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I agreed with the sentiment of the guy, not his tone, and my experience here is a peculiar one more likely to do with the particular medication than an unsafe l

I agreed with the sentiment of the guy, not his tone, and my experience here is a peculiar one more likely to do with the particular medication than an unsafe laser set up - the paper from the 70s indicates ibuprofen has this affect on people without lasers too. As I say, I've been doing this for years and have done exactly what I did literally thousands (tens of thousands?) of times. The machine I have is a commercially manufactured, slightly expensive thing that is compliant with regulations covering the EU and US. It's not some shoddy DIY adventure. I put it down to one of those statistically unlikely fuck yous that life throws out. One day I'll add it as a footnote to my version of a homemade machine and we can both be happy. *shrug - ed added a line in

tptacek 7y ago
Isn't this basically what people said about SawStops ("I've ripped thousands of boards and..."), and then it turns out that the cost of all table saw injuries exceeds the total value of the table saw market? People are really mad about SawStops, too! They're patented! But like, it's not crazy to suggest that nobody should have a table saw without a SawStop, and that it would be irresponsible to sell such a saw to the public.
- detritus 7y ago
  Just to clarify - I have all of the safety measures in place, and am a 'respecter of safety' (to misquote Larry David) - my tale of woe here is specifically in reference to the Ibuprofen angle, which was such an outlier case. However, I don't think over-wrought fears about safety should preclude the sharing of information on practical, industrious subjects (unless we're talking explosives or whatever..). I do think that concerns should be higlighted and manuals and media updated to reflect.
- perl4ever 7y ago
  "then it turns out that the cost of all table saw injuries exceeds the total value of the table saw market?" I don't understand this comparison. The benefit from people using table saws is not equal to the "total value of the table saw market". I mean, if it was, even if there were no accidents, we could improve society by just not bothering making them.

tptacek 7y ago

Isn't this basically what people said about SawStops ("I've ripped thousands of boards and..."), and then it turns out that the cost of all table saw injuries exceeds the total value of the table saw market? People are really mad about SawStops, too! They're patented! But like, it's not crazy to suggest that nobody should have a table saw without a SawStop, and that it would be irresponsible to sell such a saw to the public.

detritus 7y ago
Just to clarify - I have all of the safety measures in place, and am a 'respecter of safety' (to misquote Larry David) - my tale of woe here is specifically in reference to the Ibuprofen angle, which was such an outlier case. However, I don't think over-wrought fears about safety should preclude the sharing of information on practical, industrious subjects (unless we're talking explosives or whatever..). I do think that concerns should be higlighted and manuals and media updated to reflect.
perl4ever 7y ago
"then it turns out that the cost of all table saw injuries exceeds the total value of the table saw market?" I don't understand this comparison. The benefit from people using table saws is not equal to the "total value of the table saw market". I mean, if it was, even if there were no accidents, we could improve society by just not bothering making them.