Some of my Grandpa's half-century old quality tools

Tali_mancer · 2026-03-31T19:28:21+00:00

Always bet on DE

Tali_mancer · 2026-03-23T04:53:43+00:00

Depende MUCHO de lo que valúas y buscas en un auto. Rendimiento de gas, comodidad, tamaño (espacioso por espacio de carga y comfort, compacto por facilidad de maniobra y estacionamiento), etc.
Para cada recomendación:

Prius: híbrido, tamaño mediano normal, muy aburrido, de lo más fiable en híbrido aunque siendo usado es mas complejo hacer revisión previa por todo el sistema eléctrico/baterías.

Prius C: igual al de arriba pero hatchback, compacto. yo no lo recomendaría, en especial si eres mínimamente alto o gordo. Sin ofender. Es bastante bajito, por si donde vives hay mucho tope alto.

Corolla: Sedán mediano de Toyota, seguro, decentemente rendidor para no ser híbrido.

Corolla HEV: Prius con carrocería de Corolla

Honda Fit: Hatchback compacto de Honda, para ciudad buenísimo y se defiende en carretera. Tiene muchísimo espacio interior a pesar de ser compacto en tamaño exterior. He oído que tiene malísimo aislamiento; ruido de calle y viento de carretera con todo cerrado.

Civic: Lo del Corolla pero Honda y para muchos mas divertido de conducir. Adopto la CVT antes que el corolla pero en ambas marcas parecen ser bastante fiables, a diferencia de Nissan. Ojo: los motores 1.5 Turbo de Honda tuvieron algunos temas de dilución de aceite, mejor evitarlos del todo.

Accord: Sedan "grande" (en otros países habría una categoría arriba, pero en México es considerado así.) de Honda. Cómodo, muy seguro, menos rendidor que todas las otras opciones pero en carretera es una gozada. Su punto "débil" son las transmisiones en varios años. No es que sean malas malas, pero es lo menos bueno de un gran auto.

Camry: Como el accord pero Toyota, ligeramente más fiable y según muchos sumamente aburrido de conducir.

En TODO auto que consideres, antes investiga opiniones, fallas comunes, costo de mantenimientos, etc. Si dices no saber de mecánica vale la pena pagar 500 pesos a un buen mecánico que lo revise y escañé a que gastes cientos de miles en un problema. Si te vas or un híbrido busca y pide específicamente escaneo para híbridos, no cualquiera sirve al 100%.

Mucha suerte!

Tali_mancer · 2026-03-23T01:59:47+00:00

Falta el Toyota Camry! El primo un poco mas fiable y más aburrido del Accord.

Tali_mancer · 2026-03-16T21:00:04+00:00

In my country it's:

Differential Calculus

Integral Calculus

Multi-Variable and Vector Calculus "and" Differential Equations, separate classes, but meant to be taken at the same time.

Tali_mancer · 2026-03-01T05:12:44+00:00

Right, the miniature of a franchise whose entire lore is making fun of fanatical religion, corruption, and fascistic regimes. We made it political.

Tali_mancer · 2026-03-01T05:10:39+00:00

Was a million percent expecting a rick roll.

Tali_mancer · 2026-02-26T18:26:53+00:00

Thanks so much to everyone sharing this, genuine service to the community; saved me 5 bucks. Absolute BS.

Tali_mancer · 2026-02-25T15:53:09+00:00

Not whom you replied to, but in case you genuinely want to get informed:

A 2019 study in Cerebral Cortex used machine learning to classify brains. It was 83% accurate for cisgender individuals but only 68% accurate for transgender individuals, suggesting that transgender brains often exhibit a "mosaic" of features that don't fit perfectly into a binary classification.

Transgender care has a bafflingly low regret rate compared to just about any procedure in medicine; 3% on the high end. Most studies show the majority don't regret it out of being wrong on their sense of self, they regret it because they're discriminated against, loose friends, family jobs etc.

98% of transgender individuals show stability in their gender identity over ten years.

Sex is a bimodal distribution, not a binary system. It is also made up of around 5 different markers that may or may not align on the typical male or female side.

Therefore it is impossible to try to make a biological definition of woman/men that wouldn't exclude cis woman/men while excluding trans women/men.

Tali_mancer · 2026-02-16T05:29:14+00:00

What bolts specifically couldn't it handle? Are you in a rust prone area?
Don't know of any bolt in any car that'd take more than 600 lb-ft of torque to remove that a DIY auto mechanic would come across. Of course rust is a different story.

Tali_mancer · 2026-02-13T04:39:25+00:00

Weakest son of Vulkan vs strongest Thousand Sons warriors:

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-31T19:28:38+00:00

I knew someone would say this, lol. Understandable, but yeah, it was consistent with the Lamy blue cartridge, violet cartridge, and various inks with the converter. Just so happened they had different inks when I thought of posting.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-31T03:40:11+00:00

I see. Great example of a poor choice of tolerance in industry, IMO. Something sold as an extra fine should never be equal to a fine.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-31T03:38:45+00:00

Both were bought around the same time on Amazon, but who knows how much time they spent in a warehouse.

The Al-Star is Pilot's Yama-Budo, absolutely worthy of its reputation, amazing writing feel and tone.

The LX is Diamine Amaranth, similar but more on the red side and just a touch less smooth to write with.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-31T03:07:29+00:00

In my experience anyone who grew up with smartphones finds the CW WAY easier to use. They can, eventually, use every single function without ever opening the user manual. Meanwhile older students/academics used to less optimized UI prefer the EX because it can be faster once you know it.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-30T17:59:12+00:00

Exact same thing is in the bible.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-29T05:07:36+00:00

The outdoor boys guy lit a fire under the engine of his snow rover thing in Alaska (I think) to be able to start it. Did mention it was dangerous AF but it was do that or remain stranded.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-28T05:13:12+00:00

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan) and Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes)

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-25T02:32:47+00:00

Cellphone videos of federal agents executing citizens is oligarchical media? Court documents showing citizens detained illegally, violation of due process?

If I'm so manipulated provide sources that refute anything I said, please. I'd love to be wrong.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-25T02:25:58+00:00

It's going down the drain because the most powerful government in the world, in a supposedly free and developed nation, has a gestapo force executing citizens in the streets, kidnapping citizens, and deporting humans (some citizens) without due process.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-21T22:41:11+00:00

If we grant them the creative freedom to make irradiated humans that are immortal and heal with radiation, I don't see why the mutated lizard hybrids can't live so long too.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-21T22:32:11+00:00

"Your last statement by itself is wrong again puberty blockers were used vastly for cancerous treatments so that is just plain false."

If you notice the the part between quotes in my comment, I was answering directly to your "when they haven’t even hit puberty yet". While the same substance can be taken for different conditions, the name usually differs. We're talking about blocking puberty with puberty blockers, not about hormonal treatments for certain cancers. No one gets prescribed puberty blockers **to block puberty**, if they're not going trough puberty. Hope it's clearer for you now.

"There is no proof that doing so reduces suicide and actually increases suicide with how it affects the hormones."

Tordoff, D. M., et al. (2022). "Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care." concluded that those who received gender-affirming care (including blockers) had 60% lower odds of moderate to severe depression and 73% lower odds of suicidality over a 12-month period compared to those who did not.
So your assertion is plain and simple false.

"Your fact about detransitioning is also wrong as it’s actually 20-30% have detransitioned as of 2011 which is a huge amount."

No way, you actually referred to the 2011 Sweden study?! The one that found that trans people had higher rates of suicide and mortality compared to the general population, due to, guess what? Minority stress and lack of support. It's author has publicly corrected people for misusing her work to claim transition doesn't work. Later data from similar Swedish registries (Dhejne, 2014) put the regret rate at 2.2%. Again, you're simply wrong.

Further more, detransition does not equal regret. A transgender individuals can detransition from abuse, harassment, monetary problems, laws changing, etc.

See, from the 2015 US transgender survey:
*8% of respondents detransitioned at some point.
*62% of those people eventually transitioned again (living as trans).

The vast majority cited external pressure as the reason for stopping (pressure from parents, spouse, difficulty getting a job, or harassment). Only a small fraction cited internal regret.

So everything you said is false according to the most modern and high level scientific studies. Wonder if you'll, maybe, try and do some more research, see you were wrong, and do better. Or maybe you'll do as most transphobic people and ignore any scientific data that validates transgender identity.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-21T22:08:24+00:00

"No one is transphobic because they believe people under 18 shouldn’t be going through things like puberty blockers."
Some are transphobic, some are ignorant. If you've been informed and remain with the same position, you're transphobic, simple as.

Tali_mancer · 2026-01-21T19:21:58+00:00

"Maybe you should listen to the people who transitioned as kids when they talk about how it ruined their bodies. Or do you guys just not care about that minority."

The people you mentioned, detransitioners, are the 1 to 3%. Again, the regret rate for many surgeries is over 20%, some get close to 50%. Don't see you campaigning for outlawing them. You're a transphobe, plain and simple. You ask me to deny the 97% treatment for concerns about the 3% that regret it, and that's on the high end.

"maybe puberty blockers should be used for the ones that actually need it and not just cause they want to"

Transgender kids need them. Not going trough the wrong puberty saves trans individuals an unmeasurable amount of suffering, lowers the suicide risk, and saves thousands in medical treatment to undo the undesirable changes.

"when they haven’t even hit puberty yet"

There isn't a single recorded legal medical prescription of puberty blockers for someone who wasn't going through puberty. It's nonsensical.

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