Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[overgeeked]

Another day, another pandimensional crisis.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Put people who consistently argue in bad faith on mute. Even if they're "polite," it's not ever going to be a productive or even genuine conversation. They're just as problematic as the people who get moderated, but smart enough to not get in trouble with the moderators.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Re:


From the “experience creates wisdom” files, I just avoided using unsuitable materials for a nifty beadwork design I had in mind.

I designed a hematite bracelet, and as I was shopping for materials, I found out that new colors were available*. The new colors inspired me to modify my design.

But the new colors, weren’t natural, they were dyed/plated (sites differed on terminology). And as I dug deeper, I found that the modified hematite finishes were not durable, especially when exposed to water or certain chemicals. Which a bracelet would be.

My initial reaction to this info was to add more of the material to my shopping cart so I could make duplicates for when the finishes would start failing. Older, wiser me called younger me an idiot, and removed the modified hematite from my cart.

I’m going to do the bracelet according to the original design, but I’m ALSO currently shopping for different materials to realize the version of it that would have featured the other colors.






* FYI: natural hematite polishes to a shiny gunmetal grey appearance. The modified types come in metallic silver, bright silver, and shades of gold.

Hematite · Smooth · Rondelle Disk · 6mmNatural

Strand Length: approx. 15.5 inches. Dimensions: 3mm x 6mm. Hematite beads make great spacers and can add some weight to your to your jewelry. Tejas Beads Hematite · Smooth · Rondelle Disk · 6mm Bead

www.tejasbeads.com

Back when I was training to become a lapidary specialist for a jeweler a long, long time ago (it didn't stick), one of the first things he told me was to let people know that some stones were simply more durable than others, and while the others might be okay for earrings or necklaces, you really, really wanted to think twice before getting them set in bracelets or rings...

 

[RealAlHazred]

I don't wear jewelry -- I don't care for it. That said, my wife got me a wedding ring with a band of meteorite worked into it. It's the only thing I wear. I am reasonably sure it will survive regular contact with water, but I still take it off every time I shower.

I like to muse about the fact that this massive rock survived billions of years or time and millions of miles of space, only to be turned into a bunch of little things nerds wear.

 

[trappedslider]

Even our current timeline isn't this dumb.

 

[Scribe]

@Scribe is likely referring to stock price, since Nvidia is one of the stocks benefiting from the AI boom and they're due to release their quarterly report today.

At least for today, thanks for keeping up your end Nvidia.

 

[Pale Violet Light]

I did that thing again, where I write out a response to a thread, but then just delete it before submitting.

I have a handful of extremely unpopular opinions, mostly on video games, that have me typing out paragraphs whenever a particular topic comes up. But I’ve got so little traction over the years that I usually delete before posting, while wiping a tear from my eye as I admire the unassailable - and yet apparently incomprehensible - logic of my arguments.

 

[Scribe]

I have a handful of extremely unpopular opinions, mostly on video games, that have me typing out paragraphs whenever a particular topic comes up. But I’ve got so little traction over the years that I usually delete before posting, while wiping a tear from my eye as I admire the unassailable - and yet apparently incomprehensible - logic of my arguments.