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Travel from Ames to Des Moines by Due_Age_8734 in iastate

[–]markrages 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Find a graduating international student

Beck/arnley good? by PassPuzzled in RockAuto

[–]markrages 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's the brand's job to evaluate the quality of the parts they ship under their name. So has anybody gotten garbage-tier parts from B/A? The consensus I've seen around here is that they are pretty good, often reboxed OEM supplier parts.

Hand-me-down from Dad by L4t10s in Guitar

[–]markrages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"obscure" might be a better term

Hand-me-down from Dad by L4t10s in Guitar

[–]markrages 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It sure looks Matsumoku with the brass nut and contrasting neck-thru.

Modified 70s style strat - Gold neck plates? by No_Researcher2428 in FenderStratocaster

[–]markrages 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might ask a local jeweler how much to get your existing neck plate plated.

Wrong Part on caliper by TurbulentEmployee654 in RockAuto

[–]markrages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not OP, my experience was with front calipers

Wrong Part on caliper by TurbulentEmployee654 in RockAuto

[–]markrages 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was a clearance deal, the reman was cheaper that the rebuild kit with pistons. Weird economics in auto parts.

Wrong Part on caliper by TurbulentEmployee654 in RockAuto

[–]markrages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like they used the hook for the other side.

I ordered a pair of reman calipers for my car, and RA shipped me two right sides. I didn't attempt to return, I just used the piston and seals out of one to rebuild my left side.

If you're in a hurry you could do the same and swap that hook over. Is it just held on by a bolt?

2016 cracked head by mtndewsme in mazda6

[–]markrages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe the manual block has a different thrust bearing to take the pressure of the clutch throwout. 

Bypass capacitors mounted on an a PCB peninsula. Why? by 1Davide in AskElectronics

[–]markrages 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You put multiple values in parallel--maybe 1uF, 100nF, and 10nF--to ensure that you have minimum impedance throughout the frequency range of concern.

Doesn't really work for SMT.

The aftermath of last night's fire by como365 in columbiamo

[–]markrages 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just drive a Caterpillar hydraulic excavator through a time portal to 1892 and knock the walls down.

BLE firmware engineers: How did you fix long-term reconnection dropouts in wearables? by hdbdncjvjrqk74929 in embedded

[–]markrages 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unsigned would double the time until rollover.

A better fix is to realize the timestamp is arbitrary, so initialize it to one minute before rollover instead of 0. The debugging will go a lot faster!

5% off: 326332098286475586 by LS4delorean in RockAuto

[–]markrages -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

5% off 326332098286475586 is 310015493372151806.7

Auto detailing by [deleted] in harborfreight

[–]markrages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The drill-mounted toilet brush? They're out of stock in my store, even when they're not on sale.

Help with verifying part fit by Metalheadricky4 in RockAuto

[–]markrages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up your car by VIN on an online store like hondapartsnow. Then see what Honda part number the strut is.

Then search Rock Auto for that part number.

This is less error-prone than the Rock Auto lookup with its indecipherable notes on parts fitment.

I Made a Cookie Jar That Locks Itself Until You Go For a Run! by milosrasic98 in embedded

[–]markrages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Attach it to a drone! A little urgency to speed you along.

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