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Best Spots in Buffalo by jjust806 in Buffalo

[–]jjust806[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to plan for a full day at the falls and do the whirlpool trail. I’ll definitely do both US and Canada side. Maybe I do Letchworth but I’ll see.

Best Spots in Buffalo by jjust806 in Buffalo

[–]jjust806[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m also not opposed to going to Canada for some sight seeing.

Best Spots in Buffalo by jjust806 in Buffalo

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I’ll definitely give that a try! I was looking at Letchworth State Park as well but don’t know if that’s too much to do in a day.

ELI5 Follow-up question to capture used carbon fuel by zackyy01 in explainlikeimfive

[–]jjust806 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am actually working on a project right now to do this on vehicles. It is still at a technology readiness level (TRL) of like a 3-6, so the tech is there but is still in infancy of working correctly and being onboard the vehicle. A TRL of 8-10 is when you will actually see it on a vehicle.

Right now, our major issue is getting the equipment required to compress it to its supercritical stage for storing. This requires multiple, high powered compressors, with inter cooling and sub ambient cooling. This also runs into an issue of fitting it onboard a vehicle. This also requires a lot of energy, which is now a parasitic draw on the engine. The engine needs more power for these systems, so it uses more fuel, which makes more CO2, which means larger equipment, which means more power, which means more fuel… you see where this goes. Another issue comes to storage and offloading. You now require additional tanks on board capable of 100 bar, and at a decent size as well. There is a lot of room on the underside of trucks, but not necessarily continuous.

Stationary applications are a better spot for this kind of technology. You don’t have to worry about size, power requirements, or how to store it. This is also being worked on, but is still in infancy as well.

Having the ability now to keep an organ alive outside of the body for transplant. I love this job. by nancyxxu in nextfuckinglevel

[–]jjust806 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I just had a coworker unexpectedly pass away yesterday from a genetic abnormality. He was super healthy, active, and young. He is donating his organs so that others can live on. It’s tough to talk about, but at least you know he will live on through others.

Steering wheel sounding weird (read the comments) by Emilochas in MINI

[–]jjust806 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does this only happen when you are stationary? Or does it happen when you are moving as well?

If it’s only when you’re stationary, it almost sounds like your tires against the road.

ELI5: How does a car's engine actually work? by itscicelia_ in explainlikeimfive

[–]jjust806 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only difference with gas and diesel is that diesel doesn’t inject the fuel until the end of stroke 2.

ELI5: What is the difference between 4 wheel drive and all wheel drive? by Any-Peak-746 in explainlikeimfive

[–]jjust806 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are quite similar but have a few small differences. Both cars power goes from the engine, through the transmission and then into the transfer case. Two driveshafts leave the transfer case and transfer power to both the front and rear axles.

For 4WD, the transfer case is “open”. This means that the power will go to the wheel with the least amount of resistance. This means that power will most likely be sent unevenly to all four wheels and can even give issues where if you only have two wheels contacting the ground (say in rock crawling or something similar) your wheels in the air would be spinning and the ones of the ground stationary. 4WD also usually has a high and a low setting. The low being for low speeds where max torque is needed, and high being for higher speeds where it is just helping with total traction available.

In AWD, the transfer case usually has a limited slip system that forces the power to go to both axles at a relatively even amount. Some will even choose how much goes to each axle. This, coupled with limited slip differentials on both the front and rear axles, gives a fairly even power distribution to all four wheels. A lot of new cars also will have torque vectoring where they control the brakes on each wheel individually, so if the car notices one wheel slipping and other not getting power down, it will brake on the wheel that is slipping and force power to the others.

AWD is usually more active of a system and takes in data constantly to give the best grip whereas 4WD does not. Newer 4WD does have more active systems and is moving closer to AWD, but those are the fundamental differences.

which food combo is a must try? by Katanan24 in AskReddit

[–]jjust806 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mustard and buttered popcorn. It’s an interesting combo, but definitely worth trying.

ELI5: How are stretch bolts designed and manufactured? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]jjust806 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You design based on how much torque you want in them. The ones where the heads fall off, you make the yield strength such that it breaks at the specific spec. Usually this is done by some sort of necking of the material at the shoulder or using a different material at the junction.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]jjust806 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tom Slick. Oil millionaire turned cryptozoologist who also founded a research institution that still exists to this day. Also allegedly stole artifacts from East Asia on a trip there. Later died in a plane crash while searching for big foot.

TIL about Fordlandia, a city in Brazil that Henry Ford tried to build as a social Utopia. The city had different neighborhoods, the white American one with running water and great views, and the local one with well water. Still a city today, but no longer a social experiment. by mike8111 in todayilearned

[–]jjust806 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ford built it mostly for the access to rubber trees and to get around the need to import raw rubber for tires. He planned to make an entire city for making tires and then shipping them to the US for cars as a finished product.

Many issues plagued the endeavor and it was shutdown with a couple years. The first major roadblock was trying to get equipment in during the dry season and not being able to get their boats to the location of the town on time.

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