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I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

#31

"The moment I am too scared to do something because I might damage the tool, it stops being a tool" That's just not the definition of the word "tool" at all but okay... whatever

It implies that it stops being a usable tool. It's still the same item, but it isn't able to be used as such.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

#32
post #3

This is my number one complaint about the M-series MBP line. Especially true of the cutout in the middle that has points so sharp they can cut you if you accidentally scrape it with your hand.

Is this unique to the M-series? My 2015 MBP has this exact same issue.

I'm guessing they meant they had more complaints about the non-M models. Though I also misread the way you did too.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

#33
post #15

"The moment I am too scared to do something because I might damage the tool, it stops being a tool" That's just not the definition of the word "tool" at all but okay... whatever

Sorry you did not like that part! All I was trying to express was that even though this thing is nice and shiny, it is a tool in the end so if modifying it would make it serve that purpose better, one should not be scared to do so. I wasn't trying to give a definition, but perhaps I should rephrase that. Thanks!

It made sense to me. If you're to scared to use it without limits, then it is not useful for the scope of its intended purpose.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

#35
post #19

I love the animation on the background of your website. And I totally understand what you mean about using a tool, if it's too delicate to do the job, then it's not doing its job. Imagine buying a hammer and trying to keep it clear of scuffs, it's obviously going to impede your work.

Yeah I think the grief OP was getting over that statement in some of the other comments is unwarranted, I understand completely what they mean about tools. You have people who buy expensive guitars and barely play them for fear of scuffing them for example, depriving themselves and the tool of the thing it's actually for. I'll never understand that mentality. I don't like to be precious about my tools either, scratch…

I bought a 1973 Fender Jazzmaster that was immaculate and should have been my forever guitar. I was so afraid of "ruining the value" that I sold it. I couldn't play it, I was so paranoid. It got into my head. Instead, I ended up buying a '65 AVRI Jazzmaster body and put on an EGC aluminum neck and a Tuffset bridge. The price was about 2/3 of the vintage one, but I have no qualms about playing this one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

#37
post #19

I love the animation on the background of your website. And I totally understand what you mean about using a tool, if it's too delicate to do the job, then it's not doing its job. Imagine buying a hammer and trying to keep it clear of scuffs, it's obviously going to impede your work.

yes I want a post about that background, its pretty awesome how it gradually and seemingly randomly builds itself.

At the bottom of the post there's a link to an explainer post about the background: https://brt.fyi/posts/prime-flow-field/

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

#40
post #19

I love the animation on the background of your website. And I totally understand what you mean about using a tool, if it's too delicate to do the job, then it's not doing its job. Imagine buying a hammer and trying to keep it clear of scuffs, it's obviously going to impede your work.

Yeah I think the grief OP was getting over that statement in some of the other comments is unwarranted, I understand completely what they mean about tools. You have people who buy expensive guitars and barely play them for fear of scuffing them for example, depriving themselves and the tool of the thing it's actually for. I'll never understand that mentality. I don't like to be precious about my tools either, scratch…

...and don't even get me started on people who buy a Rolex Submariner - the quintessential tool watch (and luxury symbol, by all means - but it wasn't always so) and then ask whether they should take any special precautions after accidentally showering with it...

Sigh.

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