My first thought was a mixture of wax, Sand and aluminum shavings. But wax isn't that inert
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I don't think endangering people is a good idea.
I'm surprised we haven't seen more infrastructure sabotage from ecoactivists. Train rails out of coal mines and into coal ports seem pretty vulnerable to acts that would reduce the profitability of burning coal.
"Pricing according to market conditions"
I think it's a neat idea. I've responded to a few other commenters with my thoughts too, so check the thread.
Would this more intricate engineering result in a noticeably better product for the average guitarist? Would it just be a niche curiosity for audiophiles and engineers?
This is AskSCIENCE so it's not surprising that you would approach the musings from this perspective.
But OPs idea is about the intersection of science and art. I think the question is really: Would some of these ideas result in an output signal that was controllable in a new way?
Imo this modification would empower an artist to interact with their guitar in a novel and creative way? Do I think we'll see mass adoption, no, but I think there are definitely people out there that would be interested in playing a guitar with pickups like this. Even if it's just part of their creative process.
I think OP is interested in the role of oscillation planes because with an acoustic guitar, exciting a string parallel (lateral) to the guitar vs perpendicular to the guitar has a perceptible difference in tone.
OP believes that this difference isn't captured by common electric guitar pickups.
From what I've read in this thread common pickups measure the speed of the string, basically considering both planes of vibration the same. But an acoustic guitar responds more to the perpendicular oscillations than the lateral oscillations. (Because the perpendicular plane oscillations tends to work the bridge/soundboard, and push air towards and away from the sound hole).
Although I agree that ultimately the string's oscillation is pretty much circular/cylindrical/bi-conical, but I suspect there is a significant transient effect that could be explored/exploited with redesigned pickups.
I'm also curious if it would be possible to use a string with a [section of] non-circular cross section to allow the [creation and] detection of torsional vibrations.
It's a bad look man
I asked:
Would a strategy of making life in Palestine so difficult that everyone either capitulates or becomes radicalized [and therefore a legitimate military target] be genocide?
You answered "no". Can you elaborate on how you reconcile your answer with our understanding of genocide:
Genocide is the attempt to destroy a nation/ ethnicity.
Would a strategy of making life in Palestine so difficult that everyone either capitulates or becomes radicalized [and therefore a legitimate military target] be genocide?
What would that strategy look like?
Do you think Israel has an interest in there not being a Palestinian nation?
I've also gotten the sense of a major schism between Jesse and the employees. I don't keep track of which employee has what views do in not really sure what you mean by Jan Wong's red scare.
I don't think Jesse was amplifying Israel's bullshit, I think he was pushing back against it.
I don't know if it's drifting right or not.
This goose has adopted my parents, and is attempting to establish residency in their cabin. We suspect it is domestic and escaped from its coop. It's a seasonal cabin and they're planning to close up soon. What should they do? Central Ontario. Near Bracebridge.
UPDATE: A neighbor of theirs is set up for chickens, so could accommodate a goose. And shortly after making that arrangement an ad appeared in the community message board. So the goose is going home.
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I think its like any other utility (water or electricity or methane) except that you pay for the generation separately. So imagine that for electricity you pay a service fee to the grid operator to keep your connection capable of a certain amperage, and you separately pay the hydroelectric dam for the power you use.
ISPs are the grid operator saying, yes you pay for 200 amp service but you've already bought enough power this month. Don't run your AC for the rest of the month.