Machinist
@Machinist@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why does the winter solstice mark the beginning of winter, and not the center? 4 weeks ago:
See Cultural aspects on Wikipedia.
Your general feeling comes from what you know, and what you know is limited to your personal worldview.
See, that’s kind of condescending. I know that solstices and equinoxes are important and were recognized by prehistoric humans all over the world. This isn’t western vs eastern hegemony bullshit. Note that even the Chinese calendar is divisible by 4 and delineated by the solstices. I’ve also read about the solar observatories found in Mexico that predate European involvement as well as the wooden ‘henge’ of the mound builders.
Trying to act like recognition of solstices and equinoxes is some sort of Western cultural imposition is silly.
- Comment on Why does the winter solstice mark the beginning of winter, and not the center? 4 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t solar observation pretty much universally divide the year into something divisible by four? Unless you’re directly on the equator, there are four points in a year and four points of direction (other than ‘right here’).
I haven’t read deeply about world calendars, but do know that the solstices are pretty much universally recognized.
Not a history or anthropology buff, but I have a general feeling that four pointed symbols are often tied to the solar year. You can build a solar calendar with a stick and rocks.
- Comment on I think we might be leaving the "boring" part of this dystopia 4 weeks ago:
I have not. Looks like it’s YA, which I tend to steer away from. Is it full of tropes and oversimplification like Divergent or Mockingjay stuff, or is it better than that?
- Comment on I think we might be leaving the "boring" part of this dystopia 4 weeks ago:
I’m cool with anencephalic humans/clones, with or without genetic engineering to reduce rejection, being used for spare parts.
- Comment on Why does the winter solstice mark the beginning of winter, and not the center? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve always kind of figured this was the actual origin of the swastika and why it was created independently by various cultures. The arms from the center are the solstices and equinoxes and the trailing arms from the elbows are the seasons that follow.
- Comment on I think we might be leaving the "boring" part of this dystopia 4 weeks ago:
Those tanks were based on amphibian genetic engineering. You’re just repeating Missionaria Protectiva superstition.
- Comment on italy flag emoji 1 month 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 Give us your best infodump. 2 months 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 2 months 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 Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations 2 months ago:
Damn. I feel you. I wrote mine a cease and desist and moved 700mi.
- Comment on I put on my robe and my wizard hat 2 months 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 The grand prize 2 months ago:
I’d watch the fuck out of that.
- Comment on The grand prize 2 months 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? 2 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago:
Crawdads. Tasty with some hot sauce.
- Comment on Worms creator celebrates 30th anniversary with free update | Retro Gaming News 24/7 3 months ago:
Ooo. Worms is on the Switch! My son doesn’t play with it and I mostly use it as the Tetris machine.
I’m going to have to get this and do some serious shit talking. One of the best multiplayer couch games ever.
- Comment on It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? 3 months ago:
Pomme de terre (IIRC) is a sad version of a underground apple.
Pineapples look like a pinecone but with a sweet fruit inside. Makes sense to me.
Then again horse apples, i.e., horse shit doesn’t taste great at all. Then again, again: horse apples, the Osage Orange fruit, are inedible. Osage Orange is neither an apple or orange tree.
English 'tis a silly language.
- Comment on Horrors We've Unleashed 3 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 Preference 4 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 4 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 4 months ago:
It is a balancing act. Uclers vs acceptable level of sleep deprivation.
- Comment on Preference 4 months ago:
I like mine jello shot style. (2-4 every night, chronic pain management and healthcare sucks in America.)
- Comment on Rewinding an electromagnetic clutch. 4 months ago:
Coil was originally aluminum, so it had a higher resistance. Even with a ‘perfect’ wind, the resistance might still be low.
Scramble should be fine, it’s a DC application. So long as i get close enough: it should work.
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- Comment on I don't know the difference between hay and straw 4 months ago:
Hay is generally cut from fallow fields in late summer/early fall. It contains sugars in the stalks as well as the seeds/grain of whatever grasses it is cut from. It is used to feed livestock year round and is the primary feed in winter. It is often supplemented by grain or feed.
Straw is basically an industrial byproduct and is the leftover stalk from grain harvesting. Usually produced from wheat after harvest. Used as bedding.
