Both good options. Don’t need to be fancy, so long as it works.

Re the vibrator recommendation - that’s hilarious but apt. You want something that doesn’t move a lot, but oscillates a ton. A vibrator fits those requirements. A mechanical toothbrush could work in a pinch, but you don’t want the rotating toothbrush head, it’s the motor vibrations (offset? Can’t remember) doing the trick.

Haven’t vibrated it enough. 100%. But it’s interesting because your void distribution is pretty consistent… im guessing you vibrated the mould rather than the mix.

Your problem is not mix consistency, it’s entrained air. Mould vibration (esp with a small mould) is not good at removing entrained air.

Try a needle vibrator on your next one. Maybe an old tooth brush?

Edit: don’t forget to treat your forms. You want to apply specialised compound to reduce adhesion between concrete and form, so when you strip forms, pockets of uncured mix don’t ‘pull away’ from your piece.

If so, then my reaction was ignorant and I retract it :)

Why don’t you stop and smell the roses?

Jumping to such a conclusion, then blaming the hypothetical reaction, displays ignorance or malice.

I did. And your excerpt says nothing about the ‘American right’ and the ‘American left’. It only states ‘economists and politicians’. Your argument continues to smell of projection.

Source for the ‘american left’ opinion please, it sounds like projection / bullshit.

Impressive. Can you share your setup costs and general location (I…E region / country)?

As an ‘alum’ of this intake process I feel pretty qualified to opine on it.

What’s your opinion founded on?

From the opposing position, my last three companies have placed me in the position of automating necessary tasks just to keep up with the task list, with absolutely zero support from the applicable Dev team. What’s worse, I’ve had tickets in for ~19 months requesting minimum necessary business and functional requirements, and I get passed around like a bloody hot potato.

My choice becomes, fail in my role, or try to spin up some automation myself. The second choice is the less-worse outcome.

That your company has an in-house software dev team is impressive. Does the revenue-generating business have access to that team?

What? No. That’s a gross oversimplification. You’re welcome to learn more :

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html