That decision comes years or decades after practice and learning, which people do because A) they find just noodling on the instrument fun, and/or b) they find improving their skill deeply rewarding, and/or c) they think guitar/music is just really cool.

A bad instrument can make the experience miserable, though. My first acoustic was fucking awful, just straight trash. How long does yours stay in tune?

I work at a plant that uses one of those alternative flocculants (due to our source water chemistry). Our logistics are incredibly shaky at the best of times, due to the extremely limited number of producers.

Dale/glen???

My instinct not to watch the last one was correct, then?

“Natural consequences” is the buzzword. Make sure the consequences fit the action. You squirted most the toothpaste into the aink? You don’t get access to toothpaste, and mom/dad have to do your toothbrush.

This works with my kid because they value their autonomy very highly. Your child may value things differently.

Something to keep in mind: the goal isn’t to be a high-discipline parent, it’s to be a consistent parent. Express expectations and consequences, then hold to them. This helps children feel secure, and dramatically reduces testing behaviors (not to zero but much lower).

The magnet and the metal plate pull each other, so all the pull forwards is cancelled out by the pull backwards.

If you see other players. Probably less awkward to try to find a club.

Most bottled water comes from a municipal water system somewhere, i.e., is tap water.

Some water supplies have issues with sulfur or algae, so that can be unpleasant if your sense of smell is particularly sensitive. My sense of smell is pretty weak so I drink the tap water most places, while my spouse had an RO system installed in our house due to their sensitivity.

Good luck. I’ve already lost hope that we can rein in gas companies in Colorado but it would be amazing if you did.

Both alcohol and weed are the only pain management some people have access to.

This seems much less effective than the Espiku system covered in OSU’s Engineering Out Loud podcast.

Netrunner on jinteki.net .

It’s the last week of the semester and I’m dying to play with actual cards.

Beverly was always a self insert (like most trek characters) for professional STEM types, in this case the career doctor who loves romance novels.

I think the scariest thing is that it isn’t a disinformation campaign. Disinformation and propaganda are part of partisan politics (for instance, Republicans still think Joe Biden wanted to defend the police and Democrats still think there’s a pee tape). Just stating true facts is enough to get people arguing.

If we would just accept facts we didn’t like, a lot of these foreign actors would have a lot less power.

Michael Hudson calls it out fairly regularly.

Marjorie Taylor Greene of the rockies

I’m sorry this is so hard. My experience was: recovery takes roughly 1/2 the length of the relationship

From what you wrote here, you have a lot of work to do before you’re a good partner. You really need to be able to stand by yourself fully before you can stand with somebody. You have good qualities: take the time to find them and nurture them.

I downvoted because it’s a bad meme, not a bad message

Voxes sound so good.

I just dropped $560 on an Arturia Minifreak to replace my Microkorg XL+ that has a busted tempo knob.

Those are synths. I’m a bassist. Gear is addictive, yo.

The fuck is the point of this?