Bad_Engineering

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[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Take both the battery terminals off, if there are crusty white or blue gunk on them you can use a little vinegar to clean it off. Clean the contacting parts of both terminals and where they connect to the battery with a wire brush till the metal looks at least vaguely shiny. Put the terminals back on and tighten them down with a wrench, if its an american car its usually a 1/2" if its an import its almost certainly a 10mm. If it doesn't work after that try jumping it again, if it still doesn't work its probably the starter or starter solenoid. You can try tapping on the starter solenoid with a hammer to unstick it as a temporary fix to get you going, but if you have to do that then it needs replaced sooner rather than later anyways.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Nauru has been an independent country since 1968.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 13 points 5 days ago

Very true, I've machined titanium before and a titanium fire is not fun. Its a lot more flammable than aluminum as you can ignite larger chips and ribbons of titanium.

Edit for: words are hard

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 31 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It's not oil, its molten aluminum judging from how bright and white the flame is and the fact that the machine is an aluminum bar extruder. People don't generally realize how insanely flammable aluminum can be when it is reduced to a fine enough powder. Powdered aluminum mixed with an oxidizer is what makes fire crackers go bang. It's also one of the two main ingredient in thermite.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Check out evwest.com, they specialize in ev conversions. They also sell parts for DIYers looking to do their own conversions.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago

Yes please, I already use Graphene but I would be so happy if I could finally ditch google entirely.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 35 points 1 month ago (22 children)

I have a Framework 14 for my school laptop and it really is a great little piece of hardware. Can't wait to see what they come up with next.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Yup, its a terrible design. Every other automaker uses some form of lidar with the cameras, but elon says "HuMaNs DrIvE wItH jUsT eYeS". So we get this bullshit.

Edit: spelling

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Part of the problem with teslas is they will sometimes do the phantom braking even when not on autopilot. My gf has a model 3 we bought back before F-Elon went full mask off, and there's a certain road we occasionally drive where the car will just slam on the brakes for no reason wherever another road joins the main one. We both refuse to use autopilot but it still does it with even normal cruise control active and sometimes even under full manual control. Its a serious problem. We'd replace the stupid thing if we could afford it but its devalued so much that its more affordable to just keep it.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

The study says they used online polling but didn't elaborate further so who's to say what biases there may or may not be. But generally ipsos does a pretty good job with their polling.

I do agree that most of these polls tend to end up being nothing burgers, but there has been a recent trend of younger males gravitating towords the right of the political spectrum. I mainly commented to point out that a sample size of 1000 is generally recognized to be large enough for accuracy.

[–] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A sample size of 1000 people gives a margin of error of only 3%..

 

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Hey all, I hope I'm posting to the right place. My gf and I are both trans women considering immigrating to New Zealand from the US. We both have green list careers so we're not too worried about eligibility but we are wondering if we would be welcome/fit in in NZ.

Everything I've seen or heard in media makes NZ look about 1000 times better than the US. Every country has their problems but from my limited viewpoint NZ looks pretty great. We'd appreciate any advice or perspective you'd care to share. Thanks in advance.

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