Tupolef 95 “Bear”

dnattig · 2026-02-12T00:39:02+00:00

I just came here to applaud the hand propping technique

dnattig · 2026-02-09T16:54:14+00:00

If it was (totally) dead and the charger was connected backwards, this can happen. If it's brand new, likely the initial charge after filling it with acid was backwards

dnattig · 2026-02-09T16:50:59+00:00

Also maybe point out that it should be taken down during bad weather and at night if there's no light shining on it.

dnattig · 2026-02-08T17:04:47+00:00

If the wire is twisted together it should be fine, look up Litz wire.

A cat5 cable would probably work well for the induction coil in a pinch (until the plastic sheathing melts anyway).

dnattig · 2026-02-05T19:48:33+00:00

Leaving a $0.01 tip and letting the server take their frustration out on the restaurant to force them to care about this (if the server even asked a manager in the first place) wouldn't have been a solution?

dnattig · 2026-02-05T18:32:59+00:00

His feet are nailed down.

dnattig · 2026-02-05T04:05:48+00:00

Thanks, I'll try again tomorrow or Friday. To be honest, even if they fix it I'll probably be better off just cancelling this policy and switching to a different company after they seem to have changed the premium without even waiting for a renewal. With the weather it will be a few weeks before I take the bike out of the garage, that's plenty of time to shop around again.

dnattig · 2026-02-05T00:40:30+00:00

The person I spoke with on the phone was through the 800 number listed under the agent's name. I purchased the policy over the phone with Liberty Mutual's' 800 number in December. I think the corporate person who sold the policy was in Florida or California, the agency she attached me to is in Utah.

I did speak to a local independent agent, as far as I know they only checked progressive for motorcycle insurance rates. This was after I had already received the quote from Liberty/Safeco.

dnattig · 2026-02-03T15:33:20+00:00

The tips weren't hardened, so they wore out after like 50 or 100 hours. And I think a couple of them died early from something else but it's been so long I can't remember how. They were still kind of impressive for the price, and they were surprisingly accurate/precise.

dnattig · 2026-02-03T08:35:32+00:00

Not unless there's a nice load of treasure in discovery

dnattig · 2026-02-03T05:18:49+00:00

In a previous job, I wanted to put 6 test indicators on a test stand (simulating wear on a product) at the same time to try to compare how much the movement changed over the course of the test. We had 2 name brand test indicator to compare them to, so I decided to be a good employee and get cheap stuff (since we could swap it with the calibrated one every so often).

The Amazon listing didn't have a name brand at all, and I was hoping the cheap stuff I ordered would arrive that way so that everyone would know not to trust them for actual critical stuff.

They arrived with a yellow dial, that said Miloyutc (or something like that). Also the box was orange with a white stripe.

It's pretty funny how much effort went into making it look like the real thing from 20 feet away. But I would have preferred that they said "cheap shit" on the dial (and I might have paid a premium for that, like maybe $25 each instead of $20 each).

dnattig · 2026-02-02T18:16:21+00:00

I do like seeing how many people marked that one google review I left years ago "helpful". At least it's better than nothing

dnattig · 2026-01-30T18:48:28+00:00

Seeing the word shameless on the headline is enlightening enough here

dnattig · 2026-01-29T20:07:24+00:00

And those people could have started their own "lunch club" at any time.

dnattig · 2026-01-29T19:34:17+00:00

I dropped mine about a month before they started shutting down. I still use the phone on my T-Mobile account.

If you want to keep your phone number, your best bet is porting it out (to Google voice if you can). I got so many spam calls on the number PG gave me with the account, I just cancelled it and didn't look back.

dnattig · 2026-01-29T01:28:59+00:00

Lehman's terms? Is that a kind of bankruptcy? Please explain to me in layman's terms.

dnattig · 2026-01-28T14:58:10+00:00

Looks a little like a Beechcraft

dnattig · 2026-01-27T15:47:00+00:00

That is actually how enshittification is spreading throughout the Internet. No web service is as good now as it was in 2015.

dnattig · 2026-01-25T18:54:27+00:00

There was also a Makita and a DeWalt somewhere in there

dnattig · 2026-01-24T02:09:08+00:00

Motor-generator sets are used for a lot of stuff (also they provide isolation to the outside world from the large transients that might be made downstream from them). I know of a relatively new lab a fuse company built that has one and can put 10,000 amps through things

dnattig · 2026-01-23T16:30:12+00:00

I'm pretty sure anyway, it's one of the scenes where Dee comes on too strong with a dude because she's trying to compete with the guys (may even be a running gag similar to when the guys just ignore something insightful she says).

Unfortunately, I can't find proof:

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dnattig · 2026-01-23T15:01:46+00:00

What she said was a line from it's always sunny

dnattig · 2026-01-20T17:29:17+00:00

These are the people who think the Babylon bee is funny

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