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Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

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Post by ciarannolan »

EasyTiger_ wrote: post #75
propogandist wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the reorganizations were primarily to appease advertisers, and they've also increased all sorts of tracking, including outbound link click tracking, pushing their POS mobile app etc. There's also serious censorship [2] and narratives that are pushed, especially messaging that's pro-CCP, mostly thanks to the recent $150M investment from Tencent https://old.reddit.com/r/undelete/top/?t=year https://www.reddit.com/r/nex…

Don’t forget things like this being promoted on the “Popular” section: https://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j2q1g8/standback_and_stan... There are many in the thread of Jewish faith asking it to be taken down, feeling that it promotes Holocaust denial /minimisation. If you read the horrendously uncaring Moderator sticky post dripping with sarcasm you get a good feel for the state of Reddit in 2020.

One problem with Reddit is that every major community experiences something akin to Channel Drift [1]. Like the subreddit you linked to (r/pics), they all become some version of r/politics-lite where the majority political view gets shoved into every possible sub-community, even where it's not relevant.

It makes the default subreddits totally unusable imo. Sometimes I just want to see funny pictures, not be lectured to about why I'm a racist or how my unconscious biases blah blah blah.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_drift

Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

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Post by larrywright »

blhack wrote: post #57
gummydog wrote: post #47

My woodworking journey started when I was quoted $2500 to fix my porch railings. $1000 in materials, $1000 in tools mix in youtube tutorials and patience and now I'm hooked. The sliding compound mitre saw was the life changing tool for me. It was what was holding me back all these years from doing my own projects. I was always outsourcing this type of work for simply the cutting of lumber and thought I could do bette…

YES! This is why it's SO important to keep this sort of stuff in schools. Sliding compound miter saw is a magic tool. Now just wait until you get a MIG welder and a bandsaw, you'll be UNSTOPPABLE and the world will suddenly look a whole lot different! Sidenote: I'm the program director at a nonprofit where I teach/create curriculum. One of the workshops that I love teaching is a week long where we teach the following…

It really is sad that most schools have discontinued these programs. I have a cousin who makes knives. When I visited his shop in Ohio last year, he commented that a lot of the workbenches and tools that he had in his shop were bought at auctions from schools getting rid of their shop programs. It’s a shame.

Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

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Post by j2bax »

blhack wrote: post #88
malwrar wrote: post #83

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This is a really honorable and amazing occupation you've found for yourself and I'm glad folks like you are out there changing people's perspectives and lives. Do you have any resources you'd recommend for learning welding? That's been a skillset that I've wanted to pick up for awhile.

Just buy a welder. Seriously. The machine I learned to weld on was a lincoln 140, and the machines we have at our space are miller 210s (which are LUXURY imo). There are probably thousands of videos on youtube that will show you how to use it, but here's the thing: if you use it wrong, who cares? You really can trial and error your way to it.

Just don't trial your way into a situation like this https://youtu.be/6RSRou0D-MM :P

Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

#104

Post by war1025 »

adsjhdashkj wrote: post #78
codingdave wrote: post #30

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I'm a bad woodworker. My furniture has bad joints, gaps between pieces of wood. I don't use good wood. I do a poor job painting or staining it... and everyone still just sits down on my chairs and says, "This is so cool that you make your own furniture." Start small, start bad, improve on each project... and give it time.

Stupid question - would it be sane to get involved in this stuff without having a means of transporting large objects? Every time i look into wood related work, be it home repair or artsy stuff, everything is huge. I have a Prius. I'm not too thrilled at the idea of buying a 2nd car (truck), and i don't want to drive only a truck.. so how am i to get the supplies? Sounds like a silly question, but yea - things are ju…

My local lumber yard offers free delivery.

Also, I have fallen in love with the fold down rear seat on my Civic. You can fit surprisingly large objects in the car with the seat folded down.

Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

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Post by Tempest1981 »

larrywright wrote: post #102
blhack wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YES! This is why it's SO important to keep this sort of stuff in schools. Sliding compound miter saw is a magic tool. Now just wait until you get a MIG welder and a bandsaw, you'll be UNSTOPPABLE and the world will suddenly look a whole lot different! Sidenote: I'm the program director at a nonprofit where I teach/create curriculum. One of the workshops that I love teaching is a week long where we teach the following…

It really is sad that most schools have discontinued these programs. I have a cousin who makes knives. When I visited his shop in Ohio last year, he commented that a lot of the workbenches and tools that he had in his shop were bought at auctions from schools getting rid of their shop programs. It’s a shame.

Agreed. I doubt the schools wanted it this way. I think we, as a society, are allowing this to happen. Wish I knew how to reverse it.

Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

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Post by roflchoppa3 »

adsjhdashkj wrote: post #78
codingdave wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a bad woodworker. My furniture has bad joints, gaps between pieces of wood. I don't use good wood. I do a poor job painting or staining it... and everyone still just sits down on my chairs and says, "This is so cool that you make your own furniture." Start small, start bad, improve on each project... and give it time.

Stupid question - would it be sane to get involved in this stuff without having a means of transporting large objects? Every time i look into wood related work, be it home repair or artsy stuff, everything is huge. I have a Prius. I'm not too thrilled at the idea of buying a 2nd car (truck), and i don't want to drive only a truck.. so how am i to get the supplies? Sounds like a silly question, but yea - things are ju…

You can drop the back seats and fit wood from the end of the dash to the back of the trunk. I put a movers cloth on the back of the seats to prevent it from getting messed up. You can use a hand towel on the dash to prevent it from getting scratched.

But you cant really fit a 4x8 sheet into the back of the car, truck rentals might work out. But honestly if you have a buddy with a truck, just ask, and if they say yeah, fill up the tank for them when your done with it.

Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

#109

Post by mongol »

I want to do some kind of shelf where my TV hangs in front, and some kind of pulley system to lift it to access what is behind on the shelf. I think that would be a clever use of limited wall space. But I have not found anything like it online and it feels quite complicated to construct from scratch. Any ideas?

Re: My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

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Post by incanus77 »

galoisgirl wrote: post #4

> at the ripe old age of 30 Fuck me...

Once this happens in your life, you never look at opportunities and time the same way. My wife died from pancreatic cancer at 36, and it seems like there are little reminders all the time... like today, when she would have turned 41.

Truly, carpe diem.

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