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I already told him I would be either quitting or dropping down to part time "next year sometime". In general he doesn't care, and is fine with me using his equipment to make literally anything.
As for the house, the siding needs to be replaced, the foundation still needs a ton of work, the roof needs at least some work, all the windows need replacing, septic lines need redone...
I replaced the plumbing because it was necessary for functioning water. Roof does not leak, yet.

2026-07-08 02:19:19 UTC

Serious question:
What should I do when I pay off my old shitty house?
I've been considering a lot of things, including but not limited to:
building fully-automated soap making equipment, push house over for new house, sell house for a different place, get CNC machine for my own small machine shop...
Paying off the house will happen either right before mare fair or right after. Been thinking about what comes after and I can't decide.
https://treebrary.pone.social/media_attachments/files/116/881/953/999/341/240/original/505ef4fb0e45dc54.jpeg

2026-07-06 23:44:02 UTC

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the main difference is important to understand: Average chinese person's only investment option was real estate. Because of this there really isn't much left in china other than hatred.

2026-06-29 02:55:48 UTC

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tungsten is required for every facet of living. It is used for literally all modern tooling for lathes, mills, EDM machines, forming dies, and many other things. With a high price of tungsten, which machine shops are feeling the pressure already, then every single manufactured thing gets explosively expensive.

2026-06-28 14:19:32 UTC

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cold isn't very good for internal combustion either, but there are ways to get around that relatively easily (block heaters and such)

2026-06-11 00:11:33 UTC

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you don't need marketing if the product is actually good.

2026-06-08 09:10:04 UTC

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I've never seen an HCI degree, had to look it up. Apparently it means Human Computer Interface. So, UI design? maybe some hardware focus too like input device design?
that seems rather specific. A friend of mine got a rather niche biology degree of some sort and realized it was worthless after he got out of college. Started his own machine shop in his garage.
Stop whining about no jobs, there are options.

2026-06-06 23:06:58 UTC

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elon musk has made it more usable than it was, but still. he is new to texas, and I don't know where x headquarters is.

2026-06-06 22:42:16 UTC

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why would Texas need a license for anything?

2026-06-06 21:50:56 UTC

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Don't talk bad about my country.

2026-06-06 12:28:36 UTC

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Basically there are two things done to bread that make it really unhealthy for consumption, one of them is seed oils.
The other is more a result of monolithic crops. Wheat can't be harvested until the stalk dies and the grain is exposed. To streamline the process farmers will spray the wheat crops with both insecticides while its growing and kill the stalk with herbicides. A small amount of both end up in the grain and do weird things to the body when consumed (more cancer).

2026-06-06 12:15:10 UTC

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I personally did a deep dive into oils from a technical standpoint for soap making. An oil when made into soap is bad when the soap turns yellow. Still mostly fine as soap but soap does not extend the lifetime of the oil its made of. At first all my soap was changing yellow very shortly after making it. Turns out grocery stores are a terrible place to buy most oils, including olive oil.
tl;dr high saturated fat oils and castor oil are peak for cooking with.

2026-06-06 12:08:22 UTC

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just make sure you use the correct terms. All (consumable) oils are fatty acids, including butter, tallow, canola oil, peanut oil, olive oil, and hundreds of others.
Almost all oils that are liquid at room temp will degrade rather quickly and basically turn into liquid plastic that induces cancer and other issues. One of the few exceptions is castor oil. There are two chemicals measured in oil to know if its degrading, one of them is hydrogen peroxide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQmqVVmMB3k

2026-06-06 03:15:16 UTC

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if you know any machinists, the shop I work at is hiring. Can't find anybody with any experience, so starting a new guy from scratch.

2026-05-29 18:53:41 UTC

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https://store.extractohol.com/5gal-200-proof-pure-food-grade-ethyl-alcohol
(much) cheaper than everclear, higher proof than everclear.

2026-05-28 03:07:59 UTC

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In china and india anyway. American manufacturing is rolling back in at least, finally. Just not in the most obvious ways yet. "trust me bro" - random internet fag who works the industry for more than 20 years

2026-05-28 02:26:19 UTC

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its a very short stroke?
or maybe she broke it already, miss "one-pump shot" - the kind of person that breaks everything they touch.

2026-05-27 10:06:15 UTC

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ken paxton was nominated in texas then? that's incredibly good.

2026-05-25 11:19:22 UTC

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wasn't rob the guy who did a lot of programming for gab?

2026-05-20 02:37:00 UTC

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https://combatoperators.com/firearms/pistols/thompson-center-super-14-contender/
found the pistol I was referring to. A little longer than my guess, 14" barrel.
Honestly the next pistol I'd get is an AR-V by PSA
https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-ar-v-7-9mm-1-10-nitride-tri-lug-moe-ept-hbpdw-pistol.html

2026-05-20 02:16:31 UTC

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a friend had a single shot .223 pistol with, I think it was a 12" barrel or so. Breakbarrel action. Kind of an odd gun, but holy crap that thing kicked. Much more recoil than any other handcanon I've ever fired, including but not limited to .44mag and .454 casull.

2026-05-18 00:43:20 UTC

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just finished making ~8 gallons of ~9% mead
the only unrealized gains they can tax is property (not legally).

2026-04-26 19:23:01 UTC

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retarded, but radio and cameras can be removed.
Still, if you want a new car, a kit car is the best way to go.

2026-04-17 10:27:49 UTC

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its an acronym, not a word, so it doesn't count.

2026-04-17 10:25:38 UTC

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pretty sure france "switched" not because microsoft makes shitty products or they dislike microsoft company practices, but because macron is a fag that hates everything america.

2026-02-19 04:38:38 UTC

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kek
I don't actually have a TV, I do enjoy shitposting with ponies though.
too busy working and making awesome things in the machine shop to watch any TV
https://treebrary.pone.social/media_attachments/files/116/095/438/028/402/009/original/6a7ec9d0dd084e54.png

2026-02-19 04:28:54 UTC

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I'm laying in bed, staring up....
....at the TV I had mounted in the ceiling so I could fall asleep watching the first 6 seasons of MLP every night. The seasons after 6 don't count.

2026-02-19 04:24:41 UTC

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you mean watching my little pony

2026-02-06 11:55:12 UTC

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is that in canada? I know literally nothing about this event you are speaking of.

2026-02-06 11:49:10 UTC

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what happened?

2026-01-08 10:50:52 UTC

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I went through their github a bit, and looked at their website, and I still don't know what tailwind is or what exactly it does.

2025-12-20 05:13:32 UTC

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interesting, I've played minetest a bit in the past too. Bought a Lua as a side thing that I never got around to. really thought they had surface entry points for caves programmed.

2025-12-02 03:52:33 UTC

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I have no idea what she is saying about anything

2025-09-27 22:35:04 UTC

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a couple of the more recent examples is bed bath and beyond. There was another more recent one I read about but forgot which. Carmax dropped 20% stock value over night a few days ago because nobody is buying cars. Pretty sure the entire car selling model will go out the window and forceably switch to by-order only. Maybe not now, or soon, but sometime. The only way that changes is if the government stops yearly taxing on inventory.

2025-09-27 22:02:44 UTC

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that was right around when hiring practices changed from "you look like an upstanding person who can carry a conversation" to "you need a dual masters degree in sociology and physics before even considering to apply for a job".
I wasn't even born yet.
There is a reason why large businesses are "randomly" collapsing. There won't be anything left of the car industry pretty soon: I can't wait for that day.

2025-09-22 23:34:12 UTC

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it must really suck to get shot at by liberals because they are not liberal enough.

2025-09-17 01:05:59 UTC

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personally I wouldn't buy a new pickup unless it came with a manual transmission anyway. the F150 does not come with any option for manual transmission. I think its an option for the F250 though.

2025-09-13 12:55:11 UTC

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here is another version
https://treebrary.pone.social/media_attachments/files/115/197/090/112/166/801/original/c8eacba8b3164b34.png

2025-09-13 12:48:12 UTC

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Took a bit too long fixing that "meme" for you, but here it is
https://treebrary.pone.social/media_attachments/files/115/197/062/856/295/531/original/a7a361429526af96.png

2025-09-13 12:22:37 UTC

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I had to look it up too. Though now that I'm thinking about it, I've probably heard the term before.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Groypers
also, liberals can't meme.

2025-08-07 03:03:39 UTC

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well, as a machinist, I see what is being built because I make equipment for everyone.
Right now there is no slow machine shops, with many more popping up out of nowhere. I have a couple friends that I am helping them get started with some very fancy expensive manufacturing equipment.
There is a chip manufacturing facility I sometimes make replacement parts for, X-Fab, who makes computer systems for cars and other things.

2025-08-07 02:35:48 UTC

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or maybe companies like Texas Instruments will invest $60billion in manufacturing chips in USA.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-instruments-incorporated-txn-unveils-151327050.html

2025-07-28 01:59:10 UTC

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yeah, time to spill the beaners

2025-03-16 20:39:18 UTC

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Calories don't really matter, its carbs that matter more than anything. Keep carb consumption below about 50 and there won't be any problems

2024-12-22 13:54:08 UTC

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W3c has always been shit. When I started getting into website development it was netscape navigator days and even back then it was shit. Different companies had different bolt-on crap like java applets, active-X, and flash and others. I saw where it was headed and decided to not pursue a career on the webfront.
back-end programming is even worse to an extent, because all that slop has to be generated, and need a new website for 3-4 different categories of devices.

2024-12-22 13:31:01 UTC

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>hasn't seen the gemini protocol
https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/faq.gmi
"Simplicity and finite scope are very intentional design decisions motivated by placing a high priority on user autonomy, user privacy, ease of implementation in diverse computing environments, and defensive non-extensibility."
I still need to set up a gemini based website, but its super simple. It's also rather new. There is also gopher but gopher does not have encryption.

2024-08-13 23:55:32 UTC

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I would let her poke me with her horn and draw blood if it means I get a hug

2024-08-03 15:09:04 UTC

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SOT3 license
>feds show up whenever they want, and do.

2024-08-03 14:51:06 UTC

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how large are the cylinders? solid bar? tube? round holes? how many holes?
Are you trying to make stainless steel AR receivers and want to cut out the magwell?
There are many many different kinds of machines and liberals hate their use because of what people *could* make with them.

2024-08-03 14:42:07 UTC

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if you have any serious considerations, let me know. Have been in the industry for 20 years