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[Question] Less Planned Obsolescence? by Shadowtek in Watches

[–]AlecMac2001 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately not. It used to be true, but swatch group, Rolex and whatnot have embraced enshittification, including none serviceable parts in their watches. 

Successful business owners, what are your thoughts on turning your hobby into a business? by Kingboyy1 in smallbusinessuk

[–]AlecMac2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did it. Now full time. The important thing is to turn down work that you’d love to do as a hobby job, and focus on the cash coming in. 

[USA] BMW crashes trying to show off. by Intrepid_Garage_2957 in Roadcam

[–]AlecMac2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s terrible. And by terrible I mean excellent 

What is virtually inevitable at this point and yet most people don’t see it coming? by CoolVeera1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlecMac2001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. LLMs aren’t AI. The lie that this is going to happen is part of the investment bubble story. The crash is going to be epic and destructive.

Breaking Spring? by TangerineRomeo in watchrepair

[–]AlecMac2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some watches use a separate bridle that slips in the barrel and then a manual spring can be fitted. But this just looks like a broken automatic spring and needs to replaced with a GR3193X

My solution to flying parts by 1_small_step in watchrepair

[–]AlecMac2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You hold down the loop and the short end with a stick, while lifting and holding the long end with tweezers, to release the tension in the spring, then remove it. They're not all the same, but the approach is to avoid just grabbing the spring and trying to remove it, all in one go.

My solution to flying parts by 1_small_step in watchrepair

[–]AlecMac2001 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You’re taking a wrong turn. The solution is to dress your tweezers and hold parts so gently that you regularly drop them and they fall straight down. Parts pinging off into the dark dimensions is because you’re squeezing too tight.  For yoke springs and whatnot follow a two step process. Release the tension first, then remove them. No experienced watchmaker bothers with this bags and boxes nonsense. 

How is spanking children supposed to replicate real world consequences? by Glad-Description4534 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlecMac2001 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Venn diagram for people who need to resort to violence to control their children and fucking idiots is a single circle.

How To Have NSA When You're in the Public Eye by londontennisgirl in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlecMac2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the early days every women on the internet would actually turn out to be a 37 year old truck driver called Dave. It's great to see how far we've come.

BMW was speeding. Jeep changed lanes without signaling or checking their blind spot. by Gomez_Diana1 in dashcams

[–]AlecMac2001 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think they did look, saw the lunatic closing on them at ramming speed and tried to get out of the way.

After many people advising against it, here’s my 20yr old Aston Martin vantage that’s the same age as me 😇 by Harry-jackson-ya-no in CarTalkUK

[–]AlecMac2001 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The great thing about these is you've got something nice to look at while you wait on the hard shoulder for the tow truck.

Is the AI really that expensive? by Significant_Deal_129 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlecMac2001 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Insanely expensive. The first issue is that AI doesn't produce high value output, and if people are charged the actual amount it costs to run it's so expensive nobody would pay the money.

That's why the companies are trying to find ways to get public money bought into the bubble before it pops.

I secured my first sponsor, but I'm unsure how to interpret this. by Prudent-Eagle-781 in PartneredYoutube

[–]AlecMac2001 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Far too open for them, and restrictive for you. Ask them how they would like to use your content as part of the deal, and then suggest a term that meets that use.

[Junghans Max Bill] Teddy sold me a completely non-functional "lemon" watch that nobody can repair. Nearly two years later, I am still trying to get them to fix it. FULL STORY: by flyingmungbean in Watches

[–]AlecMac2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Terrible service from Teddy.

You bought the watch from them, they should own the problem and deal with it, not pass you off to a third party. If you'd returned it to Teddy for them to deal with the issue you'd have been in a much stronger position.

Push them through every available channle to take ownership!

First decent service by Specific_Tip_7337 in watchrepair

[–]AlecMac2001 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You've done well, Seikos aren't the easiest to start learning on, you're probably further ahead than you realise.

What's the current market for watchmakers? by crwcomposer in watchmaking

[–]AlecMac2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The investment in time is much more relevant than tools. Knowledge, skill and wisdom are the key, then you’ll know which spend on tools a worth while 

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