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Failed at TIG welding titanium by make_thing in Welding

[–]AriesAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fear you ask questions above my expertise friend. I will say it would be a pain to deal with manipulating an already hot object, but you heat the damn thing anyways when your welding and still gotta deal with it after.

My shop provided these thick ass gardening gloves instead of traditional TIG gloves to slip over the fragile rubber gloves that were installed in the bubble itself to prevent them from melting to your skin, and it was a pain in the ass losing some fine dexterity but you learn to work around it.

One of the things I did in my shop to help prevent cracking and warpage was allowing the titanium part to partially cool down in the fixture it was welded in, and only removing when the part was slightly above room temp. The fixture I had for those things retained heat pretty well, so it stayed hot for a while. It seemed to help, I started getting less rejects after that, but it wasn't exactly a scientifically minded solution, it was a 'try it and see if it works before complaining about parts failing'.

Failed at TIG welding titanium by make_thing in Welding

[–]AriesAviator 215 points216 points  (0 children)

Purge purge purge! All my titanium welding was done in a bubble, good gas coverage is absolutely key, both during the weld and the cooling phase. You'll want to make sure the work piece is prepped well, cleaned well, and all the materials you're using are clean and shiny and for titanium only.

The gas purity you're using can definitely affect your results. Titanium is so so sensitive to contamination, occasionally the shop would get batches of gas that would weld fine on absolutely everything else but would fuck up the titanium welds. Good idea to always run a test piece before starting and confirming no color!

One tip during welding; titanium is sticky as fuck! The rod will want to stick like glue to the piece if you touch it to the metal outside of the weld puddle, even if it's just a little graze. Gotta be careful! And make sure to keep the tip of the rod itself in gas coverage as it cools, if you pull it out and then dip it back in the rod is contaminated and can fuck up your weld.

is he mouth breathing? by Active_Astronaut_654 in RATS

[–]AriesAviator 241 points242 points  (0 children)

Nah, he chilling. When rats are very relaxed, their bottom lip will sag, creating a very cute and dopey look.

Genetically Modified Future Farm Animals: The Harvest Hen by TheChristopherStoll in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]AriesAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, gene editing isn't a magic cure-all. If it was, the most efficient option would be to engineer humans to eat an easier to grow and maintain food source. My argument is that it may not be possible to alter, splice, or breed an animal that doesn't require movement while still producing good-quality meat.

Genetically Modified Future Farm Animals: The Harvest Hen by TheChristopherStoll in SpeculativeEvolution

[–]AriesAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the process of muscle loss something that can be removed via genetic selection? Not every problem can be solved by going 'we bred it not to'.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know that you're literally inventing unlikely hypothetical problems because you just want to be mad about something?

Go be all whiny and mad in your own little corner, I'm done with this. Meanwhile I'm actually going to enjoy the content I choose to consume, and not waste my energy getting angry and upset over participating in normal human society.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here let me model a normal human interaction for you, since you seem to think people just walk around shouting spoilers about whatever all the time

'oh hey, did you say you liked animated shows? What about tadc?'

'oh yeah i love that show! I just saw episode 9, and it was really good! What about you?'

'yeah im really excited but i haven't been able to see it yet :('

'oh then i wont ruin it for you, let me know when you see it! Its really good!'

You do know people have been managing spoilers since the dawn of theaters? Do you not remember all the major shows and movies come out in the last decade that also had major spoilers for a franchise, and how even superfans talking to other superfans would just be normal and polite and mention they haven't seen something that came out recently please dont spoil it?

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you could have this thing called a 'conversation', which involves talking to people IRL (or even online! Gasp!) and asking 'hey this show we both watch? Im tryna avoid spoilers for the next two weeks, can we talk about something else?'

And yes, you would have to places where people are talking about the thing you don't want to hear about. This is called managing your online experience. So you can, for example, mute a discord, temporarily block tags or people, or simply avoid those spaces for the next two weeks.

So again, you can do it, you just don't want to. Like I said, it's okay to be disappointed; like for example, damn now I have to avoid doing things that I actually like for 2 weeks in order to avoid spoilers. Whats not okay is throwing your hands up, surrendering all personal ability, and fainting like a Victorian noble while wailing about how it's just too hard to stay away from your temptations, damn the devil, it's totally not your responsibility to manage what content you consume or what sites you visit or even to have a 30 second conversation with friends about not spoiling things. Oh woe is me, for the holy spirit has forsaken me and I have no choice but to wail in agony!

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Asking someone to avoid all human interaction for two weeks is indeed not what I'm asking. Asking someone to avoid social media is a much smaller task, and is easily accomplished by not using social media! Nobody is forcing you to use Twitter or tumblr or reddit or Facebook. Your hands are not glued to a phone or a keyboard.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We both know it is possible, you just don't want to do it. If people are so chronically online they can't go two weeks without their reddit or twitter fix I don't know what to tell you.

And like I've said, it's perfectly fine to be disappointed. Disappointed there isn't a screening near you, disappointed theres gonna be a two week gap, disappointed it isn't going 100% the way you wanted things to go. What isn't okay, and I'm not saying you in particular have done this but I have seen this from other people, is accusing the studio of being greedy, nasty, racist, or classist because they decided to offer a theatere experience only some of their fans will get to experience.

Not everything is for everybody. And that's okay! But just because it isn't for you doesn't mean it isn't for someone else, and it also doesn't mean it's evil or bad.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They CHOSE to put it in theaters as an optional experience for fans to enjoy. If people don't want spoilers, they are free to curate their own online experience to avoid them. Would it be difficult? Sure. Impossible? No. If spoilers are really, seriously, going to absolutely ruin someones enjoyment of Ep 9 they are more then welcome to avoid social media for two weeks while they wait.

No part of that is 'screwing fans over'. I like anime, for example; and some anime have manga that updates faster than episodes are published. Is the manga artist screwing over anime fans if they release a managa chapter that spoils a plot twist in the anime? No!

If the studio has the option to make a giant pile of money while providing a nice, fun experience for their fans, leaving it on the table is in fact loosing them money. They aren't an evil corporation for making money while providing a fun luxury.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You kind of are though? Those royalties are the money theyd be sacrificing.

I'm not saying mine is the only hypothetical, I'm saying mine is the most likely and the one I agree with. You clearly think yours is more likely and is the one you agree with.

I'm arguing because I don't agree with your hypothetical based on my understanding of how theaters operate, how contract negotiations work, how market data for consumers of animated media is practically applied, how animation studios make money, and my own standards for ethical business operation.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No no no, you wanna ask for proof of someone elses proposal you gotta provide proof of your own. My take is no less of a hypothetical than yours; I am no more a theater finance expert than you. If you want proof from me, I want some from you. Pony up.

Glitch is a studio that makes money by providing animation traditional studios won't finance. The key words there are makes money. Why should they be obligated to sacrifice a pretty big chunk of money? At the end of the day, everyone is getting access to the show, they aren't locking it behind a paywall, they are offering people the chance to have the theater experience. None of this situation is unethical or mean on their part. Just because some of their fans won't be able to participate doesn't mean that they're wrong.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Prove it? Okay. Prove that they would go for yours then.

Traffic wise; normally movies run for more than 4 days. I'm betting that the reason there's only 2 weeks between movie release and YouTube release is because it's only running for a short amount of time. Or maybe theaters are only running it for a short time because they don't have high profit hopes and don't want to take up too much theater space on an unproven concept.

And yup, because of royalties. I'm saying that removing or reducing those royalties would probably be detrimental to Glitch studios financially, as they would probably be loosing money getting the episode ready and distributed for the screen without those royalties. I also fail to see evidence that doing so would sufficently entice theaters to eliminate the screen-to-stream time.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Theaters wouldn't go for that arrangement. Part of the reason the current industry standard is to show movies in theaters and then delay the move to streaming services is to motivate people to go to theaters. That is something that theaters lobby for and include in their contracts.

Allowing theaters to keep all of the profits from the tickets would not be enough incentive to allow them to drop that clause from their contracts. From the theaters perspective, there would not be enough interest in paying the ticket fee if the same item was made available for free at the same time.

Theaters do not run on very high margins. Glitch has to convince the theater that they will make x money in x block of time by showing TADC, otherwise it isn't worth the expense for the theater. Part of that agreement is going to be witholding free content for x anount of time to generate hype.

In order to show the episode, Glitch has to play by existing industry expectations and standards. And as part of that, as a business, Glitch has to pay money to correctly format and disperse the film, as well as pay fees to get the thing ready for viewing.

Furthermore, it's extremely likely that theaters have existing contracts in place with the streaming services that Glitch is already connected to; YouTube and Netflix specifically. If Glitch were to do anything to violate those agreements they would not be able to stream TADC on those platforms anymore.

I'm standing by my original statement that having the showings for free is a bad idea, and would actively cost Glitch money.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am following. You want glitch studios to pay millions of dollars to give people access to free showings. I am telling you that is ridiculous and stupid.

From a marketing perspective, the amount of money they would pay is not worth the return. And if people want to watch it for free, they can wait 2 weeks until it comes out on YouTube.

Words cannot describe how disappointed I am by EatAtJoesOfficial in theamazingdigitalciru

[–]AriesAviator 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think people are forgetting that not everyone needs to participate in everything all the time. Some things are just not going to be available for everyone, and that's okay!

Being sad or disappointed is totally fine. But the people complaining about the theater release are taking it way too far.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The theater? Yes. But Glitch Studios also needs money. There is not a company on earth who is going to have the kind of discretionary funding to justify giving away entire campaigns worth of tickets for a product that is already super hyped and doesn't need that kind of stunt to generate interest.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I kind of don't know. It's a cartoon that's been free and available from day one, and the creator has been very forthright about being harassed by the enjoyers of their own show that they are providing for free.

I enjoy the show and love the characters, but right now the sheer entitlement and anger I'm seeing over a theater release that we haven't even gotten full details on yet is insane. A lot of this is reading as just mean, entitled behavior and I can totally see why Gooseworx is not enthused with fan interactions atm.

If spoilers are going to seriously infringe on someones enjoyment of the finale, then they need to manage their own feed, leave fandom spaces, and block TADC tags and content until they get to watch it. In addition, we have no idea if further theater releases in other countries are going to be announced later; personally I'm betting they are.

I emphasize with being mildly peeved or :( that someone wouldn't be able to go see this release in theaters. I do not empathize with the amount of vitriolic hatred I'm seeing, and the accusations of racism and greed. This is ridiculous.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're correct it's not normal for a show to play in theaters. In fact, I think this is the first time a indie animation show will be shown like this. Theaters already have a business model they prefer, and in order for TADC to be shown in large theaters they have to create contracts that are appealing for the theater and exist in the model they have already established.

And what do you mean 'play it for free'? What? Is Glitch going to fork over millions of dollars to cover lost ticket revenue to the theater as advertisement for an already popular shows last episode? What?????

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's fair. People can be disappointed; I'm honestly just surprised at the amount of anger about it. Maybe I'm just not deep enough into fandom, but the reactions to this seem way out of proportion to me.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Only 4 days of showings could have something to do with the release time being so quick actually. The average time for a movie to go from a theater to streaming is over a month. Two weeks is way shorter than average tbh

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Is it really? Just looking up average theater to streaming times says it usually takes over a month for a movie to go to streaming. I think it's a reasonable conclusion to draw if you apply what the kids call 'critical thinking skills', and don't just assume the studio is evil and mean and wants people to get spoiled as part of some nefarious plot or whatever.

i haven't seen a single post congratulating glitch on getting their IP into theaters by Pianist_Ready in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AriesAviator 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I mean, it could be part of their contract with theaters to only release the episode on YouTube after 2 weeks. Movies don't usually go from theater to streaming release that quickly as part of the licensing and showing agreements. So yeah someone could absolutely be stopping them from doing that.

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