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So I have a gear or GAS-related question for you experienced and technical players. I am a noob, trying to hang in learning guitar until I get past harming my own ears. Still working on memorizing the fretboard and faster simple chord changes. I am three-odd months into this attempt. I...

I certainly resonate with demultiplexer's monetization concern. I never wanted to deal with the technical side of self-hosting or even any technical aspect of creation so 'back when' (2006 - 2008) I used Wordpress, hosted by them. It was easy to create posts including many photos and even do...

For me I think the mid-life crisis hit in my mid/late thirties when I did not die young like a bug on a windshield like I expected I would. I was a 'serious' motorcycle rider starting around 20 years old, even going one full year owning only a motorcycle by choice. Mid-life was not an...

Use of AI seems inevitable, meaning there is a place for teaching it and learning it. OP makes excellent observations about what it does not teach or value. I wonder if setting aside time for semi-random "defend your answers" sessions in classes would encourage more students to avoid using...

A neighbor had a dead tree taken down recently. The hired company needed to roll a big lift and a serious tracked ‘tree grabber’ across my driveway and yard. They used 4x8 plywood sheets to protect it. Seemed like a bit of work to lay down the path but it worked well to protect the ground.

The "we can't compete with Chinese labor" comments are misplaced or at least behind the times. Mexican manufacturing labor is cheaper than China for several years now (2025 averages noted at https://www.business-money.com/announcements/cost-breakdown-manufacturing-in-mexico-vs-china-in-2025/)...

The ethics continue to be hotly debated. There is a truckload of science fiction exploring different takes on what might happen. Charles Stross Vernor Vinge, and William Gibson are a couple of my favorites but there are so many authors tackling that. I admit to some trepidation thinking of if...

Anecdote about an out-of-print situation -- In the 2000's I owned a Honda 1982 CX 500 Turbo motorcycle. It was the first factory turbo charged m/c (Kawasaki made one a few years earlier but not factory-delivered). That 1982 model was only made one year before becoming the CX 650 Turbo. My...

I'll hop on the Dylan hate-train. I appreciate his lyrics but his voice makes me want to do violence.

I’m curious what recommendations you get here. I’m in the same boat, with much older dSLR equipment (D70s with both DX and pre-DX full frame lenses). Z series has most of my attention but needing new lenses means I could jump to another manufacturer. On your phone comment, did you investigate...

My dad pirated like a serious hoarder. He collected software for its own sake. Many shelves of floppy disks back then. There was a very active in-person PC club scene in Silicon Valley back then where this activity was common. He bought legit copies of anything he used beyond demoing it. I did...

It'll be interesting to hear exactly how it happened. I have experience with coating failures on metals used in aircraft components. Could be incorrectly anodized, scratches in such a coating, mechanical rework damage, or similar. Could also be an incorrectly mixed or cured multi-part...

I'm one of those nuts who like big phones (14 Pro Max at the moment, usually carried in a pocket). To echo others here, something that could act as an iPad mini would be useful to me. But I doubt I'd pay up for the first iteration.

Free OneNote had issues with local storage. It was not possible on earlier MacOS versions. MS wants you to keep your files in their cloud. But current versions allow local storage with a Microsoft log-in. Some people don't like that requirement.

Sure, but a dollar in 1981 isn't the same useful value as a dollar today due to inflation. That high interest rate on a home was painful even then. You made me curious so a quick look at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS says median (USA) home price in 1981 Q1 was $66.8K versus $405.3K...

I remember Morgan Hill being out in "the sticks" and affordable. Not any more!

Timezon3, I don't get it myself. My gut churns at the thought of the financial consequences of our Iran war, whether it is resolved shortly or not. I would have thought the fear of persistent inflation would push down the market based on the almost-inevitable delay of reduced interest rates...

I think the SV golden age is over for many reasons. I feel SV's golden age was started by electronics. Go back far enough (I am old) and it was built on garage shops. Hewlett-Packard is a great example but there are many more. Back then "electronics" was more about hardware manufacturing...

There is a difference between reasoned and stable tariffs designed to balance trade and encourage select domestic manufacturing segments and what Trump has been doing, using random tariffs as a stick to get his way with foreign powers and shifting them around at his whim. His method seems...

Ford and other large sized manufacturers are in the best position to lobby for financial and legal changes that encourage on-shoring rather than off-shoring. I don't know that an arbitrary deadline strictly in company behavior would lead to any change. The causes are complex (Null listed some...