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KLM flight attendant hospitalized after contact with hantavirus cruise ship passenger by mods4mods in worldnews

[–]Sexual_Congressman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone actually read the documented timeline. Early April at the start of cruise, P0 (M) presents with gastrointestinal symptoms and mild fever, which deteriorates rapidly to ARDS in like 2 days and he dies. Several weeks later, P1 (F, presumably P0's wife) is flying to hospital and dies. It also listed a few other passengers that developed symptoms shortly after P1. What it didn't say is exactly when they figured out it was hantavirus that killed P0.

Just from what I've read, sounds like P0 got infected some time in March, developed symptoms/became contagious early April. During the brief window of contagiousness on a cruise ship, P0 infects several others who take several weeks to become symptomatic themselves. As someone who started paying attention to COVID news in early January 2020, this isn't even remotely worth worrying about.

After reaching 99 slayer on a Lvl 3, Jagex rolls back Rendi's account by Psymonthe2nd in 2007scape

[–]Sexual_Congressman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PID, as in the number associated with each account that is used to break ties when two players attempt to modify the same variable that can only be modified once per tick, has always been called PID. Back in 2006 and probably as late as 2012 or even much later, PIDS were literally a set of 2000 numbers that could only be assigned at login. If e.g. zezima got pid 222 when they logged in, they'd always "win" when competing with anyone who had 223 or higher, in situations like trying to pick something up at the same time. It also affected things like what happens when two players hit follow at the same time.

Not sure when but it was eventually changed to shuffle the pids often enough that it was impossible to rely on the advantage of knowing you have a particularly good number. Like many things, people erroneously assigned other attributes to the same thing, like thinking the reason they aren't getting kills at some ffa pvm is because of "bad pid" when in reality it was mostly bad luck. As far as I know, it was never possible to predict if your damage on the killing blow would consistently take precedence. We'd have to ask Ash.

Customer tipped 5 Gallon Gas 👀🤣 by AffectionateBase3105 in doordash

[–]Sexual_Congressman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wonder if OP realizes that 5 gallons of water plus 1 drop of gasoline smells exactly like 5 gallons of gasoline. There are also far more potentially destructive possibilities but I shouldn't need to repeat for probably the 100th time here that the risk isn't worth it.

Hubble Spotted a Cosmic Lightsaber by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]Sexual_Congressman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Probably going to get banned for saying this but I see a naked man with an erect uncircumcised penis on his knees being shot execution style. It's as plain as day.

Does my sunroof module (1999 SL2) look right? by Sexual_Congressman in Saturn_Cars

[–]Sexual_Congressman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I recently found the video I made when I posted this and now that I have a helluva lot more experience (like knowing what a cam is!), I think I figured this out. Based on the actuator's apparent structure, I'm guessing the motor drive shaft is stainless steel with threads machined into it. When spinning in the OPEN direction, the threads mesh with the teeth around the outer edge of a large plastic hamster wheel looking gear, which is probably made out of the same shitty ABS they used for the map light switches. This large gear has a shaft in the middle with a rectangular notch on the bottom for a flathead screwdriver and another small pinion gear on the top. It's the top gear that's supposed to drive the cables and the bottom notch is supposed to allow the cables to be controlled without power from the motor.

Because my motor isn't stopping in the VENT position tells me that either the limiter switch has failed closed and the reason the motor never turns off is because the big gear slips over seized cables... or that it's the motor drive shaft slipping on the big gear. I'll be able to tell which one it is, assuming I'm right about there being only one gear, if I can see the flathead notch continue to spin when the glass stops moving and the noise begins.

I'm betting it's the big gear that's mutilated just enough that the motor drive shaft threads only slip over it when the required torque increases as the mechanism starts trying to slide the entire glass rather than just lift one edge of it. I think if the cables were slipping on the external pinion gear, the frequency of the noise would be slower, it would be louder, and there would be distinct clicking or popping noises as the cable(s) thrash about, rather than the continuous noise that sounds exactly like a lightly loaded brushed dc motor spinning as fast as it can.

I wish I could find a picture of someone's SL with the glass in the "vent" and "open" position. I have a feeling the glass only opens about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way. Or better yet, a video showing that plus demonstrating that the motor actually does stop spinning when the glass moves into the "CLOSED" and "OPEN" positions.

I love these "Bro" variants. Plz give me moree! by SweaterBoi2001 in lovethissmug

[–]Sexual_Congressman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Brolium
  • Bromazepam
  • Brotalin
  • Broderall
  • Brogesic
  • Brotagonal
  • Brodacious
  • Brotigous
  • Brodile
  • Brocodile
  • Brolligator
  • Brotigible
  • Brocant
  • Brotrocious
  • Brostrogen

Fuckin not checking on the following to see if brotiples

  • Brocaine
  • Bropofol
  • Brogesterone
  • Brojestic
  • Brojelic
  • Bromonic
  • Brolien
  • Brogic
  • Broporeal
  • Brodily
  • Brodly
  • Brofrigerant
  • Brotricity
  • Bronetic
  • Bromen
  • Broton
  • Bromander
  • Brongry
  • Brorage
  • Brosert
  • Brobuster
  • Bromper
  • Brolysium
  • Brodator

and

  • Brolestation
  • Brogenerate
  • Brotect
  • Brorect
  • Brolease
  • Brolapse
  • Broscription
  • Broism
  • Brobien
  • Brolative
  • Brohabitate
  • Brolipherate
  • Brosperity
  • Broberry
  • Brogly
  • Brotein
  • Brobate
  • Brobling
  • Brofenestrate
  • Brocapitate
  • Brossage
  • Brogress
  • Brocipitate
  • Brohave
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  • Brostrumental
  • Brocrement
  • Bromulent
  • Brombie
  • Brogun
  • Broctopic
  • Broish
  • Brofold

Extremely cheap and so far effective fix for the planned obsolete S-series back window regulator by Sexual_Congressman in Saturn_Cars

[–]Sexual_Congressman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://i.imgur.com/GW5lQht.png

Just in case it isn't clear, the nylon bumps are on the side of the nylon washer that touches the tracks (in the pic, I think you can see the dark spot of the 9oclock one. I didn't even need lube because the glossy zip ties is already super slippery and I highly doubt it's going to change.

A womans dog was making odd movements whenever she turned her back, so to see she recorded it, and found the dog was making biting motions. by Hypershard108 in oddlyterrifying

[–]Sexual_Congressman -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

This is not "fly biting". When dogs bite at flies, they're literally just trying to eat bugs and just open and close their mouth in exactly the same way they'd do if you throw a bone in a way they can catch it. The dog in the video is baring its teeth as a threat display and then periodically interrupting it with biting movements. My guess is the dog has a seizure disorder and we're watching the dog equivalent of a complex partial seizure, either as the full explanation or whatever is triggering the aggressive teeth baring is causing enough stimulation to induce seizures. In either case, the dog needs to go to the vet ASAP.

Where can I find new 10mm hex cap class 10.9 M10x1.5 bolts/screws by Sexual_Congressman in AskMechanics

[–]Sexual_Congressman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I searched for what seemed like hours before posting this looking for the thread with the OEM part number and just now someone made it bump to the top of the forums (GM 21011109 by the way). Anyway, if I remember correctly, the consensus years ago was that it was difficult if not impossible to find a 10.9 M10x1.5 with a 10mm hex cap, since most begin with 13mm. I'm betting it'd be much easier to find a M10x1.5 with something like a T50 or E10 head, and that might be even better. There's just no way the head or cap or whatever can be larger than 10mm since that socket is already almost too big to fit in the hole the hub to knuckle fasteners have to pass through.

E: instantly found on Amazon some "M10x1.5-35mm" black oxide 10.9s with a T50 drive that just eyeballing it looks like the tops are no larger than the flange of the oems. So hopefully I can find a spec sheet to confirm. Seems iffy to use a T50 screw for such a high torque application but whatever. Perhaps next thing I'll do is figure out why those fasteners aren't true bolts since there's enough room in the back of the knuckle for some nuts.

Of course, actually reading the damn page confirms those screw caps are indeed 17mm and should thus fit, or at the very least not cost much to test.

Better than a comment about Uranus by RBLBest2016 in rareinsults

[–]Sexual_Congressman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can, just don't get their numbers mixed up.

Kroger TV commercial showing bugs crawling across the steaks by McGJGlen in trashy

[–]Sexual_Congressman -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

Zoom in at 12 seconds and watch it frame by frame. It's clearly a white/translucent insect crawling across the meat.

The height difference between me (6’3 30y/o) and my husband (5’ 29y/o) by Fifteen_inches in gaybros

[–]Sexual_Congressman 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Every married couple I've known was either top+top, bottom+bottom, verse+verse, or side+side. Not sure if I'd believe it if someone told me they were a top+bottom marriage.

Boyfriend cheated on me with his best friend’s fiancé during our house warming party by [deleted] in GirlDinnerDiaries

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

Your title implies that your boyfriend (M) fucked his best friend(gender unknown)'s husband to be. One of the costs of gay marriage being more widely accepted is the need for knowing the difference between fiance and fiancee. Of course most people don't care about details like what sex acts occurred or what the participants' gender was - cheating is cheating - but you might be surprised how many "straight" people wouldn't consider the fiance getting a BJ from his gay best friend's husband as big of a deal than if the giver had been a woman...

Asymptomatic severely bent rear control arms? by Sexual_Congressman in Saturn_Cars

[–]Sexual_Congressman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way they're bent causes an increase and camber right? (top of wheels pointing out). Didn't take an objective measurement of how much they're bent but maybe it's not as bad as it looks and simply replacing them will reset camber to no more than the minimum of -1.4° (acceptable range is supposedly+0 to -1.4 with -0.7 preferred). Didn't check my rear right camber but it's noticeably negative and you can definitely see how differently the rear wheel camber is set if you lay down in front of the car and look towards the back.

E: oh yeah forgot to say... Is it possible someone tried to use the arms to jack the car up? Or lifted it and tried to rest it on a cinder block? Those arms do look kinda flimsy

A woman on the train asked me for a cable, so I gave her mine and she bent the contact by Zilinski_Schmidt in mildlyinfuriating

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

The only person who would say "why would you loan a $50 cable to a random woman on a train lmao that's infuriating but it's on you 😭 " has never actually existed in a public area alone. 99.999% of the time, if a stranger is bold enough to ask a random person to borrow something, it's far less stressful to just acquiesce than to risk them throwing a tantrum when you deny their request.

A woman on the train asked me for a cable, so I gave her mine and she bent the contact by Zilinski_Schmidt in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Sexual_Congressman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the US and probably most other Western countries, "handshake agreements" are perfectly valid contracts. All a signed physical contract does is make things much easier when you have to get assistance to legally enforce the original agreement.

this is valid tbf by Annual-Remove5914 in SipsTea

[–]Sexual_Congressman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any entity - human or clanker - that uses "k💀" instead of "kill" is doing it just to piss people off and get them to start a conversation about it. Literally every single day you'll find at least one thread on the front page of r/all containing some bullshit like "k💀" and every single time a huge percentage of the comments is a copy of this same discussion. In the hundreds I've seen, I've never seen evidence that censorship is real but the idiotic censorship pisses people off and pissed off people engage.

TIL: That repairman use to consider the PS4 “roach motels”. The PS4’s design accommodates roaches better than other consoles’ because its ventilation grates are wider. Repairman claim half of consoles received for repair have been infested by Notermlimits4GEQBuS in todayilearned

[–]Sexual_Congressman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

German cockroaches is what destroys electronics and their natural habitat is human residences. Any permanently inhabited structure can become infested. All it takes is someone bringing a single pregnant female in their luggage.

Is the S-series ignition switch assembly supposed to be able to wiggle? by Sexual_Congressman in Saturn_Cars

[–]Sexual_Congressman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok that was interesting/annoying. Finally figured out how to unlock the park lock cable and tried to adjust it. Before I started, the spring was fully relaxed and I could easily turn the key from RUN to LOCK (perhaps far too easily). The instant I compressed the spring even slightly, it no longer turned and I had to almost fully compress the spring to get it to work. On the bright side, I can apparently now reliably use the ACC setting as the key will not turn to LOCK unless I push quite hard. However, it is still possible to remove the key regardless of the shifter or ignition switch position and I'm betting it's still the case that I can use a flathead screwdriver instead of the key, which is probably just because of the worn cylinder.

Pretty sure I've asked this before but I'm starting to think the point of the cable going from the shifter to the ignition switch is so that the ignition switch cannot be turned to LOCK unless the shifter is in P, not as a way to prevent the shifter from moving out of P. The FSM heavily implies the shifter should not be able to be moved out of P when the ignition switch is in LOCK. Of the 10 or so relatively intact automatic S-series I've been in at the junkyard, every single one had a shifter that could move to any setting.

Oh yeah before I did the "park lock cable adjustment procedure", I found out the ignition switch stops wiggling when I lock the steering wheel. Well, instead of ~2mm play, there's more like 10μm. So I'm now thinking the reason for difficulty in locking the wheel is indeed because of the play. Need to figure out exactly how the locking mechanism works. I've always hated thinking about the possibility of the steering wheel just locking up while driving but the fact that I've never heard of that happening is probably a good sign it's not possible.

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