As far as finish goes, the original idea was no finishing other than clear ano. If that doesnāt work, Iād rather have the mechanical finish be as minimal as possible and the chemical finish be as close to a natural colour as possible, such as a medium grey. Overall I think Iād be happy enough with !=raw && !=black.
The reason I asked informally was to give Fritz more data about whether to go for grey, silver, bare, or another vote. While opinions so far are varied, it sounds like a lot of people are okay with Fritz deciding what the finish is.
As far as I can tell, the most common preference is dark grey / natural, followed by bare. Perhaps it can be made in a natural ano finish by default, with a batch of bare aluminum made for those who want one? That seemed to work fairly well for the BLF-A6. Itās up to Fritz to decide what to do though, and to negotiate the details with Lumintop. Every new option we ask for makes things harder for them.
It looks like more updates are needed, to make the information consistent.
Itād be nice to have the first few posts in a text file and a revision control system, to make changes more consistent, convenient, and transparentā¦ but that isnāt how itās handled right now. A text box in a browser leaves a lot to be desired, compared to a full-featured text editor.
At one point, people were complaining that 90% of science fiction is crap. A sci-fi author responded, admitting this is trueā¦ but meaningless. Because, as he said, 90% of everything is crap. Sci-fi is no different. And thus was formed Sturgeonās Law.
Iād argue, though, that many things actually have gotten better over time, and are still doing so. There was certainly very good music made 50 years ago, lots of awesome songs. But looking at recent music, the amount of good songs is an order of magnitude more, and the production techniques have evolved to improve the quality and sophistication of the result. In both cases, it may be that only a 10% slice of the pie isnāt crapā¦ but the entire pie has gotten bigger and fancier over time.
Flashlights are probably a more relatable example of this happening though. Again, most are junk. But today there are a lot more good ones than there used to be, even if there are also a lot more bad ones. And in some ways, even todayās junk out-performs top-of-the-line models from 20 years ago.
Absolutely! Itās why I donāt freak out if something doesnāt put out 5000 lumens, have a perfect tint, or any number of other parameters.
When I started there were purple tints and blue tints, 120 lumens was AWESOME, and it was mostly AA and CR123a lights.
The FW3A is science fiction come true. Seriously.
Thought of the FW3A when I looked at a horizontal mill at work today:
Because of teacher the enabler (and because I havenāt heard it in so long) I am now going to play Southern Cross very loud, and have a beer. Itās not even seven oāclock here, so I doubt the neighbors will complain, but if they do, Iām blaming teacher. They will probably be confused.
I hear yaā menā¦ mission accomplished!!! . . . :+1:
I too have been totally unproductive because of watching āoldies music videosā on YouTube this afternoon & eveningā¦ā¦
Oh wellā¦. whatever I needed to do will just have to wait till another day. It is not like it was ālife & deathā stuff anywayā¦ā¦ā¦ ā¦ā¦ .
Thatās kind of the point. Peopleās judgements and complaints typically say more about the person than about the thing being judged. And thatās okay, as long as they recognize it, which I think Sturgeonās Law attempts to do. Most things donāt appeal to most people, because of differences in taste. If anything, Iād estimate that 90% is generously optimistic. The actual ratio of music I donāt like is probably closer to 99%. I donāt even remember the last time I heard anything on the radio which appealed to me. But that doesnāt mean the music is actually crud; it just doesnāt fit my narrow range of tastes.
Okcupid did a similar study at one point, though the article seems to be gone ever since they restructured their site. They found that people who tried to appeal to a general audience got a lot of 3- and 4-star ratings, but very few at 1, 2, or 5 stars. They didnāt receive many messages and werenāt very successful at finding matches. Meanwhile, people who proudly flew their freak flags, openly displaying tattoos or unusual physical features or an entire wall of pokemon or whatever, received mostly 1-star and 5-star ratings. And they usually found matches fairly quickly.
In many endeavors, there is really no point in being mediocreā¦ because being judged at only 3 or 4 stars isnāt good enough to get into Sturgeonās 10% category of ānot crudā. Instead, it works better to identify and amplify uncommon traits. That means getting a whole lot of 1- and 2-star ratings, but for the people who like it, theyāll really really like it and, in their minds, itās not 5 starsā¦ itās more like 500.
So, with that in mindā¦ 90% of adages are crud, including Sturgeonās Law. :+1: