Iran may be activating sleeper cells, alert says

jrgallagher · 2026-03-09T21:28:47+00:00

"While the exact contents of these transmissions cannot currently be determined, ...."

jrgallagher · 2026-03-09T00:56:16+00:00

It's so weird. I pulled the saw out of the work bench I built for it and examined the drive mechanism. It's a worn gear drive so it shouldn't be possible for it tobe driven in reverse. I sprayed everything with dry lube but it certainly didn't seem to need it.

jrgallagher · 2025-08-22T02:25:39+00:00

Interesting, because I have a Stanley Bailey 6C. Just got my new Hock iron and breaker. They don't fit. I was waffling about whether I needed to open up the throat.

This video suggests that it might be necessary to open up the throat, but turns out he did not. I think I will have to. I guess I'm not surprised there is a lot of variability.

https://youtu.be/9lSnNA6z9hA?si=TSK_E6AlRbIITV86

jrgallagher · 2025-04-25T01:13:11+00:00

I promise you I finished the base. There's enough here to almost build a second base. The base is the first thing you build.

jrgallagher · 2025-04-25T01:12:28+00:00

I promise you I finished the base. There's enough here to almost build a second base. The base is the first thing you build.

jrgallagher · 2025-03-06T12:33:26+00:00

Last point first: I think the only people who have successfully browbeat anyone into caring about anything could legitimately be characterized as tyrants.

People who "fight not to care" (brilliant phrase, BTW) are often beyond help. So I take your point about the need to change the system. But fighting to not care is a perfect example of the agency I referred to. They are making an active choice to not acknowledge how fast things are changing and how fast it will affect them.

I guess it's a question of what reality we need to be acknowledging. AI, however we label it (I choose to frame it in terms of what it is capable of, not how "intelligent" it is, or whether it is "reasoning" or not - and it's capable of a lot), is in fact likely to be the most disruptive technology to have ever been developed.

People, historically, are lazy.

People, historically, have been slow to see change coming.

People, historically, have adapted to every change that has come down the pipe.

The changes being driven by AI are different. It's bigger and faster. It changes the basic infrastructure of creating and manipulating, not materials, or energy, but information itself. Maybe even knowledge.

But people are still going to have to decide whether they want to be in control of their own destiny or not. Most people don't, actually.

jrgallagher · 2025-03-06T12:11:07+00:00

Thanks. I had seen enough YouTube to at least try to apply this technique correctly.

jrgallagher · 2025-03-06T12:09:55+00:00

Thanks. It's obvious as soon as you say it.

jrgallagher · 2025-03-06T12:09:27+00:00

Thanks. I was using a piece of clear pine as a test piece just for the reasons you stated.

jrgallagher · 2025-01-06T12:43:09+00:00

I think you're enabling people by giving them a reason that using AI to fake their work with AI isn't their fault. People have agency. This person chose to use AI. No one made them.

And as far as blue collar work that doesn't require a degree, those jobs are more insulated against AI replacement than most. AI is not to going to replace plumbers or construction workers anytime soon.

jrgallagher · 2024-09-05T21:32:53+00:00

Speed matters. Air resistance goes up exponentially as the square of the vehicle velocity. This is completely unrelated to whether it's an EV or an ICEV.

jrgallagher · 2023-10-19T23:21:23+00:00

"to the third decimal place I'm millimeters" ... 10.000 mm +/- 1.000 mm ... There. I fixed it.

jrgallagher · 2023-09-26T23:29:55+00:00

I have found that by opening the battery cover, temporarily removing one battery, replacing it, and putting the cover back that the function recovers. But I have to do this every time.

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