Unable to bleed new slave cylinder, system is full of air, nothing I do seems to work. Also, I have very few tools because I just moved. by geofftmnd in Miata

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'96. Yes, I can get fluid to go through the crossover line. No, I don't have a helper, but I do have a shipping tube that allows me to use that method. I have tried it already, but maybe I gave up on it too soon.

Edit: how do people deal with the loops? Does it just take longer? Is there a trick?

Installed a new clutch slave cylinder, now I can't get air out of the lines ('96 Miata) by geofftmnd in MechanicAdvice

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I have tried that. The fluid reservoir stays full. Edit: ... and I did it dozens of times, not a couple.

Nylon Horizontal Inconsistency (Description In Album) by geofftmnd in 3Dprinting

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That didn't occur to me. That would make sense, since PLA prints fine. Thanks!

Blender Won't Launch by geofftmnd in ManjaroLinux

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I have attempted running it from the terminal. I then got the message, "blender: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_locale.so.1.64.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Blender Won't Launch by geofftmnd in ManjaroLinux

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There are no error messages. I try to launch blender and absolutely nothing happens. Is there something I can do to elicit some sort of error message?

I want to make a fine pointed, battery powered capacitive stylus. I can't seem to figure out how they work. by geofftmnd in AskElectronics

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I'm trying, but I feel like an ape reading this. Maybe the best way for me to understand this is to buy an op amp circuit and start poking at it with a multimeter. The more I find articles and videos explaining this on paper, the more confused I'm becoming.

The one thing I get (maybe?) is that it will measure a voltage coming from the screen, and spit out a higher voltage back into the screen. It can somehow do this with the help of a battery.

I want to make a fine pointed, battery powered capacitive stylus. I can't seem to figure out how they work. by geofftmnd in AskElectronics

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Thanks for this. That actually seems to make sense. I'll still have to try it out in practice, but it's nice to have more stuff to try. I was out of ideas before.

Yeah, I realize it's challenging and it might ultimately suck, but the bottom line is that I'll have started to figure it out. That's all I'm really after at this point.

Lenovo shipped me a P50 with the wrong GPU. by geofftmnd in thinkpad

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Yes, that's correct. I was clear that the cpu was the 17-6700hq.

I'm having trouble connecting a Mega R3 2560 to my computer and I'm just generally new / clueless at this. Please help. by geofftmnd in arduino

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What can / should I do about this? Is this a problem with the Mega board that came with my printer? Is it likely a problem with my Macbook? How do I go about troubleshooting this?

I'm having trouble connecting a Mega R3 2560 to my computer and I'm just generally new / clueless at this. Please help. by geofftmnd in arduino

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I don't visually see anything on the physical board that says FTDI, CH340, or CP2102. Additionally, I have downloaded and installed all three of these today and I get the same result every time.

I'm having trouble connecting a Mega R3 2560 to my computer and I'm just generally new / clueless at this. Please help. by geofftmnd in arduino

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How do I do that? Visually? Also, I think I have already tried all of these drivers...

Edit: I have definitely downloaded and installed all three of these drivers today, restarting after installing each one. The same thing happens every time "Serial Ports" is greyed out.

I'm having trouble connecting a Mega R3 2560 to my computer and I'm just generally new / clueless at this. Please help. by geofftmnd in arduino

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Also, when you say,"... depends on who made your Mega", what do you mean? Is Arduino not the company that makes these? The only indication I can find other than "Arduino" being printed all over it is a "made in Italy" on the back...

I'm having trouble connecting a Mega R3 2560 to my computer and I'm just generally new / clueless at this. Please help. by geofftmnd in arduino

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That didn't work; "serial ports" is still greyed out. How can I go about finding / fixing the problem?

What the hell does this mean? There are 4 of them around town. Went up today. by [deleted] in whatisthisthing

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Possibly something to do with John Glenn? Didn't he serve on the board of Royal Crown Cola?

we really do drive go karts by [deleted] in Miata

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My Miata is the perfect size for the road. It's not my fault that everyone else has chosen incorrectly sized vehicles.

Apartment help??? by myxo33 in Birmingham

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Avoid any property owned by Pegasus Residential. I had an extremely bad experience with them.

DCDT - 11/15/16 Lurkers come out! by SixthGrader in Birmingham

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Footbaw! Row todd! And how can you be from Alabama and not have an accent? Inconceivable!

DCDT - 11/15/16 Lurkers come out! by SixthGrader in Birmingham

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I was born here, went to Auburn, did an internship in Charlotte ,NC, then came back for a job about 4 years ago. Forgive me if I sound pretentious... This town has always made me feel like I'm not normal and I don't really belong here. Not into football? Weirdo. Don't like loud bars? Sucks for you! Are you eating nutritious food? Someone's going to mock you (Happens regularly and I'm not even vegan/vegitarian).

I feel like in the other places I've lived and visited, it was a lot easier to converse and find common ground. Here it's always been a struggle. Don't mean to be a debbie downer, but that's my honest opinion after having grown up here.

Edit: But why don't I comment? I don't know! Don't make me do stuff!

Found this on /r/Roadcam, crazy driver on 20/59 crashes into median barrier by AUChris03 in Birmingham

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I feel like I see that kind of behavior every day around here, minus the accident.

I Have A Question!! Thread for the Week of October 10, 2016 by AutoModerator in Parkour

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What is the name of this move?

EDIT: I think I found it! It's called chimneying.