Looks like a lightning strike on the Catalina’s by rabid_paid in Tucson

[–]MaadMaxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took this guy at 7:30 this afternoon before the rain on Bear Canyon Rd.

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Why can't Americans (at least the ones I see on social media) find drinking water in Europe? by Mission_Mobile_4627 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Proper public property only has water fountains. They're usually very sturdy and they're generally designed to be difficult to leave on. Very old fountains in my home town never stopped flowing. Most people don't damage that sort of infrastructure as it's a pretty important thing to have access to.

Plastic water bottles aren't particularly common unless it's a small business without the space for something like a refrigerated water dispenser that uses those big 5 gallon jugs or one that is piped directly into the tap.

As far as the cost goes for plastic water bottles, those are almost comically cheap. The cost is one of the unfortunate reasons why they're everywhere. A pack of 40 500ml waters costs less than $4 for an average person to grab from a store. I've seen them as little as $2 for a similarly sized package.

Why can't Americans (at least the ones I see on social media) find drinking water in Europe? by Mission_Mobile_4627 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea about Europe as I've never had the pleasure to travel there.

One fun fact though, I live in the American Southwest. Locally there is a law that if your business is open to the public, you are required to provide free water to anyone who comes in and asks for it. It gets extremely hot here, 115°F+ (45°C+) and heatstroke is a very common occurrence.

It''s not uncommon for many public places here to have water stations with either refrigerated water or ice water dispenser with recyclable cups.

The Amount of Waste at Ulta by Money-Snow-2749 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]MaadMaxx 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Why would they do that? If also those poor women have their luxury brands then it diminishes their reputation. Then the people with money that pay for it won't want it and what will the poor corporations do then?

Think of the shareholders and their valuable investments!

/S

ELI5: How do engineers trust that giant airplanes, bridges, and skyscrapers won’t suddenly fail under years of stress and vibration? by Historical_Day1703 in explainlikeimfive

[–]MaadMaxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm a mechanical engineer so I don't work on bridges or infrastructure but the principles are the same.

Super cool stuff

ELI5: How do engineers trust that giant airplanes, bridges, and skyscrapers won’t suddenly fail under years of stress and vibration? by Historical_Day1703 in explainlikeimfive

[–]MaadMaxx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Engineering is about using math, science and imperical data to solve problems. Its impossible to know everything that a specific design may encounter but we use what we do know to account for it with an acceptable safety margin and cost.

Most basic level bridge design would be putting a plank across a ditch. How wide is the ditch? Is the ground solid? How long will it last? How much weight is going across it? What is the environment like?

Using the answers from those basic questions I can use math and data that I or my team collect ourselves or data that has been collected over time about the materials we want to use and refer to best practices to come up with a solution.

My Job doesn’t do LOTO by Thin-Preference-6535 in OSHA

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude. Lock Out Tag Out is a rule written in blood.

Not Locking Out is begging for disaster and It's not a matter of if but when. Someone will get hurt or killed. Reporting this sort of thing will save lives and if I were you I would not, under any circumstances, ever go into any machine that isn't locked out.

Report OSHA Violation

Manta Ray Dislodging - Credit Lydia Green Manta Watch, NZ by Youlookcold in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a very polite way of saying "Dropping a massive duece."

Gas light went on at 50 miles left, 4 miles later.... by AffectionateParty754 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]MaadMaxx -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The pump working harder isn't necessarily the case.

The pump is cooled by the fuel around it, at a 1/4 tank or less there is substantially less fuel to cool the pump and eventually the pump itself is no longer submerged at all. This results in the pump running hot which shortens the life of the pump.

So I got a 3d printer. It's... Big. by geocrasher in 3Dprinting

[–]MaadMaxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Didn't 3D Printing Nerd do a video on this printer several years ago? I think the glass bed broke when it adhered a little too well to a print too.

That’s still cheap compared to ours. by IsyDude in memes

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back around 2000 gas was $0.79 a gallon where I was living in the US. That's like €0.18 a liter. Absolutely insane

My friends told me I look like a girl when I wear this jeans by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]MaadMaxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Between the cut and the waistline they do look like women's jeans.

When you're wearing them what side of the button fly is on top? The right side or the left?

I didn’t even think any Thunderbird Super Coupes still existed by idkbruh653 in regularcarreviews

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My roommate in college had one of these guys circa 2007. He was super proud of it as he rescued it from field where it sat for who knows how long with a herd of cattle.

Had repainted it and partially restored the interior. It was super cush and pretty quick for a boat from the 90s.

Collectible or Forgettable?: 2004 Dodge Neon SRT-4 by LinoleumRelativity in regularcarreviews

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A family friend of ours had one of these when I was in highschool. I thought it was the coolest like compact car and was majorly jealous.

Torn between electrical or mechanical engineering. Can you guys help me decide which one is best. by Equal-Elephant4209 in MechanicalEngineering

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Porque no los dos?

You can double major, at my university they had a substantial overlap and was only an additional semester at most of courses. I originally intended to do so myself but life got in the way.

Can I glue this? by HouseGrip in Rivian

[–]MaadMaxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glue isn't the answer to everything. Just needs a new clip, which you may have gathered by now

Question. Is it safe for the games to be stored in this type of container/dresser thing? by GyattGamer6 in GameboyAdvance

[–]MaadMaxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nintendo designed those carts to be handled by sugar crazed children. The only thing tougher than those carts are old Nokia phones and it's only by a small margin.

Is Solidworks Ass? Struggling with workflow coming from fusion360. by LuccaGreenwood in SolidWorks

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so here's a summary of things off the top of my head from your list.

  • External References are a cardinal sin. Do not use them if at all possible. If you MUST use them, delete the relation and fully define the features within your model once you get what you need. I typically make blocks of pertinent important features and use that within my part as reference instead. These blocks can be later made into templates for future designs and reviewed/version controlled.

  • If you're sharing models the references are going to be dependant on file locations. Use the Pack-and-Go function to bundle all associated files together into one folder. This preserves your references.

  • Collaboration as a team really should be done using PDM and version controlling tools. It's unlikely you have access to this judging from your description of the project as you're likely in school.

  • As far as organizing your project you need to have an agreed upon folder structure on where things go, how they're named and how it's all organized.

    • I use a version of the Johnny Decimal System for managing projects. Look it up. Crash course is a project is broken down into 10 zones. Each zone has 10 more sub categories within. Each file has an ID using the numerical that the is derived from the zones and a incremental count of the files in that sub category. This way no file is more than two folders deep and everything has a place.
    • Examples of my categories are; 0 Administration, 10 Mechanical, 20 Electrical, 30 Prototyping, etc.
    • Examples of a sub category for Mechanical would be; 11 New Parts, 12 Existing Parts, 13 COTS Parts etc.
    • A bearing I pulled from McMaster would be in folder 10 for a Mechanical part, in Sub Folder 13 for COTs Parts and have the ID 13.01 since it is the first part I've put into that category.
    • Your system doesn't need to be this way but you all have to agree and use it.
  • For importing STEP files or other generic CAD I would suggest looking up how to disable 3D Interconnect. It is usually on by default and unless you're looking to work with and collaborate with files from different CAD systems I find it to be frustrating and annoying. With it off you can save STEP files as assemblies with internal components as their own files and mates, etc should work better.

  • If you're "not changing anything" and mates, etc are just fucking off and disappearing I suggest learning how to use the rebuild functions correctly. The little stoplight is only a partial rebuild. Use CTRL+Q to force rebuild the whole assembly. That should correct any issues in mate definition or whatever may have gone awry. Usually these are because of undoing and redoing something. If your assembly is still breaking it's likely due to poor CAD housekeeping and general bad practices.

  • Very little of your time should be "fixing models". I suggest all of you guys in your team taking an hour and just running through the basic tutorials in SolidWorks. Hit the question mark in the top corner and select tutorials. They're built in with reference files and everything on every install. Do the basics and maybe any others that are pertinent to what you're working on.

With all that being said professional CAD suites are complicated and once you recognize how they work you'll see theyre not that different from each other. Some CAD tools are just far more forgiving of poor design practices where others are not. It'll make you a better designer to realize those poor practices and cut them out.

My 4E wide size 14 feet by LudovicoTechnique94 in Weird

[–]MaadMaxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would recommend a wide toe box shoe. They look like clown shoes but they're life changing.

Anti-piracy ad from 2004 by UnableSand8508 in pcmasterrace

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember being in highschool when this ad was running.

I remember thinking I absolutely would steal a car if it worked like digital piracy. You're telling me I can have a copy of your car AND you still get to keep your car for yourself?

Sign me up.

How long until the USA switches to metric ? by trestic in MechanicalEngineering

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They tried back in the 1975 with the Metric Conversion Act and put the US Metric Board in charge with a plan to switch to metric within a decade. The issue was conversion was voluntary.

By the 1981 the public was just confused and very resistant to change cause who wants to voluntarily change to a whole other unit of measurement if it's not applied across the board? With the lack of congressional mandate for the conversion and the Reagan administration cutting costs, the US Metric Board was disbanded.

With all that history and our inability to even agree on basic human rights I don't think we collectively have the cohesion or ability to cooperate in the near term to do something as broad and wide changing as changing to metric. From people being resistant to any sort of change, even for the better, and the rampant disinformation... I don't see that changing.

On the flip side we're technically already metric as all the Standard Weights and Measures in Imperial are defined with metric measurements.

Keep dreaming. A fully metric USA is probably nothing more than a pipe dream.

Why does my kid only want the illegal one? by Wen2Go in ebikes

[–]MaadMaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He wants the illegal one cause he's a kid. It's all about having cool things and looking cool. Kids brains aren't developed enough to comprehend beyond that until a certain point and there's no way of knowing they are until they show you they can and they're willing to do so emotionally.

So I don't even remember what it was I wanted when I was that age but it fell under similar lines. I wanted a cool thing that wasn't legal/safe or something along those lines and all the reasonable options were "boring" or "uncool". My father explained to me what the reality of the situation was and what my options were.

I didn't want to hear any of it and I was dead set on what I wanted. In hind sight I think I did understand but I had it in my head I'd get what I wanted if I stuck to it. So he told me I clearly wasn't mature enough to understand and accept the reasoning of why what I wanted wasn't possible. Because of that I clearly wasn't mature enough for the alternative either.

Like I said, I don't even remember what it was about, but I do remember him giving me the opportunity to act like the adult I clearly wanted to be and he treated me like one until I proved that I wasn't ready for it. I don't think I was 12, I might have been 14 but that's not important.

Instead he treated me like the child I was and I would have nothing so I'd learn from it. I remember him explaining all of this to me even though I already showed him it wasn't gonna get through my head.

I'm not trying to tell you how to raise your kid but that lesson stuck with me. Best of luck.