Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "Why Everything is a SCAM now" video.

They don't make them like they used to is the result of survivor bias. The old things we see today are the minority of products that were good. They had landfills in the past too. They were full of junk then.
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You need to learn proper methods of repair then. When things break fix them. Get some glue and screws and apply them as needed. Although I've seen repair attempts that have failed. So there are no guarantees of success in this world. But who knows, you may have a knack for repair work. Or it may be a skill you can develop over time. Or you can make your own furniture. But quality tools and materials are not cheap. Nor is making furniture particularly easy to do itself.
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Taiwan makes high quality goods today. They are vying to be the next Japan. Mainland Chinese stuff, that's another story. That's a minefield there. Some's good, some's not so good. A lot's not so good.
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Amazon isn't that bad. I bought a battery string trimmer there and it ran once and when I let off the trigger and pulled it again the trigger got jammed somehow. So back in the box it went and I returned it for a full refund. Maybe I could have taken it apart and figured out what was wrong. Nope, I just shipped it back. I don't buy anything brand new to fix it.
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I don't think a lot of content creators are making a whole lot today. I hear ad revenue is down from what it used to be.
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I can relate. But hey we sleep good at night. If I was scamming everyone I know I wouldn't.
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A fifth of an inch would be graduated on an engineers scale. The scale you're referring to is the architectural scale. It is what's in more common use. The ruler you were given in school graduated in sixteenths is an architectural ruler. A fifth of an inch is also two tenths of an inch. When we developed integrated circuits we set the centerline of package leads at one tenth of an inch. Because of course we did. That really messes with modern metric specs. Murica!
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If you can afford it why not? I can see the appeal. Everyone likes a surprise.
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Yeah they're not doing us any favors.
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The Colosseum is in ruins today. It's still there but it's hardly in the best of shape. They have worked to fix it up some over the years too. The Great Pyramid was the tallest human structure until the Lincoln Cathedral in 1311 that's 3,800 years. Now that's staying power.
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I run a script on my PC that randomly plays music from my collection. So I control what it can play but not what it does play. Sometimes it'll play something I'm not on the mood for just then so I'll skip over that. Mostly I'm good with what's playing though. Then I have a bunch of Christmas music too and on Christmas day I let it play. One loop.
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@sunflowerbug737 Pyrex that cannot withstand heat changes is definitely a let down. According to the Internet Corning no longer makes any consumer products today. So you cannot buy any new Pyrex branded consumer goods now. It is yet another thing we have lost. I'm sure their patent has run out long ago and they cannot compete against others in the market.
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That's not why they're moving to Bluesky. They're moving because they've lost their control over the platform. Twitter used to have a liberal bias. Now X is a neutral platform and that doesn't sit well with certain people.
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@BillLaBrie I tried to sign up for an account at bluesky a couple days ago and I never got a verification email from them. So they don't seem like they want any users. Or maybe they've just been overwhelmed recently? I heard about it though so I figured I'd give it a look.
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If there's money involved be cautious. Because everyone loves money.
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Buyers can abuse that policy to the detriment of merchants too.
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@Happybean98 that's it. Someone will manage to ruin it for everyone else. Many do not operate in good faith these days.
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I've used my credit card company to stop a transaction. It was a deal that turned out to be too good to be true. Some Amazon seller that claimed they had a product and the price was low so I went for it. They never sent me anything. They had this whole elaborate shipping scam on the back of it that made it look like it was shipped out. I never got it. It was never even shipped to my address.
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As shallow as it may seem in this world there is so little opportunity for joy for some people they derive pleasure from the act of purchasing items. In that case they were not scammed. They were engaged in what they enjoy doing. Buying stuff. I'm not going to judge. There's things I like to buy too. That sticker wouldn't fit on the soft touch switches I have in my house though so that's not going to be a purchase I make. But it is kind of funny.
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I wanted to order something recently but the shipping was so expensive I had to decline. I was OK with what it cost but cost plus shipping put it over the top.
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How about never buy anything based on advertising? Have you ever seen a commercial for Rolls Royce? Everyone knows what they're selling so they do not have to advertise. Be a customer as informed as Rolls Royce buyers are. Just know what you want.
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Inflation is hardly the only factor to consider. With time we should have improved techniques and materials. So the price of goods should drop with progress.
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@ChrisHaupt OK then it isn't the biggest part.
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We all have to get our grift on. We are opportunistic creatures after all. So scamming comes naturally to us.
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Now what you need is Barge cement. It's supposedly the best contact adhesive going. Prep the surface well before application. Make sure it is clean. I've sewn soles back onto shoes but that is difficult to do. It can be a lot like assembling a ship in a bottle. But when I do that the soles stay attached. I use a rotary tool to predrill the holes and a Speedy Stitcher sewing awl. It comes with waxed kevlar thread. Tough stuff. I don't take things falling apart lightly.
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Filament fuses are notoriously inaccurate. Studies have been conducted on the subject. So if you are counting on a fuse to separate on precisely its rated value good luck with that. If you blow a fuse something electrical isn't going to work then either. So you're beat either way. There should be some kind of a mechanical override. You knowing how it works is not a given though.
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@D.von.N I am not an electrician either but I've seen other studies on fuses and they are wildly inaccurate regardless of what Rossman demonstrated. Even fuse manufacturers admit the variance. So it is a well known and accepted thing.
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@D.von.N it's a subject that if you're interested in it you can learn more yourself. I am merely pointing out that fuses can be very inaccurate. That's mostly because they can be. Even being substantially off they can still do their job.
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@D.von.N I am not making any claims. I am merely stating what I've heard. It's up to you to decide what to do with the info. You can either verify it or discount it. It makes no difference to me and isn't important really.
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@D.von.N I could but then again so could you. You're the one that wants to know too. So I recommend you go and find out on your own. I'm just telling you it is something to be aware of. Those ratings on fuses are not terribly precise. They're off a lot more than I thought they'd be. The rating more means it'll definitely pass that current. Not it'll definitely break if you exceed that current.
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A lot of those projectors are not the resolution they claim to be though. They're 720 instead of full HD. So you have to be careful about that.
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I didn't catch that.
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To be fair who knows what the world will be like in a few decades. Back when I was in construction we targeted a 50 year lifespan with commercial buildings. A lot of companies won't be around in 50 years.
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@acmulhern yeah and nothing should ever change either. Yet it does. Our building practices reflect the reality of the increasing volatility of the situation too. There's sobering examples of the transitory nature of existence out there. Dreams die. Buildings are just as mortal as anything else is. Often buildings simply are not adaptable.
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@acmulhern this is the only video I've watched of this channel. I am not a subscriber. I likely watched this particular video because it is a topic I happen to be interested in.
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@acmulhern that's nice. Sustainability is not sustainable in this world though. So keep calm and consume on! Because that's the reality that you do in fact live in. Life consumes life. It's a dog eat dog world out there too.
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I impulse bought a frozen pizza the last time I was at the grocery store and it wasn't nearly as good as I remember that brand being. I still ate it though.
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I've heard of Temu. I've never been there though. Some folks seem satisfied with what they've gotten there. I've heard some predatory things about how the place is managed though. The people that run Temu demand their sellers sell for cheap. Sometimes cheaper than they really can afford to sell for. Which is wrong.
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