I miss when a machinist's skill was in his hands, not in the computer.

Wait, you really think the computer does all the work now? Have you seen someone hand-scrape a surface plate or hit a tenth on a manual lathe... that's a completely different kind of knowing. The machine just follows code, but the feel in your hands tells you things the screen never will. It's like the difference between reading a map and walking the actual land.

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paul_nguyen7mo ago

How is that actually a bad thing though

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schmidt.grant7mo ago

Trust my hands to make a real mess.

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