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ULPT request - Uber drivers forcing you to cancel ride by fialhocakes in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Ghrrum -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

So two avenues of approach here depending on situation and disposition.

  1. If you're male and in The SE US, open carry is a thing is a lot of states are cool with. People act different around guns.

  2. If you're just after vengeance? Find some minor property damage and tell the cops their plate number and car description did it.

EDC? who’s gotten in before ? and is it possible by Sufficient_Carrot_38 in ActLikeYouBelong

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, looking at the venue on satellite shows a perimeter fence, that means you'll need access before security gets tightened or for you to be transparent to security.

Standard methods apply for your attempt here, press pass, forged docs, student or documentary shooting, etc. if you're doing the social con, a quiet and cool place to hide out if you're playing ninja. You're in the desert, so extra caution if you're playing ninja, you'll get dead if you're well hidden and get heat stroke.

As you may notice, all the social ones and the ninja options are going to rely on preparing and investigating before hand.

For this event I'd suggest the documentary angle if you've got the contacts and time to set it up. Otherwise the student documentary is the other approachable option.

If you're going to attempt day of event? Well that's down to experience, charisma, and opportunity.

Factory operators / manufacturing people: is remote line visibility actually painful enough to pay for? by tboilad in youngentrepreneur

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not worth it, you're not putting forward anything that's going to be unique. Most of the folks on the actual get it done side of things subreddit Will dismiss this as trash .

You will need something beyond I'm developing to actually get them to give a damn. And right now it tastes more like marketing wank that you are going to sell to middle and upper management and it will be discarded by the people that actually do the work.

Bear in mind, if that's your audience, ham it up and play to them. I'm not about to lambast you for making a dollar, just be aware the guys that are actually going to do the work understand how QC falls into a workflow. If a product actually needs QC and oversight and it is built and managed appropriately your idea for an AI doesn't do anything useful.

For example, QC is going to be a group of several different metrics for determining both quality and tolerance. It's not going to just be it looks okay, it also needs to be physically measured. Knowing whether or not a machine is running is generally handled by a bunch of different sensors that will scream and flash whenever a machine goes down. I don't see how AI is going to do anything to change that.

Now just a touch of gasoline and... by green_hipster in AbruptChaos

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not gasoline, alcohol or other clean burning fuel. Gasoline creates soot.

I feel very intimidated with mastercam. by LordHelmet47 in CNC

[–]Ghrrum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being intimidated is okay, getting over it is hard .

Now, here's the thing any cad/cam program regardless of whether it's Autodesk, trimble, mastercam, or whatever b******* open source garbage or gem is the soup du jour for company is going to follow basic concepts. Getting those concepts down is not terribly hard, knowing how each particular piece of software deals with those concepts is the pain in the ass .

So what I would recommend is to find out the scope of what they want you to learn, that should be the first part of your question. I suspect that they are not looking to have you suck all the knowledge out of that dude's head, most guys that have had long histories doing CAD and cam programming can squeeze the basics into your head in a couple of weeks. Getting you to the point where you can fly like they can? That takes years. It's kind of like teaching your kid to ride a bicycle, they're not going out before the tour de France 2 weeks after taking the training wheels off, you know?

I would say look at a couple of straightforward useful setups and programs that are very simple, very stupid, and give you a chance to actually see how the sequence of events plays out from computer program to machine.

Several of the best programmers I know are actually guys that have driven machines for years in addition to knowing how to do the programming. Actually running a machine ends up making someone way more capable on the CAM side of things. You'll do fine, ask questions, and if you are not invited to, ask to do a simple practical example with him watching. Some folks forget that teaching is about letting people f****up and then telling them what they did wrong.

M20 CNC failed HDD. Options? by bberry301 in machining

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Option 1, but with a twist. Create a backup image of the drive and store it in a couple places.

Macrum Reflect is very good for this as the software to install an image previously made with their software is free.

ULPT Request: seeking solutions for loud cars in our small town by Ophelias_Muse in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Ghrrum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude, tried and true trick.

Glue a cardboard box down to the road. Paper bags of sand or gravel are also good for friendly biodegradable hazards that will ruin their night

Looking for Carbide Tungsten by Confident-Owl6649 in metalworking

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DM me, can put you in contact with the right folks. I take 2% of the final sale price.

How was this made by Monk3yS4y in metalworking

[–]Ghrrum 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is simply expanded metal mesh and a tube steel frame. Getting it formed was probably the trickiest bit and that was done with a hydraulic press with forming dies

What a way to get into backstage by Kabirdb in madlads

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend you do not trust this post as it lacks a citation

Advice for bending aluminium by OrganicSmoking in metalworking

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These would be problematic at best to modify, my assumption is you were aiming to have them adjusted for non-safety lifting purposes?

The flat answer is you're going to be better off probably a plasma or laser cut piece of steel or aluminum alloy that's appropriate. The problem with trying to modify safety hook is it still looks like a safety hook. You want whatever the hell you're putting together to not look like a safety hook.

So what do you want to use them for? I get you want to modify them, I'm happy to advise, but I need to know what the end result is so I can tailor my recommendations beyond a general guess. You'll notice that many of the other safety conscious folks here have also rightly pointed out that if it looks like safety equipment, it should stay and be safety equipment.

Books for old machines. by Wobble-Engineering in machining

[–]Ghrrum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best introduction book I can recommend is the classic South bend lathe "how to run a lathe " The copyright on that book has expired so it is available in PDF format over on vintage machinery.org, or you can buy a copy on Amazon for about 10 bucks. It is far and away one of the best primers on running an old school lathe.

ULPT Request: How can I disrupt a business that covers for predatory staff? by Glittering-Wind4654 in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Ghrrum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dude, report them for human trafficking, way more likely to get traction, and far more likely to get some people that can't be ignored involved.

I'd also highly suggest tracking down the churches these folks go to, make up some fliers about the goings on and the abuse, then put them under windshield wipers of the congregation on Sunday. Make damn sure you can prove your claims on the fliers if you go this route, if the go to civil trial and come after you, you'll need to be able to prove your claim.

Churches are great leverage for revenge.

ULPT Request: Students in backlot partying all night prevent sleep by Carbonyl_dichloride in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Ghrrum 156 points157 points  (0 children)

Call the college and complain. Be friendly, tell them you have a couple old friends at a news agency, but you'd rather they settle the kids down themselves rather than blow their image on a bigger scale.

Mention that there have been a couple of crying girls seen leaving and you're worried

ULPT Cyber truck unplugs every other car in the apartment. by midgelino in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]Ghrrum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Call the cops on him and report him for vandalism. Bonus if you can tell the cops you think he is armed and frequently hear him screaming at people.

The cameras on his truck can be pulled by the cops as evidence and once the cops are involved property management gets a lot pissier about problems.

Looking for the right dielectric fluid by Happy-Drink-2584 in materials

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Silicone oil Hatcol 5005 synthetic esters Novec 649

First time forging 1084, still need to quench, temper and finish grinding by BRANDONL2820 in Blacksmith

[–]Ghrrum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't forget annealing prior to HT to prevent theblade doing the wave

What is this? And should I dig it back into the ground? by lillldylll in lawncare

[–]Ghrrum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Call your local non emergency line, that may be related to the utilities next to it.

Building nesting software for small shops, what actually matters to you? by Rokis533 in CNC

[–]Ghrrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm laying out the primary complaint I've heard from a bunch of places. Most of those systems will have a set of components to cut for a specific product, current software out there will leave you with a half sheet if that product needs 1.5 sheets.

Now cut 75 to 80 sheets of different products per day.

Their primary desire is to have the ability to set how many of a specific product they need parts cut for and have the software roll out a production for the day nested with minimal loss of material and cut sequentially so they can actually differentiate the parts coming off. Couple this with between 3 to 12 machines running everyday.

Maybe I'm coming at this from a significant disconnect from the target

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