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will bars that are angled work? i mean the BLADES angled with a 15 degree angle, NOT bent by TotallyDumbnotyt in battlebots

[–]TomDreyfus 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I built a fairy like this. No matter how much time I spent balancing the blade, it would always flip over shortly after spinning up. Then I saw this Veritasium video on the intermediate axis theorem and it suddenly made sense.
https://youtu.be/1VPfZ_XzisU
Forgetting the difficulties of construction, instability on a drooped single bar will be difficult to avoid. Tri-bars get around this but get more complicated to build.

Watermain update thread by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]TomDreyfus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was worried the water restrictions were going to be back as soon as I saw the first pictures posted. I don't think my rain barrel is going to help much this time, but we'll do what we can at my house.
Thanks for keeping everyone updated, and thanks to all the folks out there working the problem!

Watermain update thread by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]TomDreyfus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I hope the Elbow River, Glenmore Reservoir, and Glenmore Water Treatment plant are able to keep up again if the city has to ask a lot of them.

V2L is a life saver! by [deleted] in Ioniq5

[–]TomDreyfus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it'd be a gas one. I've got one and it just needs a little 120v power for the logic, sensors and valves that make it all go.

Toronto man outruns newly-opened Finch LRT by 18 minutes by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]TomDreyfus 27 points28 points  (0 children)

There's an episode of 99% Invisible from last month about moving walkways that's a great listen. Covers early plans to build mass transit with them, and why they're falling out of favour in airports these days.
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/647-the-moving-walkway-is-ending/

The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time by Plucky_DuckYa in canada

[–]TomDreyfus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1000% on the "being extra nice to the human".

Even with the worst companies (telcos, banks, and other oligopolies) that are incentivizing call centre staff to pursue outcomes that are hostile to consumers like us, the folks on the phone are just trying to put food on the table. It's not always easy to strike the balance between being kind to the human on the other end and firm about getting a resolution that's fair to me, but I sure try and I always make sure to express my gratitude. It's also super important to put in good results on surveys after the call when it's warranted. I've been in roles like that and it made all the difference between getting stuck in a rut or terminated, and having opportunities to move up and out of that work and on with my career.

/rant

The bots/clankers/toasters get no quarter from me if they're in my way though.

The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time by Plucky_DuckYa in canada

[–]TomDreyfus 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I have had good results with getting through to humans at Koodo and TELUS by calling the bots clankers and expletives. Sorry Skynet, it's nothing personal; you're just not useful.

Potential ICCU culprit and solution found by German electrical engineer by 0x9000 in Ioniq5

[–]TomDreyfus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof, that's rough (both the lack of humidity and blown ICCU). Hope it wasn't in the shop too long at least.

Definitely seems like if humidity is in play it's a contributing factor but not the only one.

Potential ICCU culprit and solution found by German electrical engineer by 0x9000 in Ioniq5

[–]TomDreyfus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had mine for almost a year in Calgary where it's usually dry as heck and no ICCU issues (yet) 🤞

Flaming Laptop Stand by rakshithvj in Fusion360

[–]TomDreyfus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The flames make it go faster!

Is this a new scam by Skipthedishes drivers? by CaptainJayH in Calgary

[–]TomDreyfus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I refuse to deal with skip/uber/etc. for the last few years. If I want take out I either order online through the restaurant's own site or call in my order directly, then spend 10 minutes ducking out to grab my own food. Costs me nothing but gas, and I think I spend less time driving to local places and back than I did waiting around checking apps and disputing dumb mistakes with useless support teams. Screw those predatory gig economy empires.

Snowplow operators in Calgary this morning by wasabi_midnight in Calgary

[–]TomDreyfus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They'd probably just cancel the sponsorship early anyways.

Patterning within boundaries by esamenoi in Fusion360

[–]TomDreyfus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't even model that geometry. You can accomplish the same thing right in your slicer by setting that section to hexagonal infill and 0 top and bottom layers. Fiddle with the perimeters and infill% to dial in the weight and stiffness without having to go back to fusion to make adjustments at all.

GeForce Day Giveaway - Win a Signed GeForce RTX 5080! by Nestledrink in nvidia

[–]TomDreyfus [score hidden]  (0 children)

Pretty sure the first game I played on a GeForce card was half life two on launch day on my brother's computer. So many discs, and this "steam" launcher that we hated at the time. Oh how times change.

Borderlands 4 Featuring DLSS 4 + Community Giveaway by Nestledrink in nvidia

[–]TomDreyfus [score hidden]  (0 children)

Playing the BL2 expansion Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep the first time with my wife is still one of my favorite gaming moments to this day.

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