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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
lelio (edited )Link ParentYep. That is getting better though. The last decade or two of scifi and genre in general seems to have really expanded past its normal white dude authorship and I think its brought it to a whole...very poorly written female characters
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That is getting better though. The last decade or two of scifi and genre in general seems to have really expanded past its normal white dude authorship and I think its brought it to a whole new level. Try Becky Chambers, either Long Way to a Small Angry Planet for a chill space opera with real characters talking about their cultural differences. Or A Psalm for the Wild-Built for a chill post apocalyptic meditation.Not new or chill, Another one I thought of: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. That one got me thinking a lot about the nature of humanity.
Stephenson is a favorite but the last two baroque cycles are the only books I haven't read yet. I read Quicksilver and thought it was great but needed a break it was so long, and I never went back.
I loved all the Hyperion books but I keep meaning to go back for a reread as there was so much and I can barely remember it all
I read most of the Asimov Heinlein Clark golden age stuff when I was teenager. I think its great but wouldn't have recommended any of that to someone who is interested in characters.
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
lelio Link ParentWe used to tell stories with epic poetry. Handed down from each generation and memorized with the aid of rhyme . Then we invented this new fangled technology (reading, writing, paper, etc.) and...We used to tell stories with epic poetry. Handed down from each generation and memorized with the aid of rhyme .
Then we invented this new fangled technology (reading, writing, paper, etc.) and modern humans can't even recite Beowulf anymore! Surely that signals the decline of human civilization. -
Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
lelio (edited )Link ParentEmbrace working in a trade! I say ignore the haters, tell them exactly what you do for a living and then after tell them who you really are. I repair industrial machinery for a living. I literally...Embrace working in a trade!
I say ignore the haters, tell them exactly what you do for a living and then after tell them who you really are.I repair industrial machinery for a living. I literally have 2 weeks worth of uniforms with blue collars.
I don't mind telling people at all. For one I'm proud that I do something real and don't just go to meetings and send emails all day. I'm also proud because I'm good at it.
I like being underestimated. I don't have a degree, and will be up front about that if it comes up. I read a lot and have a lot of surface level knowledge in all kinds of niche, intellectual type stuff. I'm happy to organically demonstrate my knowledge or value and surprise people if they stick around. If they silently judge and move on that's fine. If they ask more questions I can tell them all kinds of stuff they probably don't know about how things are manufactured. Or we could talk about Steinbeck or linear algebra, or whatever they do for a living or hobby.
Dynamic people like us who can do a hard dirty job AND engage in abstract intellectual interests are the best of both worlds IMO. "Renaissance men" (Or rather Renaissance people).
Also, I work for myself/freelance, and I make a pretty decent income.
I think most tradesmen earn well in our current economy, at least relative to office jobs. Electricians have unique skills that are undeniably valuable to human civilization. A lot of trades are likely be the last jobs to get replaced by AI. They require intelligence, creativity, flexibility, and dexterity.
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Comment on The end of reading is here in ~books
lelio Link ParentI read to understand humanity too. I feel like my brain is too slow to achieve empathy while speaking to people in real time. But If I read, fiction or non, It helps me imagine other people's...I read to understand humanity too. I feel like my brain is too slow to achieve empathy while speaking to people in real time. But If I read, fiction or non, It helps me imagine other people's perspectives.
Mostly I read science fiction. I would push back on genre as only entertainment and "literature" focusing on the human condition. I like to think about different civilizations, from different conditions or tech, or just alternate ways of living. And how real humans would and could interact with each other in ways that our current globalized culture might have arbitrary blind spots to. So many social experiments are not possible/moral outside of our imaginations. I think genre fiction is a great way of thinking about human nature.
Of the top of my head, some of my favorite 'human condition' genre writers are Ursula K Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kurt Vonnegut. Becky Chambers.
It's baffling to me that people don't think about the past and future more. How can we understand and manage our civilization without thinking about where it was 1000+ years ago and where we'd like to be in 1000+ years? I think It's crazy that politicians almost never talk about anything more than a few years in the future. We don't need to predict the future. But we at least need to talk about what we want for the future of humanity If we want to have any mindful effect on it.
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Comment on Give me your culture clash stories in ~travel
lelio Link ParentIn general your right. I'm an American who tends to not care about obeying rules. My moral guide is: "how would I want everyone else to act in this situation?" That tends to keep me in line with...In general your right. I'm an American who tends to not care about obeying rules. My moral guide is: "how would I want everyone else to act in this situation?"
That tends to keep me in line with most rules. But allows me to break the ones that I don't agree with. Convenient!The bus example is gray area to me. Everyone getting on an empty bus a few minutes earlier probably wouldn't hurt. On the other hand if everyone everyday asked the driver for special treatment it might get annoying for them. my social anxiety would probably shut this down.
I want to use this opportunity to say: if everyone would just stand back at the baggage carousel and wait until they see their bag to step forward. then we could all easily see and access our bags when they come!
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Comment on Longshot - anyone has DVD or Blu ray of Convoy (1978) starring Kris Kristofferson, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine in English? in ~movies
lelio (edited )Link ParentI sent a pm with links. I sent 10 and 12. because I think 10, the 1 hour 51 (111 minutes) runtime might be what you are looking for. frame rates are 25 vs 23.976 25/23.976 = 1.0427 1.0427 * 107 =...- Exemplary
I sent a pm with links. I sent 10 and 12. because I think 10, the 1 hour 51 (111 minutes) runtime might be what you are looking for.
frame rates are 25 vs 23.976
25/23.976 = 1.0427
1.0427 * 107 = 111.5689
so my guess is your 107 min is the standard version in pal . The pal 104 is the censored version like you said. If so then I guess you will need to take the 111 min audio and somehow speed it up by 4.2% and pitch correct to match your 107 video file.
Let me know if you change your mind and want me to just upload any version of the whole movie video and all. It might take a day or so to shuffle it around, but I have a cloud server I can leave it parked it on, same as the audio is now. So its no trouble really. and if your watching on a PC its easier. if you are trying to burn a regional disc of some kind then this Frankenstein strategy probably makes sense. Good luck!I've never seen Convoy before but I'll probably check it out now. It looks like an interesting time capsule from the 70s!
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Comment on Longshot - anyone has DVD or Blu ray of Convoy (1978) starring Kris Kristofferson, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine in English? in ~movies
lelio LinkI can grab any of the following and send you a link if you want: Convoy.mkv — 2.75 GiB DVD rip, x264, 702x430, 25.000 fps, runtime 1h43m English AC-3 2.0 @ 192 kbps...- Exemplary
I can grab any of the following and send you a link if you want:
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Convoy.mkv — 2.75 GiB
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Convoy.1978.576p.BluRay.x264.mkv — 1.90 GiB
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Convoy.1978.PAL.DVD9 (full disc, VIDEO_TS) — 6.37 GiB
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Convoy.1978.Kino.Lorber.NTSC.DVD9 (full disc, VIDEO_TS) — 7.79 GiB
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Convoy.1978.720p.BluRay.FLAC.2.0.x264-ThD.mkv — 5.33 GiB
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Convoy.1978.1080p.BluRay.X264-AMIABLE.mkv (+ idx/sub) — 8.77 GiB
1920x816, 23.976 fps, runtime 1h51m07s
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Convoy.1978.1080p.BluRay.FLAC2.0.x264-CtrlHD.mkv — 15.82 GiB
1920x818, 23.976 fps, runtime 1h51m (NFO says 111 min)
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Convoy.1978.1080p.UHD.BluRay.FLAC1.0.DoVi.HDR10.x265-WiLF.mkv — 19.05 GiB
1080p encode of the 4K restoration, x265, Dolby Vision + HDR10, 24.000 fps, runtime 1h51m
English FLAC 1.0 (mono) + 2 commentary tracks (Seydor/Simmons/Redman; Peckinpah/Siegel)
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Convoy.1978.BluRay.Remux.1080p.DTSHD.AVC.mkv — 24.42 GiB
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Convoy.1978.MULTi.COMPLETE.BLURAY-FULLSiZE (full BD50 disc) — 35.60 GiB
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Convoy.1978.Extended.Edition.1080p.BluRay.REMUX.AVC.FLAC.1.0-STATiK.mkv — 27.04 GiB
Untouched video from the Imprint (Australia) Blu-ray, 1920x1080, 23.976 fps, runtime 1h56m
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Convoy.1978.Extended.Cut.1080p.Blu-ray.AVC.LPCM.2.0-MKu (full BD50 disc) — 35.37 GiB
Imprint "115 minute Extended Cut" disc, main playlist 01:56:19.931, 23.976 fps
English LPCM 2.0 @ 2304 kbps (24-bit)
Extras incl. "The Lost Convoy" (Mike Siegel on Peckinpah's lost version, w/ deleted scenes)
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- "1978 - Convoy/Extras/" — 207 MiB total, x264, English AC-3 2.0
Injokes, Friends And Cameos.mkv — 5m44s (83.7 MiB)
Three Lost Scenes.mkv — 5m33s (79.8 MiB)
Trucker Notes From Norway.mkv — 3m04s (43.9 MiB)
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Comment on I'm looking for an adage or "law" (like Conway's law), but for dealing with AI slop in ~tech
lelio LinkWe definitely need to figure out social norms for this. It is counter productive to have to read though something that someone else generated with an LLM, when you could just generate the same...We definitely need to figure out social norms for this. It is counter productive to have to read though something that someone else generated with an LLM, when you could just generate the same thing.
You could use an LLM to read their AI slop and condense it down to the actual facts. but that is ridiculously wasteful and unclear way to communicate.
It would be more efficient if they just sent the prompt with with whatever data they collected to feed to the AI. Then you could add or change things as needed before you feed it to your own LLM (or, you know, just think about it in your own brain like a savage). Raw human data seems like it would be more dense with useful information just because of laziness. If everyone starts accepting that we all have access to the same tools, then its usually pointless to send LLM output for one on one human communication. LLM output should be for our own use, code, or products/reference docs that many people will read, in which case the output needs to be carefully vetted."we use books as reference points for knowledge, is because they are difficult to make, and therefore we trust that the author put real work into ensuring their work was credible. If we knew they did not, their work would not be credit worthy. "
I kind of see the point, but you as you hinted, human output is often just as flawed as AI slop. even high effort human output. I think everything a human encounters in their life has to approached with critical thinking and skepticism, even things written by other humans.
I guess the issue with AI is that now humans that we work/live with can make a lot more content with no real effort, drowning everyone else in their slop.I would use the AI forwardness of your organization and couch this in those terms. Explain that every token they send you to process is more work. Ask them to lower the token output of their docs so that you can process them more efficiently. Or tell them to send their raw notes/ prompt so you can add it to your context pool for direct processing.
I asked claude, and it came up with this for you to say. ;) :
"Since we're all using the same AI tools now, the long generated docs are kind of redundant on my end, I just re-condense them anyway. Send me the bullet points or the raw notes you fed in and I'm good."
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Comment on Why carbon capture can't solve climate change in ~enviro
lelio LinkObviously we have to stop putting more CO2 into the atmosphere. That's the priority. Even if it was somehow feasible to keep burning fossil fuel and capture its emissions, we will run out of...Obviously we have to stop putting more CO2 into the atmosphere. That's the priority.
Even if it was somehow feasible to keep burning fossil fuel and capture its emissions, we will run out of fossil fuel eventually. The whole thing is a dead end.There might be some future in creating synthetic hydrocarbon fuel for airplanes and such. Then we could harvest carbon for that fuel from the air and it would be a sustainable loop. But we would need a large carbon neutral power source to make the fuel. And it would be a tiny percentage of the carbon based fuel that humans use now.
But, no matter what, we still have to capture enough carbon from the atmosphere to get us back <280 ppm right? I don't think there is any way around that.
Isn't carbon a useful element? Wouldn't it be better to spend the energy (from carbon neutral sources) to break CO2 apart, bringing oxygen levels back up at the same time.
Photosynthesis uses energy from the sun to break apart CO2 right? If we can figure out how to recreate that at massive scale we would have a dial we could turn that would draw down CO2 and leave us with more oxygen and stacks of solid carbon bricks or whatever that don't have to be pressurized and pumped into sketchy containment.
Then we just have to figure out how to mass produce carbon nanotube type structures and we could make a space elevator out of the extra carbon in the air.
That's a bit of fantasy, but it really seems like the problem isn't physics. It's human civilization getting its priorities straight and realizing we have to put significant resources into maintaining the atmosphere we live in.
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Comment on ‘Backrooms’ sends Hollywood running to Reddit for new ideas in ~movies
lelio LinkMaybe we can finally see a Rome, Sweet Rome movie.Maybe we can finally see a Rome, Sweet Rome movie.
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Comment on A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl #8) in ~books
lelio Link Parenthttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-and-authors/kindle-recaps-feature-ebook-series-refreshers Its only iOS for now, so I don't how it works. I've honestly been looking forward to getting it on...https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-and-authors/kindle-recaps-feature-ebook-series-refreshers
Its only iOS for now, so I don't how it works. I've honestly been looking forward to getting it on android when it rolls out.
I totally understand and share skepticism at a corpo rolling out some AI feature. and I'm sure its exploitive. But this actually seems like a pretty good use for an LLM if they did it right. You could highlight a character and it could catch you up on them without giving you spoilers since it knows exactly where you are.
Its not clear if it would have access to previous books, but the kindle library groups books by series now, so it shouldn't be a hard feature to add. -
Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
lelio LinkI'm at 29% of Parade of Horribles, the 8th DCC book. It's ok so far and I'm sure it will pick up later. But I was a little bored and I couldn't stop thinking about "the Diamond Age" the past few...I'm at 29% of Parade of Horribles, the 8th DCC book. It's ok so far and I'm sure it will pick up later.
But I was a little bored and I couldn't stop thinking about "the Diamond Age" the past few days. So now I'm reading that again for the 3rd or 4th time. It's been many years since my last read.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
lelio Link ParentI interpreted the "understanding", at least the mechanism of it, as something that kerns virus had given the spiders. So in a way it was human technology coming back to give themselves empathy...I interpreted the "understanding", at least the mechanism of it, as something that kerns virus had given the spiders. So in a way it was human technology coming back to give themselves empathy with the spiders.It seems simplistic but I found it satisfying. The spiders seem to have this way of sidestepping, finding lateral shortcuts around conflict. Like forming a connection with the ants instead of trying to eliminate them. Are the ants slaves, or is it a symbiotic relationship? Kind of both and it feels almost as murky with the humans. It feels like real life biology: gross, ethically ambiguous, and impressive.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
lelio Link ParentI just finished the 4th one. 1 and 2, I absolutely love. I think the second was almost as good as the first. The nod thing was scary and fun at the same time (adventure!). The 3rd had some good...I just finished the 4th one.
1 and 2, I absolutely love. I think the second was almost as good as the first. The nod thing was scary and fun at the same time (adventure!).The 3rd had some good parts, like the crows. But the middle felt like a pointless slog. If half of that book in the middle had been cut down to a single chapter I would have probably liked it more.
The 4th one was better than 3rd. but still slow at times. The boring part of the 3rd book
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
lelio LinkI've gone deep into claude code/linux the past few months. they work so much better together than windows. Plus it makes it so much easier, It finally got me past the learning curve to switch...I've gone deep into claude code/linux the past few months. they work so much better together than windows. Plus it makes it so much easier, It finally got me past the learning curve to switch over. I was using WSL for awhile. then I set up a droplet with ubuntu for server stuff. then I bought a framework to put ubuntu on. Lastly I switched over my main desktop/gaming/entertainment, Lucy herself, to Ubuntu last week. I tried mint at first just to see, but had issues with multiple monitors mixed resolutions, and in the end decided to stick with what i know for now.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
lelio Link ParentI felt about the same after the first book, pleasantly surprised . I've read 7 now and only like them more. They remain silly and fun, but new layers keep getting added on. its well crafted pulpy...I felt about the same after the first book, pleasantly surprised . I've read 7 now and only like them more. They remain silly and fun, but new layers keep getting added on. its well crafted pulpy fun. I'd recommend anyone keep coming back to it when they are in that kind of mood. It reminds me of the bobiverse.
The only thing that I didn't like was the audiobook. Respect to the talented voice actor, and to Patrick Warburton, but it was just too much. This became a read only.
I just got book 8 and i think its next on my list!
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WIFI APs and other network stuff
I need to overhaul my home network. I have a house on a lot that is ~60 meters by ~15 meters. my house is on one side and my garage is on the other, I have a little "studio" building in the...
I need to overhaul my home network.
I have a house on a lot that is ~60 meters by ~15 meters. my house is on one side and my garage is on the other, I have a little "studio" building in the middle.
I had relayed the signal around with 4 google/nest wifi mesh things for a decade or so. but I always felt locked out without even a web interface, just the home app. and then two of them died at the same time last month.
I ran some cable last weekend. Now I have 3 roughly equidistant wired switches wired together :House-Studio-Garage.
My current plan is just 3 wireless APs at each. I have a wired only brume 2 that i can use as the router.I want to be able to have one SSID and roam between them. how well can that work without a mesh type network? just 3 good APs? My phone would stick to one before the mesh network. but that was a long time ago. Im hoping modern protocols might be better?
We have teenage kids, lots of phones and laptops plus wireless home automation devices, shelly switches, wyze cams, smart bulbs, etc.
I'm looking for something open source and as configurable as possible. I'm going in a linuxy direction lately and looking to have more direct access and control of my hardware. That's why I thought to ask here.
Claude and co have recommended:
Zyxel NWA50AXPRO
Cudy AP3000
Omada EAP670After I pick an AP I also need to pick a switch. I used the old 3 switches I already had on hand: TRENDnet TEG-S82g, Netgear GS105, Netgear FS108. All 3 are unmanaged and one is 10/100. so I want to replace at least the slow one. I'm thinking of getting a managed switch with POE for the switch that connects to the router. I want to try running POE cameras at some point. I want to be able to make a plex server, NAS, etc. Again, I want something flexible and I don't mind fiddling with it or paying a little more for decent hardware. I'm considering the Zyxel GS1900-8HP.
Both the Zyxels apear to be openWRT compatable. which is something I may want to try.
I generally don't keep up with this stuff. I've never went very deep into networking before. I wanted to check with some real people. Has anyone used any of these, or any other good wireless APs? Is there another strategy that would work better for my setup?
Thanks for reading!
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Comment on Hyundai Ioniq 5N or: welcome back Forester XT in ~transport
lelio Link ParentI have a regular dual motor 2023 EV6 . its around 300hp. 200 on the rear motor and 100 on the front. I've assumed it does 0-60 in 5.0 since thats what Ive read, never tested. There is a much...I have a regular dual motor 2023 EV6 . its around 300hp. 200 on the rear motor and 100 on the front. I've assumed it does 0-60 in 5.0 since thats what Ive read, never tested. There is a much faster "GT" EV6 that i think is close to the 5N spec.
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Comment on Hyundai Ioniq 5N or: welcome back Forester XT in ~transport
lelio (edited )LinkI have an EV6 with dual motors. Its plenty fast for my family car. my family groans in pain from the G-force if I floor it. I cant imagine shaving 2 seconds off the 0-60. I briefly considered...I have an EV6 with dual motors. Its plenty fast for my family car. my family groans in pain from the G-force if I floor it. I cant imagine shaving 2 seconds off the 0-60. I briefly considered trying to get the GT, but I'm fine with what I got.
The ev6 will also oversteer and fishtail if you turn off traction control. It really drives great. I'm either in one pedal/sport mode or radar cruise.
We had the ICCU replaced a year or two ago under warranty, it just stopped accepting AC charges one day. it took a week but we got a loaner, not too bad.My pre family car history includes an AWD Talon and SRT-4 so i come from a similar place :). We had a Mazda 3 for awhile. I love a good wagon.
Wow, that's funny our jobs are so related. I had assumed you were a building electrician.
And we both like reading/scifi!
Yeah, I'm kind of a millwright. But I feel a little imposter syndrome whenever that terms comes up, it sounds so official and I never had any formal training.
I started in 2004 working for a small company that rebuilt machines. I learned how to hand scrape and align axis ways, like on bridgeport mills to start and then bigger stuff. But I kind of sucked at scraping, it would take me twice as many hours to finish as everyone else.
I found I was better at diagnosing electrical issues and fixing weird, old, or custom machines that no one understood. CNC and manual mills/lathes, presses, shears, etc. a little bit of everything. I also got into retrofitting old machines with PLCs, VFDs etc. We had a sister company that did fanuc retrofits on CNC machines. I helped with those back in the day but still haven't gotten to do a full CNC retrofit on my own yet. I modify machines to add features or automate things. And I built a few custom machines from scratch.
I've been working for myself for 5 years now. I still do basic repairs, alignment and relocating machines. Anything that doesn't have factory support anymore, either cause it's too old or it was built in house by a guy who retired in the 80s, etc. That can be rewarding sometimes. But I am thinking about how to transition away from basic repair and only do the fun custom stuff. I'm afraid to let the repair work go as the custom stuff can be fickle and I don't want to be caught without customers.
I'm in Los Angeles and I think that is a part of my success. most people are surprised to hear how much manufacturing is in LA . Lots of aerospace and space stuff, plus the regular misc. But there is barely anyone in this area that knows how to work on machines. It seems like the east coast/rust belt has a lot more technicians like me.
Because you might be the only one on tildes who could appreciate it, I PMed you an album of my latest project.
10+ years ago I built two custom machines for this customer in Altadena that makes these tiny wooden parts. Last year they lost their building to these huge fires we had. So we had to scramble to get production back up. Rather than start from scratch again I had them buy a CNC mill(Tormach 1500mx). I designed a fixture that could mount on the table to make their parts. I used the mill itself to make the fixture. Then because its a linuxCNC control, I was able to dig into the code and reroute the IO so I can have Gcode operate the fixture along with the other axes. The time crunch was stressful but otherwise it was a really fun project. This year they bought a 2nd mill to increase production. I get to design v1.1 and fix all the mistakes I made on the first one.