ConstantVigil (u/ConstantVigil)

ConstantVigil commented on How to buck a tree: Cutting logs for maximum yield (2018) thebalancesmb.com/how-to-... · Posted by u/brudgers

silisili · 3 years ago

Ahhh, thanks. I must have read it wrong and kinda was wondering why a long description for basic wood splitting. I think you're right, they're splitting an entire tree lengthwise. I've never attempted such a thing, so have no idea what would work best. I'd probably start it with an axe, then try to finish with a maul, but that's a complete guess.

But it's just pedantry anyhow, as many people in the US use 'axe' to mean everything from hatchets to mauls to fireman's axes. I do wish people would use the correct terms in general, as it causes a ton of consumer confusion. There's a really light felling axe I like, and every bad review is a broken handle trying to split giant pieces of wood.

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

I'm not sure if this is going to be seen, but I was temp banned or am still shadowbanned or something?

Either or. If you do see this, yes, you are both right that I would be best to be using a maul.

But not everyone has a proper splitting maul available, and mine was kind of missing that day... So I used my 20$ timber store 'everything' axe. I should have been more specific, as you make a point of. I call it that, cause I'm not sure which kind of axe it really is, but it gets used for pretty much everything, lol.

ConstantVigil commented on SATAn: Air-Gap Exfiltration Attack via Radio Signals from SATA Cables arxiv.org/abs/2207.07413... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

nonrandomstring · 3 years ago

> But have any of these extreme exploits ever been used in the wild? They all seem impossible to pull off in anything but lab controlled conditions.

Not at all. I've seen clearly with my own eyes the image of one persons VT100 CRT tube appearing on another across the room because the ground shielding had disconnected. If you have a high gain YAGI antenna, digital RF buffers and some fancy modern DSP lord only knows what you can snoop through the walls.

Most of this is solved by having a simple metal (steel) PC case and grounding the PSU though. Use good quality cables with FCC/IEC badges not the bargain bucket Chinese ones.

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

I used to see this happen with our old TV's at an old house with really bad grounding. I always wondered why it did that.

We could be playing a video game or movie, and set all the other tv's to channel 2 or something like that, while we played on channel 1. You could see the action on each of them. Almost 1:1 on the reaction times, albeit a little fuzzy.

ConstantVigil commented on Reddit moderators need to be stopped ashlan.com/blog/reddit-mo... · Posted by u/samemail88

tedunangst · 3 years ago

Is it not trivial to create your own subreddit and mod it however you like?

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

Yes, but it defeats the purpose of the intent to share with as many relevant people as possible; since you have to build up that membership count in the first place.

So it really sucks when the Reddit mods get out of control from time to time over what should just be simple situations able to be remedied with a simple 'sorry'.

ConstantVigil commented on Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine samples cbsnews.com/news/glyphosa... · Posted by u/prostoalex

gwill · 3 years ago

luckily these things are getting easier. with spot treatment from drones you can hit areas of crops that are affected by bugs or weeds. blanket chemicals won't be eliminated from soil prep for a long time though.

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

Yes, the drone approach is very tempting. But I still insist on us removing the need to use of manmade chemicals that don't exist in nature naturally... (That I am aware of...)

For instance, I am all fine and dandy with using lye soap and vinegar to kill weeds. It's not 100% effective, but it's also not going to poison you just because your potatoes happen to be near by. Lye is a tricky example, because it's not exactly always natural, but not exactly always manmade either. You can get naturally occuring sources, etc.

ConstantVigil commented on Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine samples cbsnews.com/news/glyphosa... · Posted by u/prostoalex

stefan_ · 3 years ago

All your food is genetically engineered through selective breeding.

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

Hi there. You actually just kind of stepped into my ring here... sort of. Not an expert; but definitely more knowledgeable than the random person out there.

I used to work with G.E organisms. Particularly enzymes.

Long story short is this. While you are technically correct, there is a glaring issue surrounding the more... radical... kinds of G.E. See, the problem is that nothing on earth really is (at least as far as we can tell) meant to be cross bred between completely different species of plant/animal; or plants with animals...

That's not to say it is all immediately bad, harmful, dangerous, etc. BUT it does mean we should be careful we aren't causing ourselves more problems than solutions by mucking around with the genetic code of the things we eat...

And that's not just my opinion... This is just a fact of life when it comes to human nature. For every solution we come up with, we tend to find 2 to 3 more new problems to solve.

Now I don't know about you, but I prefer my food to not be causing me issues that would have never existed before except for scientists playing god with our food...

Take it or leave it, that's my stance on it. IF they can prove it is actually safe over the course of a multi-year study with full follow up procedures; then I am fine with eating it. Mostly.

If not however, then I really don't care about anyone's opinion on the matter. Because at the end of the day, there is a HUGE difference from what Norman Borlaug was doing with Wheat; and what we are doing with things like Corn today.

ConstantVigil commented on State lotteries transfer wealth out of needy communities, investigation finds cbsnews.com/news/state-lo... · Posted by u/lxm

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

Yet more evidence that lotteries and other forms of gambling really are just a stupid/desperate person tax.

ConstantVigil commented on Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine samples cbsnews.com/news/glyphosa... · Posted by u/prostoalex

ratsmack · 3 years ago

The problem is that they are spraying it on the product that is consumed, such as soybeans and wheat. It should only be used to eradicate weeds before the crop is planted, where the residual glyphosate is consumed by soil bacteria after eight days have elapsed.

The Roundup Ready series of crops should be banned from consumption because of contamination potential, and for being genetically engineered.

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

Right, so as politely as I can say this...

Tell me you have never lived on a farm, without telling me you have never lived on a farm. I say this, because if you had lived on a farm; you would know it's really, really fucking difficult to spray a chemical on a bunch of weeds separately when they are infesting your entire crop...

Though I do agree with the premise that we should only be using it on the weeds, if at all. I personally don't think we should be using it at all though, because we can easily deal with all the weeds and such; by hiring laborers.

Congratulations, we just created a new job market out of an old profession that should have NEVER gone away.

P.S. Just as an FYI for anyone who figures this would be silly to do...

We already do it to some degree with crops that are better off hand picked... And there are A LOT of people who could use that job... and would have no problem doing it either.

ConstantVigil commented on Writing: A misunderstood activity solimanwrites.com/writing... · Posted by u/ahsoli

ConstantVigil · 3 years ago

I'm sure the author means well, but...

> Every time I looked closely at their text I could peer into their minds, and inside lay a thought process oblivious to what writing really means.

This is the literal exact basis of what we all tend to see with folk online when it comes to projecting their own thoughts and assumptions onto the text of others...

> Let’s change that. I used to misunderstand writing too, and my style suffered severely as a result. Now not only is it miles better, but I’m also a smarter human thanks to realizing the true meaning of writing. To get there, I had to spot the misconceptions I’ve been fed about writing. Reading this piece, I’m sure you’ll at least identify a couple you can build on to change your writing mindset.

Yeah... like not assuming you know everything going on in a persons head just because you read some words they wrote as a rough copy of their work...

Jeezus...

Anyways. He's right about people having that misconception about writing being easy... but I can't be bothered to read anything further due to the blowhard nature of his words he chose.