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I've always admired this group. The hobby and community got me through some rough times, even when I didn't say I was going through them, but just coming here and laughing my ass off at the shenanigans was enough to brighten up my day. It's been a while since I've been around, and life definitely throws some unexpected curve balls. I got married a month ago. I'm moving out of my apartment to a new home, where my wife is going to help me NOT turn the place into a man cave, but make it cozy and welcoming. I'm in love. When you know, you know, as the saying goes. Things change, people, change... I think I evolved leaps and bounds the past year in so many aspects. I've been packing for my upcoming move, two weeks away. Been having fun going through a lot of my audiophile gear that at some point I stored away and forgot about because another flavor of the month came about. I was remembering the meets, the trips to Cigar City in Tampa, Hunahpuh days, etc. Good times. I guess I just wanted to drop by and give thanks to everyone. Nostalgia hit hard. Fun times! Good stuff.

Woohoo! Lance's former coaches helped their fencers win gold and bronze in Men's foil. Both of the fencers, Alex and Cheung have trained with Lance at the club and been over to the house for BBQ dinners prior to Covid happening. I firmly believe my tritip had a play in those results.

The bacon became part of bacon, egg, and cheese empanadas.

Well astonishingly we won three golds today. First Adam Peaty in the 100m breaststroke. Then Tom Pidcock won in the cross country cycling; 1h 25m on an insanely difficult course in baking heat and humidity. That is the first medal of any colour we've won in that event. Then Tom Daley and Matt Lee won in the synchronised diving. So our little Island is currently fourth in the medal table. Woohoo!

The drawers slide beautifully now! The tape is about 1/64" thick and clear, so you can't really see it. Shipping out tomorrow.

HAHA. Dracula! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/sports/olympics/mbc-broadcaster-apology-olympics-opening-ceremony.html

Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Hans Zimmer 2014 Example:

Today in Absolutely Trivial Slackivism: I have the Warcraft I & II bundle and Diablo + Hellfire bundles on my wishlist at GoG. I just removed both as I will now never buy them. ActiBlizzard is apparently worse than EA, Ubisoft and Riot combined.

Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound

9th & Walnut Descendents 2021 Example:

Leon Bridges – Gold-Diggers Sound

Happy happy unbirthday, To you To you!

When room treatment becomes an obsession.

That picture has me a bit diffused.

Also Lasso last night. Today, and I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea but keep in mind the main characters are designed to be split between loving and hating musicals, Schmigadoon!

Sommernachtskonzert 2021 { Summer Night Concert 2021} Daniel Harding, Wiener Philharmoniker 2021 Example:

Yeah - I know what you mean. The 3D drone show was bloody impressive though, as was the lighting of the flame. By comparison to the London 2012 ceremony is was very muted though. In normal times Japan would have put on a show to rival London though. Going on to cycling - the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz really excelled on a truly brutal multi-lap 145 mile course and won by over a minute. I was strangely pleased that Tadej Pogačar came in third, outsprinted by Wout van Aert. Pogačar, in the last two Tour de France won yellow, white and polka dot jerseys. Which I think is odd when he is only 22 now. Shows how brutal the course was, because the average speed was "only" 24mph.

Tricky "maxinquaye" I like these deluxe editions

Right, so still a clamping design which I imagine makes mounting a lot easier, but you do solder the pins after inserting them. Got it. Yep, those tulip pins were the ones used in the jacks I got from luvdunhill about 10 years ago. A bitch to solder, but they haven't let me down yet! That looks like a direct 3D print of the milled version? Seems to work beautifully with the tulip pins. I imagine you still solder these after assembly? * My $0.02 if it were me 3D printing these, I'd flip them upside down and put the 'customer facing' surface on the build plate. It would mean you have to use supports around the overhangs, but you'd get a much cleaner/prettier result on the surface you can see. I'd also consider using low-warp nylon; if your printer can print ABS and PETG well, chances are it can manage nylon as well, it usually only needs about 250°C on the hotend. The only real difficulty is that you absolutely must keep nylon filament bone dry before and during printing, and use a quality adhesion aid (Magigoo PA is very good on glass and PEI). The real benefit is that nylon will be stronger and more dimensionally stable than both ABS and PETG, and heat resistance should be as good as PETG.

As a Jew, I am somewhat extra sensitive to Holocaust "mentions." But I do personally agree with Craig. I think mentions like that are likely out of ignorance need education, and likely no further action. Mentions out of hatred would likely be easy to notice (I would hope), and THEN punitive action may be warranted. Marjorie Taylor Greene, for example, should be punished (more) IMO. Just my opinion......

This is what I used for the socket pins: https://www.ebay.com/itm/143522733990?hash=item216a9f1fa6:g:chUAAOSwga9eN~R4 They are intended for tube sockets but work very well for Stax sockets too.

Here are the connectors disassembled. Pins are from Neutrik NC3FD-L-B-1. Take a metal saw and make a cut so you can bend up the outer metal housing. Then pins can be removed from inner housing. I would have prefer Teflon over 3D printed. I haven’t figured out how to mill it out though, but I managed to 3D print something usable.

Well you certainly cannot make jokes about the holocaust, that is for sure. However at the time, the guy was 24, probably extemporizing and came out with what looks like one sentence. In all likelihood he had totally forgotten about it. Someone has clearly trawled through his past performances looking for mischief, and found something from when he was half the age he is now. I know several stand up comedians. My daughter went out with two of them. The best known is this guy https://www.ericlampaert.com/ , and let me tell you his humor can be pretty challenging. I'll bet if you poked around his past performances you could find something inappropriate. Like most comedians they prototype material at smaller venues, make a note of what works and what bombs. Then craft a show based on material they know to work. I suspect the one liner about the holocaust bombed, and was never repeated. He probably said it and then thought "oh fuck - what did I just say?" I'm not defending the guy's comment, just that I can understand how it happened.