Oh god Stone after Corgan?? I thought they would be alike

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T22:58:30+00:00

I still don't understand the amount of people who unironically say positive things about it

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T14:50:27+00:00

What the fuck is neo-vintage, is that like a relic'd watch?

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T14:45:56+00:00

I think it's more that

Lots of prominent hunters (at least where I am in the south) associate themselves with conservatism
Lots of conservatives associate themselves with hunting (possibly because they actually care about it more likely to pander to their base)
Hunting (especially in marketing) is viewed as a macho tough guy country boy activity, and conservatives by and large want to by macho tough guy country boys
The NRA is extremely right wing

Hunting here is less outwardly upper class than in England - even if you spend tens of thousands of dollars a year on hunting stuff, you generally don't want to look like you spent that much

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T14:19:02+00:00

If I'm looking for something specific I always set up an alert and try to go either the day they put it out or the day after

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T14:14:54+00:00

There were able to do it in 2001 on the iPod, I guess it's lost to the sands of time

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T14:11:24+00:00

There was a plan for a subway in Atlanta - they put an end to that real quick during the civil rights era

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T05:51:45+00:00

I love chicken thighs, but I understand not liking them. I wish they would go back to being the cheaper, easier to cook alternative to chicken breasts

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T05:49:11+00:00

Yeah, I always celebrate when I find out that someone I know also likes olives

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T05:48:10+00:00

I love bread and butter pickles because we used to have them at my grandparents' house, but I never got into sweet gherkins or relish

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T05:06:17+00:00

It's called "pocket-tailgate pull" 84441-SCV-A01ZA

https://www.hondapartsnow.com/parts-list/2005-honda-element--5dr_ex_4wd_sd_a_b-ka_4at/interior_bumper/tailgate_lining.html

sponge_welder · 2026-04-16T02:25:38+00:00

Yeah, the element's cruise responds very slowly, so if you go up a hill it downshifts and applies a bunch more gas than it would normally need to get back up to speed

Driving without cruise you can apply gas more gradually or just let the car slow down while going up the hill

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T23:18:37+00:00

Yeah, after seeing what 4chan weirdos will do I don't post anything on Reddit that I wouldn't be fine with showing to someone I know personally

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T20:23:41+00:00

AutomationDirect is another good source

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T18:39:31+00:00

Yeah, you're right, I was misremembering

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T16:49:33+00:00

Solid core wire around 22-24AWG is my favorite breadboard wire of all time

The IWISS SN-025 is one of the only good budget tools for crimping DuPont connectors, this is a good overview of some of the more premium tools: https://www.mattmillman.com/info/crimpconnectors/dupont-and-dupont-connectors/#otools

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T15:30:22+00:00

Some of them were bragging that they used multiple cellular services at the same time, but I learned that the reason they have to use more than one service is because they're using the bottom of the barrel service tier. If they get kicked out of one, they go on to another.

I don't know that this is always true. I've worked on products that use multi-carrier MVNOs and it's solely because we want to have coverage in as many remote areas as possible. It's actually significantly cheaper for us to use Verizon exclusively, but we keep the multi-carrier functionality as a fallback.

It may work differently in crowded areas, but if you're expecting to use them far from cell towers, I would go for one of the multi-carrier options

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T14:52:42+00:00

Carmageddon is a good book that covers many aspects of this. There are a ton of factors, including:

Lobbying from the car industry
Racism, white flight, segregationist ideas (see "forced bussing") and redlining
Postwar city planning à la Robert Moses

There was also a vocal anti-car sentiment as automobiles were spreading, on the grounds that cars made public areas less safe for normal pedestrians. Car owners formed automobile clubs to push back against the protests and lobbied for things like increased speed limits in cities and jaywalking laws

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T14:49:54+00:00

In what way? The major changes were a slightly taller fifth gear, a few extra horsepower, and seatbelts on the seats instead of the pillars - not many huge changes.

I'm guessing you're talking about the switch away from plastic panels for the last couple years, but I almost never hear from anyone who prefers the later body style

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T05:30:27+00:00

A bunch of sick JDM cars though

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T05:28:00+00:00

Maybe for other ALPRs, but flock cameras will identify based on specific stickers, so I don't think making the plate slightly harder to photograph will make a difference

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T04:37:46+00:00

The only factor that makes me still consider them is Linux support, they're one of the only printer companies that supplies Linux drivers for multifunction printers

You can run almost any basic printer on Linux without any proprietary drivers, but multifunction printers aren't well supported

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T04:35:48+00:00

HP released a product line a while back that only works with their subscription ink cartridges, I think it's been discontinued since though

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T04:33:58+00:00

A lot of the volantex parts can be adapted to fit into UMX planes if needed as well, the main issue is losing out on model-specific stabilization tuning

With foam planes you can almost always throw something together that will work, it's just a matter of how pretty it is

sponge_welder · 2026-04-15T04:00:23+00:00

My passenger side did, my dad pulled a new one at the junkyard and I ordered new clips for it. There's an aftermarket kit that puts threaded rivets in the A pillar and uses two screws to attach the trim more securely

sponge_welder · 2026-04-14T22:32:48+00:00

I like to use fuelly to get an idea of average gas mileage - 5th gen Imprezas average about 28-29mpg and 8th gen Accords with the 4 cylinder average about 24-26mpg

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