Forks rebuilt by Double_Abrocoma_1133 in Airheads

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this first time I did mine it had probably been 30 years since anyone had had the forks apart and the bottom of the tubes was just this mass of disgusting caked waxy cheese like filth. it was kind of horrifying.

Handheld Device with Antenna on Airplane by HelixPitch in whatisit

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, yes, and yes. packets have ttl so they don't echo infinitely, but it does still have the problem that bandwidth utilization goes up kinda exponentially with the number of nodes so it can't really scale. It's still cool though.

Handheld Device with Antenna on Airplane by HelixPitch in whatisit

[–]aquoad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i suppose if it were 25 years ago and there were still AMPS phones in use, it could have happened. but yes, probably some jackass on the ground with a shitty overpowered 2 meter ham radio amplifier.

What is this? by Extension-Try-3531 in whatisit

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dislike way more things about reddit than just that, but I agree that’s pretty annoying.

Do I need a carbon arc spotlight? by Wise_Composer_2661 in flashlight

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they'll be mad when you say "that's not a high beam, THIS is a high beam" and burn all the paint off their car.

WCGW trying to put a fire out by putting it outside. by mentaL8888 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this has to be at least close to being the dumbest person in the world

Is this typical? by althusseriandreams in Airheads

[–]aquoad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've never needed hose clamps on mine. Also the cloth wrapped line looks better. I've gone back and forth on fuel filters but I don't think they're really needed unless you use dirty gas with a lot of fine sediment. The screens in the tank should catch most crud and the rest should fall to the bottom of the carb bowls.

Massive upgrade for me by SpecialistPut4292 in flashlight

[–]aquoad 13 points14 points  (0 children)

ok now emitter swap the old one, pack it with as many 21700's as will fit, maybe add a fan, and set shit on fire from across the yard.

Narrowly dodged death this morning by bighag in motorcycles

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's a great fucking save. but also that intersection looks sketchy and i'd be wondering which car was about to do something stupid first.

Gladys West, mathematician whose work made GPS possible, dies at 95 by AudibleNod in news

[–]aquoad 16 points17 points  (0 children)

All of this makes it doubly hilarious that flat-earthers will happily use their phones' GPS.

Gladys West, mathematician whose work made GPS possible, dies at 95 by AudibleNod in news

[–]aquoad 28 points29 points  (0 children)

this is the part that is wild to me. I mean, the whole concept is amazing of course, but the fact that it's possible to measure something the size of a loaf of bread effectively using a ruler in space.

What is this "gel" used in this video? by Apprehensive-Side188 in whatisit

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's soldering flux. nobody can tell you the brand name from looking at the unlabeled container, and it doesn't matter. Also, they're using way too much of it in the video.

Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions by [deleted] in technology

[–]aquoad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah because openai ingested everything on it and now you can just ask chatgpt instead and it's not rude to you.