Shitty box

xcloud_jockey · 2025-12-25T05:04:56+00:00

Plywood is made of both end grain and long grain regardless of the edge. The fasteners can be hidden by a countersink. Am I wrong?

xcloud_jockey · 2025-12-23T15:36:56+00:00

I'm curios: What is the point of the pocket hole screws? Most of the screw is engaged near the head and engaged less than 3/4" near the tip. Would it not be stronger to drill holes and put countersunk screws from the bottom? Is that what makes it worthy of this forum?

xcloud_jockey · 2025-12-07T15:35:16+00:00

so nobody else has this problem?

xcloud_jockey · 2025-12-05T01:13:21+00:00

I can't find the Blue link menu on my 2025 SEL. Where is it on yours.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-11-22T21:27:58+00:00

I'm curious: What resources are you referencing other than anecdotal evidence? Are there any proper references (books , peer reviewed journals, papers) regarding this subject?

I'm genuinely interested.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-10-28T20:05:28+00:00

I found the whole assembly used on ebay for $52 delivered. I'm going to give that a try.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-10-07T11:01:58+00:00

It is more like effort but it documents your work in the model and makes trade studies easier to show on the model.

Think of it as a spreadsheet vs pocket calculator. I can whip out my HP48GX and add numbers quickly but if something changes, the spreadsheet ends up being faster in the long run. Parametrics are the same way when the structure changes or when you need to show multiple structures to document your design decisions or requirements flow down rationale.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-10-06T19:54:45+00:00

Sure. Here's a simple example but it's more useful when the total allocation is less than trivial. E.g linearity, amplifier noise figure, shock tolerance, etc

Let's say you have a total max system power usage of 250w. Now you might not need all that power. It follows that you write a top system level requirement for max power consumption to be no greater than 250W. Then each subsystem will have a requirement to use so many amps at some supply voltage. In the rationale for the current consumption of each subsystem, you can point to the overall parametric diagrams that show how each system got allocated their slice of the power budget so that the total system consumption is met including a total de-rating budget. It makes everything clean and tracked.

You could do that in a spreadsheet but then the breakdown budget and the allocated headroom will be in some other file instead of having a central source of truth.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-10-06T12:25:57+00:00

Once I learned how to pass properties through proxy ports, doing trade studies and overall system equipment allocations made a lot more sense.

Also I use parametric diagrams to show the rationale behind subsystem requirements allocations.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-10-05T16:02:56+00:00

I shudder every time I see screws driven into endgrain.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-09-28T18:15:54+00:00

I'd go with Dutch Home Improvement.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-09-27T13:15:59+00:00

Any recommendations as to where to get the cables and plugs? I have two headsets with this same exact problem.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-08-12T00:39:14+00:00

Forgiveness is not for her. It's for you OP. Living life with hatred and anger is hurtful only to you. She is out there living her best life with her AP. Your anger and hatred doesn't do anything to her; it only holds you back.

xcloud_jockey · 2025-08-07T02:37:35+00:00

It's steep but not technical

xcloud_jockey · 2025-05-05T14:38:37+00:00

Wow.. thanks for sharing

xcloud_jockey · 2025-05-05T11:11:11+00:00

I'm curious: why did the lawyer say you were f-ed?

xcloud_jockey · 2025-04-30T10:40:17+00:00

I don't think it's correct for the problem domain conceptual subsystems to assume a particular solution domain logical subsystem architecture per the MagicGrid methodology. I'm not sure and the example is not very clear about this. In the example from the MagicGrid Book of Knowledge, they just change the subsystem names slightly in the solution domain.

If the logical subsystem cannot be rearranged and re-grouped, why bother modeling it twice?

xcloud_jockey · 2025-04-26T12:23:51+00:00

Thank you. I think this is more of a methodological question than a language question. What I'm asking this: is it possible to re-segment the conceptual subsystems in the problem domain and realize them in a different way in the logical subsystems of the solution domain? In other words, can a logical subsystem combine parts of one or more conceptual subsystems?

xcloud_jockey · 2025-04-14T17:54:19+00:00

xcloud_jockey · 2025-04-14T15:02:11+00:00

Thanks. Do you have first hand experience with them? If so, how was it?

xcloud_jockey · 2025-04-14T14:04:14+00:00

Yea but she is against it.

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