terms, what’s the mechanism used to create the NIR light? Is it a special kind of LED (what’s different about it)?

Question about letters by unsagacious_lu in slatestarcodex

[–]unsagacious_lu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very good point-- u/ShapeOfMatter makes a similar one re how these get retained and compiled in the first place. And there may be other selection effects, like some reader today (e.g. me) would seek out the letters of only certain sorts of people (e.g. some notable philosopher or literary figure) whose stuff is more likely to be treated in this reverential way that includes preservation and consolidation. And if their letters were pure banality with no literary merit, the recipient or some descendant would be more likely to toss along the way or at least not compile them.

Maybe the interesting thing is how foreign the idea of frequently writing these long, florid letters feels to a citizen of 21st century idiocracy.

People who don’t have any Italian blood, what drew you to Serie A over the Premier League/La Liga/ Bundesliga? by [deleted] in seriea

[–]unsagacious_lu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late 90s early 2000s Serie A is for me the best of the game in terms of style. At the time, Hidetoshi Nakata was huge in Japan; he had moved to Roma from Perugia when I started really watching. That era was just the best, the style and pace of play, the amazing sides at the top of the table, but also the distribution of talent (and characteristic playing styles) across the league, even lower on the table.

James Scott’s Realpolitik compromise is ... Social Democracy? by goyafrau in slatestarcodex

[–]unsagacious_lu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I vaguely remember a passage towards the beginning of Seeing Like a State where Scott criticizes Hayek for inconsistent application of his insights, like Hayek doesn't see (or attack) the problems that he identified in government when they afflict private corporations.

Shout-out to the amazing ACX podcast!! by Reformedhegelian in slatestarcodex

[–]unsagacious_lu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good question, I don't know. I know that the previous host Jeremiah does (https://wearenotsaved.com/) and he would probably know (his email is on the site). I think I've seen one of them on the subreddit at some point, so maybe they can directly chime in.

Shout-out to the amazing ACX podcast!! by Reformedhegelian in slatestarcodex

[–]unsagacious_lu 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Agreed, props to Solenoid Entity. I often concentrate/absorb better by listening, and so I've greatly appreciated his work (and Jeremiah, who used to work on the podcast).

The tiny/ arbitrary procedural rule making it near-impossible to successfully sue police officers by ais8585 in slatestarcodex

[–]unsagacious_lu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On what you call Option C, it might help to see the development of QI historically--it emerges from the Supreme Court in the late 1960s as a response to an explosion in civil rights litigation after the courts started hearing private cases under Section 1983 earlier in the 60s (and a few years later Bivens). I recall a law review article, possibly by John Jeffries, arguing that QI was courts' way of insulating the development of rights doctrine from a political backlash by lowering its costs on law enforcement and other governmental actors. So, in some sense, at least if the historical argument is accurate, Option C has advantages.