xmetal @kbin.social Designer, developer, product owner. Makes digital stuff but also enjoys designing collectible poker playing cards. I love the outdoors, ultralight backpacking, reading sci-fi, riding bikes, driving cars, playing video games (modern & retro) and experimenting with gadgets.
What knives are you waiting for/trying to find?
Most folks who would stumble into a Pocketknife sub have a mental list of knives that would be great to add to the collection and I’m curious what is on other folks radar?
I am very picky about my collection and generally only get knives I will carry and use, so my list of options is always super short, but the one knife I am most excited for and (patiently?) waiting the next 6 months for is the Winter Blade Co. Factor B3. While I’ve never held one, I’ve seen enough videos of the previous versions to know that it will hit all my buttons (fidget-ey, carbon-ey, magna cut-ey).
So what do you want to add?
Had been on torrents for super long but never used a private tracker so reliability and speed was all over the place. Recently switched to Usenet and the speed and inherent security far surpasses my experience with torrents. Couple bucks a month and nearly maxing out a 1Gbps connection is fine by me.
Dang, that is a primo niche! Well done ☺️
My best is easily when I had a sleepover with a cousin and we spent the entire night (literally no sleep) playing a Japanese import of Super Mario Bros 3 months before it was available in the US. Magical, I’ll never forget it.
That would ultimately hurt the children though, as they would suddenly not be able to take AP courses and therefore would fall behind competitively when compared to peers. It's not the kids fault they live here, so other solutions need to be found.
While it has nothing to do with web dev, the app “Paste” gives you an infinite copy-paste history that is extremely useful in all kinds of ways, but I certainly make use of it when moving code around or needing to paste short strings in sequence from one place to another. You can just copy-copy-copy-copy a bunch of things and then be able to easily find the spots you have to paste into without all the flipping back and forth.
Do you know the cartoon gif of the cat with a sandwich strapped to its belly that just spins forever in space and will never hit the ground? That’s basically Mike Pence, the ultimate flip flopper.
I was all over Dialtone 1.0. That was rad, really responsive. Pick that bad boy off the wall and it was ready to go! Limited feature set tho 😆
My top 3 for EDC...
I have had a small knife in my pocket everyday for about 35 years but have maintained an incredibly picky attitude about my collection 😂, so my “knife per year” ratio is very low, but here are my current top 3 knives which end up in my pocket.
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Shirigorov Hation Zero, blue carbon
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1997 Chris Reeve Sebenza, small, custom laser engraved design
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Rockstead Hizen
What knives end up in your pocket most often?