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It seems like our factories were much more impressive 100 years ago
Posted on 3/12/19 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 3/12/19 at 4:58 pm
I don’t visit factories often so I could be wrong but it just seems like the huge impressive factories don’t really exist anymore, at least not here
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Posted on 3/12/19 at 4:59 pm to DavidTheGnome
It was all that smoke coming out of the stacks.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:01 pm to DavidTheGnome
Computers and digitalization eliminates the need for a lot of physically moving parts.
Like a record player vs an MP3 player.
Like a record player vs an MP3 player.
This post was edited on 3/12/19 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
They could also just get stuff done with much less red tape.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
We just 3D print everything out of Roswell now.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:56 pm to DavidTheGnome
I work in what I guess you would call a factory/shop and we don't make parts on the grand scale of the pics you posted but we do some pretty cool stuff. Here's a quick example:
CNC mill
CNC mill
Posted on 3/12/19 at 5:59 pm to DavidTheGnome
Technology has allowed us to scale down the size of machines to do those same jobs
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
I’ve seen better factories in the quad
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:04 pm to DavidTheGnome
And no PPE. ??
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:09 pm to DavidTheGnome
Uhhh Boeing has the largest single building in the world for their factory and the new tesla Gigafactory is even bigger
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
shite got done back in the day.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
Quite the presidential view on progress you have.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
That’s like saying computers were more impressive 50 years ago because they were the size of a house
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
Well, we're not cranking out warships like we used to when those pictures were taken, either.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:15 pm to DavidTheGnome
Bigger isn’t always better.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:24 pm to STLDawg
Yeah I get that. It just seems the nostalgic view of it makes it so grandiose and impressive. Looking back and seeing the pics I can’t help but get a sense of awe that these people 100+ years ago could do things so incredibly massive.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:30 pm to DavidTheGnome
You ever see the Nissan plant in Alabama or one of the mega chemical plants along the gulf coast?
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:33 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Yeah I get that. It just seems the nostalgic view of it makes it so grandiose and impressive. Looking back and seeing the pics I can’t help but get a sense of awe that these people 100+ years ago could do things so incredibly massive.
We literally have much bigger factories today.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:34 pm to Oilfieldbiology
I know the Exxon refinery and chemical plant in Baton Rouge has some massive furnaces, compressors, etc. I feel like and ant walking amongst it!
Posted on 3/12/19 at 6:39 pm to DavidTheGnome
To be tied to a repetitive, often dangerous process, for 8
or 12 hours, oohh I yearn.
I can be easily replaced.
Unlike my grandfather I have no craft. I never see the finished work.
Sure great.
And now that work is completed by computers. No need for me.
or 12 hours, oohh I yearn.
I can be easily replaced.
Unlike my grandfather I have no craft. I never see the finished work.
Sure great.
And now that work is completed by computers. No need for me.
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