ozebb 7mo ago • 100%
The SSA has a great site showing projections into the future of various proposed modifications. That plan specifically does not on its own solve the problem completely (though it does help, extending the time frame for exhaustion of the trust fund out to 2060 or so). If we wish to avoid the exhaustion of the trust fund, we'll need other measures as well.
ozebb 7mo ago • 75%
When my wife and I bought ours it was only 1.5x a comparable (similar motor/blade spec) DeWalt/Bosch, maybe 2x a comparable Delta. The only saws available at 1/5 the price were on Craigslist.
Yeah, it's more, but as hobbyists we figured we were (1) more likely to make a painful (and costly) mistake than a professional who's working with the thing day in and day out and (2) less likely to be able to restore/maintain a used saw of unknown age, provenance, condition, etc. Worth it for us, and IMO probably for most serious amateurs.
ozebb 9mo ago • 100%
Go easy now, sleet shaming is frowned upon around these parts.
ozebb 9mo ago • 100%
Having played a few of these, yeah, you hear it a little better as the player. They don't sound that much different out front.
If you think about it, on an acoustic guitar the top of the guitar is the "speaker", driven by the vibration of the strings through the bridge. That thin plate drives vibration of the air it's in contact with on both sides, front and back. The vibrations from the front are desirable, because you want the audience to hear the guitar, but the sound projecting back is only useful to the extent you can reflect and redirect it with the body cavity and sound hole(s).
So yeah, to the extent that sound coming out of the side of the body is useful, these make a difference. It's up to you if that's actually important to you though. IMO these are less useful for performance situations, more for people playing for themselves (practicing, etc.)
ozebb 10mo ago • 100%
It's definitely a thing around town. I agree it's an odd thing to put out there, which is why we noticed it while driving around.
- 24th & Hilyard
- 13th & Lawrence
- Mohawk & Centennial in Springfield
My wife and I have been playing a bit of tongue-in-cheek "bingo" while driving around town, so I decided to draw up an actual bingo board with some of the things we look out for. We'd love ideas for more squares if y'all have any suggestions!
ozebb 10mo ago • 100%
There's a trick to using box graters that most people don't know (I certainly didn't until recently)
- Lay a towel or some parchment paper in a sheet pan (optional)
- Lay the grater on the pan
- With your non dominant hand, hold the handle of the grater and the rim of the sheet pan
- With your dominant hand, grate, pushing away from you + into the countertop
The mechanics of pushing down/away are much better than holding the thing upright, dangling it over a bowl or whatever. Easy to just push with your palm too (and keep your fingers out of the way).
ozebb 10mo ago • 33%
Maybe not to you, but plenty of us are secure enough in our existence to have honest conversations with our parents about these things. I hope you get there some day, friend.
ozebb 10mo ago • 50%
A person an regret having children or missing out on the (childless) life they might have had without regretting the human beings who are their children. Those are just... different things.
ozebb 10mo ago • 92%
Obviously it's not for everyone, but I had this conversation with my parents after telling them I planned not to have children and it was... Fine? Kind of a bonding moment, even, we mostly just laughed about it.
Not every parent/child relationship trends this way, but for some of us there's a point in adulthood where you just become friends with your parents, and the parent/child roles sort of fall away. If everybody's mature and secure enough to handle it, talk about whatever the hell you want to.
ozebb 1y ago • 100%
I can see how the post got mirrored automatically and they lost track of it, sure, but remember that he posted the damn thing in the first place. All he had to do was to choose, for once in his life, to not be an asshole.
ozebb 1y ago • 100%
Second this. I've found that a "power soak" works pretty well and makes it feel a little less arduous.
Just bring the dried peas to a boil for a minute and then heat off and soak for an hour (instead of overnight or whatever). I time this so I can walk the dogs while they soak. Then pressure cook -- I try to do this on a night when we have leftovers so I'll just reheat those and eat while they're cooking -- and then blend everything up and I've got enough fresh hummus for a week.
Takes about two hours, but fits into my nightly routine very easily at it's really only 10-15 minutes of active time cooking.
ozebb 1y ago • 96%
scientifically proven ecological collapse
This is a pretty specific thing, but the general "we're all doomed" vibe is definitely not unique to today. Boomers and older had the threat of nuclear annihilation looming over them, and before that... well, disease and famine and death and destruction due to war have historically been the norm.
Imagine how you'd feel living in the Americas in the 16th or 17th centuries and either watching the destruction wrought by European settlers firsthand or, maybe worse, watching your peers die en masse of the diseases introduced by those settlers. Imagine living in Eurasia in the 13th century and watching the Mongol army sweep through.
None of this is to say that today's challenges aren't real and serious. Just that we're not the first to face such challenges.
ozebb 1y ago • 100%
Should be doable with artificial harmonics -- finger fret 1 with the left hand and use the right hand to pinch harmonic at fret 13 while you pluck normally using the rest of your fingers.
Lenny Breau used this sort of technique a bunch, he's worth checking out if you're not familiar!
ozebb 1y ago • 100%
Yowsa! That's cold.
That said, ground-source systems have been used to good effect in climates like that! But, of course, do what's right for you 🙂
ozebb 1y ago • 96%
You might not be totally out of luck:
- More modern units do pretty well down to -20f.
- Ground-source systems don't care about air temps (but are more expensive)
ozebb 1y ago • 100%
High school. I remember watching the news while eating breakfast and feeling the shift from "wow it's crazy that a plane hit a building" to "oh shit" as more reports came in.
I lived in rural Nebraska at the time and it all felt very far away. None of my teachers interrupted class with it as I recall (I know quite a few people had that experience).
ozebb 1y ago • 100%
Maybe so — I think that's kind of the fun of it though 🙂
Are we players here? Listeners? Guitar aficionados? Builders? Something else? I've been playing guitar for about 25 years, jazz guitar for probably 20 of those, doing a mix of gigging and just jamming (not teaching per se myself but I've enjoyed working with teachers to organize jam sessions to create a fun environment for students to learn in). Lately I've been getting into woodworking as a hobby and I've been working on building a guitar for myself, too. What's your jazz guitar experience like?
C'mon people, it's not a Eugene online community without some good ol' Eugene online community posts :)