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cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org/m/NiceMemes@sopuli.xyz/t/1139720

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T97xxLzbHvc

now aint the place to make a scene i know this aint the outcome that you hoped it would be but like asbestos im never gunna leave as much as i would love to reanimate these dead old broken dreams that we had when we were 17 on the bike rides that included jumping over fallen trees gaffatape punctures and bruised and muddied knees but that was then

so stop giving me this commotion its not helping at all and if i give in or get over emotional i’ll put a hole in this wall but i wont because i am a grown up

lets rewind to another time when we were not twisted or jaded just passing the time without mercury in our blood or traces of lead without thinking about those silly things that we worry to death when are we gunna stop putting off that dream that building aint gunna be ridden off by josh bender or steve peat or was that back then when we had it on repeat well that was then

so stop giving me this commotion its not helping at all and if i give in ill get over emotional i’ll put a hole in this wall well i wont because i am a grown up so grow up

I want to try making a bubble lens cover for a display enclosure. I'm thinking about a simple sandwich of sheet metal flashing with a center window to clamp a sheet of 2mm acrylic. Then place a nichrome wire heating element under the exposed acrylic. The heat will rise and gravity will deform the window to create the bubble.

I could probably get by with a sketchy setup that wraps the nichrome wire around nails in a wooden frame for a one off. Alternatively, I could probably use mica sheets, like a typical domestic toaster, to build a frame that the wire wraps around.

What I'm curious about is if labs have some better goto setup to create custom heating elements. Is there some kind of erector or Lego like set of cheap hardware people use for creating custom heating apparatuses? I'm thinking like a set of ceramic standoffs and a configurable base plate or other basic hardware. Like if you wanted to automate a medium size production run of something and needed a few different size heating elements, how would you build them?

(Electrical Discharge Machining)
In terms of current, voltage, frequency, rise time, etc. What makes this one special for switching topologies?

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What's your home setup?

Nutshell, until I build some calluses again. I haven't played much the last couple of years, but it has been a part of me 27 of 40 years, a facet now much larger than without. It is strange how much the music one first learns anchors the soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_wu0VRIqQ

Recent meme post prompted this as a needed reminder of what the issue with audio is, and how it should be fixed legislatively in a civilized world.

Sorry if abstract meta questions are not your thing. I find it interesting to discover other perspective views.
I was in the shower with the thought, "Is any narcissist self aware of their narcissism?"
Maybe meta awareness of narcissism is like intelligence, beauty, or hearing one's own voice. We may infer information based upon feedback, but lack an objective frame of reference.

On another level, I am aware of how I am abstract in functional thought, like inferencing across many unrelated spaces, and big-picture meaning. I'm aware of my intuition as it relates to others in general, but I'm not aware of my own beauty or intelligence as it contrasts with others.

Are there universal unknowns? Are we always ungrounded in all self perception; only overconfident in our self asserting narratives? What are your thoughts? Are you intelligently beautiful and teflon to the accusation of narcissism? Perhaps charisma is the ultimate superhero mask.

It is an abstract question that just crossed my mind after Lady Butterfly's post a few minutes ago in c/mental health.

To be clear, I do not mean whether one should apologise. I do not mean that the act of apologizing has no meaning. I'm specifically asking if the person that expects someone else to apologize is driven by their own narcissism.

I personally place very very little value on words compared to actions. The act of apologizing has a tiny value to me, but the words are nearly meaningless. One is defined by one's actions, not words, and not intentions. I never expect an apology. I want actionable, notable change.

I was physically disabled by a man and most of my life was taken away from me, but I still have no desire to hear some apology. In fact, it would come across as his selfishness for wanting to feel better about the chaos he caused if he tried to apologize. I don't want vengeance. The only apology I would value is some measure of ongoing restitution. Short of such an effort, I would feel insulted by the overture of an apology.

From this perspective, expecting an apology seems narcissistic to me, but I would like to know if you feel differently and are able to articulate a nuanced perspective.