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Great. I read this. Now I can't sleep. Never read an ars technica article on quantum mechanics near bedtime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%27s_friend

Damn! First acoustic? Oh man. It is a whole other world. Set the action high-ish, use medium gauge, and become someone who can crush a human skull with your fist, and throttle on the acoustic. Lol that is just my attack on the thing. But you are so lucky. The different ways of attacking the...

Hey I need some advice the pandemic hit and for some reason my fingers and brain and voice remembered how to play music again. But, it has a decade or so since I last played, and I need some cheep advice. I need to be able to record myself sitting and playing unamplified acoustic guitar...

Mmmm, that's a nice spruce top right? So is that a dreadnaught w/ a little cutaway. Nice modest cutaway. Back is all rosewood? What guage are you going to use? And what's the action like?

Saw this pic over on an Ars Technica article. I like the guy at bottom left. He is saying in his head, "You do realize this will be addressed, right?" Of course it's thrilling. But my god, if I was on a boat around there, I can guarantee this: I would not be anywhere near this action. I would...

Ah, let's check that old thermometer: hmm, a mild August sort of so far. 75 degrees at 7:30. High was 83 I think. Don't hate me because I'm not sweating. You will all get your revenge in 5 months or so, when it is 12 outside.

Since there is not hip hop thread, I'll post it here. Seems like they finally tracked down the two guys who killed Jam Master Jay of Run DMC. I was a freshman when both Run DMC and the Beasties hit (fight for that right!), so they are like early colleg keg party music to me. Run DMC knew how to...

That is one of the saddest, most pathetic, and hilarious vids I have seen in a while.

What you say is true. And if you do not have some serious issues, I highly recommend, if a doctor casually tries to prescribe you an ssri, tell that doctor to fuck off, and immediately find another one. They are *not* minor drugs. They get into your brain wiring so that withdrawals are ... not...

When I think 90's, I think packed blockbusters with families buying a few days worth of things to watch. That's like millions and millions of 90's memories, now down to one store. That store is a tourist destination, I heard. International even. Anyone who harms it would be hunted down like a...

Send your business to Blockbuster: https://bendblockbuster.com/shop/

Geek interruption. One of my personal faves of "why college football is sometimes amazing" -- I give you, Auburn's band reaction shot for the kick six. One of the tuba players is on point.

UConn is out. I am startled people do not realize how obvious this is, given the protocols being implemented. In college, the entire point of playing big time football is to get laid at will. No protocols will interfere with this time-honored custom. By the second week of class, most of your...

Beagles are hunting and treeing dogs. They have pure caffeine for blood it seems to me. I could never be a good owner to a beagle, I am just flat out not active enough to run out its energy. Beagles are not "apartment dogs." Maybe when they get old. Pure breeds are what they are. I know someone...

I am guessing like all big dogs, it ain't long. Some breeds you are lucky to get 10, right?

lol, he tried to pit bull shame you. I'd never own a pitbull myself. I don't like short hairs. I do not trust a dog that doesn't shed twice a year.

I went on line to find a pic of what I remember Zeus looked like. No idea who this person is, but this was about his size. Mastiffs make me laugh, they are such absurdly big dogs. If I had the property......

Man, I had a neighbor that had (from what I could tell) a full on, ancient breed gigantic mastiff. His head was uncomfortably close to the size of my torso. Nieghbor was BAD OWNER -- he never let his dogs inside, and basically just fed them and kept them as guards. I made slow peace with Zeus...

I'm gonna vote for treating self-harm as a def warning sign, and a line you do not want to get comfortable being close to. But good news! Here is where the cosmos is *not* just fucking you up: there are actual people out there who actually are willing to care for us, help us, give us some...

It is going to get into the low 50's tonight in western PA. It's 70 out now. Gonna break out the cocoa.

yeah, I almost fell in to that trap. And that is the dagger right there: zero sum thinking is sometimes a very stupid way of looking at things.

Got back from folks, watched with dad. Splashdown !! Private boaters need to be shamed a bit here. Not a political issue. I don't care if you vote for Jesus Christ as a write in candidate, stay away from all spacecraft unless you are invited. Show some goddam respect.

Isn't that Brit Brit's deal too? She is still under guardianship of her dad I think. Smart parents of these athletically gifted people with the brains of toddlers should start realizing, they need to demand guardianship of their kid's entire career and access to resources. Like look at Manziel...

I guess it is a business opportunity at least

Antonio Brown suspended 8 games. I truly do not get it. If I had "problems" (and I do!) and I had money, I would get together a topgun team of therapists, physicists, neurosurgeons, professional bouncers, experts at using a tranquilizer gun, whatever, and say to them, "I have these problems. I...

This isn't something I did, but I did watch it happen. I once watched an entire country spend 5 months mask debating. They were doing it in stores, on TV, even in churches. That was freaky as shit.

The photos in that article are priceless. "This is an office space where a group of people have worked on this century's Battlecruiser 3000 for more than 5 years," the narrator intones.

That is kind of my point though. The behavior of players, the teams, the owners, the media, the fans, is not rational. It is panic mode, blowing things out of proportion, making dumb rules that make things even dumber, etc. My take is, it is like I am watching a car wreck in slow motion, and I...

that just made coffee come out my nose. Thnx Alex

I am an acoustic fiend. My 78 takamine dreadnought, got when I turned 16, is by this point, just in that great place great instruments get to. The thing is a joy. I can play, but my story is, I hadn't played in more than a decade until recently. Suddenly, I wanted to play. And slowly, the...

As to dating and stuff, I'm older, but there are days when I am actually kind of happy that one of the common side effects of bazooka doses of ssri's is decreased libido. I mean, *optimally*, yeah, of course, but ... this is the depression thread. Optimum is not a card in our deck. I can deal...

Bubbles , maybe I can help. Originally, you were just dealing with how people, teams, players, etc., are going to react, and have reacted. You are not justifying it, you are not defending it, you are just saying, "this is how it is." But you are arguing with someone who is arguing for what...

Looking at baseball, which is not really a contact sport, I just do not see it. Oh they will try, likely for the reasons Bubbles said. It is all enough to make one ... quite frustrated.

I'm with you on that

from someone's twitter, and fuck twitter: "the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings have announced that their Infection Control Officer has tested positive for coronavirus" Jesus fucking Christ. You had ONE job.

Looking forward to watching this w/ my dad. We watched the launch, was a great way to take time out from The Mess. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/crew-dragon-likely-to-return-from-space-this-week-weather-permitting/

Need advice. I moved from C-land to just over the PA border. This is Steeler country. Not familiar with these yinsers and their ways. Can I hang up a modest display of Browns allegiance, or is that basically inviting something out of Mississippi Burning?

An entire section of Mookie Wilson cutouts would be awesome. Put 'em along the first base line.