Slatlun

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You can use a methodology from soil testing for this that doesn't require extra gear. Sieves (like with soil texturing) will give you a faster more accurate answer. Here it is:

Get a narrow glass jar. Fill it a little way with ground coffee. Fill with water. Shake. Set on shelf and wait a few hours up to a day.

The larger pieces will settle first and the finer settle last. You can see the sorting of them through the glass. If you use consistent amounts of coffee and the same container, you can measure depth of layers. I.e. this grinder makes .5cm of fines to 3cm of ideal to .2cm of too large.

Bonus is you can use this method for making cold brew, so you don't waste the coffee or water.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No kind of expert on the idiomatic use, but the literal translation makes it feel like the monkey is going after something without a plan for where to land. I would expect it to indicate impulsivity

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It is your choice on sanding. Sanding down the crack/tape area below grade will make the flattest patch. The alternative is feathering out your joint compound further to hide the bump. You'll be surprised how thick tape seems when you're going for a smooth finish.

I like the flat (presanded) option because the bump option bothers me even though nobody else sees the difference.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You might want to use mesh tape on the big cracks to help stop recracking. I would poke around and see if the whole section is damaged too. You can replace large chuncks of drywall pretty easily and cheaply so no sense keeping damaged drywall if you're doing work anyway.

The biggest issue is what caused the crack to begin with. If it is settling, make sure there won't be any more of that before doing a repair to the crack.

Credentials - working on a house with foundation problems and water damage

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I gave blood routinely for years and years. Hours of my time on public transit and in the chair. Then, one time, I was sick and canceled because that is expected (nobody wants sick blood). They called me twice daily while I was sick to reschedule. Each time I said I would reschedule when I was healthy, but they didn't stop calling. It made me think of them as some telemarketing predators that are profiteering on my good will. True or not that feeling made me not go back.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

To further illustrate your point, most of the men pictured are likely 'obese' by BMI standards

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's a great feeling for sure. Nice work!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

It is a chain (66ft) and 10 chains 660ft. They are historically important units for land surveying (and relevant today because of that). The measurement is nonsense, but the graph makes sense because an acre can be defined as 1 chain by 10 chains or 66ftx660ft=4356sqft

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks! It does work for predictive text and correcting while typing, but doesn't check for misspellings in typed text. Probably good enough

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Interesting, it doesn't "spell check", but it does suggest words from its own dictionary for predictive text. Maybe I don't need the checking if I can just look at predicted spellings. Thanks for the thought.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Definitely agree

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! Good to know

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