alleycat

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alleycat ,

No one but complete morons are asking to specifically make a product by emitting carbon dioxide. No company is emitting co2 for "the global citizens". They make products to earn money. Emissions are an avoidable by-product no one asked for.

Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power | AI and manufacturing booms are pushing the US power grid to the brink and utilities can't keep up ( www.washingtonpost.com )

The future of power in America is obvious. State governments will make corrupt deals with data centers and factories to keep their electricity costs low, and raise prices on residential users to compensate until poor families are priced out....

alleycat ,

Also found it hard to justify being an electrician when electric cables need plastic insulation. Hard to separate electrical needs from the oil industry when the insulating material comes from the oil industry.

That's a pretty extreme take. Industrial plastics are one of the better uses for oil. It's fossil fuels and single use plastics that we have to eliminate.

Wegen kaputter Wasserflasche: AfD-Politiker alarmiert Polizei - Partei spricht von Angriff ( www.infranken.de ) German

Die Polizei ermittelt wegen einer kaputten Wasserflasche in Nürnberg. Der AfD-Politiker Ferdinand Mang bemerkte ein kleines Loch in seiner Wasserflasche. Die Landtagsfraktion sprach von einem Angriff gegen Mang....

alleycat ,

Auf Wish bestellt.

alleycat ,

ZDF hat die Kommata vergessen. 4,2ct statt 42ct auf 7ct statt 70ct pro KWh.
Hier ein besserer Artikel: https://www.klimareporter.de/europaeische-union/atomstrom-in-frankreich-wird-deutlich-teurer

alleycat OP ,

It does sound more rough and archaic, far less "sweet" than a violin. But that has a lot to do with the setup, less with the body shape.
No soundpost, but quite long bass bar. Then the bridge style makes 50% of the sound. This crown shape in the pictures is really harsh. I've replaced it with a rebec style arch bridge (sadly have no photo of it atm), which is better but still distinctly medieval. I also fitted and tried a modern violin bridge, which makes it sound pretty close to a violin!

Please note that vielles are not standardised like modern violins. It's really any violin/viola sized bowed instrument with flat or just slightly arched back and top. This is really just my design loosely inspired by old paintings and modern makers.

Also the hair on the bow has a huge influence on the sound. I rehaired a baroque bow with black horsehair, which is very coarse and gives a rough sound.

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