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crazyjncsu
3y ago
That’s what I thought too, but it’s not the case. The transmission of a traditional ICE vehicle is a component commonly prone to failure due to reliance on clutches, friction couplings, gear engagements, etc. Hybrids replace this transmissi
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crazyjncsu
3y ago
Maybe not your experiences, but, to me, their transmissions: * hastened the inevitable transition away from manual gearboxes in cars * gave a bit of a “last hurrah” to ICE powertrains in general Quick-shifting, gobs of gears, lockup torque
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3y ago
I don’t know about that. I have an older sport quad ATV. Loud AF with custom exhaust the last owner installed. I have full control of the fuel delivery with the carb mixture/jetting/etc, and there is no nothing other than preve
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crazyjncsu
3y ago
To be fair to those people, they also don’t think you need your plywood and mulch because you should live in a nice little apartment with a surely altruistic landlord who takes care of every need that the plywood and mulch could satisfy.
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crazyjncsu
3y ago
I did not, but I was only looking for 25 year old trucks as that is the age requirement for import.
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3y ago
I’m Jake from the article. The trucks have all just gone through auction and have inspection reports. Mine I bought for $2k was grade 3.5 and what I’d consider pristine for a 25 year old truck. The Japanese are pretty trustworthy people to
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4y ago
I’ve seen a couple of these blooms—- first at the NCSU Plant Biology greenhouse and then at Tony Avent’s Plant Delights nursery. Both were spectacular. Neither smelled at all. I think the smell may only last for a short period, likely befor
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4y ago
Not a traditional dsl modem, but these work well using dsl technology: https://www.amazon.com/Tupavco-Ethernet-Extender-Kit-Repeate...
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5y ago
Range. Many people expect towing to severely and adversely affect the range.
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5y ago
That’s certainly already the case. Ivermectin has lost effectiveness against particularly insidious parasites such as Haemonchus Contortus (barber pole worm). We’ve resorted to other treatments such as Moxidectin, Levamisole, etc, all of
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5y ago
Nothing new folks. 23 years ago I bought a RIVA TNT video card ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIVA_TNT ) where early models (and, conveniently, the ones sent to reviewers) were clocked at 110Mhz. They silently clocked
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5y ago
> But this is exactly how market dynamics work in a union of states Which would be great if any other state had the weather and beauty of California. And California is fucking huge to boot. Not initially splitting it up into multiple s
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5y ago
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” ― Henry Ford The people answering your survey probably weren't aware they could power an entire jobsite with just a truck. Killer features such as this will
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5y ago
I expect dredging will be the main solution. Dredges are just slow moving, so they’ve taken a while to arrive. I’d also expect some long reach excavators and/or draglines to be working from the shore and/or barges. They probably j
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6y ago
S3 backups. It’s part of this pseudo-cloud orchestrator we wrote for moving around instances of our single-tenant app.
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6y ago
We had a bunch of servers get taken out by this. We were able to failover with backups from the last 12 hours. The incident sounded suspicious from the start, but the wording “could not control the fire in SBG2” sounds very ominous ... Cher
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6y ago
When did he engage in "explicitly invoking a politicized definition of the word merit"? I'm very new to the understanding that the word "merit" is now politicized, and I find it very unfortunate. For the sake of hum
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6y ago
Just so the laymen here don’t think this is some kind of hack, this is what is referred to as “rotating your tires”, which should sound familiar. The problem is that tires are often not rotatable due to staggered setups where the front and
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6y ago
They aren’t needed in fossil fuel based cars either if you have an engine for each drive wheel. But most electric cars still employ a differential on one or more axles, even Tesla. Typically, due to cost, packaging, or performance, you hav
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6y ago
If we're concerned about wordiness, we could have dropped "Rasberry Pi CM4" from the title as this detail seems irrelevant when the external wifi adapter is doing the heavy lifting.
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6y ago
My fault guys, that was just me ... but I can’t help if if they have the only national radar animation that isn’t infested with ads and other bloat: https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/NatLoop.gif
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6y ago
Plus it’s fun. We’re talking 20 ft high flames you can feel from 50 ft away.
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6y ago
No.
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6y ago
The problem is when “no abuse is acceptable” and at the same time we continue to redefine these types of terms to apply to lesser and lesser offenses. I personally am tired of working at a firm where everyone has a voice that they’re always
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6y ago
>> estimate long term effects also with children comparable to young adults So, like nil then? I still can’t find anything beyond dramatized anecdotes to suggest any special danger beyond what is commensurate with the symptoms.
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6y ago
Ambien. Members of SEAL team 6 actually napped on the helicopter ride to take out Bin Laden: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/ho...
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6y ago
We’ve used this for years as our answer to users who request a desktop app. They’re generally pleasantly surprised and satisfied with the result.
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6y ago
The news to me is now arstechnica.com is syndicating content from wired.com ... And as far as I'm concerned, no good can come from that... ... starting with this article which gives credence to these Asp and Greenhalgh fellows, who hav
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6y ago
> Waterproofing has to go on the outside surface to work. He was fixing cracks, which is effectively waterproofing, and it did work, locally, as he mentioned the water was "rerouted". It works like this: - Injection ports are
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6y ago
Yes, but we still subsidize it by allowing those earnings to be tax-free.
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