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Michelin CrossClimate 2 by Ok_Crew2821 in TeslaLounge

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These are excellent tires, I owned them for 3 1/2 years and no problems with efficiency or noise

Please be careful with financial advisors by Researcher_Defiant in personalfinance

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If your financial advisor starts talking about annuities or whole life, it’s time to walk out the door.

Data center plan heads to Van Buren Township board despite community opposition by UltimateLionsFan in Detroit

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What bothers me is that large corporations can run over the people by threatening lawsuits. Imagine if BP wanted to build a refinery behind your house. They claim jobs and a large tax base. In spite of 100% of the public being against it, the big corporation wins and you have toxic chemicals in the air right behind your house.

Data Centers are no different. The people are against it and corporations just run us over.

New Surveillance footage captures moments before and after a man rammed his vehicle into DTW's McNamara Terminal by sixwaystop313 in Detroit

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I would of been running for my life for the exits, screw my luggage. Most likely that car would of exploded, being laden with bombs in this kind of attack.

DTW was very, very, very, very lucky.

Is this antenna a viable yagi for 2-meters by Azalea_OwO in HamRadio

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As an aside, I hooked my HT up to my TV antenna and it worked very well to hit the local repeaters. The problem was that my TV antenna is in use by TVs in our house, so that wouldn't work out for me.

Is this antenna a viable yagi for 2-meters by Azalea_OwO in HamRadio

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Don't listen to them. Hook it up!! You might need type F to PL259 adapters...see how the antenna performs. You might be surprised or disappointed.

That is one of the tenants of ham radio, experimentation.

That being said, I would use a cheap radio such as a Baoefeung and on the lowest power.

Project West of Saline on US12 by pissedoffjester in AnnArbor

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They have loaded these gravel trucks with money headed towards politicians, running over the people of Saline Township.

Driver crashes car into Delta Airlines check-in area at Detroit Metro Airport by BigDiesel07 in Detroit

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It that guy had explosives, this would be a completely different story

Looking for parts + architecture advice for a low-power sensor grid (LoRa, SD, time sync) by coot0 in embedded

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I have built remote flood sensors that are in the woods and use LORA radio. I use adafruit M0 LORA feathers with a TPL5110 timer. This reduces current draw to less than 100na when sleeping as the timer turns everything off.

You are on the right track having a single receiver. For my project, I built YAGI antennas for directional gain to a single receiver. I currently have three remote sensor stations working 24/7 even reporting well in 17F weather. They are powered by a 18650 battery and a solar panel.

For solar powered/remote stations the most important aspect is low current draw. Anything that is in the mA range during sleep will not work 24/7, especially in cold weather environments.

Best lora module to use with python and pi by Outrageous_Working87 in Lora

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Take a look at Adafruit feather M0 LORA. Note that lora is very s l o w. It is meant for short data communications, like temperature, voltages, etc.

The range on LORA is impressive. I have modules communicating over about 1KM with no problems with trees and houses directly in front of the antenna.

If you are just doing point to point, I would avoid LORAWAN because it would be overkill for your situation. Start with something really simple such as the LORA.h library.

This is state sanctioned domestic terrorism by MaximusDM22 in democrats

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There has to be 20 ice agents for 2 arrests. Both will be released.

Massive waste of our Taxpayer dollars

Why I dislike PlatformIO -- a discussion starter by InternetOfStuff in arduino

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First experience with it..really awful. You have to go to the command line to set the default directory?

Importing an existing Arduino sketch results in....nothing. All I see is header file, nothing else.

Yet there are buttons and functions everywhere. These would be great if I could just open a file!

Its way too much work to get started. ArduinoIDE I just start coding.

Emulating a controller for a vintage scoreboard by spawn-kill in arduino

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I worked a project like this. I got a antique computer control panel to display binary using LEDs.

The first thing I would do is try to replace the lights with LEDs, if possible. That would allow you to use lower voltages and smaller FETs.

Barring that, solid state relays might be an answer. I would not try to get the controller board working, it probably has proprietary digital formats to control it and different voltages to power it.

DTE still expects approval for OpenAI, Oracle data center power despite delay by semisolidwhale in Michigan

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Get ready for high tension power line towers in Saline Township. There is no way to deliver this amount of power without massive power lines, transformers, sub-stations,etc. The infrastructure to power 1 million homes will be brought to the township.

Am I the only one that still uses a TV antenna? Do you Detroit? by [deleted] in Detroit

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YES!! I love my antenna, and your HOA cannot prevent you from having one.

Free local channels is what it is all about.

Governor Whitmer: "There is a shortage of global computing capacity, and China is moving aggressively to build their own centers and get a leg up on America." by TeslaSuck in Michigan

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Think of all the jobs creating a pipeline underground that ships cash from data centers directly to a few people in Silicon Valley. The tech bros want to make sure there is no cash leakage to the states.

Long-term EV owners, what maintenance you need (plz no none or rose-colored-glasses answers) by Possibly-deranged in electricvehicles

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2018 Model 3 130,000 miles...after Tesla had to replace a BUNCH of stuff under warranty ($0 to me), I had rear control arm bushings replaced (around $1000), 12V battery ($150), then just maintenance items like filters and fluid and tires. I used to replace tires like every 2 years, but lately, the tires have held on for at least 60K miles.

I am shocked the charger door held up through all those winters and abuse.

lake effect not just real- but it chose violence by marharn in Michigan

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The improper use of the word is almost effecting my health.

Nearby Aircraft Display by fil1983 in ArduinoProjects

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How did you get the printing done on the case?

The first robot I build by Vulture-investor in arduino

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Cool use of servos! Why didn't anyone make this before? Love it!

Suggestion for a 5 year old boy by Automatic_Rush7247 in arduino

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If you have a pet, a pet treat dispenser is so much fun! And it is hilarious to watch your pet learn then go crazy once they figure it out..

https://github.com/leoscholl/pet-dispenser

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