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I read that it's a bit thinner than Alaskan halibut and that looks to be true. The shrimp in the Texas gulf looked exactly like the shrimp in Alaska, but tasted quite different. More of an iodine taste in Texas. Because of the cold water, they are slower growing in Alaska, and so much tastier. But the waters here are not nearly as warm, so I imagine the taste of halibut would be similar? They do grow much, much larger in Alaska (upwards of 600 lbs.), but the tastiest are 25 lbs. and under, so that wouldn't matter. What I grew up knowing as "Chicken Halibut". Halibut is absolutely my favorite fish. Blue fin Tuna second and King Salmon third. But, hard smoked Alaskan King Salmon, brined and honey glazed, is the greatest thing to ever come out of the sea. Even better than Gay Mermen! https://www.themountainkitchen.com/smoked-salmon-with-honey-glaze/

Deck halibut pilaf

It's my impression that after AI has had some time, people will again start to appreciate human creativity. Time is a spring. Everything comes around again, though not exactly at the same place. I can appreciate a CNC machine for It's time saving. But my interest in woodworking is as an outlet for the designs that I can't keep from piling up in my brain. I would probably use the CNC to make templates for pieces I need to make multiples of. But I would still want to mill them up myself.

I read the headline on an article indicating this Aston was built for Alonso. Didn't read it through so it might have just been a hook. LOVE that it's a stick car. I was finally "given" an allocation for a 2025 911. Almost fell over when I was told no manual transmission for the 911, 911S or GTS (big hybrid release so that makes sense on the GTS). What a dip... Took me buying the wife a Macan S to "earn" the allocation. I'm guessing they'll be back within a year, but we'll see.... Looks like I'll be hanging onto the 2007 for a while longer....first world problems. HS

You should register with "Fishy Mike" for the next time he has Halibut (from Nextdoor last weekend) "Hi neighbors, i’m a local commercial Halibut fisherman happy to announce that I’ll be selling fresh caught local Halibut today in Corte Madera. 34 seawolf passage Corte madera today Sunday 6/23 2-4pm. Txt me direct to put you on my list as I have a limited amount. $12/lb whole fish but fillet your fish complementary after purchase. Fish average 9lbs. Thanks, Mike 415-847-3092"

On the enshitification of YouTube automotive "Brand" channels Gold in the comments

I posted the pictures to show how I derived the 10.459mm pin center-to-center dimension. The center-to-center distance is critical in designing the plug or socket, because it is independent from the tolerance of the individual pin diameter. 0.4mm error is quite a bit when put in perspective with regard to the nominal dimension. Your own measurement also shows that the pin distance of the RR1 plug is smaller than the Stax plug. If I were you, I'd go back to the drawing board and find out if the target dimension was incorrect to begin with, or wasn't well controlled in production, rather than sweeping the dust under the rug with 'no disruption in functionality'. A smaller plug can force into the socket thanks to the flexibility of the socket contact and/or the plastic shell. If the socket is made of hard material (such as G10 or phenolic resin) and the contacts are held to high tolerance, a smaller plug would have a hard time fully plugged in. There hasn't been a wide-spread problem because most of the sockets either use soft material (such as Teflon) or contacts that are not held to high tolerance (such as the tuning fork style contact used in the Stax sockets). I'm not saying that every RR1 plug has as large tolerance as mine. But if not, you may have a product consistency issue. Maybe hand-soldering the pins on an acrylic retainer (melting point 160°C) wasn't a good idea after all. "ensure everything is built with precision from the start", "adhering to the strict Production and QC directives". Those are easier said than done.

Anything new about the 5-pin plug? I hope the pin pitch is fixed this time.