[-] Machinist@lemmy.world -2 points 18 hours ago

Wow. You'll totally win hearts and minds talking like that.

Southern Boy. Hmm. Where in the South?

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Poor girl. Bless her heart.

Chump, his minions and media sycophants have destroyed so many families. It is really is grief. They're still walking and talking but the person you knew is gone.

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Badass. I'll enjoy reading about it.

If I were younger and had more free time; it would be fun to infiltrate these groups.

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Unicorn Riot, hadn't seen it before. Looks really interesting. Other than being Left and somewhat militant, (I'm Left), do you have any criticisms?

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

That's a damn good line. Totally stealing it.

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

How bad is this? Like WWIII bad or localized slaughter and 'limited' actions bad?

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

As a hunter: canned hunts are disgusting. I almost feel like the sentence is too light, even if he is 81 and a first time offender.

High fence canned hunting operations have absolutely increased the spread of chronic wasting disease in cervids.

Teddy Rossevelt's refusal to take part in a canned hunt led to the Teddy Bear. That same attitude led to the creation of the National Parks system in the US.

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celeb_pics spam (lemmy.world)

Celeb_pics appears to be some bot posting from whoischic.com. Cluttters up /all.

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 101 points 1 month ago

For a large chunk of my career, I worked in aerospace and 'defense' machining. Made all kinds parts for all kinds of weapons, it was really cool! Murica! As I got older, I lost my religion, I lost the far right brainwashing I was raised with.

My hands were making weapons that the US government was often selling to other countries. My hands were making weapons to kill various groups of brown people all over the world. It really began to bother me.

I no longer make things to kill people.

Yes, you are culpable for the effects of what you produce in your profession. A thinking person should consider the effects of their work.

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 67 points 2 months ago

I actually respect vegans that are vegan to prevent the suffering of animals.

I get it. Grew up farming. Chicken houses are an industrial horror machine.

We've recently bought a play farm and hope to raise or hunt all our meat. Only the slaughter and butchering of steers will be outsourced. Takes some serious equipment to handle an animal that large.

I'm an omnivore by evolution and enjoy meat and hunting. I'm always a little sad when I kill something, however. I figure that sadness means I'm human and is a good thing. When I eat meat from something I killed, it means more. There is a lot of respect involved in it as well something like religion.

If more people had to kill their meat, we would probably live in a very different world and there would be a lot more vegans.

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Xpost from casual conversations. Delete if it doesn't fit.

In the final stages of moving from the deep south to a northern state.

I used to run a shop under a corporation. Long story, but I integrated the shop, and built something beautiful. I had to use a temp service to do a lot of my hiring, I hired lots of black folks because they were undervalued and I could give them a good environment and pay. Was just starting to hire women. COVID and Qanon blew it the fuck up.

Tomorrow I'll be having lunch with two of my former crew. One of them is the only man I've ever called brother. He was my neighbor and best friend for years. I would have trusted him to help me hide a body. The other feller was a kind and gentle guy, had a bad divorce but was a teddy bear, was on the road back up.

They both went down the rabbit hole real bad.

I miss who they were and the shop we had. It was fucking jazz. I protected all of them from corporate. We made shit happen. I fought to get them more money and got fucked over myself.

I've lost my parents, my grandfather, my aunts and uncles and cousins to the insanity. Thank jeebus my grandmothers and one grandfather are dead.

Tomorrow I'm going to hug my brother and tell him goodbye. He isn't really my brother anymore. I don't trust him. I love him. He's not the man I knew.

It hurts a lot. It broke my heart.

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Pretty nifty. Using several clamps, I could see this working just fine for short run aluminum jobs.

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submitted 6 months ago by Machinist@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

We're preparing to move about 1000mi.

I'm getting my truck ready to tow a trailer for our three potbelly pigs, two cats and a dog.

'98 Ranger XLT with 4.0L V6, auto trans. Rated for 5900lbs tow, 9500 gross. Even has the overdrive disable and good rear end ratio.

I'm adding a Redarc Liberty brake control. The 7-way plug kit I got includes 30 and 40 amp auto reset breakers for the control and trailer power.

Here's the thing. I don't like the idea of an automatically resetting breaker at 30 amps or more due to the risk of fire or frying the electronics in my truck. I would prefer to install manual reset breakers. I understand that an auto reset might allow some brake capability in the event of a short and that is why they are used. I just don't feel like the auto breaker justification is that likely vs the other risks of auto breakers.

How long does it take the auto breakers to reset?

What are the real world risks using manual reset breakers?

Opinions/thoughts greatly appreciated!

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 139 points 1 year ago

Y'all are motherfucking gangsters. Appreciate the work you're putting in. I don't do your kind of code or I'd pitch in. Much love. ♥️

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I used RiF to keep an eye on what is happening around us. My wife is still on Reddit. I was born and raised in the deep south. In 2020, we realized it was time to leave and came up with a plan. We basically lost my extended family and most of our friends.

This is a safety issue for us. These people are dangerous. I need to be able to keep my finger on the pulse of what they're doing and saying.

We'll be moving summer of '24 and have been saving.

Are there any communities similar to /r/qanoncasulties, /r/qult_headquarters, /r/parler_watch?

I'm not great at Lemmy yet, and have tried searching but haven't found anything. My apologies if this breaks a politics rule, I'm not trying to debate or anything. Again, this is about the safety of my family.

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