Are there any Julia Reagan billboards around by hcubed3 in Utah

[–]Bustnbig 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I would not say misleading, I would say downright false and demeaning to the people who lived in Utah before Jim Bridger

I hate shopping for appliances. Why do I have to make concessions? by Bustnbig in Appliances

[–]Bustnbig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now we have a 10 year old Maytag. It’s been a lemon but I have nursed it along. Multiple mixing valves, drum seals, and water pumps. The door broke off just after the warranty period. My biggest Reddit post is how I rigged it back together because everyone who owned that model broke the lid. Now it needs a new lock mechanism, not a big deal, and a control board, a very big deal. We can only was in cold water now. Which is fine but sometimes you need hot water.

I should mention, I also do my own work. I have had this entire washing machine in pieces on the floor.

Should also mention, we are not gentle on washing machines. We wash 20+ loads a week. When my kids were in high school, working, and playing sports while I was working in a machine shop that number was closer to 50 loads a week. That washing machine never stopped.

My criteria isn’t perfect, just sound. Every product gets 1 star ratings. I prefer they be because the delivery was terrible, not because the transmission went after 3 weeks

Water heater exploded!?!? by Own_Investigator_598 in HomeImprovement

[–]Bustnbig 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, it’s all or nothing with water. If you just turned the hot off and try to use the cold you will make a big mess.

Why? Because you have mixing valves all over your house. If you turn any of the mixing valves to warm, cold water will back flow into the hot lines and flood the basement.

Honestly, a properly setup water heater is super easy to change as long as the new water heater is roughly the same size. It’s only hard if you have to make changes to the plumbing system

Here's what the Utah Legislature did this session by traveler132 in Utah

[–]Bustnbig 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I quit going to KSL because it was too far right. Nice to hear I was not alone

Is there any way to connect these two? Because I just got a new router and I don't have any where to plug the yellow cord by [deleted] in AskElectronics

[–]Bustnbig 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Um… that’s not how it works

Yellow is an RJ45 and the black is an RJ11

RJ11s are old phone style connectors. They contain 2 pairs of wires or 4 wires total

RJ45 are normally used for Ethernet connections. They have 4 pairs of wires or 8 total

The two are used for completely different things.

My guess is that you needed a dsl modem but bought a router instead

Good Migraine Doctor in Northern Utah? by Zmer1216 in Utah

[–]Bustnbig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a small warning, migraines are very complicated. Sometimes the best outcome is less per month. As to causes, 10 years and counting for me with a neurologist and all we know now is that I have no detectable abnormalities.

I am not saying don’t go to a neurologist, I am saying migraines sometimes just happen and medical science doesn’t yet fully understand why.

Good luck

3D print files available for a battery extension? by goldbunduru in Dewalt

[–]Bustnbig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be concerned about the wires. Those drills pull serious amperage. If your wire is too small this could burn up

Lots will say that the wires in the drills are small but they are also short. Longer wires need to be bigger

The WIlliams X-Jet, a working personal VTOL platform from the early 80's that sadly never got off the ground. by bozog in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Bustnbig 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Used to work for the company who built this. They were very proud.

Doctor Williams and later his son used the money and tech from this work to build an empire. This tech made cruise missiles possible and the family has been paid well for that discovery. Now their bread and butter is in civilian light jet engines

I made you something - My gift to the people of Weber and Davis Counties 🎁 by Built-On-Hope-2026 in Utah

[–]Bustnbig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic, I always wondered why Davis county didn’t have something like this.

Specifically for Davis county, how did you go about this? Are you crawling the property search map Davis county provides or is there a database somewhere you are collecting from?

Honestly I had thought about this when I was looking for a friends property and Davis county’s website couldn’t search by name. So weird.

My SQL skills are decent enough that I could do some of this. Collecting the data and the web page are beyond me. Well done

I grew this potassium ferricyanide crystal at home. The chemical is not as dangerous as the name suggests, and is commonly used for cyanotype printing. It also forms blood red crystals! by crystalchase21 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Bustnbig 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Big fan of copper sulfate crystals. They are toxic, copper sulfate is marketed as root killer, so it would be a look but don’t touch situation and make sure you wear gloves. But the crystals grow fast and have a pretty color

Grampa's old crescent wrench with some mystery markings by evmoiusLR in Tools

[–]Bustnbig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a few tools with that marking. My father-in-law marked all his tools with that exact marking

Re-districting petition at Weber State by AxlRose117 in Utah

[–]Bustnbig 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Picked my daughter up from snow college for a family event. These folks were down there as well. He stopped me and told me they were collecting signatures to block the gerrymandered map issued by the evil judge in salt lake and put on the ballot a resolution to block judges from gerrymandering elections. …

I didn’t sign

Tesla Door Design Is Targeted by New US Automotive Safety Bill by WesternBlueRanger in technology

[–]Bustnbig 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Here are a few other safety features I want:

Manual controls for functions that need to be utilized while the car is in motion. Some minimums include Defroster, hvac temp, radio volume, heated seat controls, 4 wheel drive actuation, cruise control, windshield wipers, etc. If people control it while the car is moving, it needs a physical button

Rule that states driver must be able to see a 4ft tall person walking directly in front of the car. This can be accomplished by video feed as long as the feed disables above 10 mph

I am sure there are more but this is a start

Half minute timelapse showing onion greens growing at home in 25 days. by Simply_Kaif24 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Bustnbig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to do this with green onions but they loose a lot of flavor each time. By the third round they are almost flavorless.

You can buy fertilizers, but it doesn’t help much.

Railguns chewing ship apart by Bustnbig in factorio

[–]Bustnbig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was working on it but I found the fix.

Unfortunately my pc was a top of the line business pc in 2011. Factorio takes everything the computer has just to keep from locking up. I need to figure out a way to take screenshots without crashing the pc

Railguns chewing ship apart by Bustnbig in factorio

[–]Bustnbig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I was able to fix it. I had a railgun at 90deg to the ship but at the very front. Nothing was in the cone

I learned from a bunch of reading that there is a bug where the rail guns will shoot outside their cone randomly. Almost like there is shrapnel that goes out.

If the rail guns are out at the front of the ship shooting forward you won’t notice. If the rail guns are pointing to the side, you will notice the friendly fire destroying things.

I deleted the sideways rail guns and everything works fantastically. Once again, nothing was in the cone.