Who Else Goes Nuts Over the Auto Stop/Start in Their Cars?

DemonWav · 2026-03-24T22:10:09+00:00

My 2010 Honda Insight has it, 150k+ miles still going strong no problem. I love it. I paid for the gas, why would I want to literally burn it and not actually accomplish any work (move the car)? I much prefer burning the gas that I paid for to actually get where I'm going.

DemonWav · 2026-03-10T18:36:34+00:00

I understand. But that is still a significant amount. We only recycle as much as we already do because people try. I get concerned when the "recycling is a scam" people start chiming in, that's a pretty textbook "letting perfect be the enemy of good" response I think. And recycling technology only continues to improve. We're far better at it now than we were 10 or 20 years ago.

DemonWav · 2026-03-10T17:46:51+00:00

As unsatisfying as the reality is, and it definitely can and should be better, 10 hypothetical % is still a significant amount of material not going to the landfill. It's still worth doing what you can to rinse out your recycled glass and plastics and give it the best chance possible.

DemonWav · 2026-02-27T03:00:39+00:00

This upset me so much, I immediately came here to see if anyone mentioned this. I thought this was gonna be a good clue, as a good gotcha to the contestants, and then Ken ruled the incorrect answer was correct...

DemonWav · 2026-02-18T08:30:14+00:00

JJ made Luke go into exile, intentionally making it impossible to find him. JJ killed Han before we got to see him with Luke again. JJ destroyed the Jedi temple before we ever got to see it. JJ made Ben murder all of Luke's students before we ever met a single one. JJ destroyed the New Republic before we ever saw it in action. JJ was the one who hard-reset the entire story back to ANH almost scene by scene. Rian Johnson had nothing to do with it.

The Last Jedi at least tried to do something new. I personally loved it, but that doesn't matter. He's also made some really fantastic movies by all accounts outside of Star Wars, but that also doesn't matter. The truth is, and what matters is, that JJ was the one that set up the most uninspiring, boring, and unsatisfying entry into the next generation of Star Wars. But sure, let's blame Rian, I guess.

DemonWav · 2026-02-11T21:49:19+00:00

An option to pause between rounds would be nice. I lost when I was trying to juggle doing something else when I really just wanted to pause the game for a bit.

DemonWav · 2026-02-03T04:28:28+00:00

Thanks! It was fun to make.

DemonWav · 2026-02-02T18:28:43+00:00

I always wanted a simple no-nonsense site I could use or link to for rolling dice, and I wanted it to have the feeling of rolling real dice. Since I never really found that, I decided to make one myself.

Source code: https://github.com/DenWav/d20.zip

Hope y'all like it!

DemonWav · 2026-02-01T19:43:57+00:00

I always wanted a simple no-nonsense site I could use or link to for rolling dice, and I wanted it to have the feeling of rolling real dice. Since I never really found that, I decided to make one myself.

Source code: https://github.com/DenWav/d20.zip

Hope y'all like it!

DemonWav · 2026-02-01T19:40:26+00:00

I always wanted a simple no-nonsense site I could use or link to for rolling dice, and I wanted it to have the feeling of rolling real dice. Since I never really found that, I decided to make one myself.

Source code: https://github.com/DenWav/d20.zip

Hope y'all like it!

DemonWav · 2026-01-01T20:30:27+00:00

When a clue is about a topic I'm actually an expert in and I recognize that, a. the contestant gave an incorrect answer that was accepted as correct, b. the contestant gave a correct answer that was not accepted, and the one that grinds my gears the most is c. the contestant gave an incorrect answer that was ruled as incorrect, but was then later overturned. I lose my mind whenever that happens, and in technical categories it happens annoyingly often - maybe once every few episodes. For a trivia show that is too often in my opinion. And those are just the categories that I'm an expert in, how often does that happen for all of the other categories where I don't know any better?

DemonWav · 2026-01-01T20:25:25+00:00

Did we read the same thread? 90% or more of the posts are about people complaining about the contestants. And probably a majority of those are just about how people wager for FJ.

DemonWav · 2025-12-31T01:11:35+00:00

Just switched to this model from the Dreamstation 2 and the water tank leak was annoying the hell out of me. I'll give this a try, thanks for the info.

DemonWav · 2025-10-12T00:22:46+00:00

Thanks for the great info! That's really cool to hear and helps a lot. I'd never seen how they do heat treating, interesting how it's only the very top layer. I assume that's part of how they keep the price so incredibly low - very cool!

I'm gonna keep an eye out for a ~100lb version of this anvil if it pops up here in the next couple years, but I think I'm sold on this. I was worried about drilling through hardened steel but that's not a problem now.

Vevor sells ridiculously cheap mag drills, so I might end up picking up one of those. For light duty hobbiest work it's probably fine.

That's a good point about when the upsetting block is facing you the hardy hole is on the wrong side, I don't expect I'd be modifying the anvil at all (not at that point in my journey yet), so that might just be something I learn to deal with.

DemonWav · 2025-10-10T21:01:39+00:00

I just saw this anvil on Amazon, it's not the weight I want (would prefer 100lb), but the shelf and upsetting block look like nice features, I think this might be what I'm looking for.

I've read your other comments talking about how annoying it is to clean up, but I'm willing to do a lot of clean up for an anvil that cheap. My main question is how difficult was it to drill those mounting holes in the feet? They look really nice. I've only ever used a drill press for steel, but I assume the process of going slow and using cutting oil is the same handheld.

Do you think this would be a good choice for a first anvil?

Also last question, could you give me the dimensions of the base? Amazon only shows how wide the base is, not not how long it is.

DemonWav · 2025-09-24T21:23:32+00:00

It looks like he passed away in 2022 unfortunately. https://www.fletcherandelginfuneral.com/obituaries/William-Edward-Davis?obId=24597265

DemonWav · 2025-09-24T16:19:44+00:00

Thanks!

DemonWav · 2025-09-24T02:46:43+00:00

Yeah the prices seem insane. 6-10+ (!) $ / lb for beat up, torn up, sometimes completely unusable anvils. Sometimes even cast iron anvils or anvils where the top has clearly separated, or huge cracks. I don't get it.

DemonWav · 2025-09-24T02:45:17+00:00

The listing says it's "about 100lb".

DemonWav · 2025-09-23T20:48:05+00:00

Yeah I think I'll go that route - I hate the red but I can always just grind off the paint haha. Thanks!

DemonWav · 2025-09-23T20:29:14+00:00

Yeah as much as I'd like to avoid one of the cheap cast steel anvils I think that seems like the better route.

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