tehfishman

joined 2 years ago
[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Directional antennas exist and are very inexpensive

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I would really appreciate this twisted timeline we're in featuring the Clintons openly acknowledging that they know how corruption works from experience as a way to derail the current corruption train that we're all tied down in front of. The writers need to demonstrate that they haven't completely lost the plot or I'm cancelling my subscription

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I hadn't considered survivorship bias or that my original assertion was wrong. Solid point.

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

There's some interesting information in here for sure. Some speculation about intentional allowances for some warping to occur, and information about how some tops are basically 3-ply plywood which is a bit more stable.

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm familiar with guitar humidors and things like that which are used to protect valuable guitars. And they make perfect sense.

But I'm thinking about just regular parlor guitars, instruments that sit out in relatively uncontrolled environments and are played regularly, and instruments that are used on tours. Those instruments are subject to all kinds of chaos, and it seems like they should all be self destructing. And yeah, some do. But most don't. And I think that's really weird

 

I'm hoping someone here can explain something that I haven't been able to find a satisfying answer to - why don't traditional acoustic guitars crack? I mean obviously sometimes they do, but it seems to me like that should happen all the time. For anyone unfamiliar, the front (top) and backs of wood acoustic guitars have their grain direction running parallel to the neck. And inside, there is bracing. That bracing runs perpendicular to the grain of the top, and the bracing is typically glued to the top. Gluing perpendicular grain is generally considered a huge problem when it's an item of furniture and it would be reasonable to expect an object constructed like that to tear itself apart in a few years as humidity fluctuations do their thing. But guitars usually don't do that and I don't understand why.

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ah didn't see that. Thanks

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for listing the states, NYT. Fucking useless.

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'd be pissed if I was one of these companies that supposedly already started building factories in the USA

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There was a single MAGA with a trump flag at a protest I attended. But the worst that happened was everyone booed them and then a small group followed her around.

[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fed up with Reddit's owners, so I stopped my daily use. I did like Reddit more because of some well moderated and active subreddits, and I do occasionally pop my head in over there once a week or so to stay informed, but I spend almost all of my time here and on mastodon now.

I had a similar relationship with Facebook around 2015. Stopped pretty much entirely except for when I need to engage with Facebook marketplace, and I generally try to use Craigslist first.

 
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