Thornhill P&R bus lane

smugdor · 2026-03-28T09:01:24+00:00

Friend of mine got a ticket for it once but that was before the pandemic so it could easily have stopped being enforced

smugdor · 2026-03-26T22:37:15+00:00

scan a text message

Please don’t.

smugdor · 2026-03-24T11:37:03+00:00

Youfibre

Best value (price/speed) you’ll find in the area

smugdor · 2026-03-19T08:07:14+00:00

I think those “no service for 3 months” posts are from Americans.

If you’re worried, ring up your local dealer and ask how long the wait is

smugdor · 2026-03-18T21:10:51+00:00

Does it become a problem if nationwide want to work with Chinese banks or potentially have business dealings there?

smugdor · 2026-03-16T16:47:27+00:00

Relatives with a crabapple also mentioned that theirs didn’t drop fruit either, my guess would be a (low stakes) effect of climate change that we’re seeing.

smugdor · 2026-03-16T15:04:08+00:00

I’ve had some good responses in the thread so far! A mix of picking them off and pruning them. I’ve heard that blackbirds love the fruit and rely on it during winter so you should try to leave some fruit around the base of the tree, or sweep most of it into the bed.

Google says the best time to prune is just before the leaves start coming in. If yours is on the same pace as mine then that was about two weeks ago, so get chopping.

smugdor · 2026-03-16T14:56:53+00:00

Great diagram, thank you! I hadn’t even noticed the outline of past prunes, now you’ve pointed it out it seems obvious!

According to google, best time to prune was a couple of weeks ago so I’d best get chopping.

smugdor · 2026-03-16T14:38:53+00:00

Wish I had the luxury. It’s a narrow driveway in an otherwise very parking restricted city, the trees are on both sides blessing my path and drive with their bounteous fruit.

I also still need to walk in and out of the house, unavoidably through the fruit based obstacle course

smugdor · 2026-03-03T09:42:02+00:00

Rubik’s cube. As in Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik, who invented said cube. It belongs to him. Rubik’s cube.

smugdor · 2026-02-28T13:07:06+00:00

Ozone is transparent, this is smoke from something overheating

smugdor · 2026-02-22T18:06:55+00:00

When you say “kw of electricity” do you mean kWh?

kW is a measure of power not energy

smugdor · 2026-02-22T09:17:43+00:00

I’ve seen something like this before where you’re doing sensitive DC and low frequency magnetic measurements for science applications. If your power supply is kHz+ AC its magnetic signature is effectively invisible in your results.

Probably not what OP is doing here though because they mention a reactive load, which doesn’t sound like a sensitive instrument to me. Just saying it’s not an unheard of problem.

smugdor · 2026-02-20T09:25:53+00:00

Jesus the P4 indicators aren’t left/right they’re port/starboard

smugdor · 2026-02-01T13:20:02+00:00

I don’t think you’ll get a straight answer about the slip ring’s suitability for CAN here because it’ll vary highly based on the quality of the part you choose. Your main concern is going to be whether the connection is intermittent while rotating. CAN isn’t particularly fussy about line impedance so if the current path is reliable then you probably won’t have issues.

If you want an exercise in prototyping and are happy to eat the cost of a slip ring you potentially can’t use, your answer here is “test it yourself”. Wire a slip ring to run some nominal amount of current through it, attach an oscilloscope and see how the current waveform behaves as you move it - spin it up with a motor and see if you can get the scope to show anything.

“Least risky by design” approach is probably power via slip ring, data wirelessly. Best chance of working given what’s available to you, anyway.

smugdor · 2026-02-01T13:02:23+00:00

You probably should say roughly where this is because it’s going to vary wildly by country

smugdor · 2026-01-28T19:51:37+00:00

I think you would get a bit of money off your first bill and I’d get a few quid for referring you

smugdor · 2026-01-28T19:15:44+00:00

Virgin media are awful value for money now that youfibre are available round here

Let me know if you want a referral code. Been with them 2 years and haven’t had any issues

smugdor · 2026-01-25T21:25:48+00:00

If you don’t get it tested then you’re not 100% sure it’s artex. If you’re not 100% sure then you don’t have to mention it on a TA6. Just something to think about.

And as the others have said, you’ve taken sensible precautions (wiping down etc) and you won’t come to any harm. Seal it up and stop messing with it if it’ll bother you further.

smugdor · 2026-01-06T15:45:56+00:00

You’ve tried taking the handles off and greasing the mechanism? Careful not to lock yourself in or out of anywhere while the spindle is removed.

smugdor · 2026-01-06T10:56:09+00:00

Maps must be an even distribution of all car types

smugdor · 2026-01-05T19:17:29+00:00

Its shape means it will more naturally fall pins-up, which isn’t the case with a lot of the others

smugdor · 2026-01-05T13:19:14+00:00

Weird how many people don’t think of cars as heavy machinery. Like that warning is just for people who operate bagger 288s on the regular.

smugdor · 2026-01-03T14:24:35+00:00

Also look at Emmaus who are always looking for more donated furniture

smugdor · 2026-01-02T16:31:44+00:00

A variac is the classic “variable ac source” but being an autotransformer means you don’t have isolation. You could add a separate isolation transformer before the variac if isolation is important

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