• Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Lpt: a circular saw is quicker than a sawzall on 2in aluminum pipes. If you aren’t sure what kind of metal you’re working with, use a magnet. If it sticks, use a sawzall. If it doesn’t, use a circular saw. With a little practice, you can get through a 2in pipe in under 45 seconds (12s is my record for 2in aluminum pipe)

    How you use that little tidbit of info is up to you I guess, I just like sharing information about metalworking, since I’m a hobby level blacksmith.

    And just in case you want to go camping with your metalworking tools, as one does, there are some decent brands that fit nicely in a backpack, and you can get around your campground quickly with bicycles. Just don’t bring your phone, they ruin bike trips.

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        Typically going to take more time than the circular saw with ferrous pipe, but approximately the same amount of time as a sawz-all in the case of aluminum or lead piping.

        Another Journeyman Blacksmith, and Apprentice Redsmith and Whitesmith.

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        Rotating around the circumference of a pipe makes the circumference inconsequential. As long as they aren’t 2.5 in thick in the wall of the pipe, you’re good.

        If they are 2.5 in thick, an oxyacetylene torch can be carried by two people rather easily.

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                Feel free to prove me wrong then. But admitting to a crime you didn’t commit isn’t something that happens regularly.

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                  You just lowered the bar*, but the US DOJ routinely reports that up to 50% to 60% of people that take a plea deal are actually innocent upon further review of the actual evidence.

                  Plea deals are how about 90% of all cases in the US are settled, with the innocent accused pleading guilty to a crime they didn’t commit, so they get a better deal than a jury and judge will give them if they are found guilty.

                  Again, I am not going to give you more than crumbs. You can find all this data with a quick search.

                  *Lowered the bar in this case is equivalent to moving the goalposts in my favor.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    A local guy just got caught taking down a decoy camera that the cops set up to get whoever had been cutting down cameras in the area.

    So they caught him, but the mayor seemed irritated about the decoy operation, which she wasn’t aware of. She wondered who paid for the camera, but it turned out to be a 3D print that one of the cops did at home. Aloarently city council were already debating removing the cameras, and the mayor seems to be on the negative side.

    Anyway, whenever the story comes on the news, I vocally declare my support for the guy, to anyone who happens to be in the room.

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    At what point do we stop voting for the people putting up the flock cameras, and start voting for those that have comprehensive plans to address real issues?

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      I mean, we could do that, but maybe instead we should all jist vote based on the politics of some bull shit going on on the other side of the world or the need to stop like 10 trans people playing sportsball.

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      Seems most people vote their feels or their chosen clan… Whoever they think they get along better with socially.

      It seems few people seriously assess a politicians job qualification or work hisrory.

      Heck, my SO just lets me do the work, but I refused to just let them copy my vote. I write up paragraph summaries for each candidate then a blurb explaining my choice. They can disagree if they want, it’s okay. I don’t look to see how they vote, or ask, but they basically tell me they trust me and just wanna copy me.

      It’s honestly pretty upsetting.

      And I bet one partner in most relationships just does the same, or votes party line, or just generally doesn’t give a hoot but votes anyway.

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        In my blue state district, Democrats voted for the genocidal incumbent who receives big money from AIPAC and that voted to fund ICE. It’s amazing how the media can shift everyone’s attention to a very small handful of elections, and then also use those elections to make people think progressives are winning big while also labeling them all DSA. You have much to learn my friend about the games being played and that will be played.

        I live in a so-called “progressive” blue state. Multiple red states have better privacy laws similar to California’s CCPA, more consumer protections, etc. Anyone can call themselves a progressive and that word in itself means almost nothing… heck, they give countless handouts here to Amazon and Microsoft, and a large number of people that claim to be progressives work for those same companies while living in gentrified neighborhoods where they make being homeless essentially illegal now.

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      That would take people actually learning who they vote for past a letter next to their name. It would also take things in place to stop people from just saying things and swapping sides.

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      When was the last time you saw a politician with a comprehensive plan for anything at all? It’s political suicide to have an actual platform anymore. I think it should be illegal to run for office without one frankly.

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    There’s one across the street that captures my home. I fantasize about taking it out in a number of creatively destructive methods.

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      Maybe not here, but post the location to a group of antiflockers, suggest it’s pointing at a home and shouldn’t be, suggest maybe it should be removed.

      You can stay pretty anonymous.

      There are those of us who wouldn’t mind just quietly popping by a week later and taking care of that for ya.

      If any are close by it certainly might get done.

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      You don’t need to destroy it. A black trash bag over the camera and/or solar panel and wrapped with tape will be sufficient.