Matt Walton

Gas turbines | Audio engineering | Classics | BD at Rangeview

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@lukebayes @fourierCO Metalwork sucks

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@SpeedSportLife Sam’s is legendary. I need to go back to Sam’s.

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@Russell_MFG_USA @AJA_Cortes You get me

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@andrewmccalip This is why I’m going to be a part of the permanent underclass and you’re not. 😂

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

Incredible things are happening

[Jim Belosic (SendCutSend) @jimbelosic]

first check in. I am the investor now

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@markgallagher_2 @riverswrites no, no, it's that the *other* tribe has it, and i want it

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@markgallagher_2 @riverswrites the problem with tribal knowledge isn't the knowledge, its the tribalism.

[Chief Chainsaw Officer @Hispeedlowdrug]

When I was learning to wrap my wrists for boxing, one very common reason I saw mentioned was that wrapping your knuckles a few extra turns was "padding" which made absolutely no sense to me. How is three layers of cotton supposed to cushion my knuckles??

Eventually I saw an in-depth video by an MMA coach explaining that the knuckle wrap is to hold the small bones of your hand in place. This helps prevent injury, and also helps you hit harder if your hand is "more like a glove full of rocks than a bag of jelly with some hard bits in it".

Aaaaahhhhhh, this makes way more sense to me. So why isn't this the common explanation?

This isn't apparent to anyone who hasn't both trained boxing AND also lacks experience punching people in the face without any gear on. In order for the old-timey boxing advice to make sense, you need extensive experience both within and outside of formal, geared up boxing.

If you are just some random soft hands modern person, you can gain extensive experience within the narrow discipline and still not have the breadth of experience to appreciate the wisdom of the old explanations.

A lot of old-timey wisdom is like this. The stated reason for doing something may or may not make any logical sense at all, and might even be utter nonsense. But the bigger picture is often that there's deep wisdom that only comes from deep and wide experience behind it.

It's just that the people passing on the wisdom were inarticulate (or even illiterate), and so they just made up some story to help it stick with the young knuckleheads they were trying to teach. Yeah yeah whatever kid, just do it ok.

A lot of things in sports, the physical, and the human mind are like this. Just because the old-timey wisdom makes no sense when you think about it for ten seconds doesn't mean it's bad advice. In fact it may be the opposite.

It's common for online smarty pants types to make a big deal about debunking old-timey wisdom based on this kind of logic. But logic is different than wisdom, and often inferior.

I've learned to distrust superficially logical explanations for any complicated phenomenon, and yes, punching people in the face is a surprisingly complicated phenomenon.

I see this trait of over reliance on logical consistency in midrange engineers, atheists, people just learning a trade/craft, sports neophytes, people who built their identity around being the smartest teenager in the room, and other habitual deboonker reddit types.

This is why the bell curve meme has such wide applicability. Very relatable. It can also be seen as illustrating a journey every thoughtful person has made. From credulous neophyte, to know-it-all midwit, to seasoned wisdom respecter.

Chestertons fence etc....

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

Seems to confuse degrees with status. If welders are undervalued the solution is to align compensation, recognition etc with the value of their work vs redefining a degree as a unit of prestige. A degree represents a particular kind of education and is not a usefulness badge. Just leaning into credentialism for credentialisms sake.

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

Niles King LeBlond

[Mark Gallagher @markgallagher_2]

Cincinnati, Bridgeport, Hardinge…

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@Xaraphim Looks repairable to me

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@deanwball :/

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@MaxWithNanos Any industrial vacuum system experience is potentially relevant. Our immediate applications are industrial vacuum furnaces and related equipment.

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

I'm looking to hire a mechanical automation / equipment engineer at Rangeview. We need mechanical depth and agency. Experience in automation, controls, furnaces, vacuum systems, aerospace manufacturing, FSAE, or rocketry would be relevant and valuable.

If the idea of building the tools that rebuild American manufacturing sounds interesting, I'd love to talk.

[Edward Mehr @EdwardMehr]

We need to build this supply chain ground up; instead of top down form integrators. We need massive industrial capacity that is focused on speed and flexibility! And let 1000s of small integrator teams come alive on top of this flexible industrial base! They will systems we never even thought of! More giant neo of legacy prime integrators are not the answer. We need to democratize being an integrator.

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@photoncmndr If you want to manage your business via effort hour / absorption one method is to create a burdened machine hour rate - treat it like an employee. Then it bills direct “labor” hours like an employee - lets you track and quote utilization etc. Treat it as a separate hourly rate.

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@__el__toro__ Not to be confused with a Hirth coupling

[Matt Walton @m_wal76]

@DeltaClimbs What’s the pivotal thing here?