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[–] [email protected] 152 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Rereads Tesla’s mission statement.

“Accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy.”

Stares at 3 ton lump of stainless steel parked in driveway.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As a machinist and welder, I would strongly prefer an actual 6000 lb lump of stainless over a cybertruck. I can actually use stainless steel to make things.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've never worked with stainless, but I hear that it's a pain in the ass. And then, if you have no coating on it, it still stains from touching all sorts of shit.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's called stainLESS, not stainFREE. The Delorean came with instructions on how to clean it so it didn't rust.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The -less suffix means "without" in English.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yep. Wireless generally means “without wires” for example.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh I’m sorry, you thought you could connect to your network without a cable? This is not wirefree. Now take this network cable with two pins instead of eight and enjoy your wireless technology.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh so clever, I never knew there was a cable on the other side of the WiFi connection! /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could you count the number of stains and then refer to it as stainfewer steel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Some would say yes. I, on the other hand, would say "hell yes."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It depends on the grade of stainless actually. I've never run into "proprietary 30X stainless" but I have plenty of experience with 304, 308, 309, and 316. 309 can rust on you, but I've never seen 316 rust outside of ludicrously corrosive environments.

I have what's known in the industry as "magic piss fingers". What that means is that I am a salty, sweaty man who can rust just about anything rustable simply by touching it with my bare hand. That being said, I haven't managed to get a single speck of rust on my welded 316 hammer in 12 years of using it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yup. I've seen rust finger prints left on freshly machined steel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What makes 316 more corrosion resistant, more chromium?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nickel. It provides both corrosion resistance and increased ductility which makes the material more likely to bend before breaking. I like using it to weld onto busted taps to try to back them out because the weld will flex a little bit instead of just snapping off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

magic piss fingers

You got that in your grinder bio?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

Owned by a man that is trying to elect Donald Trump, who is famously opposed to renewable energy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Glencore rubs hands together eagerly