YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips

Post by mmcdermott » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:20 PM UTC

SECProto wrote: post #146

samizdis wrote: post #56

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At the risk of sounding like a salesperson, I'd like to mention a feature of basic/classic Dualit toasters - namely, the optional and elegantly simple sandwich cage. [1] The cage is designed to take two slices of bread with a filling (in my usage, always heavy on the cheese). You put this into the toaster slot, which is vertical, and safely make cheese/whatever toasties. So, your 12-year-old had the right idea, but n…

I would note the parent comment appeared to have been talking about an open faced sandwich, i.e. cheese topping on a slice of toast. Even if I'm incorrect and a closed grilled cheese sandwich was the culprit, a toaster oven would still be a better suggestion in my opinion!

Post by onepointsixC » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:21 PM UTC

CM30 wrote: post #32

YouTube's moderation is ridiculous, and it demonstrates the problem Google has in general. They don't like paying actual people to moderate their sites, and rely on automated systems and bots to do everything for them. So, if there's ever an issue (or you have a bunch of scammers mass reporting you because you debunk their 'work'), then YouTube/Google seems to think you're the problem instead of the scumbags. We need…

Post by foobarian » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:22 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #148

fendy3002 wrote: post #25

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Such as a gun is always loaded, my take is electricity is always dangerous. Even professionals can get into accidents, moreover us uneducated plebs.

I remember watching some electricians rewiring some stuff at my old workplace. We were moving into a new office, and had to have some light switches changed for the new zone. The electrician popped open the switch plates, yanked out the old switches, clipped the wires, stripped the wires, wired up the new switches, and screwed everything back together. It was all live (like 300 volt live), as the lights turned on (qu…

Post by cupofpython » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:22 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #167

cupofpython wrote: post #98

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So drop it off at a salvage location. OP was complaining about salvaging it, like it was necessary. If you want to do is as a fun personal project, go for it, but it is wasteful of human time to salvage something that cheap rather than add it to a scrap pile for a professional salvage company to process in bulk. As a bonus, the kid learns that if you arent careful with your items they may break and be gone. you dont…

Replacing it teaches the kid that if you break something, it magically comes back like a respawn in a video game. I'd be very tempted to work with him to help clean it; let him do much of the grunt work whilst I helped and supervised (though to be honest I wouldn't be that hard on my kid for doing this unless he had been told don't do it beforehand. I've done enough boneheaded things in my day!).

Post by cupofpython » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:24 PM UTC

t_mann wrote: post #232

cupofpython wrote: post #98

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So drop it off at a salvage location. OP was complaining about salvaging it, like it was necessary. If you want to do is as a fun personal project, go for it, but it is wasteful of human time to salvage something that cheap rather than add it to a scrap pile for a professional salvage company to process in bulk. As a bonus, the kid learns that if you arent careful with your items they may break and be gone. you dont…

The salvaging actually helped the learning experience immensely - shows the kid that carelessness can have lasting consequences. Replacing the toaster and yelling 'We had to spend $X to get a new one now!' will be forgotten by the end of the day.