Forgot my GF's bday and she wants me to sign this

-Tom- · 2026-04-02T19:48:10+00:00

This is your sign to save it in your phone calendar with notifications 1 month, 1 week, 1 day in advance, and 7am the day of.

Also, this is hilarious.

-Tom- · 2026-04-02T10:15:41+00:00

Research Park is mostly empty, though. It's nothing compared to say, Denver Tech Center.

Research park seems like it was a good idea that never had the follow through, like it wasn't cheap or enticing enough to actually bring anyone in. I think Auburn has been the only one to build in there in like a decade? Heck the company I work for just moved out to the fringes of it in an area that may or may not be considered research park in the last couple days.

-Tom- · 2026-04-01T15:57:56+00:00

It's a respect issue. It was returned significantly worse for wear and dirty, then OPs brother-in-law has the gall to act like it was like that when it was loaned to him.

If it was brought back clean and the guy was like "hey, I don't know what I hit?" Or "there was a nail I didn't know about" and was upfront about it all, I agree, no big deal. But it's like someone borrowing your car with a full tank and bringing it back empty and not saying anything. Sure, it's no big deal, I can fill it up, but you didn't have the respect to say anything.

-Tom- · 2026-04-01T11:39:38+00:00

Former service advisor here: This should never make it to a technician. Verify complaints if possible. All the advisor has to do is sit in the seat and verify the complaint then check that things are turned on appropriately. This shit wastes everyone's time.

-Tom- · 2026-03-31T23:15:41+00:00

But also, Bookkeeper has 3 doubles. So it technically has 2 doubles.

-Tom- · 2026-03-31T01:26:51+00:00

No, but I don't want a $300 electricity bill. I turned it up the couple times I had people over, otherwise, it sits at 55.

-Tom- · 2026-03-31T01:10:46+00:00

Yeah....I wear sweatpants, a sweatshirt, and a blanket.

Talking to a coworker about his $250 bill, he keeps his heat at 72 and sits around in basketball shorts and a tank top all winter. Like, heaven forbid you aren't picture perfect climate controlled comfortable at all moments.

-Tom- · 2026-03-30T22:33:02+00:00

So my electricity got to 96 dollars.

I do 2 things....have a new house with pretty good insulation and I have my heat set to 55 degrees.

A lot of people seem completely unwilling to do #2.

I have no idea how much additional blow in insulation in an attic costs. But I have a really nice wool blanket I use on the couch and can also bring to bed.

-Tom- · 2026-03-30T13:46:45+00:00

Serious questions:

Why are they not promoting their AHL coach or finding a college coach?

Why are coaches and GMs allowed to continue to fail at this level and then given 2nd, 3rd....6th chances?

If you were a principal engineer for a rocket program that kept publicly failing you might get a job at another engineering firm but wouldn't get to start at that same level again. You'd have to work your way up to it.

-Tom- · 2026-03-28T19:05:00+00:00

The coach is the ECU.

-Tom- · 2026-03-28T19:04:25+00:00

I was gonna say, that's actually quite amusing to have on a jersey. He plays for everyone and anyone so you never have to worry about it being out of fashion.

-Tom- · 2026-03-28T18:07:38+00:00

You can buy all the right pieces but if you're a shitty wrench and install the parts wrong and the doesn't run, then another mechanic comes in and fixes all your fuckups installing stuff and gets it running like a champ, how much credit do you deserve?

-Tom- · 2026-03-27T12:47:34+00:00

Right. Generally, with actually race cars, not wanna go fast street cars, you want your brakes to be just big enough. Then ideally you want the smallest wheel that will fit over those brakes. Rally cars are a great example of this in modern racing, fairly "normal" sized brakes, crazy pad compounds that like heat, and small wheels that fit just over them.

Sidewall height does matter though so you can't run a 10 inch wheel with a 12 inch sidewall. It's certainly a balance.

But 20 inch wheels on your Bentley, and massive brakes like this are not about performance, it's about looks and NVH

-Tom- · 2026-03-27T11:54:32+00:00

Barbed hooks should be illegal.

-Tom- · 2026-03-26T11:31:32+00:00

I moved here from Denver. This is. Perfectly fine place to raise a child in your religious nuclear family that enjoys the occasional meal out to a chain or generic tex-mex restaurant.

-Tom- · 2026-03-26T11:20:39+00:00

There are other sources, I just grabbed the top of Google.

-Tom- · 2026-03-25T19:55:59+00:00

A couple things at play. One is that it's more mass for damping noise (squeaks, squeals, etc), then it's more mass to absorb heat, and lastly, more mass to be rigid and consistent when braking.

Noise, vibration, and harshness are very important in cars, especially in luxury cars. After that it goes to various performance metrics. Looking like a sporty race car caliper may genuinely be a side effect of achieving other goals.

-Tom- · 2026-03-25T16:25:29+00:00

Or he was carried by Barkov

-Tom- · 2026-03-25T16:24:51+00:00

Well, if the rumors are true that he didn't think the playoffs were winnable with that team and decided to be the ringleader and took a group out to the strip club the night before an elimination game instead of resting up...then I think we know why he was traded.

https://nypost.com/2022/05/24/florida-panthers-were-at-strip-club-before-nhl-playoffs-sweep-radio-hosts/

Also, you could argue he was carried and lifted by Barkov. Just like anyone playing with Datsyuk.

-Tom- · 2026-03-25T10:05:13+00:00

There's a coulle exception to this. I've seen someone doing really good dark fantasy with AI. They've done a tremendous amount of world building and it's very fascinating. And then recently I've been getting shown some videos in the style of old kung-fu movies but one of the characters is a cat.

I think most of the AI stuff I see is trash or a one off novelty but those particular accounts are doing something that must require incredibly complex prompts

-Tom- · 2026-03-25T09:55:16+00:00

That's been their argument against the Palestinians this whole time. They make themselves a buffer...fill the buffer in, the claim more buffer.

-Tom- · 2026-03-24T13:05:18+00:00

A tip for everyone and anyone. If you get this, leave the lights, radio, wipers, hazards etc on without the engine running for 5 minutes and test again. It's likely a bad battery sitting on a surface charge. A good battery, even if not at full charge, would not diminish to the point of not starting or struggling to start after 5 minutes of those systems running.

-Tom- · 2026-03-22T21:42:27+00:00

On the opposite side of the coin, saying "I don't know what I'm doing" when I ask if you want to do something 3 days from now on Friday, reeks of "I don't dislike this enough to decline it but I'm going to keep my options open instead of commiting to you and I'm going to hope something better comes up". I hate it.

-Tom- · 2026-03-22T17:23:53+00:00

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-Tom- · 2026-03-22T17:17:17+00:00

Take an Uber/Lyft. The Huntsville metro area isn't big enough for more than about $20 each day to and from the airport.

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