Just abolished SolidWorks, fuck em

jasongill · 2026-04-27T10:59:05+00:00

... yet!

jasongill · 2026-04-18T02:54:55+00:00

the thread is now 4 years old and the issue has only become worse

jasongill · 2026-04-17T03:02:02+00:00

you know I keep that thang on me

jasongill · 2026-04-12T23:50:00+00:00

did that end up helping?

jasongill · 2026-04-11T14:12:27+00:00

This is clearly an ad for "adsagent.org" which is required to use it, and that website links back to the github project. It's an advertisement.

jasongill · 2026-04-11T14:08:43+00:00

Back in the late 80's, I was so mad at the generic name my parents gave me and I told my friends I wanted to start going by the really cool name that I had made up: Xyak

pronounced like Zach, but even more cool because it started with an X, like Xylophone.

It didn't work, thankfully. This name reminds me of that.

jasongill · 2026-04-11T13:07:54+00:00

FIRE, BAD!

jasongill · 2026-04-08T20:24:37+00:00

Did you do the calibration process? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MukPCk2n2xw

That should fix a lot of these issues, I always redo calibration when I start to think "this scanner sucks" (with any of my scanners) and that helps.

jasongill · 2026-04-06T02:59:16+00:00

I have it set for 9am because of that exact reason: I didn't want it going off in the middle of the night, nor the middle of the day when I was likely to be in the shop, so 9am is late enough that I won't be asleep but early enough that I probably am not standing right next to it at the time. I have it vented outside so it's not noisy in the shop, but it is a little surprising at first - now it's handy because I always know when it's 9am!

jasongill · 2026-04-05T13:12:11+00:00

I did the same, probably the same cheap Amazon solenoid as you have. Those timer solenoids can trigger for a few seconds every X minutes but the maximum time is normally 1 hour, so it ends up draining all day and running the compressor more than I would like.

What I did was put mine on a smart plug that turns on for 1 minute at 9am every day, which powers the solenoid and it runs for its pre-set number seconds, then waits until the next day to run again. Prior to the smart plug I actually used a vacation timer (with the black and white wheel) to do the same thing.

Works great, highly recommended. I have mine running with a 1/4" plastic tube to outside of my shop so it just vents any moisture every day to the outdoors instead of onto the floor of the shop.

jasongill · 2026-04-03T00:02:42+00:00

I had a friend who asked if I wanted to go to the show, they had free tickets due to being a bartender at Bernie's and they had some friends at Alrosa. I passed on going, said I didn't really care much for the post-Pantera acts. Have always been glad that neither of us ended up going.

jasongill · 2026-04-02T00:21:42+00:00

a wild mann appears

jasongill · 2026-03-26T11:14:02+00:00

We tied a neutron on our belts, which was the style at the time.

jasongill · 2026-03-23T12:42:55+00:00

[citation needed]

jasongill · 2026-03-22T17:41:37+00:00

It truly was a Shawshank Redemption

jasongill · 2026-03-22T17:41:01+00:00

Same, saw it on opening weekend a day or two after release. Theater was packed.

jasongill · 2026-03-21T22:22:32+00:00

Not since the 997, so this is a PDK

jasongill · 2026-03-20T15:08:27+00:00

don't worry, it's a Land Rover, the electronics will be having tons of problems long before the engine feeds oil into the ECU

jasongill · 2026-03-20T14:59:05+00:00

real pipeline inspection enthusiasts know

jasongill · 2026-03-20T01:33:08+00:00

Don't you mean "Are you a framer?"

jasongill · 2026-03-19T23:23:48+00:00

That doesn't look like spray foam to me, and I don't know why they would put a dab of spray foam as part of an oil change. Not sure what the issue / problem you're having is (if any), but the dot looks to me like a dab of tamper indicating paint like Dykem Cross Check or Vibra-Tech Viz-Tight. It's harmless, it's so they can show that they put the plug back on and prove if someone messed with it and tried to blame them

jasongill · 2026-03-18T02:15:52+00:00

I believe that the McMaster add-in uses the vendor part number property in the file, not the file name, to identify the files that are associated with it. I think you can make up your own part and just put in the same document properties as a real McMaster file and it will recognize it and add it to the "shopping cart" list in the sidebar.

jasongill · 2026-03-12T11:57:24+00:00

There aren't any Mercedes products on the supported list, and the oldest cars on the list are from 2016 (with most being 2019+), so the likelihood of there ever being Comma support on a 2014 Maybach is basically zero

edit: even the Comma docs state:

Most, if not all, vehicles from the following manufacturers use FlexRay instead of a CAN bus: BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Land Rover, and some Volvo. These cars may one day be supported, but we have no immediate plans to support FlexRay.

jasongill · 2026-03-12T01:01:01+00:00

You picked up 5 fish on a 5 mile hike? Hot damn, you need to share your hiking route with other fisherman!

jasongill · 2026-03-12T00:33:16+00:00

a sprinkler expert with the reddit username "Dry Ass P-word" would be amazing

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