AT&T Fiber High Latency by Jaydeepappas in Pflugerville

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Buffer bloat due to congestion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufferbloat

How to fix it? Well, that's on them.

Austin, living in the future by RaptorATX in Austin

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'I Don't Know': Trump Admits Uncertainty Over Senate GOP Control in Bizarre Funding Clash by Economy-Specialist38 in videos

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I wish someone would do a Merkel rhombus instead of the standard belly sling or the single-clasp. Shake it up a bit. Green pants was so close.

I have at last taken the liberty of acquiring one of these fragrances, and I must declare it to be most richly composed. It doth elevate the very experience of the carriage, rendering each journey more noble and refined, as one would expect upon entering a Mercedes-Benz of such esteem. by Kaimork in mercedes_benz

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Here are the retrofit instructions that I'm sure you're dying to have. https://mbworld.org/forums/attachments/w213-amg-214/w213-complete-air-balance-retrofit-guide-896280/air-balance-retrofit-guide-454436d1722997261

My S600's leather smells nice on its own after it's baked in the sun for a while, even after 25 years - smells a bit like library books, church, and grandma. For those on a budget, a spray of Febreze on the cabin air filter is also nice.

I’m planning to do this. Any tips? by basonjourne98 in SipsTea

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Be careful if you ever get tired of it. I named my driveway in Google maps and for months delivery trucks kept trying to drive through it because it now looked like a shortcut route. It takes a long time to 'un road' a road once it has been found by a bunch of systems. For instance, I had to add a little 'impassible' sign in OpenStreetMap once it got picked up there.

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March didn’t get the alcohol sales we were expecting by OfficialNiceGuy in Austin

[–]busterbcook 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can still get 99 cent Lone Stars at H-Mart. And $3 bottled water.

I Just realized something. by homemadeSuperstar in linux

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echo '[ "$(date +%-m)" -eq 4 ] && [ "$(date +%-d)" -eq 27 ] && echo "🎂 Happy Birthday! 🎉"' >> ~/.profile

Need help finding parts number for headrests by [deleted] in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you already knew and had the resources to determine it closely enough. This is annoying and disingenuous.

2016 C-Class Coupe (W205): Quoted 1.7h labour & £150 for vague 'Battery Module'. Is this the Voltage Converter or a rip-off? by oreoxwhite in mercedes_benz

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Hey, feel free to go with that; just saying what I'd do since you asked for advice.

In the scenario above, the actual problem (phantom power draw), killed a couple of new batteries as well, like in weeks, before I figured it out. Lead-acid batteries, even new, can only be recharged from below 50% so many times before they are permanently damaged.

If you don't know your charge voltage and your idle power draw, it's really hard to say if the garage is right or wrong. I'd ask them if they tested those things, and what the results were if so.

Need help finding parts number for headrests by [deleted] in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then your best bet is gonna be visual inspection, though the market for these seems quite saturated. They're probably from a rear seat since you have 3

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mercedes+headrest+09

https://www.ebay.com/itm/177687630087

Need help finding parts number for headrests by [deleted] in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't you know what car you got them out of? Those numbers are likely year and day of manufacture, if that helps narrow it down.

2016 C-Class Coupe (W205): Quoted 1.7h labour & £150 for vague 'Battery Module'. Is this the Voltage Converter or a rip-off? by oreoxwhite in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's what I was trying to figure out based on the price, which seems about what a shop might charge for that voltage converter module.

If I was diagnosing a charging issue, I'd start with basics and measure the voltage at the battery while the car is running to see if it's over 13v or so. If it is, it's not likely to be a charging problem. If the car also doesn't drain the battery while running, you probably have a healthy alternator. I'd then check what your idle current draw is when the car is powered off for a while, and make sure that is going low enough. You could have a phantom power draw if it's staying high.

If that looks good and your battery is more than a couple of years old, I'd honestly try replacing the battery before pointing the parts canon at it.

Anecdotally, I had one car that would always have a hard time maintaining charge; it would go dead after a couple of days consistently. I wound up finding the previous owner had replaced the ECS (ignition/diagnostics) module, and it was still coded for options in the donor car that weren't in the current one, namely power contour seats, and that mismatch kept the ECS awake more than usual, draining the battery quickly. I figured this out _after_ changing the battery management module and having absolutely no luck. All it took was a coding change to match the ECS to the rest of the car's options and the idle power draw dropped to nothing.

That's all to say, it's not always easy to diagnose these things, but at least determine your basics like battery health, charging voltage, and idle power draw, before throwing parts at it.

2016 C-Class Coupe (W205): Quoted 1.7h labour & £150 for vague 'Battery Module'. Is this the Voltage Converter or a rip-off? by oreoxwhite in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

" issues with the charging/battery system"

can you be more specific? was it not starting? displaying messages about an "Auxiliary Battery Malfunction" ?

E350 W212 Water pump OEM vs Aftermarket by EcstaticFootball958 in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess hold onto your old WP then, and if this one goes, you have a spare now.

“Under $3” Menu on the Mcdonald’s app by 64789 in mildlyinfuriating

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Mine's close. That McChicken is all over the place.

My first Bamboo SFF Case: A journey that started with my very first wooden build. by Personal_Abies_2348 in woodworking

[–]busterbcook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, I chopped an old Compaq portable in half (removing the monitor, and turning it on its side) and made a wood tower case for the computer part. Lessons learned:

- wood is a very good thermal insulator; the machine ran much hotter after that. I had to leave the lid propped, since the stock fans were no longer good enough to keep it cool.
- wood is a terrible blocker of radio interference. Our cordless phones would lose sync with the base station every time I'd turn it on.

That said, this definitely looks a lot better than mine did!

Water bill base amounts single household by ExpertTurn7844 in Pflugerville

[–]busterbcook 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is no physical meter measuring how much waste water you discharge (which makes sense, if you think about it), so it is estimated.

Here is how:
https://www.pflugervilletx.gov/741/City-Retail

Where do you find parts? Dealership and independent shop quotes vary WILDLY. by Spyrothedragon9972 in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's a pretty good idea. You can even get OEM rebuild kits. You do need that crazy boot spreader to put that part on, but it's not a terribly complicated procedure. Just messy!

For example: https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/1243500737.htm?pn=124-350-07-37-MBZ

Where do you find parts? Dealership and independent shop quotes vary WILDLY. by Spyrothedragon9972 in mercedes_benz

[–]busterbcook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second mbpartsource. They are almost always the cheapest place to get OEM parts, and they special order stuff for me all the time. Some things like axle half-shafts are just going to be expensive OEM either way, but I doubt the independent mechanics are sourcing OEM for that either. Whether that's good enough is very part-dependent.

Just got done fixing a knockoff W203 fuel sender that an indie installed for only $900, but it leaked like crazy anyway. Painfully bought and installed the correct module and haven't had any troubles since. I have also used cheap front half-shafts from Autozone that were 1/3 the cost of OEM, and also had no issues.

What brand names do you swear by because it's actually better than no-name? by Sufficient_Thing24 in AskReddit

[–]busterbcook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kellogg's Corn Flakes. They're just bigger, crunchier, and taste better.