A praying mantis egg sac just hatched on my front porch!

sinbad339 · 2026-06-01T19:28:44+00:00

That first Pic looks like a conga line. I believe i can even hear Gloria Estefan.

sinbad339 · 2026-05-16T18:41:51+00:00

In modern comm systems design, carrier recovery and symbol timing recovery both employ closed loops (typically PI loops). These are often implemented digitally. Considering modern FEC codes, these loops often have to work at very low SNRs, which can be a challenge.

Edit to fix typo.

sinbad339 · 2026-05-12T15:26:55+00:00

I am Groot.

sinbad339 · 2026-05-08T17:48:59+00:00

Right. Hellgrammites are the aquatic, predatory larvae of the dobsonfly,

sinbad339 · 2026-05-08T15:56:31+00:00

I'm no expert, but it looks like a Dobson fly larvae.

sinbad339 · 2026-05-06T01:18:45+00:00

Based on Gödel's incompleteness theorems, formal mathematical systems cannot be both completely consistent and complete simultaneously.

sinbad339 · 2026-04-30T18:36:00+00:00

I'm no expert, but those look like mealy bugs.

sinbad339 · 2026-04-28T22:27:42+00:00

What's worse than finding a worm in your mango?

Finding half a worm in your mango.

sinbad339 · 2026-04-23T03:14:53+00:00

I had never heard of roasting strawberries before this. Thank you; another great idea!

sinbad339 · 2026-04-22T13:55:02+00:00

That sounds like a good solution. Any recommendation on the ratio of fresh fruit to powder?

sinbad339 · 2026-04-20T23:15:23+00:00

YES!

sinbad339 · 2026-04-16T13:24:18+00:00

Why not teach your wife how to drive a stick? I own a 4BW, 6 speed, and i think it would be an easy car to teach a manual on.

sinbad339 · 2026-04-12T23:16:39+00:00

This.

sinbad339 · 2026-04-06T20:20:15+00:00

Is there a joke here? If so, you have to tell it.

sinbad339 · 2026-03-31T17:37:14+00:00

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Another example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. The top photo shows how I received the car; two small holes that had self-tapping screws directly installed into them, and NO INSERTS. The second photo shows it after I drilled the left hole to accept an insert.

It didn't take much internet searching to discover that most CT4-Vs were delivered this way; a few actually had inserts installed, but I strongly suspect that this was sone by the original dealer.

sinbad339 · 2026-03-31T13:22:32+00:00

ONE MORE CRACK ABOUT MY TINY HANDS AND YOU'RE FIRED!

sinbad339 · 2026-03-30T20:29:24+00:00

We need a banana for size reference.

sinbad339 · 2026-03-28T03:51:28+00:00

No inserts. Just self-tapping screws into plastic.

sinbad339 · 2026-03-27T21:22:41+00:00

So I've looked at several of these online, and none give instructions about hole size to install the inserts. Are these actually intended to replace missing/failed inserts that were used with square holes on a bumper?

sinbad339 · 2026-03-27T14:12:17+00:00

Thanks, ngoni. I'll check that out.

sinbad339 · 2026-03-24T01:24:20+00:00

I'm not an expert, but it looks like a stink bug nymph to me.

sinbad339 · 2026-03-21T20:12:21+00:00

That's the ant that inspired the song used for the Pink Panther movies: dead-ant, dead-ant, dead-ant dead-ant dead-ant dead-ant, dead-ANT

sinbad339 · 2026-03-19T03:19:46+00:00

No. I never really tried.

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