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bluewing

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  • What it's like to be a developer in 2024

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  • Mistakes were made. It happens, OK? I'm quite certain Bing won't let THAT happen again......../////

    For my, VERY limited needs for the tiny bit I have dabbled in programing or even just help with some Linux issues, I've been using Phind. It seems to work a whole lot better than any of the other search engines. But my needs can't really twist the tail like real programmers.

  • Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles

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  • Ain't spending that stupid amount of money for either a Tesla or Rivian. Make something half the price that can run 300 miles, and you will have my attention, (the Chevy Bolt was so close).

    EVs are toys for the upper middle class and the rich.

  • Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles

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  • As far as I know, the Feds aren't banning Kei style trucks. But most states are banning them from road use. Since they do not meet highway safety standards. But that's what makes the cheap - deleting all the safety equipment and being under powered. But you can still get as many as you like. And you are still welcome to drive them off road.

  • What's your go-to "Bang for your Buck" filament brand?

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  • For PLA and PETG, I like MatterHacker, though I have been buying some Voxel PLA lately and that's been pretty good stuff too. Voxel does run sales that get the price down to $15/$16US a kilo.

    For ABS/ASA, I'm still using a the same kilo of Zyltech ABS I bought 5 or 6 years ago. And I still haven't used 200g yet. I did dig it out this weekend to print a couple dozen custom cable clips for my boat with it though.

  • U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicle - Considering rates of 100%

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  • How about American workers learn to work for the same wages and working conditions.

    If you want companies to pay a living wage with strong unions and safe working conditions, then competition with other places that don't bother with those things becomes near impossible.

    See: The factories that iPhone is built in

  • California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices

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  • Minnesota is currently working on a similar law to stop surcharges and just have a final price.

  • 2nd hand ThinkPad go brrrrr

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  • Hey, I'm old AF. I STILL use wobble windows!

  • 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5

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  • I'm not an architect, but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn.

    The easiest way to think about an element being "structural" or not is is to consider what can happen if you remove that element - will the roof/wall collapse on top of you or not. If the answer is no, the roof/wall will not fall down, it's not "Structural" or "Load Bearing" If the roof/wall can fall down on if you remove it, it is "structural" or "load bearing".

    So, using your example, if you were to remove the drywall and furring strips from that cement block wall, will the wall and ceiling be in danger of collapse? If it is, then it was structural. If not, then it wasn't structural.

    The Architects and Civil Engineers that I have known, do not consider drywall or furring strips to "structural" when designing a building. I'm going with their consensus on this matter.

  • 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5

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  • You simply change the expected specs.......

  • 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5

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  • For a machinist yep. For home gamers, a waste of money. They don't have the knowledge of where and when to use them nor the skills to get accurate repeatable measurements. So for OP's use whatever CCC, (Cheap, Cheerful, Chinese), caliper he's got is good enough.

    It's the definition of "nominal size is what ever we say it is" that pisses me off. Buying wood/lumber is the worst offender of Nominal sizing, but even metals are getting worse. I used to buy a round bar of say, ASA1018 and it would be +0"/-.002". It's now +0/-.006", (that's +0/-.05mm and +0/-.15mm for those living in Boca Raton). At the end of my career as a toolmaker I was often forced to purchase oversized stock and waste time turning said stock into the actual sizes required.

  • 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5

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  • Can't you see those are safety sandals. And just like safety squints, are approved PPE across the whole 3rd world industrial sphere. OP will be perfectly safe.

  • Users

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  • I ain't no programmer, but I was a toolmaker and ME that designed machines to be used in factories. I learned to not be surprised at how operators could find new and interesting ways, (sometimes dangerous), run the machines I designed and built. They did things I never would have dreamed possible or meant with them.

    This triggers me to my very core.

  • Please be satire

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  • I would certainly hope so...

  • Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

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  • I haven't been to Winnipeg in a long time, since before COVID. But I do get to Fort Francis when I go to the 'Falls. I miss the days when we could just pass the border without the hassle it's become today. I used to have family up in Roseau years ago. Might still be some shirttail outlaws up there.

    My Daughter works for a non-profit too. She does research on not only public charging for vehicles, but also HVAC systems for homes across the US. I have also had to swim in the ocean of paperwork of state and federal grants. Few survive the experience for long. May God 'ha mercy on your soul!

  • Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

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  • That's great for you, I'm kind of jealous. The Prius is a very good vehicle, either as hybrid or ICE.

  • Please be satire

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  • First, What's a vacation?

    Second, I don't post anything on line now as it is.

  • Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

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  • Hi! Neighbor! I am a lot closer to Winnipeg than the Twin Cities.

    There are government programs to install chargers here also. The problem is, there is no money to fix those chargers when they stop working. My Daughter, who is a research engineer in the fields of public charging for EVs and HVAC systems, will tell you that she can get all kinds of money to install them, but there is no money to actually keep them working. And it's expensive to repair them. So it's nearly useless at this point in time to install them only to have them break and not get repaired. She is currently doing a 10 year study of a string of 60 chargers across the northern part of the state from Red Lake to Brainard to the Twin Cities.

  • Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

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  • I'm in northern Minnesota. There is a fairly large low population area across the north central and northwestern part of that state. Not many people live here. And yes, the use case is pretty niche compared to anyone living in a more urban area. But while there aren't many of us up here, we do exist.

    Financial constraints are the biggest issue with the adoption of EVs for most people. It is still cheaper for many to own an ICE than invest in an EV. The pay back is painfully slow. Still, if it hadn't been for the battery problems of the Bolt, I probably would have bought one. It would have been just doable for my needs as a second vehicle.

    I have looked into hybrids also. The problem there is since I live in a very rural area, the long distances I travel means I drive at highway speeds for almost all of the trip. The ICE motor would run the whole trip anyway. Paying for a battery that is seldom used and dragging the extra weight around makes no sense.And it would be difficult to something repaired if it needed it.

  • Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

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  • Northern Minnesota often sees those temperatures. And if it's a real medical emergency, you could well be dead by the time anyone can get to you - IF you have cell service to make a call. If they do make it to you, you will probably be airlifted by helicopter. Making a a 100+ mile trip, would be just for a clinic visit or even to pick up a prescription, which I did last Saturday for my Wife.