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#3 for me. Keeps my handwriting just a little bit more legible.

#4 doesn’t work for my writing style it seems. I end up wearing large flats on the lead anyways.

But first… Halo theme song

Bored people can now tune into (source of entertainment) instead of learning.

I don’t think the capacity for intelligence has dropped significantly, rather we as a society dedicate our time differently.

I wonder what the wife thinks.

Trump believes Taiwan “stole” chip making technology from the states. And judging from most Republican’s general stupidity on this matter… They think majority of the semiconductors are produced in China. Because to them Taiwan == China.

Here’s the issue I have with your position… AI is such a generic term it’s difficult to have a fulfilling conversation using it but in my field a form of AI like machine learning is going to eliminate an entire sector of manufacturing… Boutique precision machined components have been thought as an impenetrable wall against AI but it’s basically the same lackluster defense used not long ago about Generative images couldn’t produce hands properly… It’s not a matter of if but when.

Imo, the catastrophe happens when a successful AI scales. Or perhaps rather how suddenly a successful AI model will bury the existing system into irrelevancy. Boeing and most aerospace manufacturers have a machinist union but none of that will protect against a future where people are no longer necessary.

I don’t think it’s wrong to have AI eliminate jobs but it shouldn’t come without warning. I think it’s rather forward looking to be monitoring ongoing AI projects and establish contingencies for folks who will become displaced by it’s rapid spread.

If your power consumption is actually 250 then go for a 500w PSU. You’ll get better efficiency.

Anandtech (rip) used to be my go-to for PSU efficiency curves.

Not sure what else this meme is doing other than actively creating a bigger divide between the genders…

Engineers wants features held to less than 10 microns. Big parts on ‘easy’ materials.

Their idea of making parts is tossing it into any and all CNC machinery and automatically get good parts. That is rarely ever the case with tight tolerance parts.

Key proposals from the union have included 40% hourly pay increases, a reduced 32-hour work week, a shift back to traditional pensions, the elimination of compensation tiers and a restoration of cost-of-living adjustments (COLA), among other items on the table including enhanced retiree benefits and enhanced vacation and family leave benefits.

I hope they get it all. 32 hour work day and return to traditional pensions would be huge.

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And plenty of people who don’t really care to understand how deep the roots of inch stuff is. Most people have no clue how much aerospace is commanding the need for Inch. (ALL and every aerospace fasteners are inch.)

why fix what aint broke? Aerospace bolts and nuts are orders of magnitudes more regulation stringent than automobiles. And it really isn’t just as simple as changing bolts and nuts… Basically the entire plane has to be created again. Every single blueprint with a new hole/countersink needs to be updated. Every subcontractor and emergency repair facility needs to have their legacy mylar drawings updated.

All for what? Getting off inch system because it’s “illogical” for a select group?

And unfortunately, doing work costs money.

If there’s a story I want to hear, is one of how automobile companies transitioned into Metric. I’d imagine it’s not too difficult since they come up with a new vehicle platform every couple years.

It’s easy to talk about converting over but I imagine the great majority of those calling for absolute conversion towards metric is completely ignorant about the immense scale of imperial hardware (fasteners nuts and bolts) used globally because of aerospace. It’s easy to change the numbers on a piece of paper. It’s not so easy to respec a commercial/military aircraft from inch to metric. Not only is the final component changed but almost every legacy tooling that has existed to manufacturer and assemble such goods. And trust me the world isn’t all CNC machining as you might think it is.

I’d like to phase out of inches eventually but somethings are prohibitively expensive to convert without starting fresh from the ground up. Hard to justify such a “backwards” step to shareholders.

Tl;Dr inches is here to stay whether you like it or not.