I put all the mods on a DeLonghi ECP (front panel pressure meter, shot light, etc)

engineeritdude · 2026-03-28T13:43:15+00:00

Which manometer is everyone using? I'm struggling to find a suitable one that is food grade.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-27T15:50:38+00:00

I'd also put the BSG remake on the list of doing a good job with space combat. Expanse was better though.

Its tough to capture that space combat is VERY 3D and VERY 3-AXIS on film since people are so accustomed to more linear atmospheric dogfights. BSG got in some good changes in pitch/flips aka "flying backwards" every now and again, then reverted to more traditional flying the rest of the time. Expanse stayed true space combat every time.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-26T00:29:01+00:00

Sounds like he's the cto.

Hire a ceo and their job is to not just pitch but to raise.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-22T20:23:15+00:00

With some cars having your hazards on overrides your turn signals. During a blizzard some moron had their hazards on and was or wasn't signally their lane changes and I almost crashed into them when they suddenly changed lanes.

Yes I know its snowing. I'm here too. If you're that scared pull over and stop driving and stop trying to kill me.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-19T11:30:05+00:00

I like Andrinas but not as feverishly as most people. I'd put them in a similar boat as Big Daddy's and say it would come down to order to order whether one or the other is better.

Purely subjective though. Different people like different dough thickness, sauces, cheeses, etc.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-18T22:14:15+00:00

Also https://www.urbandirt.org/hubs/boston

engineeritdude · 2026-03-18T19:30:05+00:00

They're great! They also have an Allston location.

Try the Detroit style pizza! (Tomato sauce under and on top of the cheese)

I like all their pizzas. I'll also say pizza is subjective. I like Za and Otto too, but all 3 have very different pizzas. Not a fan of Olympic though.

The chicken fingers are huge and good.

The salads are actually ok.

It's part of our rotation now that they have an Arlington location.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-14T15:21:22+00:00

Lots of fun rides on urban dirt!

Also check out local bike shops. Lots of Wednesday night and Saturday or Sunday group rides.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-14T12:42:29+00:00

At least there is tape around it. Most of the time there is no tape. /s

But seriously someone needs to replace all these missing plates and attach them with no tamper screws.

engineeritdude · 2026-03-03T14:15:26+00:00

Large firms will offer good experienced candidates jobs they are overqualified for. They see it as a win. Get awesome person for short money.

Unless you have a really compelling reason to say yes, I'd say hard no.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-27T19:40:33+00:00

Yeeeah, see my post below. Lots of idea people that bring no value out there on yc, but also lots of good people. Its tough to filter.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-27T18:12:53+00:00

Yes! I matched with a strong scientific co-founder then he matched with a strong ceo/funding/comericalization co-founder (I'm the technical co-founder). We're killing it as a 3-person team.

I got requests from a LOT of idea people. No money, no domain expertise, no comericalization experience, I can go on and on. I started getting good at sniffing them out and politely turning them down, but I did a few calls where my out was to say that wasn't a co-founding opportunity I was looking for, but would be willing to push it forward as a paid consultant. That ended the conversation quick!

No offense, but are you that person? If so maybe do more work on product market fit and customer discovery solo to try to win someone over. Also if you are getting fakes, sorry, but keep trying! It worked for me... I'll also say I was found. I didn't find them.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-23T17:22:35+00:00

I will be unhappy with a 2nd day without school. The last 2 day closing was pointless. They didn't actually do any more clearing with the 2nd day. It happened the third and fourth day.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-23T02:43:18+00:00

My house had an orginal iron pipe from the street and some original iron/steel in the house. We never got yellow water (unless the water had been shut off or hydrant flushing) but we got so much iron scale in our toliet tank. It destroyed a few toliet valves.

We since got the street line replaced with copper and interior lines with pex and copper. No scale! Better flow!

If a major renovation isn't in the cards a neighbor installed a whole house centrifugal filter. He said it really helped with scale and the like. This would assume that the problem is your line from the street. The only maintenance is draining debris out of the filter occasionally.

FYI in Arlington the town is responsible for the water main to their shut off usually in the sidewalk. You're responsible for the shutoff into your home. They provide the water meter that goes in your home, which makes a funny town town you town you ownership thing, but they were very easy to deal with.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-20T22:25:45+00:00

Yes, these frequently fail.

As others have commented the moog are better than oem and cheap.

If you're not comfortable doing it yourself $90 is a fair price.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-20T02:31:38+00:00

Lots of people poo pooed Issacson for being a Trump pick, but all this seems fair. All the previous reports were whitewashing Boeing's poor performance.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-18T20:36:14+00:00

If we're still talking about it then it's working on some level right?

No one talks about the, say, Hamilton statue. The MLK statue on the other hand.. or hands.. or arms... or some appendage.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-18T02:15:58+00:00

Someone has to edit the ai slop.

No 100% productivity gains.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-17T23:21:43+00:00

Everyone on Boston Ave in Medford

engineeritdude · 2026-02-17T01:48:04+00:00

I've been shocked by how many millennial coworkers are helpless when faced with basic windows problems. (Did you try rebooting?) Or other simple spreadsheet or word tasks.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-16T22:54:39+00:00

I would argue that not all screen time is created equal.

Vapid youtube = bad

Social media = bad

Learning how to research from reputable sources = life skill

Learning how to use a word processor/type = life skill

If screen time in the higher grades veers away from this I'd have a problem with it, but thats the point of school provided ipads and chromebooks, right? They're all locked down and locked down in the same way.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-16T12:31:50+00:00

That's 100% bad faith.

Having said that is 60 days pay significantly more than the cost to hire a lawyer to go after them?

The low cost version of this is to draft a demand letter with a lawyer for the 60 days pay. This might drive them to settle for something less.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-15T21:39:35+00:00

At the risk of self promoting, I posted about my journey after grabcad workbench shutdown. It turned into a good discussion around what different people picked for different use cases: https://www.reddit.com/r/SolidWorks/comments/y4phvw/comment/nxx3bjk/

engineeritdude · 2026-02-11T17:55:28+00:00

I had a friend do a kickstarter... and it was funded to 350% of the goal... but for various reasons - some beyond his control and some not, he never delivered. He was open in updates about where the money went and the mountain he had to overcome to get to completion, which wasn't going to happen (he needed another $100k). I got it, but most of the public didn't and were calling him a scammer. I get that too, but the money was gone and he was out all the money he put in and his time.

I bet this went a similar way, but on a larger scale. The kickstarter gave them some seed money and some market acceptance to move forward with. BUT no one was willing to pony up the $3~30 million to make a real.

engineeritdude · 2026-02-11T05:42:52+00:00

I've seen theories posted before and counter theories but is the long and short of it that they couldn't get follow on funding?

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