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WCDT Strips 3176 to 3180 (14 - 18 March 2016)
ankhtahr:
My favourite mechanical lubricant is actually a light machine oil with molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) and graphite. Even when the oil is gone, it works as a great dry lubricant.
Morituri:
Right. That's probably a better choice if you don't have oil-impregnated gears. Oil-impregnated gears actually keep the lubricant from evaporating (for about 99 times as long), so running dry isn't an issue.
Still, I would imagine that for the synthetic set not using non-lubricants to lubricate things would be right up there on the list with the way us biologicals are taught that we should avoid, say, relying on non-food objects as food.
danuis:
I'm late regarding Corpse Witch, but yes; she's not just trying to keep her place under wraps or keep the profit. She's threatening Faye. She's not stupid, and I bet she is getting uneasy about Bubbles going into the public sphere with Faye, but she is overestimating herself, and threatening employees, even in illegal matters, is not good for any long term business. I, for one, would not be disappointed if Bubbles whacks Corpse Witch out and walks out; though that might be to 'comic logic' to fly as the comic seems to be getting more and more serious - stuff like Vespavenger might be impossible to replicate now. Especially with Bubbles' background and the whole, you know, illegality of the whole setup. And leaving that can be as simple as 'I'm out' - again, real world, it's possible to just leave, but if the setup is extensive or petty enough, it'll keep dragging you down.
Still, I want Bubbles to clonk her.
Akima:
It never occurred to me to use WD-40 on sewing-machine gears. I think there is a reason you can buy actual sewing-machine oil from your Singer shop or whatever. What makes me sad is people who use WD-40 on bicycle chains. You can use it to clean chains, although it is a very expensive way to do it, and there are better alternatives, but it is no good at all for protecting the chain and sprockets from wear.
What does annoy me is the way many lubricants are sold to consumers, normally in tiny quantities at grotesque mark-ups. In the case of sewing-machine oil it doesn't bother me, because so little is needed, but bicycle chains, for example, need regular lubrication, especially if you commute in all weathers. Park Tools, a company I generally respect, sells its chain lube in 118ml bottles, and its RRP is A$18!
You'd think that for AIs, maintenance information would be part of their basic "education". But look at the way humans eat badly, don't exercise, smoke, drink too much etc. and it's hard to point the bone at May.
Zebediah:
Let's not forget that May apparently wasn't originally in a chassis, so the need for physical maintenance is a new thing to her. And she loathes this particular chassis so she isn't all that inclined to take care of it. If the parole board even bothered giving May a user manual for this chassis when they assigned it to her, it wouldn't surprise me if she deleted it without reading it.
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