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tricky commented on The history of Casio watches casio.com/us/watches/50th... · Posted by u/qainsights

From the 2000s section:

“The debut of the GW-300J introduced a new line — The G — driven by a passion for creating the ultimate wristwatch: one that would never break, never stop, and never fail to keep precise time.”

I have worn the same GShock GW-6900 continuously, all day and night, every day for 15+ years.

I wore it in war, diving in the pacific, skydiving, on stage pitching, on TV shows and am currently wearing it

I’ve replaced the band ONCE and it keeps perfect time and the backlight is a handy light in a pinch.

Probably the best purchase I’ve ever made

tricky · 4 months ago

I feel the same about my GW-M5610. I've only had it for about 7 years so I'm still on my original band.

tricky commented on Eurorack Knob Idea mitxela.com/projects/euro... · Posted by u/po

robotresearcher · a year ago

I swing bimodal on this. For a while I enjoy the most exotic modular patches and loaded pedalboard. Then for months I am all about piano and acoustic guitar, as vanilla as can be.

It’s all so deep I’m not going run out of fun in any mode.

tricky · a year ago

I'm the same on the guitar side. I'll go weeks using a fractal fm9 straight into the PA. it's like playing through a computer which is awesome. however...

I'll get real sick of the complexity and go back to my cranked tube amp and one overdrive pedal.

If I had to choose one, I couldn't.

tricky commented on How does the sky turn dark at night? apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap2402... · Posted by u/politelemon

tricky · 2 years ago

Olbers's paradox, also known as the dark night paradox, is an argument in astrophysics and physical cosmology that says that the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the assumption of an infinite and eternal static universe. In the hypothetical case that the universe is static, homogeneous at a large scale, and populated by an infinite number of stars, any line of sight from Earth must end at the surface of a star and hence the night sky should be completely illuminated and very bright. This contradicts the observed darkness and non-uniformity of the night sky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbers%27s_paradox

tricky commented on Mr. Rogers' music was intricate (2020) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=Z40SZ... · Posted by u/CaliforniaKarl

tricky · 2 years ago

I've always wondered how intentional Fred Rogers was when writing these songs. I've been in a shitty ska punk band for years and the hyperactive singer will be like, "Guys! I've got this great new song and it goes like this." He'll sing a melody for a verse or whatever and we'll piece together a chord progression then he'll sing the chorus and we'll piece chords together that sort of fit it but it will be in some bananas different key. The band is all looking at each other like WTF is this nonsense? but the crazy thing is the song winds up working and it is crazy complex even though none of us have any idea what we're doing.

tricky commented on Who makes the most reliable new cars? consumerreports.org/cars/... · Posted by u/deletionist

michalf6 · 2 years ago

BMW got much better since the switch to B series engines, N series era was horrible. Timing chains between the engine and gearbox are a pain point though, they need to be replaced with mileage.

tricky · 2 years ago

Not all N series engines are awful. The N52, while not as amazing as the previous M52/M54 engines, is a fantastic, reliable engine. However, the 4 cylinder N20 used between 2011-2017 is the worst. Faulty timing chain guides often fail and immediately grenade the engine. They were so bad there was even a class action lawsuit

tricky commented on The Mellotron, an electronic keyboard of recorded samples, changed pop music daily.jstor.org/tape-head... · Posted by u/samizdis

tricky · 3 years ago

I'm a terrible hobby musician and I love using the Mellotron that's in GarageBand or Logic. I had no idea what it really was before today (thanks for sharing the article) but it somehow always adds some sort of perfect, whimsical ambiance to whatever I'm trying to make. Give it a try with some reverb under a good beat. Can't go wrong.

tricky commented on Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you? · Posted by u/_ajoj

washywashy · 3 years ago

Cincinnati?

tricky · 3 years ago

are there caves there? seems like a road trip is in order

tricky commented on Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you? · Posted by u/_ajoj

pncnmnp · 3 years ago

So, I looked into the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's archive (1874 to present) in the hope of solving this mystery, but could not find anything. However, I did find a rather fascinating article titled "A Morning in the Cave" that was published on 28 July 1996. If anyone is affiliated with an academic institution, they can read it on ProQuest.

There is a free OCR version available here:

Page 7: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/142619929/?terms=%22cher...

Unfortunately, I could not find the page 8 clipping on newspapers.com.

Edit: I found the page 8 clipping - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25694845/the-world-beneath-1...

It looks like this was part of a larger Sunday piece titled "The World Beneath". You can find all six clippings on r22tycoon's newspapers.com account at https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?user=4850847%3Ar22tyco...

tricky · 3 years ago

what? this is amazing, I haven't seen that article. I was just able to pull the article's text up for free via the St. Louis County Library. Thank you! if I figure out how to find individual pages, i will let you know.

tricky commented on Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you? · Posted by u/_ajoj

tomwheeler · 3 years ago

As soon as I read this, I knew it was St. Louis.

A former co-worker used to have a shop on Cherokee Street about 15 years ago. He told me that a neighboring building had access to the caves through the basement, though its owner was too afraid to explore it.

tricky · 3 years ago

Could that have been across from what is now Earthbound Beer? If so, they hand-dug all the debris out of the cave and you can pretty easily get a tour. The owner said the cave under the cave is off limits b/c they almost ran out of air while exploring it.

tricky commented on Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you? · Posted by u/_ajoj

pncnmnp · 3 years ago

I found it!

It's not cringy - I thoroughly enjoyed it! Out of curiosity, were you able to verify the firefighter story?

Edit: I've removed the link.

tricky · 3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it!

And, no, i never did verify the firefighter story.