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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • I often code directly on the machine control, including single blocking a running program and adding a line while the program is paused.

    Editor on older CNC machines usually doesn’t even do lowercase and often has limited alphabet keys. Think '80s green or amber screen.

    A machinist’s coding workflow can be real fucky. I go from CAM which is like a highly complex visual programming IDE to notepad. If I’m being fancy I use notepad++ for syntax highlights and diff’ing.



  • My physics professor was Italian and a very snappy dresser. Although, he also wore shorts and soccer jerseys some days.

    Very funny guy and could do trig out to several decimal places in his head. He was one of those rare professors that was doing research but still a great teacher. He was responsible for making math ‘click’ for me and helped me realize the joy of math.


  • Got tired of paying high prices on razor blades, using disposables was wasteful, and the exponentially increasing number of blades wouldn’t get under my nose.

    Switched to an old school Gillette Tech safety. Switched to Barbasol instead of the thicker stuff. Shaves better, cheaper, just as fast. No stupid rituals required. No shaving soap, mug, bristle brush or horseshit required. (I do recommend starting with one of the combo packs of razors to find the one you like).

    I even shave my balls with it.

    My son has his own tech, and has never tried any of the goofy ‘modern’ crap.

    This was a solved problem nearly 100 years ago. Funny how marketing works.