Machinist
@Machinist@lemmy.world
- Comment on I don't know where I'm going to keep them all 6 days ago:
Working in machine shops; I often had cycle time to read. Drops killed most of them. I had a few mysteriously die. When I would open them up, there was board and frame corrosion. Metal working fluids and fine metal chips are hell on electronics.
Dropped a few in the bathtub. Current kindle has been dropped in the bath, but survived. It may die due to corrosion. Battery is getting weak anyhow.
For years, I didn’t use a cover. I now have one of the official Amazon covers and have gotten better longevity on my former and current kindles. My case has a crack in it due to a drop.
I consider them a consumable, they’re cheap compared to the knowledge and pleasure they give me.
- Comment on I don't know where I'm going to keep them all 6 days ago:
I’m on my seventh e-ink kindle. I still prefer paper for reference books, but e-ink for everything else.
- Comment on italy flag emoji 1 week ago:
I mean, I still totally probably would.
Back in my drinking days, I definitely would have taken her home at last call.
- Comment on How embarrassing 2 weeks ago:
Not the OP, but I appreciate your ethical explanation.
I agree partially with you. I don’t have a moral issue with the killing of individuals who have engaged in particularly heinous acts: murder, rape, torture, extreme child and spousal abuse, white collar negligence/willfully allowing death to occur through inaction for pay, etc.
I just don’t trust the US or the states to ethically carry out executions, especially given their track record of executing innocent or low IQ individuals. So I’m anti death penalty. Life is cheaper than execution anyhow.
That being said, I don’t have a problem with certain kinds of vigilante justice or vengeance either. Especially vengeance for a loved one. FWIW, I’m not seeking vengeance, but I absolutely get it. Jury nullficaton should always be a right.
Anyhow, the news isn’t in, but I’m rooting for an ethical vengeance situation. He killed a fucking vampire, I hope he’s a hero with respectable views. Even more, I hope they never catch him. Either way the fucker is dead, and good riddance. I hope the other CEOs squirm, they need to either get right or go to prison.
We should be having this discussion in News.
- Comment on Causes of Death in London (1623) 2 weeks ago:
The term I grew up with for botfly larva was wolves. Cancer was often diagnosed when the tumors erupted through the skin. The crab.
So, probably a bad death.
- Comment on SHINY 2 weeks ago:
Grew up in North Alabama. There were June bugs that were more golden when I was a kid. Some of them looked like they were made of gold, and weren’t green like they are now. We’d tie a string around a leg and fly them like little dive bombers. Which is pretty terrible, but didn’t know any better.
- Comment on Give us your best infodump. 3 weeks ago:
I’ve read about this before. That super sucks for you, but is a fascinating phenomenon. Good luck trying to chase that rabbit down.
- Comment on circuits 3 weeks ago:
Pick up an electron and show it to me. That shits imaginary. Also, EEs make the worst mechanical engineers because they have no concept of manufacturability.
MEs? They don’t know shit either. Just cause you can draw it doesn’t mean it’s possible. Also, GD&T, learn what a reasonable tolerance is or it’s going to cost 10x what it should.
Engineers need to get off my lawn.
Sound engineers seem to be okay. They seem to smoke a lot of weed.
- Comment on Brotanic 3 weeks ago:
Our oceans are already in enough trouble without throwing that trash in them. Maybe convince them to visit a continental subduction zone so they can be safety swept away in between tectonic plates.
- Comment on I put on my robe and my wizard hat 5 weeks ago:
I can’t stand the Florentine, I think it looks silly.
Also, kilts. I mean, I get the comfort and utility; but, I’m not a fan. Each to their own, have had great conversations with kilt wearers. I like my jeans and leather pants. Occasionally wear my ass-less chaps.
- Comment on Go fuck yourself, Mike 1 month ago:
Upvoted even though your comment created intense loathing and a little rage within me.
- Comment on The grand prize 1 month ago:
I’d watch the fuck out of that.
- Comment on The grand prize 1 month ago:
Like, no. All sorts of carbide bits, including drill bits.
Lot of tungsten producers and recyclers in the US, kennemetal for instance. They would be happy to come get that cube, might have to crack it into smaller pieces.
- Comment on have you ever been given a warning or suspension for using profane language at work? 1 month ago:
I might die if I couldn’t cuss while working. I’d just fucking explode.
I cuss during job interviews, both as the interviewer and applicant.
- Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June 1 month ago:
Sorry for your loss. FWIW, pipe smoke isn’t inhaled and has much lower cancer rates than cigarette smoking. It’s lower risk, not no risk.
- Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June 1 month ago:
Thems fighten words. I don’t smoke any churchwardens. Among pipe smokers, you’re usually dealing with a particular type of socially tone deaf nerd when they smoke a churchwarden and start talking about pipe weed. You need to be at least 60 and fully grey to pull off a churchwarden.
- Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June 1 month ago:
If it’s true, it’s likely socioeconomic. Relatively expensive start up cost, bag or tin of pipe tobacco usually costs more than a pack of cigarettes. Tends to select for wealthier users with better healthcare.
It’s not inhaled so the cancer risk is lower than cigarettes. But, yeah, it’s not healthy.
- Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June 1 month ago:
Pipe tobacco is amazing. It can be very complex after aging.
The average pipe smoker lives longer than the average non smoker.
- Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June 1 month ago:
And pipe tobacco! I have a collection of tobacco blends I’m aging.
Use my vape (with rechargeable batteries) for addiction maintenance.
Tobacco is too pleasurable a luxury to give up. Harm reduction is the way to go for me.
- Comment on #notaseagull 1 month ago:
Crawdads. Tasty with some hot sauce.
- Comment on Horrors We've Unleashed 2 months ago:
Ahh, someone else who views the risks correctly. Spent a lot of time in the swamps in Alabama. Wore snake gaiters for the giant cotton mouths. Soaked my clothes in permethrin. Still way more scared of the ticks than the snakes. Especially that Alphagal stuff.
- Comment on "Dogma" Re-Release Plans In The Works 2 months ago:
I thought Clerks III was pretty good. Dealing with aging, unmet goals, loss, maturity, being comfortable and accepting your life.
- Comment on ‘Captain America: Brave New World' bombs at test screening 2 months ago:
Yeah, and no one, myself included, hardly finished watching The Walking Dead. It went to shit. WWZ was an even bigger disappointment.
I remember being pumped when I saw Alone in the Dark for rent at Blockbuster back in the day.
Fuck Uwe Boll with a rusty cactus. He personally set back movies based on video games at least a decade.
- Comment on ‘Captain America: Brave New World' bombs at test screening 2 months ago:
Snore.
I can’t stand most superhero crap. So boring. Predictable. Sophomoric. All the heros constantly tripping over Deus ex machina at the last second.
Do like The Boys, some Punisher stuff, Judge Dredd, the latest Crow movie was fantastic.
Couldn’t give a shit less about comic books.
They need to bring back the zombie craze, we got a few good movies out of that. Or maybe some more post apocalyptic stuff. Maybe Fox or whoever could unfuck the Alien and Predator franchises. But more superhero shit? I was over the fad before it started and it just keeps dragging on.
Quit milking this cow, nothing but dust in her udders now.
- Comment on Preference 2 months ago:
My insurance is so shitty right now I’m not paying for a sleep study. I know why I sleep shitty. It’s cause I have a big old herina that fucking hurts and kinks my body up due to compensation. Wish I could take Aleve, but it gives me heartburn for days.
Also, can’t take most long acting meds since I don’t have a colon.
- Comment on Preference 2 months ago:
Yup, but the alternative is drinking myself to death or getting hooked on fentanyl/heroin.
I try to work hard enough every day that 2-4 ibuprofen put me to sleep for 6 hours.
- Comment on Preference 2 months ago:
It is a balancing act. Uclers vs acceptable level of sleep deprivation.
- Comment on Preference 2 months ago:
I like mine jello shot style. (2-4 every night, chronic pain management and healthcare sucks in America.)
- Comment on celeb_pics spam 2 months ago:
Obviously I can block them. I wouldn’t call bot spam a community, however.
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