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Machining, Woodworking, Japanese, Pool, Go, Guitar, Computer storage

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Proof-of-concept drawing from preliminary briefing. Refined drawing. Detailed blueprint after consultation with primary designer. First product.

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@AppWoodHome The soft steel also allows the uradashi process which makes sharpening the hard steel much, MUCH faster and easier.

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@Layemie001 These are the best drywall anchors imo. No need to predrill, just hammer them in. Much easier to fill and hide the hole (slit) if you ever decide to remove the anchor.

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@reprinted3D 1000% But now I’m legitimately wondering: how did I learn phone etiquette? I don’t recall parents or teachers correcting me at any point, but I’m fairly certain I didn’t exit the womb 64 years ago with the knowledge. Emulation and intuitive courtesy? Why is it gone?

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@tanpukunokami FWIW, I’ve gone entirely to pimento Mac and cheese and will never go back. It’s all about good quality cheddar, pimentos, and just the right amount of hot sauce - almost any pasta works (I like shells). It’s a southern thing.

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@XStrangeHistory TIL pool players are sometimes mistaken for martial arts disciples

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@DivaQBBQ Today I learned a beef shoulder can be called a “clod” (and I’m 64 years old!)

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@AppWoodHome I’m definitely not the greatest judge, but that looks superbly balanced and beautiful to me. Seriously: very well done! I can’t read my own English handwriting, but I can wield a mean pantograph engraver!

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@notadvice No joke, this was taken about 24 hours before your post to extol the virtues to a buddy … 🤣

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@AppWoodHome Decent English language blog post about the original here (with photos): https://t.co/MuqsLynIrg

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@Tiana_Celine_23 Still great, but no matter how many times I watch this it’s like a tilt-shift photography trick: tiny dudes on a platform make the hotties dancing look like small children!

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@SutterlinDan @shoggothenjoyer Please tell me the units are mm, not inches and those chamfers are about the size of an individual E. Coli bacterium

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@anishmoonka Posting? Scrolling? “Regular touch” via social media shouldn’t count for anything, imo. Even phone records fail to record regular face to face interactions with actual human beings — which is what keeps people sane. Lordy.

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Maybe that’s the disconnect. The merge must occur no matter the flow rate. You’ve only experienced full freeway speed or stop and go, nothing in between? More cars than a single lane supports will slow traffic, only extreme overload causes stop and go. My point is only that speeding ahead to the front of the line to merge in front of every other (moving, if slowly) car, whether already merged or in the free lane to begin with, seems impolite.

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Thanks for reasoned discourse. Longer single lines blocking more entrance/exit ramps is a reasonable argument, but I’d argue zipper is polite driving at entrance merges as well. I don’t think reasonable people are against front-of-line zipper merge when traffic is stop and go and both lanes have filled. Most, though, intuitively want FIFO and dislike others speeding past them to jump to the very front when they can clearly see their lane is ending. (Semi-trailers also have a VERY good reason not to wait until they are at front of line to merge.)

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@MaxHJunghans @scott_landmann @EagleZeroX Thanks for a polite reply. But isn’t the goal with traffic to optimize throughput (cars per time) rather than area? How does moving to the left lane get more cars through the choke point more quickly? The post-merge lane is what throttles throughput.

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The math is called queuing theory. FIFO is a reasonable algorithm. The constraint is how many cars per unit time the post merge lane can support. Bumper-hugging and unnecessary complete stops to merge early are bad behavior, but so is speeding past a long line of cars to force your way in ahead of them. If traffic is stalled, two lanes will quickly fill and front-of-line zipper (FIFO) is great. If signs say your lane is ending and traffic is just beginning to slow a bit, or the six cars in two lanes ahead of you are zippering during a slow roll, don’t speed ahead because “front-of-line zipper is akshually more ‘efficient’” (efficient use of what, tarmac?)

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I can buy that two full lanes are shorter than one. I don’t buy that throughput improves: the constraint is how much throughput (cars per unit time) the post-merge lane can handle. Both lanes will eventually fill if there is more traffic than that lane can support: then zipper is sensible. When traffic is still flowing, speeding ahead to merge at the end instead of merging as soon as convenient is inconsiderate at best.