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I looked at heat pumps for heating and it seems they are better at cooling than heating.

I use a DeLonghi Oil Filled electric heater in a studio apt. Keep it on low, very quiet.
https://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-Comfort ... 000TGDGLU/

A deep dive into A.I. 2026.

Just missed the blacked out Manix 2 XL Salt at Nat Knives. Took me 5 minutes to get there after receiving the email notification, and that was too long. Still good to know that they are trickling in.


... and scored it at Northwest Knives. Glad I checked out a couple more shops.


Thank you ...

Naperville wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 26, 2026 10:02 am

If we get the wrong govt in control young people could end up taking a one way ticket to space to live and work until they die.

Beltalowda !

I suppose we could always have a big army.

Here's an interesting presentation of hardness values.

https://www.niobelcon.com/NiobelCon/nio ... m_carbide/

Naperville wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:22 pm

Billionaires and those worth hundreds of millions will live as royalty in the age of AI...

I think anyone with hundreds of millions already live as royalty.
Of course they probably believe they need MORE.

Kahr Delica and a couple of others.

Our white ceramic (fine grit) is 9.2 on the Moh's scale. Synthetic sapphires. Do you know how hard Niobium carbides are on the Moh's scale?

sal


This is what Google's Gemini A.I. responded:

Niobium carbides typically range from
9 to 9+ on the Mohs scale. While Mohs values are less common in ...

Personally I'm happy for the long suffering silver stackers blowing past the gold snobs.

All I want is the 15V Native Chief.

I'd like to see a 15V Manix2 XL with the brown G-10 scales cut the same way the Black Salt knives are cut.

We're just not as passionate about it as you are.

A friend of mine calls it enlightened apathy.

Back to your subject however, an interesting thing is New Basel III proposed regulations, have further encouraged banks to hold physical gold by reclassifying it as a "Tier 1" asset, allowing it to be ...

We're still live. Happy New Year, Naperville

In before the close.

Cold Steel 4 MAX Scout on sale for $42.99
Stonewashed and black handle.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1026034543?pid=349210

I imagine it's only a coincidence that this bubble burst and market crash is timed for the mid term elections, but hey, I would love to have the opportunity to buy Amazon and Google at $80 a share again.

On the other hand, I'm sure China would be happy to pay top dollar to rent those giant A.I ...

It's the little things, like continuous improvement.

Here's the whole concert (most of it)

Not your average garage band strikes again.