redraider11

melgross said:

redraider11 said:

Ceramic is actually not a bad choice if you're going to be doing a lot of swimming. Not susceptible to corrosion from saltwater or chlorine like its metal counterparts.

Apple uses a version of 316 SS for its Watch series. That's very corrosion resistant. It's used in the lab equipment I had in my company. 

316L is more corrosion resistant than standard 316, but cannot come close to ceramic. Not even Monel or Titanium is even in the ballpark. Chlorine will eat away just about every metal. The only other material that comes close is Teflon which we use to line our valves for chlorine service, but if you really need it to last it's all about ceramics. The only thing you gotta worry about is how brittle it is. 

Ceramic is actually not a bad choice if you're going to be doing a lot of swimming. Not susceptible to corrosion from saltwater or chlorine like its metal counterparts.

Shame on you Apple. Replacing the gun with a squirt gun is clearly a shot at us gun owners. The battle over the 2nd Amendment is not only political but cultural. The goal is to make the idea of a gun so taboo that it gives people the power to shame you for wanting to even own one. In other words, you can't be a person of progress if you still believe in the 2nd Amendment.  Instead of teaching gun education they teach fear of the gun, to a generation of kids far removed from the idea and essence of what the 2nd Amendment is about. Thus,  they don't even question any attempts to destroy it. I guess all the knife and sword emojis are ok though. 

spice-boy said:

Companies which reap in billions of $ per quarter, super inflate housing and other cost of living expenses must be willing to pay for workers in that eco-system a fair living wage. Cities like New York and SF are insanely expensive and many many non white collar workers pay 60-70% of the income to rent. Unions were / are fundamental in creating a middle class, as union's power dissolved over the past 3 decades so have good blue collar wages and a growing middle class. This is a small victory but hopefully in this time of extreme division of wealth people will embrace the unions again as a tool to bring back living wages. 

Those companies aren't forcing you to get jobs in those places. Find a job elsewhere. It's called the free market. 

Complaining about unpaid downtime? If you're not working, then why should you get paid??? These leaches days are numbered. No wonder we ship manufacturing jobs overseas and are trying to automate everything.