genter

I've probably taken apart 10 automotive alternators. Every single one had brushes.

I dunno, I think all manufacturers are at fault. Even the ones that are properly aligned are ridiculously bright, but aimed down. Which is fine if two vehicles approach each other on flat ground. But if two vehicles approach the crest of a hill, then the headlight that was aimed down is now aimed straight at the other driver.

And don't get me started on jackasses that put LED bulbs in old halogen housings.

A CNC mill that's worth the cast iron it's made from weighs at least 2000 lbs, not to mention it takes a lot of skill to use (workholding, toolholding, setting up feeds and speeds, coolant, etc). It's very easy and very expensive to crash if you don't know what you're doing. A g-code program has to be modified to fit your machine, where the origin is, the dimensions of your rough stock, what tools it expects to have, how much material your machine can hog off.

In contrast, a pretty good 3d printer costs $500, can sit on a table, and the inevitable mistakes you will make while learning how to use it are comparatively cheap.

Makes sense, I take for granted how great modern electrolytic caps are compared to 50 years ago.

WTF is a "computer-rated" capacitor?

Forgot about that. So about a 100% chance my dad got it from that.

I remember my dad saying "yello" in the 90's, here in Northern California. Pretty sure he just said it because he found it amusing.

Except a lot of renters (including this one) pay their own utilities.

Counteroffer: the App Store and the Play Store will be used for the precise reason they were built, making their owners a shit-ton of money.

Mixed opinions on this. More than once I've accidentally middle clicked on a text box and sent the contents to some server. Or middle clicking the new tab button will navigate to whatever is in your clipboard, or do a web search if it isn't a URL. Hasn't been anything confidential yet, but it is possible. I try to clear the clipboard asap for this very reason.

Don't worry, a significant portion of us in the US are also utterly confused in regards to whats going on with the federal government.

I'm sure they mess around with it, they'll just never announce it.

You don't need an account to lurk.

Yeah, it's not as if Mercedes (who made the vehicle he's talking about) or BMW are German.

The screen doesn't have to be obnoxious like this, though. A Chevy van has a small screen embedded in the rear view mirror, which is impossible to see when not in reverse.

I agree, but you might want to practice what you preach.

We get to see this:

https://www.threads.com/@timmy_tostada/post/DRaGc3PDwSh

But it's important to "punish" (via punitive fines) the right people, so that they will put some effort into not making that mistake again.

I'm not opposed to activism, I'm just opposed to their activism which goes against what the Mozilla Foundation stands for. Obviously what I think the foundation stands for (a freely accessible web) and what it actually stands for are two different things, but I like my rose tinted glasses.

Windshields themselves are glued into the frame, and have been for years. They are a major part of the structure of the vehicle, as well as an important safety device, and there isn't a problem with them comining loose. Badges are attached with double sided tape, but obviously those are a lot smaller than a light bar.

Yes. Although the keyboard is decent, until you get a grain of salt under a key.

The durability is mediocre, and repairability is only better than an iPhone.

I realize that this is being translated from technical speak to layperson by someone that doesn't know anything, but sounds like a multimeter would've been useful.

I wonder if they got their phases swapped, so when they turned on the breaker, they shorted the opposite phases together. That would probably require a new breaker (as well as clean underwear for anyone near by).

For water heaters and wall furnaces with a gas control valve, yes. For old stoves, they don't.

Not OP, but I'm on a 10 year old laptop.

Only thing I'd want is a higher resolution display that's usable in daylight, and longer battery life.

Be sure that it's not connected to the internet while installing. Otherwise it will install updates and turn it into a normal install.

I was told that you want lights on all 3 phases so that you can see spinning things spin. If the lights are on single phase, they will dim 120 times a second, and the strobe effect can cause spinning things to appear stationary. With 3 phase, at least 1/3 of the lights are lit all the time.

Yes.

(And I say that as a Democrat in California)

Because all of the IC's that are attached to the battery are designed for 12V. Things like solid state relays (BTS7008 for exammple) and the 5/3.3 volt regulators.

Better than the time that a utility company mailed out a gas-scented flyer to teach people what a gas leak smelled like. 911 was inundated with gas leak calls.

(Search is so fucking useless these days that I can't find anything about it, but pretty sure it was in New York.)

Another difference, though, is that Windows 8 was atrocious. Windows 10 was pretty good, certainly better than 8 or 11 (and I'd argue better than 7).