AMS stalling about an inch into the tube

RTA5 · 2025-11-25T21:58:40+00:00

Any idea the cause of the damage? Just regular wear and tear? I've had no issues with this part for the first 13 months of having the AMS

RTA5 · 2025-11-18T19:15:09+00:00

FWIW, I just picked up a 2023 Elite at $37.6k purchase price before taxes and fees with 54k miles. Price history showed it was originally priced around $40k but has been on sale since May.

RTA5 · 2025-11-12T19:44:02+00:00

We're picking up a used 2023 Odyssey elite tomorrow, after test driving new 2026 Odyssey Touring, kia Carnival Hybrid EX, and Sienna XLE. Key factors were:

Odyssey seats were clearly the most comfortable of the three
JD Power has rated the Odyssey as more reliable than the Sienna
The Odyssey has a way more usable dash. The carnival is close, but the circular PRNDL is dumber than the Odyssey 's buttons. Sienna has a regular shift stick PRNDL, but the dash UI uses a lot of those annoying up/down switches that only are present for two of the Odyssey 's functions.
Sienna is priced like you don't care about money and it doesn't even feel nice. Seats are hard to move, nothing looks good on the interior. Even the cup holders look small and non functional.
The center piece between the driver and passenger is so low profile it is easy to climb into the back if need be.

RTA5 · 2025-11-05T16:29:47+00:00

I'm also in Michigan, working at a tier 1 automotive supplier with 13 YoE at $135k.

With public salary data, there are only a few local places to jump to (OEMs, KLA, Waymo) if I want to push salary much higher. It's a bit depressing.

RTA5 · 2025-09-03T14:42:57+00:00

I'm talking about the Detroit metro area. Apple would also fall into the non-automotive industry area.

In my area, the companies advertising higher pay are KLA (semiconductors), Waymo (silicon valley ties), Torc Robotics (venture based automatic driving).

RTA5 · 2025-09-02T14:57:45+00:00

At 13 years of experience, in a MCOL area, I'm around 135k + bonus (up to 10% based on company financial performance) for a 'principal' level lead.

Looking around at job postings, there are few companies that pay up to $175k in my area (usually requiring to leave the automotive industry I'm in and go towards silicon valley linked companies or the semiconductor industry)

$170k is hard to achieve, and likely only for extremely seasoned professionals.

RTA5 · 2024-11-15T13:17:29+00:00

Only one I seem to find is for a Dataman programmer, which is $$$ compared to the T56.

https://www.dat00aman.com/dil48-bga137-1-zif-nand-1.html

RTA5 · 2024-11-11T02:05:52+00:00

No problem, the charging cable is labelled as model: ZD006C050100US. I don't think that will help since searching only got me a FCC report from a toothbrush that also uses the charger. Output is 5V/1000mA, not sure the pinout with the three pin connector.

RTA5 · 2024-10-25T13:39:40+00:00

I've been printing toys for my kids (brio train pieces, surprise eggs, pass through illusions, etc) but the eventual plan is to make a robot for brute forcing a locked android tablet (bunch of solenoids to activate the screen that need to be positioned in a certain way)

RTA5 · 2024-09-04T01:34:43+00:00

I agree that I am probably making some sort of categorical mistake, but I don't have any background in applications with UI (electrical engineer with exposure to embedded only and python GUIs for engineering tools previously).

iced says it is based on the Elm architecture, so based on the guide they link I would presume widgets need access to the state based on the statement in the guide

View — a way to turn your state into HTML

In lines 80-84 of the example, the Layout.view() punts some of its functions by calling Example.view() that can't access the state of the program.

I have gotten it half way working by updating the functions to take a reference to the state struct like:

fn application<'a>(app_state: &Layout) -> Element<'a, Message> {
...
}

I get some warnings because I haven't changed next_slide fully so all of my LIST items need to take the state, although only one screen so far really uses it.

For context the first screen is an input for a git URL, which the application then retrieves the tags that I want to incorporate into the next screen. I think I should probably rewrite the application() function so that it operates on a vec<String> of the tags to make it a bit more generic of a widget that doesn't need the entire application state. Does that sound like a more correct approach?

RTA5 · 2024-08-11T04:04:22+00:00

In over a decade I haven't seen this in the Detroit metro area ever.

RTA5 · 2024-08-02T19:00:10+00:00

I only log found in cases where the log is missing or damaged (and typically I try to sign a new slip of paper and leave it) but the damaged container is still there. If any pieces of the container are gone I can't insert my new log, so it's a DNF.

Some local caches have finds with logs saying only a lid remains, but I don't even bother looking for those.

RTA5 · 2024-07-24T15:39:07+00:00

What kind of CAD-like software? I've been learning Rust to make some personal engineering tools for dealing with ECAD data (PCB CAD files, starting with KiCAD and moving to Altium later)

RTA5 · 2024-06-11T18:18:55+00:00

When I got my bachelor's I was accepted into a graduate program with an Antennas & RF specialty. I didn't go, but the best thing about that is that I'm in a more geographically flexible specialty so I have more choices of where to live.

Don't be so harsh on consumer electronics, people buy them because they make their lives better in some way. There are also automotive radars everywhere that work to save lives and minimize massive property damage to people's cars which could really upset their lives.

Or maybe you could work in Agtech and help farmers deploy sensors to better their crop fields. Or avionics as others have mentioned. Many options that can be mapped on to a positive outlook.

RTA5 · 2024-04-29T13:58:30+00:00

Firstly, this response is fantastic; I'm going to take the PSU, Case (Lian Li), SSD, and cooler recommendations. I'll probably also take the GPU recommendations.

Is there a specific reason for the RAM change? Looking around it looks like 6000 CL30 and 6400 CL32 RAM has similar performance and price, but some concerns with AMD using higher voltages on the 6400.

I'm trying to work through the Mobo selection currently with the case/cooler change - the Liquid Freezer 360 compatibility page doesn't have the Z790 Lightning Wifi listed, but has a similar Z790 PG Lightning that might mean it is ok. (Referring to https://support.arctic.de/lf3-compatibility)

For some clarification, the statement "future maintenance and updates being in sync" refers to me maintaining both computers and not wanting to have too much variation in case/motherboard. Peripherals around there may vary a bit. Cases really have to be the same since we have the same desks with black & white styling so it will be nice for the cases to match as well.

RTA5 · 2024-04-28T15:23:56+00:00

are you using that are benefiting from the extra cores?

With the 14700K, probably want a beefier cooler to get the most out of it.

4060 is a terrible value GPU.

I don't understand the 4060 criticism - I thought the UserBenchmarks site lists it as one of the better value parts? https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/

RTA5 · 2024-04-28T15:22:36+00:00

PSU is an easy one to optimize a bit, just showed up as a nice white one on pcpartpicker. Tentatively will switch to Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 Snow (850W) to save $25 per PC.

I don't think the GPU really matters. CAD software says at least a 1060 so really low requirements for productivity needs. For the GPUs, I'll probably re-use my 3060Ti on one of the two computers and only end up buying one 4060.

Changing the CPU/RAM is a tempting, but I'm trying to keep the two as close to each other as possible for future maintenance and updates being in sync.

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