GorGor

joined 10 months ago
[–] GorGor@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago

Sometimes we might not do a great job because we didn’t know what we were doing and other times we were geniuses because we had messed up so many times before that we finally figured out how to do it right.

As I grow older, I find this is how you become an 'expert'. You start not knowing how to do it, then you figure out all the wrong ways to do it by doing it wrong. Eventually, when you have messed it up in more ways than anyone else you know which paths not to take and you are then the expert.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 112 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

I saw somewhere there exists a saying along the lines of 'start sauteing onion, add some garlic, then you figure out what you are going to cook.' When my wife and I have time to actually cook, this is basically what we do. everything is better with garlic and onions, from German to Korean. The rest is just details.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what is the mass arbitration lawsuit about? Is it, as dual_sport_dork's article suggests, an antitrust lawsuit? If that is the case... I'd rather claw back the ability to sue directly (small claims, yay!). If valve is accused of something else Id love to hear about it.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 12 points 2 months ago

for real tho... love that story. RIP Harlan.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago

Lol

I'm not a programmer but I have at least one double booking every day. Some weeks look like a brick wall sideways (they seem to always overlap by a half hour for some reason).

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 92 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If y'all have worked with silicone oil, yea it works kinda like this (depending on viscosity).

It creeps up out of containers, it creeps up walls. It gets everywhere.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

constraining a CAD model and communicating tolerances like datum, or runout vs cylindricity are very different things.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A Solid Model (CAD) file (while very useful) doesn't contain all the information you need to convey what a good part is. There are an innumerable amount of things you want to convey to the manufacturer what you are looking for, from masking parts of a surface, to how parts need to be packaged, to which of the dimensions are the most important and how you should measure them (GDT etc).

There are services out there that you just upload a solidpart file and they give you a price. They are highly automated, cheap and quick. The parts are not high quality. Often their standard tool sets cant machine a feature. They communicate that and you have to make other arrangements, either alter your design, or plan on doing some post processing. I was actually supposed to place an order with one today, but had some problems with capability so I am altering the design to accommodate those limitations.

Its sad, but good machinists are a dying breed.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I knew a mormon family in southern California who made the whitest tacos Ive ever had. Flour Tortillas (not even heated up), unseasoned ground beef, spring mix, and Catalina dressing instead of taco-sauce. Rough.

LA area has some amazing Mexican food, its where I learned the term guisado. I don't understand some people.

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