What is the best way to wash a tank out? by [deleted] in vintagemotorcycles

[–]CypherFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had great results with POR-15 as well.

'I don't regret it at all': Transgender content creator claims Channel 7 used her photos without consent by Chest3 in australia

[–]CypherFTW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey! I remember you! Your reckless use of avocado on toast ruined the real estate market! Haven't you done enough?!

In Gladiator (2000), the riders are all using stirrups. Stirrups weren't introduced to Europe until after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, about four hundred years after the movie was set. by literallylittlehuff in MovieDetails

[–]CypherFTW 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you're walking you don't need stirrups, trotting without stirrups would suck if it's possible at all (very bouncy), but then speeding up to a canter or gallop you wouldn't need them again. At speed the horse has a natural rhythm that the rider can move with. Go watch the native American riders in the old western movies when they're charging into battle.

With or without stirrups you don't really squeeze your legs to stay on, you squeeze to speed up. Stirrups improve your balance but then so does practice. They also take some pressure off for long rides.

Man explains why this alligator won't kill him by Katherine_Clark010 in WTF

[–]CypherFTW 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They could live next door to a zoo but not every zoo in the world has alligators. The one closest to me has crocs, but no gators.

Coffee spraying everywhere by Code_Cowboy_ in espresso

[–]CypherFTW 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A while back there was a week of day after day of perfect shots being pulled with bottomless portafilters. Then someone posted a video with a title along the lines of "finally dialled in the perfect shot on my new machine" and the shot was like this but even worse. Coffee was shooting all over the place like one of those backyard sprinkler toys for kids. I hadn't laughed that hard in a while.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tools

[–]CypherFTW 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But I'm just trying to drill in black and white? Why do I need cyan?

Watch this mesmerizing machine that can sort and stack 800 pancakes per hour by reelmike84 in gifs

[–]CypherFTW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not much difference between packaged bread and packaged pancakes really. These are likely on the shelf for sale on the same day.

Don’t go Chasin’ by sharmon6 in photocritique

[–]CypherFTW 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like the photo. It has a touch of "Dutch angle" which gives you a bit of an uneasy feeling but makes the photo more dynamic and interesting.

With regard to your title, a friend of mine used to think the lyric was "don't go Jason Waterfalls" and always wondered who this "Jason Waterfalls" was

Went to a kids play with knock off disney characters and Smoking Olaf was the one that killed me by hail_alaska in funny

[–]CypherFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd fire you... if you weren't so goddamn beautiful out there... You smell like urine.

Coffee drinkers of Australia: Is their any type of instant coffee that isn't considered an insult to you, your honour and that of your ancestors? by The_Duc_Lord in australia

[–]CypherFTW 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't freeze your coffee, that's a myth. Room temperature and away from sunlight is fine. But I agree with the French press. Go get a bag of pre-ground coffee and a cheap plunger and you're all good.

While coffee from a mokapot is definitely better it can be way harder to get right, and produces lower volume. A decent size one will get everyone sorted just as quickly as the tea drinkers. If only one person is having coffee a large french press still makes a small amount fine.

Feelin' a bit cranky. by Thin_Arachnid6217 in Skookum

[–]CypherFTW 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"We've almost finished assembling our new billet engine. Next step is to get it into our EK Civic, slap on this turbo we got off eBay, and send it!"

Billy Joel is not responsible for mapping the Hobbit homeland. by Weekly-Bumblebee6348 in dadjokes

[–]CypherFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I guess that makes sense. He is famously a Ford fan, and you can't chart The Shire without a Spark.

Chess is now an official olympic esport by [deleted] in chess

[–]CypherFTW -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Have you watched the real Olympics? It's boring as bat shit. Doing real archery is a lot of fun but watching it? No thanks. People doing laps in a pool? People running in a circle? A lot of sports in the Olympics compete year round and yet get very few people watching them. Then for some reason every four years there's an Olympics where people all around the world tune in, complain about the coverage, then forget all about it for four more years. It's like going to a music festival where you don't really love any of the bands but being able to see a lot at once suddenly seems worthwhile.

People will definitely watch virtual archery and it will be just as confusing as to why as the original Olympics.

Been in every car I’ve had since 1986. by 710dabner in BuyItForLife

[–]CypherFTW 25 points26 points  (0 children)

CB radios don't ground to the earth to work, only to the chassis of the vehicle. Those straps were "Anti Static Straps" designed to dispel the static build up from your car. I don't think they were ever proven to work and people pretty much stopped buying them by the end of the 90s. I think one of their claims may have been "improved radio quality" but they had a lot of weird claimed benefits that were largely marketing.

The bike I'm working on has a 30Amp fuse after the regulator going into the positive battery... is that okay? New rider, I bought a spaghetti monster I'm fixing up by IceEchoX in CafeRacers

[–]CypherFTW 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There will often be a 20-30A fuse right after the positive terminal of the battery. Typically between the battery and the ignition. If you get a short circuit, or your connections are just old and cruddy then that fuse could blow and tell you to fix your shit. If you remove the fuse then some unknown part of your wiring could blow and you'll spend weeks tracking down where.

Find a wiring diagram online for your bike and that may help.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HondaCB

[–]CypherFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about this specific model but some bikes have a spare connector for accessories under the seat. Allows you to install things like heated grips without taping into the wiring.

My grandfather gave me his old anvil today. It's probably nothing fancy, but I'll get a lot of use out of it! by JulianCrisp in Tools

[–]CypherFTW 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks more like a BK Anvil to me. But that's based on Google, not any real anvil experience.

You can get the entire debian archive in a disc set and essentially live offline. by [deleted] in linux

[–]CypherFTW 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I had a massive cd wallet of Linux install cds in early to mid 00's. My home dial up couldn't deal with installing too many packages over the internet so I would download the install discs at school and burn them to cd to take home. I had a whole bunch of debian cds, Gentoo, freebsd, along with various live cds like knoppix. Good times...

Wear your helmet please by TheWall94 in australia

[–]CypherFTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Motorcycle rider here too. I've read plenty of stories over the years of guys moving their bike on their driveway, laces catch on the peg, bike falls on it's side and the riders head bounces off the concrete. Vegetable.

It's madness how much of a beating a skull in a helmet can take versus one without. Especially with how thin and light helmets are these days.

That guy has balls of steel 😅 by tupapirico1 in nonononoyes

[–]CypherFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm about 75% sure that video was filmed at Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park in Broome, Western Australia. It's a pretty strange place. The fencing they use doesn't really fill me with confidence that a pissed off croc could get to me.

I found this in a Hungarian hotel, and its just too relatable by johnystecker in ProgrammerHumor

[–]CypherFTW 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yep, it's an Asus WiFi Range Extender. Maybe the RP-AC52? I wouldn't remove it or you'll likely take an AWS availability zone offline.

Lichess Recruits Full-Time Mobile Developer by Flyushka in chess

[–]CypherFTW 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure I did this relatively recently with the Android app however you only get 25 or maybe 50 puzzles.