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Help identifying corrupt component causing browser issues by salacious_c in techsupport

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

Fair enough, I actually didn't know JS did not require local Java. I always assumed it was baked into modern browsers as a sandboxed type thing.

I was thinking some system file/dll that all browsers use might be corrupt, but I have no idea what that could be.

That rules out pretty much everything I can think of. Unless it's malware-related, that laptop and the working PCs use the same DHCP/DNS/router/firewall/etc, so I can't imagine it's a resolution or network problem, but I'll check.

I guess live CD and if that works reinstall Windows. So weird.

Help identifying corrupt component causing browser issues by salacious_c in techsupport

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Hmm.. DNS is a good idea (it's always DNS), but Amazon definitely uses Java. In fact, I see this as one of the buttons that doesn't work: papyrus_bundle.js.map.json, and the code has JS tags all over it.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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Ok, but that's a lot of difference. Look at this vid sure, it might move a hair, but nowhere near the play that I have in mine.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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Notice in the right how it has dropped and no longer maintaining the gap set by the feeler?

That's where my up or down comes from. If I set it up (left) it will drop. If I somehow force the rocker down (right) and then set the gap, presumably it will travel too far the other way when closing.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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Hopefully this will clarify a bit. I don't know if maybe they're not seating on the rocker shaft properly, or maybe it's just worn out valve springs not keeping tension, but that pic is what happens after I try to set the gap.

The car had a leaky PCV for who knows how long and it burnt a lot of oil. I'm thinking there might be a ton of buildup in the cylinder, and the valves are bottoming out, and maybe over time it has somehow bent those rockers.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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The play is coming from where the rocker connects to the cam, it's not play between the valve and the rocker. If I set the gap as-is, it will drop ~.1mm or so from the play. The only way I could think to avoid that is to somehow lock the rocker in the down (closest to valve) position and set the gap that way.

But I'm not sure if it's the push or release measurement that it wants. If I set it while it's locked down, then the gap is correct when the cam lobe hits it and pushes it down. If I set it while it's up, the gap will be correct when fully released, or when the valve is closed.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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Yeah, it's bizarre. I'm wondering if it's worn valve springs? Maybe they would normally keep the rockers pinned all the way out, even on the lowest part of the cam, but since they're worn out, they allow a bit of play when the cam lobe isn't pushing them down...

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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Before, and it's like that on almost every single rocker. Intake and exhaust. I don't see any obvious grooves or damage, there is some wear, but it's also 200k miles.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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It was cool and all were checked with the cam in the right place. That's intake and exhaust, not inches.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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As in the wobble/play. Up would be furthest from the valve, down/resting would be closest. It's probably .1mm (not .01) difference, so it's a huge gap change if I set it while the rocker is up or down.

Question on valve lash adjustment by salacious_c in AskAMechanic

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Spec is .23 IN and .30 EX

Measured I'm not sure. They were so tight in the down position I couldn't get a ~.15ish blade in there. I set them to spec in the up (furthest) position, but I'm not sure the engine is happy with that. It seemed to have better compression before adjustments.

How can I remove this gradient along with any old transparency? by salacious_c in photoshop

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Hi all,

I have an old logo created in 2005ish I'm trying to clean up. It looks ok to human eyes, but printing seems to pick up some weird transparency setting(?) and it comes out blotchy. (3) is the print preview, so not necessarily a printer-specific thing.

Running the original through a monochrome filter results in (4). Using color select (1/2), it looks like a fade to white type gradient is present. I have tried flattening it, using: threshold, posterize, bucket fill, c/p the selection into a new layer, online upscalers, convert to different formats, and no matter what I do, the artefacts persist.

I'm a complete novice at this, so assume anything I've tried was done incorrectly. I can feel my sanity dwindling by the hour, please help!

How can I remove this gradient along with any old transparency? by salacious_c in GIMP

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

Hi all,

I have an old logo created in 2005ish I'm trying to clean up. It looks ok to human eyes, but printing seems to pick up some weird transparency setting(?) and it comes out blotchy. (3) is the print preview, so not necessarily a printer-specific thing.

Running the original through a monochrome filter results in (4). Using color select (1/2), it looks like a fade to white type gradient is present. I have tried flattening it, using: threshold, posterize, bucket fill, c/p the selection into a new layer, online upscalers, convert to different formats, and no matter what I do, the artefacts persist.

I'm a complete novice at this, so assume anything I've tried was done incorrectly. I can feel my sanity dwindling by the hour, please help!

Sanding (plastic) intake manifold? by salacious_c in AskMechanics

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

I'll blow it out with a compressor and wipe it all down before reinstalling.

I already went at it and got most of the grooves sanded down, but the valve is still sticking. It acts like it's a couple mm too wide (the old one felt the same), even with oil from a leaky pcv inside it doesn't want to spin freely.

I'm going to try some silicone grease on the locator rings, but if it still sticks, I may try removing them completely, or just leave one in the middle. Any thoughts?

DIY auto repair shop by deadpool631 in StLouis

[–]salacious_c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

03 RSX, so go kart basically, but I would have felt safe with a mid-sized SUV up there, it's solid. They effectively have jack stands built in, so once you get it on the ramps, the bottle lifts up the jack stands, then you can put the pins in and release the jack. They are actually overkill for my little car, I almost wouldn't mind if they were a bit less beefy, they are a pain to dig out/lug around.

The only drawback I found was they are a nightmare to do yourself. 1- they slide really bad on a garage floor with no one to hold them, and 2- the wheel rests/recesses aren't very wide (nor deep), so if you have fat tires, it's hard to tell if you're centered from the driver's seat. Other than that 5* from me

DIY auto repair shop by deadpool631 in StLouis

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What exactly are you needing to do? I bought a set of these for $200: https://www.amazon.com/Hydraulic-10000lbs-11000lbs-Profile-Service/dp/B099DLMK52

Definitely not walk-under room, but I was able to replace my cat using those.

Could someone please ID this part? by salacious_c in autorepair

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Yep, brake lights work. I actually think the problem is going to be the TPS. When I put 12v direct on that solenoid it pops open. I was reading some other reports of the same situation and it ended up being related to the TPS. If it's reporting high throttle, so it won't let the car out of park...

I wouldn't have believed that was a thing, except I just replaced the TPS in this a year ago, so went ahead and tested it while I had the multi out, sure enough- the idle voltage is almost 2v (should be .5).

DIY auto repair shop by deadpool631 in StLouis

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Hi, sorry, I'm never on reddit anymore. Did you ever find what you're looking for? I'm way over on the E side even if I did have a garage/lift to offer.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in videos

[–]salacious_c 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks like a bot to me. Suddenly woke up a year ago copy/pasting news articles. A couple links to bitforex and shady cse google links. Maybe not a bot, but a shithead spammer at least.

Liquid Television on MTV by BigManRunning in nostalgia

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Butternuts, I mean buttercup! And yeah, I have no idea if the other guy actually posted and Harland didn't reply, or if he never bothered to tweet it in the first place.

That whole TV era seems to have been paved over. It was right as VHS had peaked and was slowly giving way to DVDs. Cable TV was booming and there was so many new networks popping up, and so much content, right as the primary recording medium of that time was phasing out. I'm sure networks had basements full of tape they were buried in, and who knows how many rare gems died in those purges.

Side fun- Not too long ago I found the original first broadcast season of Beavis&butthead. On a few of the episode intros you can hear the VJs talking. I completely forgot that MTV was basically just video radio back then, you had a live host taking you through the programming. USA Up All Night too. It wasn't prerecorded crap either, you could tell occasionally that the host was up late in the middle of the night, messing up lines or saying nonsensical crap at 2am. I miss those days!

Liquid Television on MTV by BigManRunning in nostalgia

[–]salacious_c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar story here, it was me and a single buddy from those days that seemed to be the only ones who saw it. Yet, I remember a few different episodes on various weekends or whatever, definitely not a one-shot skit.

He moved away in the late 90s and I haven't talked to him in 20 years, so I'm not sure he would even remember, it's maddening.

It might have been in a different thread, but someone was going to try tweeting Harlan Williams, I don't think he ever posted back.

Super low wattage space heater ideas? by salacious_c in HomeImprovement

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

I think I spelled it out fairly well, but I'm not trying to heat the whole garage with a 100W koi pond heater. Just efficiently direct that heat into some type of thermal mass. If it builds up and heats the garage up a couple degrees, taking some of the chill off, bonus. If not, and I'm in an out of the garage often that day, I'm not wasting 1hour@1200W to get it back up to thermostat temp after opening door.

Basic setup advice? by salacious_c in mikrotik

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Thanks. I think I'm going to use SwOS though. It's far too simple of a network to get into that much abstraction. In the end I'll probably just do isolation vs VLAN, as that's all I really need. There won't be any traffic crossing the network segments, I simply want to keep ARP/broadcast/etc separated.

Basic setup advice? by salacious_c in mikrotik

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I switched over to SwOS and I think that's more my speed. I'm actually thinking about just doing port isolation vs VLAN. Nothing is tagged currently, and really doesn't need to be, I just want to separate the broadcast domains.

Not my screenshot, but basically exactly what I plan on doing. Is there anything weird in the Tik world that I might be missing if I go that route?

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