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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Lathes are serious machines. They require serious caution!

    At my previous job, there was a very lucky apprentice; he was working on “the small lathe”; the sleeve on his overalls caught on the work piece. His arm was pulled into the machine the overall sleeve tore as it was being pulled in. He got very nasty friction burns all up the under side of his arm; if the sleeve didn’t tear, at minimum he would have lost the arm…the lathe didn’t stop spinning during the event. He panicked (understandably) and didn’t think to hit the e-stop.

    Table saws and lathes…don’t fuck around with them. Powerful tools require serious caution; but they are also very useful when used correctly.





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    23 days ago

    It is pretty much this, same reason lawyers use “legalese” in contracts. That word has an accepted meaning, when used the meaning is clear to others in the field. You don’t need an extra document to define each term as it is expected that others in the field will understand the language used.

    In saying that, sometimes it is just complication for the sake of complication.

    There is a saying, usually attributed to Einstein but could also be William of Ockham:

    Everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.

    People often focus on the first part while ignoring the more important second part. When something is made too simple, you lose the nuance and fine detail that makes it a useful concept. Not everything can be ELI5’d, somethings are just really complicated.


  • Honestly just eat vegetables and keep your ultraprocessed foods to a minimum.

    Milk and eggs are pretty good, as they literally have all that a growing body needs. But since I assume you are not a baby posting on social media (never can tell in this “modern” world) you need more than just milk and eggs.

    Eat fermented foods, kimchi, sauerkraut or kombucha etc…great for gut health

    I do like some nutritional yeast though. It is really tasty.





  • Variable name - 7th level wizard spell.

    For the next 24hours; nothing about the targets identity may be discovered by magical or mundane means. Anyone inquiring about the target has a plausible and consistent story placed in their mind instead; it doesn’t matter what the target tells them or what they see.

    Someone with the Truesight ability; will know that there is magical concealment active, but will be unable to discern any details about the target.