BigMikeInAustin

joined 2 years ago
MODERATOR OF
[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Since I'm out of free articles, I'm going to guess the plan is to put spacecraft on that huge volcano on Mars so when it blows, the spacecraft will be shot out into space crazy fast!

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's exactly what I'm thinking.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yup, I was thinking they just meant to let American voters choose.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Covid gave the whole world a chance to try something different. The only changes I'm aware of from that were regressions.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you saying that future people will study us for what NOT to do?

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nation Builder was my thought.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Save Ukraine!

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

The people that cry about immigrants will start to see more criminal immigrants coming if only the wealthy countries have vaccines.

All the big corporations fighting to get into developing countries will see their market share and profits fall as the populations die off without aid.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Why did you use a picture from 2019? That's, like, 2 or 3 strokes ago, and a reversal of dementia?

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

"Hard questions." Bull shit. The "question" is to make great profit selling to the most populous country with proper safe guards. Or to make astronomical profits by selling a knowingly tainted product that kills people.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

In the US, isn't that what the UL (Underwriters Laboratories) electrical designation is? A separate entity that certifies?

I think it is separate from the government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UL_(safety_organization)

Unlike Energy Star, which is part of the US government's EPA, and thus it was, or was threatened with, reduced in capacity by Trump.

 

It's been at 80F / 26C for 10 hours.

There goes $8. Dang.

 

Except it wasn't all the dull because some yahoo decided to save 5 bucks by returning to AutoZone a cheaper part from Amazon.

Took me 2 hours for a 10 minute job because the parts didn't fit, and that snowballed into using so many tools and spare parts to get it all good and solid.

And since I do work on my car, I needed this to be as solid as I could get it because I don't want that pointed hood latch, with 100 lbs of hood to fall 4 feet into the back of my head when I'm in the engine bay and someone or the wind knocks into the car.

I'm still slightly uneasy about it, but maybe that's just the anger. The only AutoZone with this part in stock is 30 miles away, which is where I got it when I had an errand on that side of town. And this part now clearly has some surface level battle scars since I've been working on it. So even if I made the drive, I would be at the mercy of the manager believing me over the guy they already got scammed by.

 

I was lazy, so only did the side mirrors and both front door windows.

I usually just use gas station squeegees, so using the Windex and a cloth towel was a step up and got it really clean.

It's so nice looking out the side mirrors. I keep looking at them and marveling at how nice the world looks. Like when a person gets their first pair of glasses and sees the world in detail for the first time.

It's been a week and I'm still smiling about the clear view. Luckily it hasn't rained in that time.

I only get rain, no snow, so I keep telling myself the side mirror rain guards aren't useful at all for me.

 

Started on one computer mouse needing a new AA battery. Then re-glued the foot pad that had fallen off and was making it rock. While vigorously testing the other foot pads, they came off, and so I ended up re-gluing them all.

Then went one to another mouse and started to clean some dust in the corners of it. Turned out the dust was enough that I had an excuse to take it apart. Then there was enough random tiny fibers/hairs that I couldn't get off that I went to use the air compressor to really get it clean. And re-glued the feet pads here, because, why not.

With as much as I take apart my computer mice, it causes the factory sticky tape to fail. So I actually cut out an access whole where the foot pad covers the hidden screws. And then I can use gel super glue to keep the foot pads down fully without curling.

 

Currently installed is a recent (about 10 years) Harbor Bay 5 blade ceiling fan with 44" blade diameter.

In a box I have a recent (about 10 years) Harbor Bay 5 blade ceiling fan with 52" blade diameter.

Yes, the large blades will run the motor harder.

Would these two fans likely use the same motor, so that I can just swap the larger blades and leave the current motor? Or is there a high chance the motors are sized specific to their blades, and I would need to fully swap the motor to use the larger blades?

The blades appear to use the same connection.

view more: next ›