rastinza @rastinza@qoto.org

Something is happening on the backside of the lathe headstock!

The Schaublin 102 we got has a threaded spindle nose onto which the chuck backplate is screwed. To loosen this again you need to prevent the spindle from rotating while leveraging on the chuck. Previous owner of the machine used the dividing plate hidden in the headstock for this - which is brass and not made to withstand these forces, and also very hard to get to if it breaks. So I'm designing and fitting an outboard spindle lock.

Tu sostieni la guerra e le armi come strumento di pace, ma non vai in guerra e mandi armi pagate anche con i soldi miei a civili che non sanno come usarle o a militari che le usano per fare la guerra e non la pace. Io sostengo la cultura di pace, cooperazione e difesa civile, lo faccio con 30 anni di impegno personale e sono andato in Cecenia a mani nude come obiettore di coscienza a documentare i crimini di una guerra in corso, mentre tu chiamavi terroristi gente morta di guerra e indifferenza.

4:48 am spending two sleepless night to experience the pain of homelessness, and once more to feel when you are in strange land, have you ever spent life or night with homeless people?

Gioite, Brutto Cheffo e' tornato! Ancora zoppo ma relativamente deambulante! #oggisimangia panone alle olive e rosmarino, e torta salata alle verdure miste su.. crosta di crackers :)

@rastinza ho avuto seri problemi a non addentarlo prima di tornare a casa e non ti dico la fatica di lavorare con quel profumo @Yaku

Nice fortune I got opening xterm.

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Biochemistry
is the study of carbon compounds that crawl.
-- Mike Adams

Chi mi chiama "alleato di Putin" perché sono nemico di tutte le guerre non sta qualificando me, ma se stesso. Schieratevi con la NATO se proprio vi prude il missile, ma non schierate me. Io sto col diritto internazionale e contro i missili, chi dice altrimenti è disonesto.

Well, people went on the streets in Moscow. 2000 now arrested across country, and on the second day the subway station where people started gathering was blocked immideately. No one wants this war, except for the government.

Some say all germans were nazis in the 1940s. Well, I think I realize how did that feel. Trying to live your life, as best as you can, to find out one day that somebody decided to commit a slaughter using your name.

When someone uses the term "Putin apologist", you can bet your ass on them being a complete and utter NATO apologist. It's a propaganda term designed to shut down any and all rational debate about geopolitics that may involve information other than "NATO good, Putin evil".

You can do better, fedi. Don't be idiots eating up and then parroting warmonger propaganda.

G'è gente che scalpita sui social per fare la guerra alla Russia, e sventola le bandiere della NATO dopo aver rottamato l'ONU. A questi dico: prendete la macchina e andate a Kiev, nessuno vi impedirà di unirvi alla resistenza ucraina. Ma se la guerra che invocate volete farla con la pelle degli altri mentre voi fate la ola su Twitter, io mi sento in dovere di dire e fare tutto il possibile per salvare la pelle di quegli italiani che voi volete mandare al macello.

A whole new wave of Russophobia will result from recent events; like many nations' "leaders", Putin cares not, but we must be better. Don't let any regime sunder your bonds with the Russians you know and love; now more than ever, we must stand together in a spirit of brotherhood.

#thoughts #news #society

#TIL in #Mastodon you can write a DM addressed to no-one, and it'll be “sent” and it'll show up in your “direct messages” timeline (as sent to yourself). Useful for quick notes to self, stuff one's not yet ready to share, etc.

#tip #trick

A 15 anni di distanza dalla partenza del progetto, la desertificazione inizia ad arretrare: ma serve fare ancora molto.

#africa #greatgreenwall

https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2022/02/grande-muraglia-contro-desertificazione/

It is now day three of war. I have more or less relized the scale and the consequences of the events and worked out the rough plan of my actions. It's going to take a lot of work, but I'll get through this. There are a few complications.

1) Russia can't buy chemicals from USA anymore. It makes it more difficult to do work as stuff that is made here is not great and what China sells is often quite shite.
2) Germany seized all the scientific projects with Russia, and there were plenty. I think the rest of Europe will follow along soon. And there are few facilities in Russia, most resources spent in the last years were aimed at getting access to foreign ones. Mainly, you guessed it, German.
3) If I happen to drop out of University, I get mobilized and sent to war. Which is not exactly what I aspire to do with my life. Killing humans is not on my to-do list and, I hope, never will be.
4) No CPUs and other components for the next 5+ years, probably. It's a good thing I use linux and pretty much any computer will work. My i3-8xxx should last me a few more years before giving up and by that time I hope to get the hell away.

Correction to n.4: China will import their computers, huawei and xiaomi and maybe others. I may upgrade to these. but who says China will keep getting their CPUs?..

Floral abstract. White gel on black. A4.

Irritazione di Zelensky per la telefonata rimandata con Super Mario. Vabbè direte: è assediato anche Draghi dai partiti
"Oggi alle 10:30 alle entrate di Chernihiv, Hostomel e Melitopol ci sono stati pesanti combattimenti. Sono morte delle persone. La prossima volta cercherò di spostare il programma di guerra per parlare con #MarioDraghi ad un orario preciso. Nel frattempo, l'Ucraina continua a combattere per il suo popolo"