Posts by Ropewash 257 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Apr 2010
An unexpected bonus to the system, being able to use it for maintenance of the steel building frame like that.
I exaggerate of course. 400V is far more than you'd need for welding. Most units push 50-100 at arc start and stabilize at +/-20 when running, depending on electrode type and arc length.
With 400V and 1000A you could weld with 3/4" rebar as your filler.
My win10 machine will get upgraded to ... win10.
I've completely lost interest in the continuous sidegrade/downgrade cycle. They can swing the security sword of Damocles over my head as much as they want, I no longer care. Over the last few decades I've found that for home use, a limited user acct and some internet common sense have kept me just as safe as any number of updates. I have tried the MS update route back when directx was a new and evolving thing. They broke things 50% of the time. I've run the gauntlet of rolling release Linux distros as well as the normal and LTS alternatives. Now I've decided that any machine that currently works properly can be left exactly as it is until it dies from physical degradation.
The answer to all of the above is yes.
Certainly the artforms could be said to have evolved each time, but in each instance something of value was lost.
Killing the storytellers ended our first-person relationship with those who tell stories.
Killing handwriting made written communication more homogenous and devoid of personality.
Killing books, and most of the stores in my city are now gone, ended our concept of ownership of the medium. We now lease our books.
Social media is anything but.
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