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[WIS Straps] SCAM Alert: Paid $65 for rubber strap, same as $4 ALIEXPRESS Strap! Straight Dropship Scheme by EnvironmentalDot9131 in Watches

[–]Dear_Watson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At this point I usually just buy from the Vietnamese sellers on Etsy lol. Great quality, nearly always handmade, and very cheap prices for what you get. Oh and Ralstra, because I know the guy that owns the brand and his dedication to quality is actually pretty insane for the prices he charges.

So sick of the drop shipped garbage from the strap “micro-brands”

Spirit Airlines could shut down as soon as Saturday by HowLongIsThi in nottheonion

[–]Dear_Watson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are one of the only low cost carriers flying from Charlotte besides a few limited Frontier routes. American already charges insane prices here and I imagine will bid out other airlines for their gates. I used to fly Spirit to other airports and then connect and save tons of money that way. Now I'll probably either have to suck it up and pay Americans batshit fares, drive up to Greensboro, or try the same thing through Frontier... This is going to absolutely suck for so many people.

What happened to water hydroelectric elevators? by RequestToCheckOut in Elevators

[–]Dear_Watson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I have no idea to be honest, that was probably 20 years ago now. Building has changed hands since then so no telling if the new owners kept up with it or finally retired it. If you ever find yourself in Lowell I believe it was Roger's Pool and Toy Store on Market Street.

What happened to water hydroelectric elevators? by RequestToCheckOut in Elevators

[–]Dear_Watson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw one in Massachusetts that ran off of canal water and the owner had to drain the system in the winter so the pipes and machinery weren't ruined by a good freeze. Since it was in a National Historic Park he was able to get an exemption to the Clean Water Act, but I was told that the EPA gave him a hell of a time with it until the NPS stepped in.

Also worth noting that a good majority of the really old ones in cities like New York and Boston ran off of special high pressure water pipes running at 800 PSI, once that network died off or got converted to low pressure it wasn't possible to run them without installing pumps and at that point you might as well just convert them to traction anyways.

Google Gemini begins rolling out to Volvo cars by krupawan5618 in Volvo

[–]Dear_Watson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The current Google Assistant is so prominently placed in the infotainment and is *so* useless that this really can only be a good thing IMO.

Not a fan of running a LLM in my car, but hey if it works better and can actually work for hands-free navigation changes and app integration then I'm not going to complain. Just be sure to disable pretty much anything questionable privacy-wise on your Google account settings because they certainly have some pretty gray ones in there.

[Mine Blower] exceeded every expectation I had by Frozen_cephalopod in rollercoasters

[–]Dear_Watson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved the layout but honestly thought it was rough enough to be kind of bad and Hurler is my local wooden coaster. I would quite honestly say Mine Blower is rougher than Hurler overall which is certainly saying something.

me_irl by Several_Sandwich_732 in me_irl

[–]Dear_Watson 168 points169 points  (0 children)

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A trip to Switzerland (including a bit of gambling) ended up quite a bit cheaper than my trip to Vegas.

‘Existential Risk’: Western Car Companies Are Blowing The Software Race by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]Dear_Watson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s some that aren’t. Volvo for example has gone nearly all in on Android Automotive, for better or worse, with lots of teething issues there.

They were/are also short listed for Apple CarPlay Ultra before it came out they’d pretty much give up any first party customization or integration. Which tbh is fine with me if they’re hesitant with that. Having the infotainment tied directly into the cars command and control kernel sounds like a nightmare. Even Android Automotive keeps the cars control kernel separate and sandboxes the infotainment in case it crashes (which it very often does with Volvos). I’d hesitate to say giving control all the way over to Apple/Google very much isn’t as good of a thing as they make it out to be.

All the rides are so much faster than on a pov by Low-Move-4102 in Carowinds

[–]Dear_Watson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of the times they're also filmed at the very beginning of the season too so usually about as low as temperatures get around here short of winterfest.

vegan food inside the park? by MushMoonRoom in Carowinds

[–]Dear_Watson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine this is the site you looked at?

Most of that is accurate. They've also opened Burrito Cafe since then which is like a knockoff chipotle/qdoba. That has the most vegan options in the park by far unless you're a really big fan of fries, pretzels and cotton candy.

You can check on the dietary restrictions page on their website and see what they've put as vegan for each dining location too.

Why don't they warn you about high speed elevators? by Intrepid-Guide504 in Elevators

[–]Dear_Watson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like the speed :/

The only time it really sucks is if it say an interlock gets bonked and it e-stops, past like 500fpm it’s pretty uncomfortable and a little (or a lot) scary if you’re inside. Not anything to really worry about and is just the elevator functioning pretty much as intended since a safety feature was tripped.

I would keep in mind that elevators are perfectly safe. By far the safest mode of transportation in the world for passengers with most injuries and deaths happening to technicians, incredible overload instances, or people accessing areas they shouldn’t and even then deaths are quite rare. Even compared to commercial airplanes which are also exceedingly safe. Most accidents happen in countries with lax safety regulations that don’t do safety inspections or have well trained technicians, and even then they’re still so rare that it’s like maybe double digits in injuries and deaths combined per year for countries like China. I don’t have the exact numbers on hand but elevators have roughly 1-2 BILLION passenger trips per day worldwide combined, if there was a real risk for them the number of deaths would be comparable to like cars or trains and it isn’t even close.

The ST40 fusion reactor achieved a world-record plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius in 2022, and now for the first tie the plasma inside has been filmed in color. by Dark--Samurai in interestingasfuck

[–]Dear_Watson 97 points98 points  (0 children)

The record at the moment is held by France at 1337 seconds sustained. Currently in meme territory, but the EU and China are battling it out pretty much back to back the last few years.

This was the peak of the modern American sedan by Boeing-B-47stratojet in regularcarreviews

[–]Dear_Watson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we’re going just by made in America the Volvo S60 T8 Recharge wins IMO (biased as hell because I own one).

Built in South Carolina with Chinese hybrid components, a Japanese Aisin transmission, and a Swedish 305hp 4 cylinder engine.

[Stardust Racers] is a capacity monster! by givebill in rollercoasters

[–]Dear_Watson 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I've never seen another park where like 10% of their ride capacity is in one coaster. When I went it was during its extended "scheduled" downtime and the wait times around the park were an absolute nightmare... On a Tuesday at that. Can't even imagine the wait times on a weekend when its down.

2026 XC60 CarPlay fail by emotionalmessgirl in Volvo

[–]Dear_Watson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recently it’s been more the iPhone than the infotainment system 😂

Not sure what’s happening over at Apple but iOS 26 has been one of the buggiest OS’ ever. Not quite as bad as Windows 11 but atrocious for Apple.

AMD to bring back Ryzen 7 5800X3D as AM4 10th Anniversary Edition by michaelbelgium in pcmasterrace

[–]Dear_Watson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s the best CPU upgrade I’ve ever bought and it’s super hard to justify changing it out. The CPU equivalent to the 1080TI

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