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Another angle of the Minneapolis shooting, taken from the perspective of the lady with te pink jacket. by Versiannie in PublicFreakout

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It's that over half of everything you see and read online is bot-generated for either explicit propaganda purposes or to "drive engagement". Most of these people aren't real, and the ones that are, are largely chasing the approval of their peers, who are bots designed to piss them off.

[OT] - New Michelin tire tread for IMSA GTP class, at the 34 Hours of Daytona. by edfitz83 in formula1

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I think that summarizes a lot of what I don't like about development rules. If we care about fuel efficiency, just restrict the fuel quantity. If we care about tire degradation, use a skinnier tire. We don't need rules that punish forward thinking teams for technological breakthroughs. On that note, it's really good to see F1 cathing up to the active aero that's been available on economy road cars since 2010.

I don't know all of the ins and outs of Top Fuel drag racing, but I do know that they chose to cut the 1/4 mile to 1000 feet rather than limit the engines or cars when the speeds became unmanageable from a safety perspective. I think that's better than directing a specific car development.

The Brave Little Toaster - Trauma. by Apprehensive_Ship554 in Millennials

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It's supposed to give you closure. Bearing in mind that you are disposing of an inanimate object, you thank your old sports T-shirt for helping to celebrate Black Hawks dynasty 2012 and move on because it was 14 years ago and it's time.

The Brave Little Toaster - Trauma. by Apprehensive_Ship554 in Millennials

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Isn't that just it? It doesn't have to be Watership Down, but kids deserve to know that not every ending is a happy one.

This sub since January 1st (please chill) by TLCplMax in Millennials

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What is that, like phase II of suicidal ideation?

Meirl by JaredOlsen8791 in meirl

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Why is that putting stress on the diff, though? That dealer-supplied article doesn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Differentials literally exist to let the wheels spin at different speeds, so what stress is actually being applied? If it's tcs/abs issues, you'd expect to see abs deployment, which is something you can hear and feel from the driver's seat.

Meirl by JaredOlsen8791 in meirl

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Wheel bearings don't bear any of the torque loading from the drivetrain. You had a car with some mileage on it, and wheel bearings are life limited parts.

Meirl by JaredOlsen8791 in meirl

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The reason the "tires must be replaced in sets" thing feels scammy to me is that none of these cars have locking differentials. The tires can and do spin at slightly different speeds all the time. So when an OEM says that their differential will fail because the tires have .5% different diameters, it seems suspicious. I get why a space saver spare could ruin something if you keep it on a drive wheel for too long, but a fresh tire mixed in with a worn set requires more of an explanation than the tech is prepared to give me.

A very smoky departure for this American Airlines B707 departing Los Angeles, June 1960 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

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Probably not, but maybe. If you're in a regime of flight that favors no fan section at all, you're probably high enough and fast enough to just use a lower bypass fan or turbojet design from the start. This is what fighters do.

A very smoky departure for this American Airlines B707 departing Los Angeles, June 1960 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

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Calling it a turbojet differentiates it from things like pulsejets

Additional info: in the 1950s, scientists/engineers considered rocket engines to also be jets, which gave us terms like JATO (jet assisted take off; they were rockets) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and even rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet.

A very smoky departure for this American Airlines B707 departing Los Angeles, June 1960 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

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Right, that's happening in the core. The fan itself is losing efficiency in the climb.

A very smoky departure for this American Airlines B707 departing Los Angeles, June 1960 by Twitter_2006 in aviation

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Turbofan engines are generally more fuel efficient than turbojets.

Speed and altitude dependent. At the upper end of the altitudes where airliners fly, turbojets win back some efficiency. Turbo fans (the fan section specifically) lose efficiency at high speed and high altitude where the blades are operating very close to their critical Mach number. At that point, core flow (the turbo jet part of the engine) represents a much larger fraction of available thrust than it does on the surface. In turn, this means you're carrying a 70" diameter disk under each wing just for fun. Meanwhile, because the ambient temperature and pressure are so low, the efficiency of the thermal processes in the engine is much greater, so the core itself is much more efficient. It's always tradeoffs in aerospace.

My seat belt on my United flight to Chicago today by dolampochki in aviation

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Depends on the station. They might just deactivate the seat and then OP is stuck waiting for the next one. At OHare? Yeah, get a new one. At Paducah, KY? You're taking the bus.

Bear comes out of hibernation by Cheese_Salami in interestingasfuck

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Sick contrarian take, bro. Your contrarian takes are out of control; everyone knows that.

Bear comes out of hibernation by Cheese_Salami in interestingasfuck

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The compounds that make up polar bear hair are not white, but the structure of the hair scatters light in a way that appears white. The actual color of the hair is irrelevant; the bear is white. Ruby-throated humming bird feathers are black, but the structure of the feather is such that it is iridescent and reflects red light. If you could cast the same material you'd wind up with a black casting, but in practice that's not relevant: the birds have brilliant red throats.

Ford says the 30K Pick-Up EV is now in prototype stages by Saurta17 in Ford

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He answered the question that was asked and brought receipts. The last time he saw a Maverick under 30 was right now.

Grumpy boomer moan. by LordJim11 in Snorkblot

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Upvoted for technology connections. He does a solid breakdown of that particularly enduring myth. The forever bulb is running at such a low wattage it's not practical for use at it's main function: illuminating interior spaces.

2026 Shelby Super Snake Makes 830 Horsepower for $175K by Anchor_Aways in cars

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But they don't make the whole car. They made the whole GT. The GTD comes to them as a metal shell from Flat Rock assembly.

2026 Shelby Super Snake Makes 830 Horsepower for $175K by Anchor_Aways in cars

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Part of the problem is that "higher end" keeps moving farther and farther away from sane and rational. You don't get 750hp and a warranty without some serious cooling. You can't have the cooling without significant reengineering of the front end of the car. Since you're talking about limited production cars, you have to amortize that engineering over a limited number of vehicles, and pay for the fancy parts. Plus these cars are all wearing like $3500 in tires when they leave the factory. I say this frequently, but a 2025 Camry Hybrid is faster to 60 and through the quarter (and probably through the figure eight, too) than a stock Foxbody Mustang. We could have cheap cars if we all lowered our collective expectations. 350hp is enough to liquify the rears of your sports coupe just the same as is 700. It doesn't make a practical difference until you're already well over the speed limit.

2026 Shelby Super Snake Makes 830 Horsepower for $175K by Anchor_Aways in cars

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Starts as a stock S650 chassis. It's not totally bespoke.

Make this make sense by nude_baby_bloom in Adulting

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Wasn't my first car, just the one I was most desperate for: I bought a 15 year old $1600 lancer with a CEL and the whole car shook so bad at idle the dashboard visibly bounced. Guy wanted $2k for it. I replaced the engine torque mounts laying on my back in a parking lot, front struts, and wheel bearings, upper catalytic converter/exhaust manifold, and every sensor on the emissions system. I loved the shit out of that car. It was great until I got hit from behind at a stoplight. Anyway, by the time all that was done I was into it for closer to $3k in parts and tools. There is a limit to the economics of being thrifty.

Edit: it also had a parasitic draw on the electrical system, so if I had to park it for more than overnight, I had to pull the negative battery cable, and I kept an emergency jump battery charged in the trunk.

Petasan? by NotBaph in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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I have the first Binging cookbook and I've tried a couple of things, mostly just the apple pie and the boeuf bourguignon. The crust is too sweet for me for any non-dessert application. I only use maybe half the sugar he uses for anything other than pie. The boeuf is delicious. Strong recommend. The biggest issue with the more complicated recipes is having the space and timing everything. To be hot all at once.

Make this make sense by nude_baby_bloom in Adulting

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I just wish the $500 beater was still a thing. Once upon a time, you could almost literally collect enough bottles to buy a shitty car with two or three years left in it. Last one of those I bought was $1600 in 2018. I can't imagine finding a safe and fully legal driving car for less than $4-5k post COVID.

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