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I was horrified, after I took a #macro #photography and saw that my "clean" finger was filled with #swarf #particles imbedded in the #fingerprint after 3 hours of just teaching in a #machineshop that day.
@pics@lemmy.world #macrophotography #darktable #sonya7iii #tamronmacro #lathe #milling #metalwork
Horrified? This is just a Tuesday if you do anything around metal.
It’s because they’re not posting via Lemmy; They’re posting via Pixelfed, which is something more akin to a federated version of Instagram. They @ the relevant community or users to make posts/responses; notice the “@pics@lemmy.world” in their post. This is also why you’ll sometimes see comments begin with an “@{username}” of whoever they’re responding to. On Lemmy’s end it looks out of place, but on their end it looks more like an Instagram comments section, where @‘ing people is necessary to be able to follow the comment thread.
It’s one of the odd quirks of federation that can be difficult to wrap your head around when you’re accustomed to every single social media site acting like a walled garden… Federated posts are able to federate not only to different Lemmy instances, but to entirely different platforms.
So no, it may not be fucking tumblr, but for them it is fucking Instagram.
Are those specific instances that are federated in (that can be separately blocked, like people do with .ml)? Or is it just another access point for any given instance?
This post was posted to pics@lemmy.world via pixey.org, a pixelfed instance.
Since the post is on the pics@lemmy.world community, it cannot be blocked using the blocking features available. Unfortunately, Lemmy does not have any feature that would allow blocking this, which is exactly what I am lamenting in my comment.
I'm aware. Still fucking hate it. I hate Instagram, too.
do you wanna federate or not
At the expense of this kind of garbage? Then no.
I'd be happy with being able to choose to opt out, or ideally opt in.
I don't like being forced into a platform that I don't want to use. I don't use Instagram, Tumblr, etc. for a reason.
but you can
Go to an instance that doesn't federate with those other instances you don't like, or run your own and do whatever you want.
~~Where do I find this list of what instances are federated? That doesn't exist? Oh well that's not useful is it?~~*
Requiring someone to sift through each instance in the hopes of finding one that happens to not federate with these kinds of platforms is an unreasonable suggestion.†
Run my own instance? Fuck off with that. I don't have the time.
Your 'solutions' are not real solutions. It's a cop-out of accepting the fact this is a limitation of Lemmy and the federation system that all these are based on.
*edit: This does exist, apparently. Though I have no idea where a person is supposed to find that page on their own. I've looked for this before multiple times.
†Added point after being shown the list exists.
Where do I find this list of what instances are federated?
Why are you so hostile?
Oh wow. That's useful. Thanks for that. I had no idea that page existed. I've looked for this before and even looked again before my last comment. Where is that even found? Lemmy can be frustrating.
Why are you so hostile?
Because your suggestions are rude and that seems intentional.
Your suggestions require a preposterous amount of effort for something that is best solved by letting the user block this kind of content, like being able to block domains or content federated from certain platforms. Even with this useful page, having to pour through the giant list for every possible instance to maybe find one that doesn't federate from those platforms, but then who knows what else I'd be sacrificing for that one thing. That's not a useful suggestion by any stretch. Suggesting running an instance is also a ridiculous answer as a solution that requires a significant amount of time, some extra resources, and then a continuous amount of time for maintenance.
You're not far off from just saying "Just don't use the internet. Problem solved!" Do you see why making suggestions that are ridiculous to 'solve' a proportionally smaller problem is rude?
Bro getting so angry over something so meaningless. Touch grass.
Projection much?
The classic "I know you are but what am I?" technique. The true hallmark of a sophisticated argument.
And your insult via meme is anything? You're a sad little dude.
I pity that you need to try to insult others in order to feel good about yourself. Hope that works out for you.
You have a strangely visceral reaction to seeing a hashtag, man. I can't solve that for you.
For the record, you can block entire instances from your user account.
Basically every tool you've asked for so far has been available for at least a year now.
I just said I wish I could block it. My "visceral reaction" has only been to your unhelpful "suggestions."
No, Lemmy does not have the available tools to accommodate. Blocking an instance would not prevent this sort of thing since it was posted to this community.
You're not helping and just being antagonistic, whether or not that is your intent. Thanks for the link to the instances page, though it's not helpful for this situation it's still nice to know it's available.
Wow this place really fucking is reddit 😂
What's with all them hashtags
I #barely made it through the #title
Pixey.org is a Pixelfed instance, and Pixelfed is basically Fediverse Instagram.
So I assume using tons of hashtags is normal over there, but when the content federates over to Lemmy it ends up looking wacky.
Feels like the old school way of social media. Sort of like 2015 Instagram.
Disliked that stuff then and now. Sort of feels like pollution. :/
Mastodon
OP is actually using Pixelfed.
Ok but these hashtags still are not relevant to the post at all.
Just as we shape our experiences so to do our experiences shape us; the swarf is a part of you now.
As a machinist I will tell you that it's the pieces you can see stuck in your skin with your eyes that are the real problem. Those usually hurt a lot more. Machine shops are filthy and it's up to you to wear glasses and gloves and wash up with soap containing pumice.
A bigger concern to me is the cloud of coolant steam containing lord knows what billowing out of a lathe. I've started wearing a winter coat and hat during work with a fan blasting right at the door to keep the air I breathe clean.
Anyways neat picture. Judging by the tiny chips it looks like the mill is to blame. Makes me glad I run mostly lathe these days. I had something like that in my elbow for a few months. It was about one centimeter long and hurt like hell when pressure was on it.
If you want to run machines the first tool you should buy yourself is good tweezers. I have 6 different pairs of tweezers. You can borrow workshop tools but should stay sanitary and have your own tweezers.
Not a machinist, just an amateur fab guy but sweet Jesus carbide burrs on a die grinder suuuuck for that kind of thing. If they weren't so good at material removal I wouldn't have them because those damn micro metal splinters are the worst. I used to get them stuck in my socks because my shoes were loose and then they would stab my feet.
You're wearing long sleeves and gloves when running a lathe?
The danger depends on the type of lathe and the tools being used with it.
In metalworking, you would probably be using mechanical lathe tools, keeping your hands far away from the danger bits. In woodworking, you may be using gouges directly on the wood and want to keep any dangly bits as far away as possible.
Nah, even in metalworking, people do lots of stuff around lathes and get hurt because of long sleeves. Like running sandpaper on round stock which is a common thing people do. Anything that spins means no rags, no sleeves, no gloves etc. And for good reasons
I do CNC lathe. I could run it with the door open but don’t due to coolant. It shouldn’t run with the door open but it does run like that. Safety interlock is long gone. I roll my sleeves back on my flannel jacket and button the cuffs. I sweat a lot and the breeze that brings me fresher air makes me get cold easily.
I have seen the Tool Time episode where Tim The Toolman Taylor has his shirt ripped off by a lathe and am very aware of the danger every day. The green button doesn't get pushed until doors are closed.
Swarf?
Metal shavings
Ah.
Get a room.
The residue from grinding metal. Mostly oxidized metal.
Not a machinist, but do a little light engineering/maintenance at work... Went for a x-ray on a suspected broken thumb and the tech asked "how long have you had the fragment of metal in your thumb?"
Wait until you have to mill something like GP03 or Kevlar phenolic. Steel has nothing on those levels of discomfort.
On Youtube some 3D-printer creators showed close ups after printing with carbon fiber. Both of the material surface and the body.
Very lovely stuff (not).
Maybe try a strong magnet?
I suggest a self-care MRI after to really clean up.
Yup. I've been obsessed with cleanliness and aluminum part finish at the nano to micro level. Stuff happens very easily to any machined surface when you just touch it with bare fingers. Its incredible how much of this we never care to see.
Like people bring up micro plastics and they ponder and ponder where it could be coming from. Meanwhile they're scraping stuff off their eggs with a plastic spatula against a PTFE surface. Sure PTFE can withstand the heat, but it's still very easily damaged by rubbing on it with something else. And this is why we're all getting cancer early.
Yes, skin care is important when working in a shop
Now imagine the micro and nano plastics on your fingers every time you handle plastic
