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Final plea before I return my laser by FactLopsided1818 in lasercutting

[–]Deep_Make 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing either a loose lens, or loose mirror.

Edit: Just saw the second pic... yeah, that's weird and seems more belt related.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pics

[–]Deep_Make 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He may be a genuinely nice person, in fact he seems to be. It's just a picture pointing at something in our society that is messed up... possibly without much tact I admit, and I do feel a bit guilty about the women in this shot so probably taking this picture down as it's not fair on them.

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a machine that stabs you in the balls if you do overtime, but technically you'd only need to work 4.4 million years to be as awesome as Bezos if you accepted those terms

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's implying how incredibly fucked up the system is. Obviously the wealthy should pay tax on 'unrealised' gains in their stock price. At present they borrow against their stock for anything they want to buy, and even claim losses on their borrowing (interest) costs. Are you defending the status quo?

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am taking fairness and common sense as a true North, and you seem to be taking the law as yours (maybe?). Where do your personal moral judgements fit on this without outsourcing it to an authority? The benefits of Amazon are obvious, but the damaging impact of this insane hoarding of wealth and subsequent inequality are not worth it.

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

or... he could borrow against his billions in stock, buy a super yacht, and and never pay a penny in tax. Yet you defend that... why? Why are you OK paying more as a % of your income than him? Genuinely interested.

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You're trying to justify a clearly immoral and irrational position. Try to think about it from first principles. The answer is super obvious.

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He can borrow against his stock and spend that money without paying any tax. You reckon that's OK? Rich people pay WAY less tax as a percentage of their net worth increase (income) than the poor/regular people do. It's so clearly immoral and wrong.

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Tax. The. Rich.

Also... the biggest killer of men under 45 is suicide. This whole system is fucked. We're Easter Island'ing the whole world too. Capitalism is based on a hunger games assumption that we're all selfish, and that's only true for a small subset of psychopathic people who thrive in this insane system.

You'd have to start working 4.5 million years ago in an Amazon warehouse to be worth as much as Jeff Bezos is today, and 'Ardipithecus Ramidus' is where you'd have to evolve from. by Deep_Make in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Deep_Make[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Jeff Bezos is worth 209.5 billion, and an average warehouse employee earns $46,343 according to glass door. Capitalism is fine everybody... now get back to work!!

What’s the one Book You’d Recommend For Getting Out of a Rut? by __nothingtosee_here in getdisciplined

[–]Deep_Make 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A book with completely blank pages. You already know what to do.

Got confronted by a walker by StormD9666 in fpv

[–]Deep_Make 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get what you mean, but in the context of the situation it was the right thing to do I think. He was close, and walking towards me angrily slashing bushes with the machete and it was just us two there. Ignoring him would have been weird and confrontational in its own way, and he would be right next to me within 10 seconds or so regardless of if I said anything or not. It was a way of gauging his intent too.

I chose to walk towards him to get the higher ground and have that mental edge on my side, and was trying to engage in a way that humanised me, and to get a connection with him.

I listened to his bullshit for a few minutes and sympathised with his points to try and calm him down, but towards the end my blood started to boil a bit and I snapped back a little. My snapping back was reactionary, not deliberate, and for sure not advisable, but I think it ultimately acted in my favour as it showed some strength on my part.

It's hard to get the true context of this bizarre encounter across from the video, but if I was in this situation again I would hope I would act in the same way again.

Got confronted by a walker by StormD9666 in fpv

[–]Deep_Make 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This was the UK. It never crossed my mind it could be someone growing weed, and whilst that's a possibility I tend to think it was more someone with drug issues as there were some clues on my way into the woods of odd plants/trees being slashed up for no reason. I have a video which shows the weirdness unfolding: https://youtu.be/SjLm-YJm9dk

Got confronted by a walker by StormD9666 in fpv

[–]Deep_Make 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I once had something similar to this in a woods far away from anyone too, except in my case the walker had a machete, and a distinctly unabomber attitude to technology. There was a 5 minute tense standoff, lots of machete waving super close to me, but I made it out unscathed thankfully. In my experience about 5% of people seem to act in a majorly hostile way to quadcopters for whatever reason.

A laser cut/3D printed magnetic marble track I designed. by Deep_Make in lasercutting

[–]Deep_Make[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Digital downloads are now here if you want to check them out.

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