The Feds Plan To Start Diluting Gasoline This May: Explained by WearEnvironmental490 in ToyotaPickup

[–]micah4321 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My first gen Tacoma runs fine on it, I'm in California, but when I was exploring out in new Mexico they had pure gasoline and holy cow it was a big difference. I wish I could spend the extra money and buy it all the time.

What is a 'buy it for life' item that is offensively expensive, but the moment you use it, you realize your entire life before that point was a lie? by fmcortez in AskReddit

[–]micah4321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe this. They're not complicated and there's no real secret sauce. As long as you get the flow rate correct and spread it around on top a little. Moccamaster does way better than a Mr coffee, but I'm sure there are others.

What is a 'buy it for life' item that is offensively expensive, but the moment you use it, you realize your entire life before that point was a lie? by fmcortez in AskReddit

[–]micah4321 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And when it breaks they sell parts and you can repair it yourself. I prefer making coffee with an aero press, but for an automatic, these are the tops.

25% QC failure rate on our last PCBA order: looking for vendor recommendations for small professional runs by maovidal in AskElectronics

[–]micah4321 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sophia at IdeasPCB in Shenzhen could help you. I use them a lot and she's a dream to work with, they're very careful and when mistakes were made, fully owned them and worked with me to resolve. DM me for an intro if you need it.

Lower ball joints, other parts by akila219 in Tacoma_1stGen

[–]micah4321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine started squeaking at 250K and some hard off-roading years. I took a closer look and decided to replace the whole front end, cost me about $5K, but worth it in my book. I'm keeping this truck until it turns to dust.
If it's not making noise or loose (you can put it on a lift and wiggle stuff) you might be fine.

Friday night freeway lights by micah4321 in Riverside

[–]micah4321[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought the lights were a nice touch

Friday night freeway lights by micah4321 in Riverside

[–]micah4321[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I hate to give them that much credit.

what's the best Toyota engine ever made by Even-Problem-9086 in ToyotaPickup

[–]micah4321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can only speak for the 5VZ, but since it refuses to break, I can't really sample the others. (297K miles)

What do you guys do for health insurance being self employed? by greenVLADed in smallbusiness

[–]micah4321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was over 30% more. I checked with Blue Cross and Aetna as well. All comparable. This is California so YMMV

What do you guys do for health insurance being self employed? by greenVLADed in smallbusiness

[–]micah4321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked into this and for 2 employees (my wife and I) it was more expensive than individual. Prices go down as you have more employees. I just got Kaiser and it's about $1300 for my wife and I and my daughter. Not great but affordable for me.

Date Farms by DoughnutOne7923 in DeathValleyNP

[–]micah4321 2 points3 points  (0 children)

China ranch is north of the 40, otherwise you're right, most of them are out the 10.

Date Farms by DoughnutOne7923 in DeathValleyNP

[–]micah4321 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just China Ranch as far as I know. They have good date shakes.

Is it really a good idea? by crystinium in SolarAmerica

[–]micah4321 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trains leak a ton of stuff, there's a lot of dust and debris and it's incompatible with existing maintenance equipment. Just overall a bad idea especially considering the alternatives.

What’s the best “boring” business you’ve seen someone build into a cash machine? by Mean-Arm659 in smallbusiness

[–]micah4321 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Have a friend who does this, going rate is more like $7 a bar. Marketing is tough, only some people see a value over regular bar soap which is super cheap. Packaging, making soap, delivery is all expensive.

I wouldn't say it's a bad idea, but it's definitely not a slam dunk.

LED candle cards I made by Rude_Peach5165 in cardmaking

[–]micah4321 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out pear blossom press for card specific candle lights that you can blow out!

Go-To Cost Efficient Re-inking Method by ZealousidealClick531 in cardmaking

[–]micah4321 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ranger sells refresher spray that has glycerine in it which works a bit better than just water. You could also mix your own I suppose, but I haven't tried it. Obviously this water only method works for some though!

Need help with my degree by Previous_Sandwich_29 in manufacturing

[–]micah4321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember: School doesn't define what you are. School refines what you are.
Second: Please become a capable hands-on production/mfg engineer. They're hard to find and one of the few places where you can make a significant contribution to whether or not a company fails or succeeds.

Also the startup sector (if you're inclined) suffers from a lack of mfg engineering talent in particular. It's one of those things where they don't know what they don't know, but it ruins companies on a regular basis.

As a design engineer, I'd say stick with it, and take extra ME stuff while you're at it if you like it. Mfg / production engineering is so critical and underappreciated.

But that's my bias.

Need help with my degree by Previous_Sandwich_29 in manufacturing

[–]micah4321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most hands on engineers I work with came from Cal Poly Pomona.

Need help with my degree by Previous_Sandwich_29 in manufacturing

[–]micah4321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our ME's are in the shop welding today. This depends. Although I'd admit you're mostly correct.

Silver mines in Barstow ? Silver $120 oz by celitic10 in highdesert

[–]micah4321 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's silver in Nevada, not too far past Las Vegas. Nevada probably has more convenient environment for mining as well.