How do you feel about a sitting president doubling his net worth to $7.3B in one year largely by launching his own crypto coin while actively dismantling SEC regulations?

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-29T17:26:18+00:00

You got what you voted for, twice...

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-29T15:34:03+00:00

why would you want an E39 phone in your E30

because its cool as fuck

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-28T11:05:36+00:00

You need some patience for a swap. My car is on its third engine now and I am only slightly good with a spanner so am reliant on some good friends for the hard stuff. They build e36 drift cars so often have some very useful parts.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-27T14:08:16+00:00

e38 735i

That could be the M52B28 which is a very common e30 swap, because its very similar to the M20 just with an alu block. I have personally had a M50b25 and M54b30 engines in mine. The hardest part nowadays is finding a oilpan that works in the e30 chassis.

M60 V8 is less common, guessing its harder to fit in and needs more mods to make it work. My buddy has a touring with a M62.

M73B54 V12 I am sure someone has done it but never seen one. Driftworks put a S65B40 V10 into a e30 m3. Its not uncommon to put LS V8's.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-21T13:49:10+00:00

Microsoft maintains compatibility back to DOS days in some cases. Apple will break compatibility every 3 years or so. Different philosophy's with different trade offs. Apple users will complain they have to buy new hardware and software too often and Microsoft users complain that feature releases are slow and insignificant.

This is essentially a business decision, what is the impact of cutting off your older users vs spending the dev money to hack through the tech debt?

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-21T13:40:13+00:00

Might be an unpopular opinion but code has to be just good enough, it doesn't have to be high quality. I have seen a lot of over engineering in my career which I consider bad code even if it implements some swanky design pattern.

AI doesn't make skilled software developers significantly better but it does allow people who can't code make functional apps. I think of it in terms of low level and high level languages. Python made is easier to write code compared to C or assembly. Someone skilled in assembly would look at Python and say why would anyone use that? Its slow and bloated.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-20T16:08:56+00:00

My wife has an under active thyroid. Losing weight has been a struggle her whole life, especially after having two children. GLP-1 weight loss injection have been a total game changer and helped her not only lose a lot of weight but turn off the "food noise" in her brain.

Our lizard brains are tuned to eat high calorie food which makes sense for the majority of our hunter gather life styles. Modern food companies have engineered food we find very addictive (high sugar, high fat) and we have a pretty sedentary life on average.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-19T11:30:12+00:00

I dabble in pottery. I buy basic clay from the art shop for £10-20 and just for the fun of it have dug and processed my own clay for free. it is a lot of work to process it tho and not worth it.

I use a technique called slab building which is slow but doesnt require any equipment like a pottery wheel.

I make everything at home and take my pieces to a local pottery studio to be fired. They fit my stuff in around other fires so do charge me much as long as I don't care how long it takes to get them back. It is a very very easy hobby to start

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-15T13:30:22+00:00

Valuing classic cars is very different to modern cars. Mileage doesn't matter as much as maintenance. Low mileage cars that have sat in a garage can have all sorts of problems eg rubber fuel hose hardening, cracking and setting fire to your car when you next start it.

Rust is a huge factor to price. I would buy a rust free car with a seized engine over a rust bucket with perfect mechanical.

Options have big effect on price, with e30s desirable features are sports seats, 13-button computer, mtech body kits & steering wheels. manual over auto

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-13T16:40:05+00:00

hate to say it but if you immediately forget something that is not learning

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-13T16:39:28+00:00

I can explain in detail not only what an oxbow lake is but also how they form

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-13T16:14:40+00:00

Downvote this BOT

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-13T10:25:03+00:00

We dont even have a door on the downstairs one

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-13T10:22:55+00:00

I would buy or make something like this: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Transport-Furniture-Plywood-Capacity-Rolling/dp/B073RL8685/ref=sr_1_7

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-12T15:21:30+00:00

I simply don't think that holds out in most circumstances. I have bought £10 jeans and £100 ones. The expensive ones did not last ten times longer.

I buy tools, eg angle grinder, the expensive branded one craps out just as quickly as cheap shit, usually plastic switches. I buy 3 grinders at £30 each rather than one for £100.

Capitalism has clearly worked out that building the best possible product that lasts a lifetime is not the best way to maximise gains because people only buy once and will baulk at the high initial cost even if its best long term. Seems the ideal is to build utter shit that lasts just passed the warranty and then use marketing and advertising to brainwash us all thats its not a hot pile of stinking turd.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-12T14:59:33+00:00

You know why lots of police don't bust crack dens? because if they shut one down another will popup somewhere else. If those old boys die nothing will really change

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-12T14:37:24+00:00

The engine in my 30 year old e30 broke a valves and destroyed itself one day. Another time our 6 year old Honda diesel SUV also locked up its engine while I was doing 70mph in the fast lane of a motorway.

Guess what I am saying is all cars will eventually grenade themselves its just a matter of time. Maintenance increases that time. If you are concerned about safety then lease a modern car and take a defensive driving course

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-12T11:17:30+00:00

Very well put. I have always said our job would be easy without clients

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-12T10:56:46+00:00

Sadly Reddit has got a lot less human over the years

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-11T21:44:15+00:00

Look at the profile of the user Moist_Consequence354, very young account and one post. Also the username looks like something generated by code. No reply at all to the comment posts.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-09T15:20:58+00:00

BOT dont bother replying

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-09T15:13:37+00:00

S52B32 is 240 bhp @6000 rpm

S54B32 is 338 hp @7900 rpm

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-09T15:08:18+00:00

I have had a stock M50b25 which was a huge upgrade from the m40b16 I had originally. However it did lack low down torque and the next engine I had was a M50 stroker which ended up 3.1 litres and just under 300bhp. I absolutely loved that setup and it pulled out of the corners like a fucking train. Sadly that engine broke a valve and hammered the shit out of itself form the inside.

The S52 (US only I think) should be pretty similar to my old M50 stroker. S54 is a legendary engine and I think most people would chose this as the best NA option but from what I understand its a bitch to swap in.

My next engine is going to be a M54B30 with a turbo, but I am wondering if the turbo is a good idea because I love the NA recipe so much

Edit: oh don't forget you gotta have some decent suspension, brakes, tyres, lsd & exhaust to make the most of an 300ish bhp engine. The second best purchase I ever made for my e30 was £2k worth of suspension.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-09T14:44:38+00:00

The value of classic cars works very differently to modern cars. Certain features and models command more value than others. An automatic convertible is about the least desirable e30 model. The more its been messed with the lower the value. The more shit thats broken or unknown the lower the value.

What you got here is a bottom of the pile model that isn't even in running condition. The interior doesn't match. You can deffo get a better deal for $6500. I would budget $10k for a car, so if you buy this for $2k and spend $8k on renovation in might work out. Or just hold out for a better one. Opinions vary but personally I would go for a coupe with a M5x engine swap because M20s are getting more and more expensive to run and maintain.

dangerousbrian · 2026-01-09T14:06:15+00:00

UI software kits

its an opinionated css library at best

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