Testing Fountain Pen Inks

Question: has anyone done extensive testing on any fountain pen inks?

I don’t mean the standard Mountain of Ink style, sample card, writing sample, etc. visual comparisons. (I’d like to call this subjective measurement, but chromatographic measurements aren’t subjective if done in a controlled manner.)

I am thinking more objective testing: viscosity, density, flow rate @ a given line width, etc.

I was thinking about this type of testing tonight, and it seems to me that there are a lot of factors that would need to be controlled: temperature, air pressure / barometric pressure, nib consistency, friction (aka heat), etc. Given what I was thinking this could be an interesting experiment, if someone wanted to undertake controlling all the variables, and implementing the controls necessary for consistent results.

Contributor: The U.S. and Israel don’t agree on what victory in Iran looks like

As the U.S.-led war in Iran enters its second week, the central question remains unanswered: What political condition…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #coalition #escalation #Iran #Israel #leader #objective #politicalcondition #politicaloutcome #stability #strategy #strike #success #u.s. #UnitedStates #War
https://www.newsbeep.com/427226/

What is Trump's true objective in the Iran war? U.S. targets provide a clue

https://misryoum.com/us/politics/what-is-trumps-true-objective-in-the-iran/

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department last week outlined a concise set of military objectives in President Trump’s war against Iran, claiming its ultimate goal is to dismantle Tehran’s ability to project power beyond its borders. Yet it may be targets the...

#What #Trumps #true #objective #the #Iran #war #targets #provide #clue #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

Amateur #microscopy is really a quite relaxing activity. Spent two hours studying this #amoeba in the #microscope last night. Truly fascinating! Found lots of them in my garden pot, despite being mid-winter here in Norway. The kids think (or understand) that I'm crazy 😆 ...

Vevor trinocular microscope with #nikon PlanAPO 20/0.75 #objective filmed with a Sony Experia (android) phone.

#objective : contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object

- French: Objectif

- German: die Zielsetzung

- Italian: obiettivo

- Portuguese: objetivo

- Spanish: objetivo

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Корпоративная архитектура — рисуем дерево целей

В рамках управления корпоративной архитектурой необходимо определить, в каком направлении нужно «двигать» организацию для достижения «светлого будущего». Для формализации целевого состояния организации может быть использовано дерево целей. Об этом мы и поговорим в этой статье.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/otus/articles/978388/

#управление_по_целям #okr #дерево_целей #определение_целей #smart #стратегия #kpi #корпоративная_архитектура #бизнесархитектура #objective

» KPIs measure what you’re already doing, OKRs are for change

» Problematic OKRs are too big in scope, activity-focused and disconnected from strategy

» The Narrative, Commitments, Tasks (NCT) framework offers an alternative to OKRs

The so-called #audiophile community is famous for the amount of #woo that passes for knowledge or expertise.

When you look at the DIY audio community - building things up from #electronic components or modules - you add in the cargo-cult processes used by people with no basic electronics knowledge building these things, and the false-but-confident beliefs of those with some knowledge but more assurance of their own intelligence 🙄 - and you get some real doozies in discussion threads [1] on audio/electronics fora.

I just came across one that will stick with me:

A: I saw some people are doing <X> to increase the bass from this little amp. Should I do it?

B (actually knowledgeable): Depends on the design. If it's lacking <Y>, it can help the subjective bass response of the amp.

C (overly confident): BS! OBJECTIVELY (!) you get more and better boom.
Boom-boom, you know? Your guts will tell you the objective truth.

... that is LITERALLY the definition of "subjective". 🤣

[1] A.K.A. arguments on the instalment plan.

#literally #argument #discussion #thread #forum #fora #electronics #audio #hobby #DIY #DunningKrueger #knowledge #experience #objective #subjective #CargoCult