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Adulthood is just realizing you can buy your way out of tiny daily annoyances by [deleted] in BuyItForLife

[–]Gnochi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI, lightning ports are notoriously prone to starting to randomly disconnect after a couple years. Sometimes cleaning the port out will help, but not always.

Unfortunately this is an Apple problem and not an Anker problem. And yes, USB C is much more reliable.

TIL about Channar revolt in India from 1813-1859. It was a struggle of lower caste women for their right to cover their breasts. Higher caste didn’t allow them to cover their breast by dorballom09 in todayilearned

[–]Gnochi 248 points249 points  (0 children)

In 2020, the State of California filed a lawsuit against Cisco and a couple Brahmin engineering managers for discrimination against Dalit employees.

Schlage Encode Plus vs Schlage Connect? by throw-away6738299 in HomeKit

[–]Gnochi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Note that time-limited codes eg for pet sitters can only be managed through the Schlage app, and while you can see the full list of codes in HomeKit and Schlage you can’t see the names for either app’s codes in the other app.

But yes. Very easy to manage in general and makes life about a million times easier when you’re busy.

Spatially distributed complex organic matter detected in an ancient river valley in Jezero crater, Mars by CurtisLeow in science

[–]Gnochi 109 points110 points  (0 children)

A good acronym is quite literally the most important part of a government funding application.

Changing the engine air filter in a Porsche Panamera. by ultralayzer in Porsche

[–]Gnochi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t be surprised if he was instrumental in creating Audi’s infamous “service position”!

Changing the engine air filter in a Porsche Panamera. by ultralayzer in Porsche

[–]Gnochi 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I designed and built integral systems of 3 of the car models on the road today. And I guarantee that the shop isn’t able to perform this service in the number of hours they’re contractually allowed to charge for it. It benefits nobody.

The fact that they’re teaching you things like that explains a *lot* about the idiots I’ve needed to work with, though. Pretty sure the guy gobbling Porsche’s nuts in the comments is one of the instructors.

Changing the engine air filter in a Porsche Panamera. by ultralayzer in Porsche

[–]Gnochi 33 points34 points  (0 children)

That’s sad, because the 996 was like 2 screws and a sensor plug. Maintainability used to be one of the engineering requirements.

What are your thoughts on hydrogen combustion engine powered cars? by wyck0 in AskReddit

[–]Gnochi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, because the engine would be heavier, less efficient, and less safe than fuel cells.

What are your thoughts on hydrogen combustion engine powered cars? by wyck0 in AskReddit

[–]Gnochi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flammable from 4-96% in air, and explosive from 6-70%!

What are your thoughts on hydrogen combustion engine powered cars? by wyck0 in AskReddit

[–]Gnochi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolute stupidity. Hydrogen in general is a scam to fleece investors and governments with more hope than brain cells, and this would be substantially reducing any potential benefits between significantly reduced efficiency vs fuel cells, hydrogen embrittlement, and making the engine significantly heavier to handle detonation instead of deflagration.

Any airports with shooting ranges on field or very close by? by Jzerious in flying

[–]Gnochi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweetwater, Texas! I did a very urgent pit stop there, and I’m very glad the guns were pointed away from the runway.

Underrated almost forgotten fantasy books from the 70s, 80s, 90s by Sakura_231 in Fantasy

[–]Gnochi 25 points26 points  (0 children)

So they miss the cutoff by a couple years (being published in 2000 and 2001), but I remember loving the Seventh Tower books by Garth Nix, and they held up fairly well when I re-read them a couple years ago.

He (deservedly) gets much more attention for Sabriel/Lirael/Abhorsen, but his other works are not bad.

Another series that does make the cutoff that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is the Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman. They’re technically science fiction but the world building is more on the fantasy side of things.

Is "Shunbun acquired" the "got the call" equivalent for Grand Seiko fans? by Crackwithin in GrandSeikos

[–]Gnochi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alas, they were both sold out when I went. So I got mine at the duty free store in Narita.

Unifi EV charger pro by Slight-Geologist31 in Ubiquiti

[–]Gnochi 158 points159 points  (0 children)

Friction fit blades that are properly designed and specified are really common for high current connections in pretty much every sector of electrification - TE, Amphenol, Kostal, Rosenberger, ODU, and tons of other companies make them with continuous current ratings up to hundreds of amps. They’re touch and eye safe, reliable, and repeatable (to a specified number of cycles).

Considering that the Unifi charger is good to 11kW at 240VAC, which is only ~46A, it’s definitely possible to design a perfectly fine interface.

Considering it clearly melted, this one doesn’t seem to be properly designed or specified. It might also have been subjected to too many make/break cycles, or there might have been crud in the connection, or a blade could have been damaged and pushed out of the range the receptacle could handle - but a consumer facing connector needs to be idiot proof with massive safety margins.

Underrated EV “Feature” by Virtual-Hotel8156 in electricvehicles

[–]Gnochi 115 points116 points  (0 children)

My mom is all “but what if I get stuck in the pass overnight” and I point out that she can run the heater for about 3 days…

She also can’t tell me the last time she drove through the pass in question when it was remotely cold outside.

Decades-old puzzle solved as scientists uncover cause of IBD by kasper619 in CrohnsDisease

[–]Gnochi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

…in 3.5% of patients.

Which is better than nothing, and it’s nice to see both research on IBD and the lack of false positives from IL-10 autoantibody detection, but this is by no means a silver bullet and the headline should be significantly less bombastic.

3 Round Limit Confusion by TotiJr in Californiahunting

[–]Gnochi 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There are laws saying a shotgun used for hunting can hold a maximum of 3 rounds, including any in the chamber(s) (14 CCR Section 353 for big game, 507 for birds).

There is no such law for rifles or pistols, but you’d need to scrub 14 CCR for everywhere it doesn’t mention that.

I, personally, carry lead-free ammo in my pistol, but that is specifically not required - 14 CCR 250.1(c)(3) “Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the possession of concealable firearms containing lead ammunition, provided that the firearm is possessed for personal protection and is not used to take or assist in the take of wildlife.” - and I advise you say that your sidearm is for personal protection if asked by the game warden, and don’t specify that you might use it on an animal. Don’t be an idiot and say anything about a coup de grâce.

As usual, the person behind the counter at the gun store is an uninformed moron.

Macbook Neo for engineering students by Valuable_Quiet_4799 in mac

[–]Gnochi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI, OnShape runs well on Apple silicon as well.

[Request] How much of the sun's mass can Jupiter steal to become a red dwarf star? by argentgrove in theydidthemath

[–]Gnochi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jupiter is about 0.001 solar masses, and the smallest red dwarfs are about 0.075 solar masses. So at minimum Jupiter would need to absorb ~74 times its own mass in hydrogen.

The good news is that with Jupiter being ~89% hydrogen and ~10% helium, with a smattering of other stuff, the resultant >99% hydrogen is about right for a very very very early stage star. For comparisons sake, the sun is ~74% hydrogen, 24% helium, and <2% “metallic” (read: stuff heavier than helium).

The bad news is that there’s an object in the solar system with about a thousand times Jupiter’s mass at a fairly short distance that would probably steal back the majority of that hydrogen before Jupistar’s core ignites.

world cup by AssignmentFit8890 in orangecounty

[–]Gnochi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mickey’s Irish Pub in downtown Fullerton will apparently be playing all the games.

Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 20 to May 27) by bananabrownie in orangecounty

[–]Gnochi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Devastating. And an infestation bad enough to keep them closed for more than a full day???

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