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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago

Atwood is also one of the sanest centrist voices I've ever read, in essays and interviews. (Centrist by Canadian standards -- probably quite left by US standards). She always seems to be acutely aware of institutional inertia and how things like independent courts are vital to free societies. Wish there were more like her.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Weird. I don't remember eating that...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Mutant lemon. If it tastes good, you should breed it and create a new product ;)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm so burnt out on both universes that it is only the raving reviews of a few entries that will bring me back now. Prior to ~2019 I would literally see every entry in both.

The need for new ideas is paramount.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Everything else went up due to tariffs

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The tops of the clouds on the night side of Venus are about -45°C. So it's not actually glowing like the image implies. But in infrared, you can reprocess the colours to make a delightful image like the above.

Well, I know you're implying the greenhouse gases will kill us all. And that might be true, but probably not in ten years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My bananas are mouldy and I don't know why

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

The thing is that the party conceding here actually trusts the election process. And Trump most definitely won the electoral college.

Even if he ends up losing the popular vote eventually, it doesn't really matter. The system is rigged and has always been rigged in favour of land over people.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Canadian observer. Two things, and I think they're related effects.

Harris is a minority and a woman. The Democrats were convinced they were the party that minorities would automatically vote for. But what they failed to realize was that those same minorities are misogynistic as hell. Like, have you ever been to a Baptist wedding? If you ask them what the role of a woman is...

The US is also the only first world country where the birthrate is above replacement. But if you look at who are having children, you'll find that it skews conservative. And they're passing those values along.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (6 children)

California is still counting. Not sure he won the popular vote.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

Does it matter if they don't honour the patents of the rest of the world?

 

Just wanted to give a shout out to city services. That is all ;)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Hey folks, pardon the rookie question. We need to build a few hundred of these per year, so I thought I'd tool up, and wanted to figure out how to do this "cheaply".

Parameters. Stainless steel rods, with one end sharpened to a point, and the other end deburred. Typically 30cm long with no real tolerance issues, and no real parameters on the point other than "if you hit it with a hammer, you should be able to drive them into the earth." Typically made of 3/8" or 1/2" stainless.

My main problem is: stainless is fucking hard and destroys my bench grinder when grinding tips onto it. Is there a better grinder I could be using? Or perhaps I should be cutting these on a small lathe?

Also, when I buy stainless stock, I usually have the metal wholesaler cut them to length for us, but they charge quite a bit. The stainless destroys my bandsaw blades, so perhaps there is a better option? Is there a mitre saw blade that is rated for stainless? Or should I also be using a parting tool on a lathe here?

Thoughts are appreciated. Such a simple thing, but stainless so...

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