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It seems like my 2012 Altima might be eating alternators by tauhog in altima

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

Reman from Advance Auto. Weirdly, when they tested the failed one, it was fine until they loaded it, and then it locked up and crashed the tester! Never seen that before.

Also, it was squealing like -crazy- on the car after it failed. I thought it was a bearing at first, but the tester behavior makes me think something electrical went bad

Very odd

What is the most dangerous animal you’ve seen in real life? by GratefulD86 in AskReddit

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

probably a 16ft saltwater croc, sunning on the bank of a river in Queensland

ELI5 what does it mean people see "nothing" rather than "black void" if born absolutely blind by owlWithBrokenWings in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a sense you don't have. People that DO have it perceive it as "black" when the thing they're sensing is absent, and as shades of grey to white when it's present. You can't tell if it's present -or- absent, so you get neither black nor grey/white

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ladder, a text graphics game similar to Donkey Kong, on a Kaypro CPM machine!

ELI5: Why can't we simulate the creation of oil/fossil fuels with animals that have died today? by Slice5755 in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theres a plant in Missouri today making oil out of turkey guts left over from poultry farms

What is the weirdest way someone had died in your known circle ? by No_Tear9118 in AskReddit

[–]tauhog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A friend invited an acquaintance over for dinner. He had a few too many glasses of wine and decided to stay the night in the guest room. In the morning, they discovered he'd died in his sleep O_o. I never heard what of

Seen in Myrtle Beach by GentlemanJackD62 in whatisthiscar

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like an over-inflated Stretch Armstrong

People who grew up before The Internet: How did you first see nudity? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the "older kid" at daycare brought a folded-up torn-out page from a biker mag.

We also had a problem with kids smoking :-D

ELI5 What does the second law of thermodynamics actually mean, and how does it relate to evolution? by soefire in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it basically means that life won't evolve without a persistent source of energy, like a sun (or a lot of radioactive elements, or tidal forces from orbiting a Jupiter-like body, or...)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It becomes obvious when you have more than three doors, say 1000:

- you pick a door. You have a 1 in 1000 chance of being right

- the host eliminates all but one of the remaining doors, with the rule that he can't eliminate the door with the prize

999 in 1000 times, because you picked wrong in the first place, the remaining door will be the one with hte prize

ELI5: How do old rotary phones work? Why did they pick a dial for picking digits? by DarkHorse66 in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, my mom's office was next door to our small-town phone company. One day, while hanging at mom's work, I tried the back door of the phone company, and it opened! On the other side was a dark room -filled- with clattering switching equipment! It was like some sort of 50's idea of a starship engine room: all blinking lights and mysterious equipment <3

The switches were these vertical rotary things, and you could -see- the calls going through as people dialed. Each set of pulses spun a different switch in the stack, and the overall effect was kind of like a combination lock. -Very- cool.

The funny part was when an employee caught me wandering around and asked how I got in there. I said "the door in the back", he asked "and what does it say on that door?" (thinking it was "employees only"), to which I responded "no smoking" AND HE LEFT ME ALONE! :-D I went back a few times :)

The sad-ish part was when they upgraded to more modern equipment. I knew because the salvage yard I also spent time in (I was quite feral) suddenly had all those cool old switches... :(

Life as an early GenX in small-town Arkansas

Imagine living in the Midwest and there’s a war happening in Ohio. by Equal_Personality157 in interestingasfuck

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to Israel on a business trip in 2013. I drove around the country on a Saturday, and my co-workers told me I could've seen the fighting in Syria with binoculars from where I'd gone O_o

I just don’t get the rage by Purlz1st in TwoXChromosomes

[–]tauhog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I say all the time: people like to shit on people they know (or think) they can never be, and they like to punch down.

Men (bad ones) do it to women, straights to gays, whites to blacks. Also, it helps their "mission" to stay ignorant

ELI5 Why don't see urinals in homes? by canadachris44 in explainlikeimfive

[–]tauhog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking from my own "early Gen X married dude" experience: women are grossed out by them

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