Notices by Ricardus (ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org), page 14

@sparcipx Being naked is fun!

@sparcipx I only care about the wind chill when I'm actually outside, naked, walking into a brutal headwind. Then I'm all about it.

OK, remember last week when that pantry shelf collapsed causing the one underneath to collapse spilling all sorts of canned good, dry good, and other things on the kitchen floor? No? Well that happened.

Pantry cabinet is officially fixed.

OMG YES! I've been complaining about this for ages. When I ask people the temp in recent years, they often reply with the Wind Chill Temp.

NO THANKS. TELL ME WHAT THE FUCKING THERMOMETER ACTUALLY SAYS.

https://www.vox.com/2016/1/19/10788306/wind-chill-meaning

Eastbound 90 was a CRAWL.

Mega weird dreams last night.

Brain, STOP!!!

Meh. https://www.skullmicrophone.com/

@pithi I understand and believe that, but I am wondering what I could have done wrong when I used the exact same methodologies to test the capsule on the good mic I have sitting here. I can't wait to get that capsule back and try this again.

@pithi This guy has been in the mic building business for 50+ years. He also offered to fix the mic for me for free just because hes a nice guy. But I don't understand how one of us could be so far off with a simple continuity measurement.

OK, so the capsule I checked, and was convinced had problems made it to the manufacturer, and he told me that he could find no continuity between the backplates. I saw it there. This isn't the first time I've used a DMM to check continuity. So I went and performed the same check on the working mic and saw no continuity, as expected. I know the manufacturer is a stand up guy. He's not out to cheat anyone. Am I losing my fucking mind??!

#D87Build

@thor Our shows mostly just do the East coast here and our other time zones.

@thor Oh wait, you guys have New Years over there, too??!

@thor Cool pics! What are they celebrating?

@djsundog They really are beautiful objects. Precision machined brass backplates. Thin mylar sputtered with a few microns of gold conductor.... yeah baby.

@djsundog Did you see my capsules?

@djsundog That hurts my brain!

@Electronic_Bunny Yes. We need a proper angry revolution.

To me it seems like she would be better off running in 5 years. She can use that time to work on her image. If she runs now, she'll get dragged through the mud and her image will get worse, and she'll have MORE work to do in 5 years. So yeah, talk about being selfish and not thinking of "the good of the party."

The inanity of the Dems this political cycle just keeps coming. I hear people often talking about Bernie's motivations for running, calling him selfish and other things. Now I see Warren declaring her candidacy. The data I've seen suggests she has almost ZERO chance of winning, and her image is a mess right now after that RIDICULOUS native american clusterfuck she chose to insert herself into. She needs better advisers.