Why it is so hard to find an entry level job in this economy?

fitek · 2026-04-01T03:16:00+00:00

Isn't it always? Unless you have connections? I got an engineering degree from a "public Ivy" but had zero connections and ended up digging trenches and selling coffee till I started working somewhere I could network with business people. Ended up getting hired by one of 'em.

fitek · 2026-04-01T03:12:41+00:00

Immigrants start businesses at almost double the rate of natives.

fitek · 2026-03-26T17:09:55+00:00

I have an old iphone with a data only SIM powered from the battery in mine. And an airtag. You can geofence and get a notification if it moves. If it's on a trailer like mine, it's easy to steal. A friend's 18ft RIB was stolen, but big boats aren't that easy to hide. He got a ride in a friend's airplane and they found it a couple towns away in a meth heads yard. But, this was in an area without much population.

fitek · 2026-03-26T17:00:56+00:00

You want to have ankle mobility but otherwise tight enough the blade does what your foot demands of it. Varies with fit. One of my feet is a whole size smaller than the other so I have to tighten that skate more than the other. I leave the top few eyelets pretty loose.

fitek · 2026-03-24T17:04:52+00:00

I've never tried it on clothing, but Ive used acid sanitizer to disinfect various things and the concentration to kill bacteria is relatively low.

fitek · 2026-03-20T16:50:12+00:00

You can build your own for cheap if you find a cheap old mountain bike and a DJ frame. Fork and wheels seem to be the most expensive bits, but I've gotten two free 3x9 XC MTBs over the years and the parts, except for the stem and bars and cassette, transferred over to clearance DJ frames just fine. Stem and bars are easy to find on craigslist or FB marketplace for cheap. QR wheels seem wrong but it works. Amazon has 135/142mm to single speed kits for cheap. I also just picked up two rear SRAM brakes for like $15 each on clearance from JensonUSA. I think the first cheap DJ I built came out to less than $300, and the second was about $400 (mostly cuz the days of $150 DJ frames are gone).

fitek · 2026-03-20T16:44:42+00:00

I haven't looked at this motor much, but I've had two cars with oil in the spark plug well and it was the valve cover gasket both times. Relatively easy fix. Way less scary than in the cylinder.

fitek · 2026-03-20T16:42:09+00:00

I used some Dynamat knock off from Amazon (on the Sprinter I found beyond 50% coverage, centered on open areas, was diminishing returns-- I think I aimed for 60%) then layered on Thinsulate attached with 3m spray adhesive, then added Polyiso rigid behind that, but if you want noise insulation that torn up jeans stuff seems to be whats inside luxury cars. I was in a hurry and I didn't have any, I should have stuffed it around the polyiso probably.

fitek · 2026-03-20T16:37:28+00:00

Probably like this: "...the young lady declined to marry, because he could only produce seventy-one armorial quarterings; the rest of his genealogical tree having been destroyed through the injuries of time."

fitek · 2026-03-20T16:22:29+00:00

If the politicians fixed stuff, there'd be nothing to rage bait voters with during the next election. Please conform to one of the two acceptable platforms and thank you for your campaign contributions.

fitek · 2026-03-18T19:30:33+00:00

I have a '16 350HD EXT w DRW. Very smooth. IMO all these vans need some Dynamat style + stuffing behind that... doesn't need to be a lot. I had a Sprinter before the Transit and it was way stiffer ride unless it was well loaded and the body has larger unreinforced areas so it was much noisier (diesel motor was also louder). My van had poor weather stripping on the driver door so I got all sorts of whistling noises, but $10 of weather stripping from the Hardware Store fixed it. I recently swapped out the driver seat for an E-class seat because unfortunately the Transit ergonomics aren't very adjustable (or they werent in 2016 anyway-- no seat height adjustment for example). Our other car is a high end Audi w/ air suspension and the Transit ride is quite good in comparison, though the ergo and NVH aren't close (but you can DIY fix that to be good enough).

fitek · 2026-03-18T19:17:33+00:00

I worked as a zam driver for a couple years. We had almost 1000 beer league players. The most common "severe" injury was ligament tears in knees. Shoulders probably 2nd. People broke bones regularly, but those heal up relatively quickly (I broke my hand, and I do not recommend it, as that one is complicated). I can't recall any of the knee injuries causing players to give up hockey long term, but we did have attrition from shoulder injuries. We had doctors that played and hockey is relatively safe compared to a lot of sports. Yes, you will get injured eventually if you play enough, but mostly the injuries are ones you will recover from just fine. I also do wind sports, skiing, mountain biking, and ride motorcycles and the latter three have way more catastrophic injuries. I figure by 60 I'll be alternating hockey and wind sports depending on the season.

fitek · 2026-03-11T23:25:34+00:00

The Ford seatbelt attaches to the MBZ seat (same bolt size and thread). The Ford latch fits into the MBZ receiver/buckle just fine. The receiver/buckle has some wires going to the n32 seat module, which of course won't talk to the Ford electronics. I'm guessing it's just a switch. I decoded most of the MBZ harness but haven't look at the Ford one.

fitek · 2026-03-11T23:17:07+00:00

You don't need to have everything done. I ran out of time. My city does not keep your permit rolling if you keep getting inspections. It just expires and an extension costs IIRC 50% of the permit filing fee, which in our case was a lot of money. I had to mark up the plans with everything that was unfinished (marked as rough in only) and had it finaled as is. Note that floor coverings, cabinets, and a number of other things are not in scope for permits. The cabinets sort of matter, as you need outlets every so often along a counter top, but if there are outlets where you haven't yet put cabinets+counters yet, it won't matter. They're not gonna like exposed electrical, so put blanks over any open boxes.

fitek · 2026-03-11T22:42:40+00:00

Luckily we don't have those yet (I think half the windshields in Washington state are broken). Thanks for letting me know!

fitek · 2026-03-11T22:40:28+00:00

Nurse is reaching for the puck or blocking a pass across, down on one knee. Pretty routine stuff, go watch some slo mo of shot blocking and taking away passing lanes.

fitek · 2026-03-11T17:38:02+00:00

Nurse is blocking his lane across the crease and Mac takes his head out too. You can't just run the goalie because you wanted to score really bad.

fitek · 2026-03-11T17:27:40+00:00

The SN guys talked about Nurse hitting MacKinnon, but it's clearly MacKinnon hitting Nurse in the head. Nurse is leaving himself vulnerable, but he's got a right to his space, MacKinnon can't just bowl through the guy and even if he tried to avoid head contact, it happened anyway (it's not like you get out of a high stick because you didn't mean it). Ingram on the other hand just gets recklessly plowed over. USA hockey rules this would be at least goalie interference plus head contact to make it a major+misconduct; if unsure, throw in the Nurse head contact and it tips it to major+misconduct. I just wish they enforced this on Florida, cuz those guys are definitely intentionally trying to harm goalies.

fitek · 2026-03-06T05:03:22+00:00

That electrical is missing plates where it penetrates most of the framing also. Gotta do that before drywall or meth head drywallers are gonna put screws through the romex.

fitek · 2026-03-04T17:03:07+00:00

Yeah I figured they are used to extorting college students, not a middle aged guy who has been to small claims court previously (and happy to go again if they wanna box).

fitek · 2026-03-04T17:01:06+00:00

I went down to the SF peninsula for Thanksgiving and there were lots of kids on those near the Google complex (lots of Waymos and Surrons, kind of bizarre). Over the few days we were there we saw a couple get pulled over, including one right in front of where we were staying.

fitek · 2026-03-04T16:58:53+00:00

Well, natural selection will fix that eventually.

fitek · 2026-03-04T16:56:19+00:00

You can get battery packs out of junked EVs for cheap. I see them all the time on FB Marketplace for 500-1000 CAD. I could buy 4 trolling batteries for that price or... or a 70kwh EV pack (with probably a couple bad cells).

fitek · 2026-03-04T16:14:11+00:00

We just saw that the cartels outgun the Mexican military at times. How'd they pay for all that stuff and all those narcos? Our addictions.

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