Iwish I could bring myself to this, but I actually rely give a fuck and have some pride in what I do. I wish I wasn't principled, but I spent years as an apprentice to get to where I am at and I'll be damned if I put my name on shoddy work.
The machinist union is one of the largest in the US at 600,000 members.
I have, and that is part of why I am mentally collapsing over this.
This is hard to describe, but I will try on this broken phone. I can't turn on the machine for less than $75 per hour. This is due to the way things get quoted like my time, materials etc. Buy also since it is purely bid and contract based, good luck getting to pay yourself more than $20 an hour overall. The steady contracts simply will not pay you more. This also by the hour, fixed - not a quote per job and that is a massive difference.
I don't disagree at all, but things start to feel weird when you potentially send 600,000 people to near revolution to enrich yourself.
It is on purpose. It is an experiment on art getting steadily more complicated as well as drawing on lore from https://analognowhere.com/ via @pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org and the lore he has built
Thanks for the link, truly!
My problem with that is that if I do this correctly, it could mean hundreds of thousands of jobs from people that have potentially spent decades making a trade. It's harder than just me wanting money.
Sure, by an ethical/moral standpoint that works. From the legal standpoint, however, if I did that I'd be sued to the point where I have no option but to live out my life in prison. This kind of thing sounds great on paper. In practice? I'm not fucking going back.
Ok, thanks for that - but that's an hour-long video. I'm busy trying to keep my laptop from melting. Is there a tl;dw?
It really sucks. I hate it, but you're probably right. I have no family at all, and even if it is a 1 year contract I can live for years off of $300k
There are another 4 blocks under the laptop to further dissipate heat. Off camera, there is a large box fan and a ceiling fan keeping it from thermal death. Sometimes, keeping scrap can help immensely.
I just need one day of web browsing at 80 C to keep it alive (I hope).
ETA: the acutual pic
I had a pretty bad mental break down. It wasn't pretty. I said a lot of stupid stuff. I walked away and got help, though. I appreciate the kind words <3