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by zafka 4y ago
In addition to ways ZAMM affected the way I viewed the world. I take pleasure in asking folks who work with me at "Very Large Corp" with the word Quality in their title, if they have by any chance read ZAMM. Obviously I still ne
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by zafka 4y ago
Hi Scrap, I moved to Florida after my first year of sobriety. There was a fantastic meeting on Friday nights with lots of "young" people. After a year or so a bunch of "thumpers" and other folks who loved to hear themse
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Yes to this. Best is several of the above. I started in AA. I have stayed in AA for many years. Once you clear up it is quite easy to point out quite a few issues with AA, many people quit going because of them. I feel it is my responsibi
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by zafka 4y ago
Congratulations! One thing I have heard, that I am afraid to test is that if after a period of time of not drinking, an alcoholic starts again, quite quickly they revert to drinking as much or more than they did previously. I played aroun
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by zafka 4y ago
Caiero, I love your about statment. I was disapointed that you have no listed comments yet. A quite interesting list of submissions though! As a side note, it would be nice if folks put contact info in their about section. I think it would
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by zafka 4y ago
I feel that with very little effort I could get on one of those shows. Recently I have been holding off the entropy a little- even throwing a few things away, but hey, someday I might be able to use those 1970 transistors from the old equip
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by zafka 4y ago
Can you expound on this a bit? As the other commentor indicated, this is very interesting. Thank you for exposing me to this tidbit!
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It got me to look! My main question is: Who are you targeting? It looks like you have some impressive achievements,my gut feel though, is that design is not your main strength and it would be good to bounce your presentations off someone i
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by zafka 4y ago
Hee, that is my hobby- I would also love to do it in a more disciplined way, but first I will need to find out where they keep the discipline.
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Orchids, Air plants...
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by zafka 4y ago
Thanks for the great tip! (Hydroponics/gardening)
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I beg to differ :) I guess a lot depends on set and setting.
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Thanks much for this! First time I have heard this. Now saved for repeats.
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by zafka 4y ago
Yes indeed! The skilcraft chemistry set, The world book encyclopedia, the cool aunt who would by me Saltpeter and sulfur from the drug store. It was fun making my own black powder at age 12!
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by zafka 4y ago
While a little pricey, Bismuth is relatively safe and can be melted stove top. Of course you can still by lead melting pots at some bait stores along with molds for heavy sinkers. I wish I still had the molds I was given when I was a kid to
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by zafka 4y ago
I think all developers hardware and software should read "Design for Everyday Living" <SP> https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expand...
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Thanks! Did a quick search for this but used wrong terms.
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The first one I ran across was: https://www.harrisonbarnes.com/the-psychology-of-human-misju... I also like : https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Practice-Robert-B-Cialdini/ Who Munger mentions- actaully
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by zafka 4y ago
I just scanned the first few paragraphs, but saved this as I find it to be a great reminder. I try to read lists of the various human mis-perceptions periodically to build "muscle memory" into my consiousness. I first started look
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by zafka 4y ago
One of my favorite ideas was told to me by my uncle who works in the die cast industry. He met a guy who made lug nuts for Semi tractor tires in his garage. One item, and he made a living off of it. I have always thought that this idea was
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by zafka 4y ago
Plus 1 on this! I use my back yard in this way, but plan to set up some indoor areas also. So far I have not been trying to sell things, just playing and seeing what works best. There are some plants that are very easy to propogate that pe
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by zafka 4y ago
I think the fact that he was in love with a pigeon near the end of his life is extremly touching. As for his character, the fact that he was pals with Mark Twain (Clemens) says it all for me.
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by zafka 4y ago
I think Debunk is a bit of an overstatment. That is like saying James Watt should get no credit for the steam engine because they had spinning toys powered by steam in ancient egypt. What amazes me is that along with the electrical stuff
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by zafka 4y ago
Looks like a fun article but it bothers me that that the lead-in example is wrong- overlooking 7 year old research that was pretty broadly disseminated: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1500795 It is not
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by zafka 4y ago
The main point is" Just start!! Growing plants is one of the most rewarding things you can do. Grow too many flowers, give some to strangers. Have too many seedlings, share. The community of fellow growers you will meet will also enr
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Here is the link that has the story: https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/07/03/tiny-fro... Every day the world gets more interesting!
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Basically I lacked confidence and know how when I envisioned the ideas. One thing I realize now that even good ideas take quite a bit of work. When I get released from the cube farm in a few years, I might try to market one of the ideas.
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I am not sure what you mean by "it". Are you talking about the parent, or the alloy?
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I first saw Nitinol in 1977-78 when I was checking out University of MO, Rolla.* They gave away samples to touring prospective freshman. A short time later there was an article in Omni Magazine about this cool Alloy that no one knew what to
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by zafka 4y ago
I worked at a company in the late 90's that made some of (or first) Braille computers. The braille dots were actuated with Piezo driven at over 200 volts. The piezo compound was proprietary and supposedly the blending process was done

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