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October 14

How do I fix scratched Anduril hilt?

Image: http://imgur.com/7fUl4D5

When I played with it, I accidentally scratched the hilt. Then I searched in google how do I remove scratches from stainless steel, as the product page states that this Anduril is made from stainless steel. Then, I tried to polish it, and I just make the problem much more worse! Through my use of multimeter, I have concluded that the manufacturer uses stainless steel for the hilt, and painted some sort of translucent black paint over it.

Now, how do I fix this problem? Should I paint over the white part, or the entire thing? Or should I remove all the paint first? 139.195.93.229 (talk) 01:54, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You switched from talking about translucent black paint to white paint. In either case, I'd try to find a paint that matches and fill in the scratches with that. If you can't find a paint that matches, then you will need to strip off all the paint. If it really is high quality stainless steel underneath and the scratch does not go into the stainless steel itself, then you might leave it unpainted, as that paint on top is rather fragile. But, if the stainless steel is scratched you would want to fill that in, probably with a clear wax. If the stainless steel isn't that high quality, then a coat of oil will help to prevent any rust, which might be why the paint was added originally. StuRat (talk) 14:00, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(1) Break it in two. {2) Wait an Age or two for some Elves to come along and fix it as good as new. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:09, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hitchhiking

Is hitchhiking a safe practice? What are the risks of hitchhiking? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.88.244.43 (talk) 07:18, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What information not found in our hitchhiking article are you specifically interested in? --71.119.131.184 (talk) 09:48, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There certainly are risks, but you would need to evaluate those risks relative to the alternatives. So, if the person's choice are hitchhiking or walking across the country, hitchhiking might be safer, while if they have the option to take a bus, that's probably safer. StuRat (talk) 13:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Every practice has its dangers. Few activities in life are entirely safe. That said, there are a number of risks to the hitchhiker not mentioned in our article. This is of course original research, but I hitchhiked thousands of miles in North America and Europe, mostly in the 1980s. The vast majority of my rides, more than 95%, were as safe as being a passenger in a car driven by a trustworthy friend or relative. I would add that many of these rides were quite enjoyable, involved interesting conversations, and occasionally led to offers of a comfortable place to spend the night. They also allowed me to travel more widely than I could have afforded at the time otherwise. However, there were a few unsafe instances. I experienced 2 or 3 rides (out of probably more than 100) with a driver who was intoxicated. In these cases, I quickly pretended to remember that there was a friend I wanted to visit at the next crossroads and asked to be let out. Fortunately, that worked. In another episode, the driver threatened to assault me sexually. (I am male, as was that driver.) He left the highway that would have taken us to the agreed destination. When he came to a red light, I grabbed my bag and rushed out of the car. The driver fortunately gave up on me. There are of course other risks that I didn't experience, such as the risk of robbery or injury at the hands of a psychopath. However, it's hard to see why psychopaths would be more attracted to hitchhikers than to anyone else, and hitchhikers, who presumably can't afford a bus ticket, seem an unlikely target for robbers. Marco polo (talk) 19:56, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's also risky to pick up a hitchhiker, for the same reasons cited above. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:04, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This webpage has compiled some US Federal and State of California statistics on hitchhiking. Though the writers of that site make some stupid risk extrapolations, the data is what is is. And it looks like hitchhiking in not an especially dangerous activity. Some hitchhikers have indeed been raped or murdered by their drivers, but overall the risk of such seems to be very very low, with only 500 murders and about 200 reported rapes of hitchhikers in 30 years across the entire country. It's hard to assign a "chance of dying while hitchhiking", because no one has great numbers on how many people hitchhike, or how long the actual hitchhiking lasts. The California data is more detailed, and it's all consistent with the idea that hitchhiking is no more dangerous than any other normal daily activity. Picking up a hitchhiker seems to be even safer, with drivers being extremely unlikely to be murdered or raped by hitchhikers, but robberies do happen occasionally. So both the hitchhiker killer as well as the killer hitchhiker seem to more common in fiction than reality. My entire comment pertains to the United States as a whole. Based on your specific location, the relevance of this comment may vary. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:29, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Aileen Wuornos was reality. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:34, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I would say that you are as likely to encounter a serial killer while hitchhiking (or picking up a hitchhiker) as you are in any other human interaction. Or at the very least, the data is consistent with that hypothesis. Someguy1221 (talk) 04:02, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Never picking up a hitchhiker will reduce the probability of picking up a dangerous hitchhiker to zero. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:38, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It will also reduce the chance of having a fascinating and enlightening conversation with an interesting person to zero. Marco polo (talk) 22:06, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure a conversation with Aileen Wuornos would have been fascinating - like trying to figure out how to talk her out of killing you. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:02, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can run into killers anywhere. Best never to leave your house. Marco polo (talk) 21:16, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to do that. Just be alert and take proper precautions, and your odds of being murdered are reduced. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:23, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See The Deadlier Weapon by Larry Niven in his collection Convergent Series. μηδείς (talk) 00:11, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What is the name of this Intro song?

this here I have asked this user yet via Facebook, Via Snpachat and via Facebook & email but even months ago I have no respond from this "famous boy" what has no time for his "Fans" and Shazam does not know this song. Could you please help me? --Maxjob314 (talk) 11:08, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's likely to be a piece of stock music licensed for royalty-free use. There are any number of sites which sell professionally made, if a bit generic, audio tracks for a few tens of dollars. A modest individual youtuber (and looking at this guy's views, if he's monetising everything he's making at most a rather modest living off it) can't afford to licence tracks from significant artists who ordinary music fans, or services like Shazam, are likely to have heard of. Probably only this guy, or (if he employs one) his video editor person, can tell you what the track is. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 12:22, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you, but bear in mind that many "modest individual youtubers" use music from significant artists without licensing it. --Viennese Waltz 12:25, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If they do that, they typically get automatically ContentID-ed, which means the significant artists' label gets all the ad revenue. True amateurs, who don't monetise the video, and thus don't get any ad revenue, don't care if they get ContentIDed (as long as it doesn't turn into an automatic takedown). But someone hoping to do it as a business does. The technical quality of Moritz Garth's videos (decent editing, good microphone, decent lighting, and effort spent on hair and probably makeup) suggest he's serious about doing it at least as a side-business. SocialBlade's estimates for income on his main channel (which have a very wide range) put Moritz' channel revenue at between £2.6K and £42.2K annually - even the very lowest value is enough that he'd care about losing it. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 13:36, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

what is the benefit for Socotra to be part of the Yemen, which has currently no goverment?

--Hijodetenerife (talk) 11:16, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are you proposing that some alternative is preferred? Be aware that your question appears to be an invitation for speculation, which is not what the purpose of this desk is for. Wikipedia does have articles about Socotra and Socotra Governorate which explains some of the history of the islands and how they became attached to Yemen, as well as how they are administered through Yemen. Beyond that, I'm not sure what other references we can provide for you. This forum is not designed to defend to you WHY the political situation exists within Socotra and Yemen, nor to propose or defend alternatives, merely to direct you to reading about the current situation. --Jayron 32 11:54, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are relevant articles here, here, here, and here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:55, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A poor, small, and largely uneducated population such as that of Socotra would have difficulty performing or affording all of the functions of a modern nation state, such as sophisticated medical services, statistical services, higher education, air traffic control, monetary and financial regulation, military defense, and so on. While Yemen is not very helpful to Socotra in these areas at the moment, there is a hope that a political solution will be found for Yemen so that it can again provide these services to Socotra. The people of Socotra have cultural and historical ties to Yemen, and so they may be reluctant to turn to a more culturally alien country for support. Marco polo (talk) 19:43, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few Yemeni editors on Wikipedia, but unless they turn up here I'm afraid we're only going to have guesswork of dubious relevance - the following is no exception! My guess is that right now the people on that island don't want to wise off to anyone. They don't want to tick off al Qaida, or Saudi Arabia, or the Houthis, or various people claiming to be the central government. How many of those they presently have to pay "taxes" to to avoid accidents from happening is an interesting question. I imagine though that if they joined Oman or some other country they'd still have to pay the same amount of taxes to these other entities, lest bombers blow themselves up in their tourist destinations or fly over them to kill 'terrorists'. Wnt (talk) 13:26, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FYI the OP has been indeffed as a sock of the banned user:Timothyhere. μηδείς (talk) 16:59, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]