interesting. curious to know what tools you have in your fab lab and what are your must have basic tools for woodworking. maybe an episode on this =)

it seems too thick for a laminated plastic (1-2mm) and too bendable for a wood vernier. I might be able to peel it off with my hairdryer melting the glue (i think). If the peeling works, I'll just use a 220 sand grit to smooth it out, a coat of primer and paint. My only worry is that some might easily come out and some won't. There's curves and carves and the top layer is vacuum sucked into it so its rather sturdy. Its also very mid-century so I can't quite tell if its a wood vernier lamination or a plastic, but i want to give it a monotonous and modern vibe.

I have a few more question, hope that's ok!

1. Are spray guns a game changer when it comes to painting ? I might be itching for an excuse to buy it but also keeping a close eye on budget and a good old roller might do the trick. Can spray guns be used to paint home doors and walls as well ?

2. If I were to get a wood cutter, are there anything less scary than a table saw ? I might have watched too many Quentin Tarantino movies - this scares the shit out of me.

3. Based on your experience do you have personal preference between plywood, MDF, blockboards and why ? I prefer ply or layers of blocks over chipboards (MDF), but a lot of furniture makers seem to love MDF

If i were to build this pantry, what wood combinations would you recommend? Also any tips and tricks on cabinet making is very much appreciated!

These are all weekend projects hence will be a slow progress. I appreciate the input very much!

thank you for this. i'll probably try to use plywood for the inside and underneath of the drawers to lower the weight. I don't know if this is based on manufacturer specs or general rule of thumb but def a great baseline to work with. I appreciate it

I have a few questions

1. What's the best and simplest way to join solid wood? I am using Merbau (commonly found in tropical countries, janka rating about 8-9, class A similar to oak i would think). I've used Meranti to build a garden bench which is stronger but struggled as I don't have the strength to drill the screws in. Nailing was relatively easier but not easy. I've seen some videos on dove tails and glue joins, but building dove tail from wood would be way out of my skillset

2. What's the best legs for solid wood - this is a 2 by 4 ft shelf and a drawer. I'm looking at something high, minimalist and classy hence was thinking of long hairpin legs but not sure if it can sustain the weight. The other iron legs looks boring.

3. Any brand recommendations for nail guns and when do you normally use it ? For plywoods?

4. What are your thoughts on painting above oil laminated MDF kitchen cabinet door. I am trying to see if i can save cost by replacing half and repainting half but not being able to remove the oil and dirt on lamination by scrapping with a sand duster leaves me with uncertainty on how strong the paint will last

5. I saw your tip on table saw and appreciate it. This has been the scariest tool for me hence i have always got the sizes customized from the factories directly.

Many many thanks in advance!

You are right. Nostr needs an innovative breakthrough - a feature or a unique experience that sets it apart. And the dev who can innovate this will have a huge first mover advantage.

that's really nice, it looks like thick woven silk, it must have been hard to get those nice pleats in. Nicely done.

This is good. Haven't seen Bernie on fire in a long time

https://youtu.be/2XnDw35eN9Y

dang, even MH370 made its way into the diss journey

Need one of this with the purple Kat

you have a lovely family. is that a traditional outfit your wife has on ? it's very pretty

Legend

This is really nice. I am glad you had a lovely day

I hope the following helps

1. There are many types of funding for startups, many types of grants as well. Opensats for now is for development, and funds developers (a) while they build and (b) while they penetrate the market.

2. The (b) above on market penetration is not marketing. This is an important part of the build process where you engage your target users, then go back to your product, improve or maybe rebuild even pivot, then go back to the market, test repeat until you to penetrate the market. nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac and I have spoken about this at length over a year ago and he is the best person to explain it if you want to know further.

3. Market here is not your morning meat market. It's also not a global market. You may want the whole world using your product - but always best to start small. Who do you imagine your first 100 users to be ? are they existing Nostr users? How are you going to get the next 1000 users? Are you going to find ways to encourage the 100 users to reach out to their network ? That’s Dropbox’s way of finding early adopters. Or are you reaching out to new places where your target audience might be ?

4. Who are your target audience ? What’s your user profile - age group, interest, income level etc? Where would they hang out ? How can you find them ? What type of information is most relevant to them - long articles? Memes? YT videos ? Tik Tok videos? This is your early stage marketing. It's not some fancy shit, high $$$, heavy travel expense, pretty influencer, and all the dramas. It’s really basic.

5. Bootstrapping works if you have enough out of your net profit to reinvest into r&d after your revenue deducts cogs and opex. SW startups are normally lower cost compared to HW startups. Bootstrapping blindly is a very painful affair.

6. Finding more users at early stages has two parts : reaching out to more people and converting them to users. The first part - reaching out to more people is your No 2 and No 3 above. The second part - keep in mind that only <20% (highly optimistic figure) will be converted to users and even lower will stay on. To have more users you need to constantly reach out to more users and improve your user conversion process until you can penetrate the market

7. Nobody is going to pay you if they don't see a value to what you do. You can get really mad at people here right now for not seeing the value in your work or you can find better ways of reaching out to your intended users and explaining it to them

On a personal note, I have seen you get very emotional on Nostr often. Instead of whining non stop, try finding ways to solve your own problems. If you don’t know marketing, learn it. If you don’t know finance, learn it. If you are not comfortable meeting users, get over it and get out there and meet people. All of us have shit to deal with day in day out, and some of us don’t have the privilege of whining non-stop because if we did, we would be dead by now. Cry it out if you must, then pick up your big boy pants and get rolling.

Good morning. Have an awesome week ahead!

wow

If you’ll are gonna get mad and have no talent in lyricism, subtext, viral hits, topping charts with million of views - then forget it. Started the diss journey over the weekend with Meet the Grahams and now the barrier on diss is way up there

oh my bad, baby boy is adorable. I'm so happy for you both🫂

May the 4th be with you!

I do understand that this has been a never ending debate and I appreciate your inputs on this. If you are keen on historical timeline, I have several notes that starts from 500BC, the Russian wars, WW1 and WW2 that links to the formation of Israel - Palestine today. For this note's purpose, we are only focusing post WW2

I respect your opinions. M16 was likely answering to the establishment, but NSA and CIA might have had diff intentions. Mossad claimed to be caught in the middle - who knows. Everything is speculation, but very interesting all the major intelligence were there during that time. Not a bro! lol =)