I always say there are drivers out there who only survive by the grace of other drivers.

Well, it’s always best to listen to the little voice inside, especially if it says “I might just die here”. I completely understand why you would not be climbing on that.

If they have to get out of the lift, it is at it’s lowest position. That means all the weight is in the middle of the platform and the weight of 2 man will not be enough to make the platform flip over.

They will have to jump to the side I suppose. Just step off. Maybe the can even paddle the platform around, I imagine there is at least one piece of rope to manipulate the platform when there is nobody on it.

The lift will go off, the same way it came on. Probably some sort of crane. I cannot imagine they just drove it on there, but maybe they did. Maybe even a forklift with long forks. There are forklifts that could probably handle that kind of weight so far away on the forks.

I get that it looks risky, but I don’t really see a problem here. The platform is in undisturbed water, no waves, no sudden changes. If the platform is strong enough, which it seems to be to me, it will not easily tip over.

I’ve worked on a few lifts like that, and if you manage to tip one over I can only say that you were either really stupid or you were trying to do it. All the weight is at the bottom. They are very stable.

The only way to make them fall over is if your floor is not level while driving. Driving is out of the question in this picture, and as long as both guys stay in the fork lift the center of gravity will not change much.

So the platform will not move, the lift will not move, basically they are fine.

If something was to happen you’re fucked though.

And different solutions are available. I’ve personally been in a different lift that had an arm so the lift would be a the side of the pool and the part where I was standing was elevated above the water. That probably would be a better solution, if you have enough space to get one of those lifts in.

Nope. It’s basically this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AOjauGdi1E

Our version has a plate behind so you can stand on that and drive the thing around.

It’s basically a skateboard with front wheels that can turn if you lean on the handle.

When my colleagues were playing, the car made an unexpected pretty sharp turn, which caused them to tumble off and fall on the concrete.

And yes, the wheels will also hang on small stones, small pieces of wood and what not. Which is fine, because it’s made for moving pallets, not people.

They are still being made and used. At a job I had 7 years ago they had two of them. Pretty handy when you need to fill a truck with pallets. I did not need a license.

You need some practice though, I may have fallen off one or two times in a corner. One day a truck driver borrowed it and managed to park the whole back into another pallet. Fun machines.

At my current job we have ones for single pallets, but they can go 4 meter high. I love it, very flexible and small, but you can still put pallets away pretty high.

Yea don’t take the yellow one with two people.

Two of my colleagues tried, one on each side. Did not go well, luckily they got up in one piece.

Well, we are at a point in history right now, where in the future people will look back on and be like, why did nobody do anything?

Israël is literally committing genocide, breaking about every rule they can think of and it seems with every new article they have found a way to make it worse.

When even Germany speaks out against Israël, you know shit is fucked up.

Israël is committing murder on a mass scale. It seems they are determined to kill off all Palestines. And no other country has the balls to actually put their foot in the sand, call them out and force them to stop.

And I even understand. As a country, you don’t want your armies involves in such a hornets nest.

It’s like going to Afghanistan or Africa. War has always been going on there, and any peace will always be tempory until the next wave of violence. The people are traumatized and know nothing but loss and pain. It would take two or three generations to get to a point where at least the young people will not be mentally broken. And the war will never stop, so that is not going to happen.

But if Israël actually wants to kill all Palestines, let them say it out loud. Admit it. And then make it quick. Nobody is going to stop them, clearly or they would have done it by now. At this point it is just a mercy kill.

Nobody will stop Israël. So get it over with. Palestines have no hope for a normal life. If you are going to do the deed, make it quick.

Perhaps then, some countries will finally be brave enough to kick Israëls ass. Fucking war criminals. Killers. The politicians need the war to keep going to stay in power and they clearly value that more then human life. Low lifes. It is unbelievable that after the Holocaust, this can happen, and it is allowed to continue.

Turns out, I am a bad person. It is funny though.

That made me laugh, thanks!

I’ve heard most of the shops sell the same matrassen, but they just give them different names so you cannot compare prices. Which means you can make prices anything you want as long as you have a somewhat believable story about the quality.

Because a machine is expected to do it right the first time. Because it’s supposed to do the exact same thing everytime with the exact same input parameters. If you give it the exact same input every time and you get a different result every time it is not reliable to function as automation.

Humans are just that. Humans. They make mistakes sometimes. The reason humans can keep doing the work is that there is no better alternative. Machines can’t do it, so who else is gonna do it? Either humans build your house or nobody does. There is little choice there.

So if a machine is to take over that job, it better do it right and reliable and cheaper.Because humans can already do it right and reliable. And there’s little money saving if a human still needs to check all the work.

Well, why did it not do it right the first time then? If the doublecheck gives a different result, then which is the right result? If I can ask the same question twice and I get two different answers, how I or the machine known which is the right answer? And if the machine knows, then why would it need to doublecheck? A machine can do it right the first time if it knows how, right?

Yea, well…for the heavy lifting it could be nice. But I’m not letting AI build my house.

Lifting heay crap to the roof or something like that? Sure. That is what machines are good at.

Welding? Well welding robots have existed for long time, they just need to programmed perfectly. I’ve worked with a couple of them, the results are not always consistent and they required some quality checks. It is easier. Manual welding takes more skill and takes longer. I just don’t need the AI part though. That makes it unpredictable. And if I let a robot do something, it should be predictable.

I do woodworking and fixing around the house. Even when building new stuff, there are always issues that you have to solve on the spot. Walls that are not straight, angles that are not perfect, spaces you cannot reach et cetera.

As long as AI does not get it 100% right every time it is not touching my house. And yes, a professional doesn’t reach that rate either, but at least they know and doublecheck themselves and know how to fix things.

Funny, but proper therapy would mean that you learned how to handle the trauma so it would not be so easy to do this.

Perhaps we have not yet found the animals that they have had to kill in the past to survive…

My expectations? I guess I expected I could have at least half of what my parents had. Which I almost can. They afforded the house on one salary and my mom stayed at home. Me and my gf both have to have full time jobs. But, we can only pay a smaller house.

My parents had five kids and sometimes struggled with money. We have one kid, two salaries and still struggle with money. For basic stuff. Just food and drinks and stuff you need. And the occasional bottle of wine or whisky.

So I guess I got around half of what my parents had. What I would have hoped for is that if two people work 40 hours a week and most of the time more, we would not have to struggle. I would have hoped we could save some money.

I would have hoped that I would not be waiting with service for my motorcycle until I have the money. Or be anxious about the yearly review of my car, because there could be high costs to get it approved another year.

I don’t mind working, I don’t mind working extra, I don’t mind working hard. But right now it feels like I get nothing in return. It’s just expected, and you get to survive. That’s it. You want more? A little more space in your house, or a little bit more time for yourself? Can’t be done. And that is frustrating.

Edit: seems people agree with me, thanks for the support.

It actually makes sense. I’ve seen big and small companies. Small companies are focused, flexible and people usually have a connection with the company.

At bigger companies, everything goes slow. And nobody gives a shot about anything. They do what they need to do in order to get paid, but not a step more. Everything is slow because at least 2 layers of management need to sign off on decisions.

That’s a very general statement. Considering each and every bike will have a different history, and different wear and tear. Then there is also the issue of the skill of the rider. That can make a huge difference too.

And with every new bike I ride I always test the brakes first. I practice emergency stops regularly.

To OP, Congrats om the nice bike. It’s a great machine and I hope you will have a lot of fun with it.