I need custom bumpers for some exposed bolts on a boat lift that are scratching the hell out of my pontoon. Modeling them has been on my todo for months. Saw this and after 5 minutes of prompting I have four custom bumpers printing. This is a great product. Thank you.
I'm the same on the guitar side. I'll go weeks using a fractal fm9 straight into the PA. it's like playing through a computer which is awesome. however...
I'll get real sick of the complexity and go back to my cranked tube amp and one overdrive pedal.
Olbers's paradox, also known as the dark night paradox, is an argument in astrophysics and physical cosmology that says that the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the assumption of an infinite and eternal static universe. In the hypothetical case that the universe is static, homogeneous at a large scale, and populated by an infinite number of stars, any line of sight from Earth must end at the surface of a star and hence the night sky should be completely illuminated and very bright. This contradicts the observed darkness and non-uniformity of the night sky.
I've always wondered how intentional Fred Rogers was when writing these songs. I've been in a shitty ska punk band for years and the hyperactive singer will be like, "Guys! I've got this great new song and it goes like this." He'll sing a melody for a verse or whatever and we'll piece together a chord progression then he'll sing the chorus and we'll piece chords together that sort of fit it but it will be in some bananas different key. The band is all looking at each other like WTF is this nonsense? but the crazy thing is the song winds up working and it is crazy complex even though none of us have any idea what we're doing.
Not all N series engines are awful. The N52, while not as amazing as the previous M52/M54 engines, is a fantastic, reliable engine. However, the 4 cylinder N20 used between 2011-2017 is the worst. Faulty timing chain guides often fail and immediately grenade the engine. They were so bad there was even a class action lawsuit
I'm a terrible hobby musician and I love using the Mellotron that's in GarageBand or Logic. I had no idea what it really was before today (thanks for sharing the article) but it somehow always adds some sort of perfect, whimsical ambiance to whatever I'm trying to make. Give it a try with some reverb under a good beat. Can't go wrong.
what? this is amazing, I haven't seen that article. I was just able to pull the article's text up for free via the St. Louis County Library. Thank you! if I figure out how to find individual pages, i will let you know.
Could that have been across from what is now Earthbound Beer? If so, they hand-dug all the debris out of the cave and you can pretty easily get a tour. The owner said the cave under the cave is off limits b/c they almost ran out of air while exploring it.
There is an extensive network of caves under my city that were used by beer breweries in the 1800's to store beer. They are all but inaccessible, and, at the time, kind of a myth. Most people didn't believe they still existed. I was fascinated by this and I compiled as much information as I could find on my personal website in the early 2000's. One day I received an email, "do you want to go into the caves? I know someone who can get us in. Meet us at 1am at XXXXXX - bring flashlights, old boots, and $50 to pay the tour guide."
Me, being young and always up for an adventure, showed up and it was awesome. These were legit spelunker urban explorers who knew how to pick locks. We got into the caves and it was crazy. Best part is I didn't get murdered.
I learned about this from a talk given by one of the authors. The guy next to me asked, "If you open up the blood-brain barrier, doesn't that mean nasty things can cross, too?" and the author was like, "yep." There are definitely risks.
AB did this for sure before the merger. Working there during my prime, going-out-to-the-bars age, I was told that I should only buy AB products and make sure the label was turned outward for others to see. Thought it was weird but I only drink whisky so it didn't really affect me.
Hilarious! After a few of those, I taught my son how to open the javascript console and "hack" his favorite cookie clicker. He was so excited to show his friends but the school-provided chromebooks are really locked down.
I was disappointed, thinking that would be the end of it, but his whole class has been trying to find ways around the blocks and filters ever since. They've found some clever workarounds and a lot of things that sort of look like hacks but are not. It's adorable.
My favorite somewhat related research is using focused high energy ultrasound with microbubbles to open the blood-brain barrier enough to allow therapeutics to pass through. Ultrasound is an old technique that sort of went out of style but it truly is lot of fun.
I love that you did this DIY. I just had a guitar built by a guy who also winds pickups per your specs - I loved that I could have him dial in the tone exactly how I wanted.
Also see Lindsey Jordan of Snail mail. Midwest emo like Mike Kinsellaof American Football, Owen, & Cap'n Jazz, et. al, and Evan Thomas Weiss of Into it Over it are also fantastic examples of clever tunings. My personal favorite is Chad Matheny of Emperor X - such a unique artist
See the inboard brakes on 60's Jaguars - Sure, the unsprung weight and improved handling is nice but they are much harder to maintain because 1. you have to lift the car to see if they are worn and 2. if you have to repair a caliper it is almost easier to drop the entire rear suspension than to try to dig the caliper out while everything is on the car.
How much money did they raise? like $1.2 billion? yikes. - edit - no, from what I can find they raised $100M then $350M last July and were looking to raise $500M earlier this month on a down round. Still... yikes.
My favorite liquid computer is the Bosch Continuous Injection System (CIS) which is a fully mechanical fuel injection system for internal combustion engines. It is able to compute the fuel maps for my old porsche in any kind of weather at any altitude. It is a K-Jetronic (1973–1994) version which means there is no computer at all. The only electrical part is a few bi-electric strips that are used to run the engine rich until it gets up to temperature. I truly amazing system but when a little piece of dirt gets in the wrong place or a pressure if off by a few bar it falls flat on its face and strands you. fun times.
Here's the thing about taking a 944 up to 120mph... the sound changes. Everything under 110 seems normal, but you get to a point and the aero changes and you know you're in an envelope some German engineers conjured up 35 years ago. That's when I lift. freaks me out.