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My first tumbler was built from a lawnmower my dad discarded when I was around 11 years old. I buried it in the forest and topped up the gas whenever I had time. It really did not work at all.
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Loved the twist ending.
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Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728

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What does that have to do with attempts at DIY rock tumblers?
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the lawnmower is the link
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...You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower.
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... and your thinking is that because someone else mentioned a lawnmower, you should bring up that meme about Ellison, even though it's clearly nothing to do with the OP?
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Yes, the first thing that pops into my head whenever anyone mentions lawnmowers is Larry Ellison, and the other way around too.

Just like couches and JD Vance.

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