Trashmechanicus
Adeptus

I'm not saying it a failure to build and own. Or that or can't be done
Example-
Getting a 6.5 creed chambered ar10 to cycle right makes for an amazing range toy.
(There's a reason i keep several adjustable bleed-off gas blocks on hand)
I'm addressing the claim of "ultimate".
They are almost always much more finicky and issue prone and it wouldn't be my first choice in a complex situation.

2024-09-01 17:17:29

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Not really.
Heavy, not standardized, constant gas control issues with different ammunition causing cycling problems.

2024-08-26 03:57:33

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That's exactly how it's working.

2024-08-22 23:46:52

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Fj45?

2024-08-22 21:31:23

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Speaking of "altering and updating", a lot of non chipped humans that seem to be plenty susceptible already.

2024-08-21 07:26:24

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Diy sports cars on student budgets.
Early Lotus design principals
( "simplify, then add in lightness.") applied to easily obtainable components.
Some of that approach can be applied to invasive/unnecessary technologies
In modern consumer grade vehicles.

2024-08-21 06:04:41

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Doubt it. Most people will just enjoy the shadows on the cave wall.
The regular dopamine squirts of their constant, gamed experiences please them just enough to remain hooked and thoughtless.
(Just walk around the slot machines at a casino. Same mechanism at work.)
That's not to say that there isn't a market for stripped out or minimalist electronic device design in automotive. (Just look at the "Locost" movement)
It's far enough off the bell-curve to be quite an outlier.
Worth it with the right business model.
Tangent warning-
Luddites were primarily concerned with reduced pay, decreasing product quality, and worsening work environments than the technology itself.

2024-08-20 16:41:00

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That's generally how that works.

2024-08-20 04:24:47

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Sadly, most people will crave the moron features.
Same reason they want the flagship personal device with the cutting edge technologies they never use.
It's Conspicuous Consumption generationally ingrained as a malignancy.

2024-08-20 04:18:20

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Plato's cave allegory holds a lot to think about concerning humans and the desire to understand truth.

2024-08-20 04:02:13

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Why do you think that started with your cars?
It's not like no one was warned.

2024-08-18 22:41:33

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But my weekly NPC update says it's under control, good for me, only caused by corporate greed, and because <insert other side name here>.

2024-08-17 02:53:41

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Same in the ahwatukee area as well.

2024-08-17 02:47:50

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Fortunately, this one is less corrosive (though the cola trick does still work.)
This radiator top tank has been leaking for... Awhile. The cooling fan has fine a great job of re distributing the wayward coolant.

2024-08-17 02:35:54

Had an image that didn't work yesterday.
I'll try something again.
Anyone want some mint iced engine?
https://image.nostr.build/1e07d7427f618aa1779ed09c83cdd20cd81915fed5ad7b149997e72ed083eb8c.jpg

2024-08-16 19:26:24

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No. The world is littered with dumb things the rich buy.

2024-08-16 19:25:52

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There are always scalpers on new products with weird followings.
Most people that got them first just wanted to be able to say that had it.
I have no idea what the kbb would be, at the moment.

2024-08-16 19:17:47

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Might be. Figured I would just go to my closest source.
$81,895- $101,985 is list (base to cyberbeast)
Less if preordered.

2024-08-16 19:05:38

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I can ask. One of my customers ordered several.

2024-08-15 16:09:37

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Anything that may undermine adherence to the ordained narrative is heresy and may cause discomfort, both emotional and physical.
Do not heresy, comrade!
<swallows a Xanax and curls up with anthropomorphized animal pillow>

2024-08-15 02:36:11

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I keep a couple extra tool boxes for questionable decisions made in the proximity of hardware stores and tool trucks.

2024-08-13 22:40:48

The unfortunate result of a power Serj.
#nevent1q…g45a

2024-08-13 01:20:53

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This is very true.

2024-08-11 15:23:32

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Anonymous after LOIC is not the same as Anonymous before LOIC.

2024-08-11 15:17:04

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Eeesh.

2024-08-11 15:08:18

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It has the hook-like form of a neurological disorder.

2024-08-11 15:02:43

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Only from the perspective of quasi-revolutionaries.

2024-08-11 14:57:13

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from Germanic languages and Middle English for a small strap used to fasten armor to Modern French and the Age of Sail as asmall strong cord used to secure something or as a handle for pulling.
#etymology

2024-08-10 21:00:17

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They're still right.

2024-08-10 16:32:34

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We've allowed the definition of "freedom" and "liberty" to be redefined for us.

2024-08-09 21:41:50

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Yes. It's because the PNW already had the market on Subaru ownership.

2024-08-09 17:23:27

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I don't disagree.
All attempts at open sourcing anything (by aftermarket, small scale operations) is generally met with immediate rejection by well lobbied state authority.

2024-08-09 15:34:51

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Always had been.
Most consumer devices aren't meant to be secure. Just convenient.

2024-08-08 22:26:51

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It is

2024-08-08 22:15:49

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So your answer to my last question is "yes".
Define morality.
Or, if you prefer, immoral.

2024-08-08 17:52:36

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I don't disagree with any of your statements.
But let's go back to where it started.
"Voting is immoral".
Like it or not, there will always be leaders in one form or another.
Voting is one method for the group to decide that (allegedly).
A group that has voluntarily decided to use that method is not acting immorally. (In that moment)
Does it end well? Generally not.
Does it lead to humans gaming the system and appointing psychopaths?
<gestures to... Well... Everything>
Are you making the argument that because voting is immoral because it can (predictably) lead to the state entities we see today?

2024-08-08 16:14:16

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It's not immoral if the group voting has chosen to elect leadership in that manner.

2024-08-08 16:05:56

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Based on what reasoning?

2024-08-03 16:06:44

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It took some time to relearn, but my accuracy did improve.

2024-08-02 02:37:21

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I miss those days.

2024-07-29 16:04:38

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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
-George Orwell,
Nineteen Eighty Four

2024-07-28 22:32:36

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Nah.
Too many broken machines to fix.
Just the busy part of a southwest summer.

2024-07-27 21:43:53

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I'm good with that. It's a process, but well worth it.

2024-07-27 21:37:55

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I can certainly understand that.

2024-07-27 21:37:03

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Oof! Best of luck.

2024-07-26 02:22:26

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It has been interesting to observe.
Something I've suspected.

2024-07-24 20:31:15

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When truth becomes only subjective, the forms and methods by which we searched for it are abandoned.
Formal (and informal) civil debate is a lost skill to modern culture.
It has been replaced by dogmatic rhetorical devices used to crush opposition and establish moral superiority.

2024-07-24 16:47:17

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Getting things done. That's for weird, productive people.

2024-07-24 04:32:05

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What kind of masochist does emissions and MVD in the same day?

2024-07-24 03:41:11

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Yuri Bezmenov as Screwtape

2024-07-23 04:15:10

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Nonsense.
By "wall mounted" you mean the inside part of a mini-split system, yes?
From there, I may be able to help you find the drain tube and clear the blockage.

2024-07-22 17:04:36

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Does it have have a CVT type transmission?

2024-07-21 21:46:16

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I suspect it's actually far worse.

2024-07-17 17:28:04

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Do you have any indigenous peoples in your area?
(Not being flippant, or snarky)
In my area of the Sonoran desert we have a seed bank and organization dedicated to methods used by a number of different groups native to the area.

2024-07-15 04:11:24

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It still beats the sirens.
Interestingly, I didn't get one on Thursday night.

2024-07-13 19:13:21

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Very xitter vibe

2024-07-05 14:50:24

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When your furniture resembles a Cenobyte.

2024-07-05 05:11:54

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Interested in the cornbread pound cake recipe do you use cream cheese, sour cream, or something else?

2024-07-02 18:08:29

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Yeah. Working on a couple things in the garage and it's about 106-107, but a couple fans are helping.

2024-07-01 19:38:14

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As did those that came before them.

2024-06-28 17:30:05

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Definitely.
I've been here for a couple decades.
(The end of the late 90's influx when downtown basically rolled up the streets at 5:30pm on weekdays)
Every decade, another influx.
Each one with a different effect.

2024-06-28 17:21:13

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No. A lot of old hardware can be used as well.

2024-06-28 17:14:47

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Phoenix is a strange, transient place.
Most of us arrive, move through a period of life here, and move on.

2024-06-28 17:03:41

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I've never had a basil plant die after flowering.
They become more bitter, but not dead.

2024-06-28 16:56:36

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The phrase "no good deed goes unpunished" comes to mind.

2024-06-28 16:55:17

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I should've been paying better attention initially. Lesson learned.
It's a good reminder to be careful.

2024-06-28 09:48:54

Purchased a motorcycle to help the friend of a friend in a rough divorce situation.
Motorcycle turns out to be not the one originally claimed.
Purchased it for the high market value value.
Have helped the person and family since with mechanical issues on vehicles.
Situation has continued to get increasingly weird.
Service of vehicle is expected at no cost and motorcycle has turned out to have salt water in entire fuel system that has destroyed much of it.
Moral of the story is don't. Just don't.
A bleeding heart is just a mark for many. https://image.nostr.build/9ceee49586ce4444407a62e234a91e51a987afb9a77f63d97cafd3803b2aefa8.jpg

2024-06-27 18:22:58

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Definitely.

2024-06-27 04:12:32

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Mine are still a little iffy on death-grind.

2024-06-26 20:23:33

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Sounds like it's well worth doing.
I'll probably have to wait until late fall where I am since I won't have temps back around 73 until then. (Sonoran desert)

2024-06-26 19:41:29

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That looks fantastic.
Making cheese (of any type) is not something I have not attempted yet.

2024-06-22 04:26:53

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It's the part that explains the late September and October driving range that always descends on the valley.

2024-06-22 03:49:57

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Been watching that barometer and humidity.
Won't be anything happening now but it's usually a good start to some fun later.
The humidity is going to make the on site work a little less fun😊.
(I have to remind myself that I'm the dummy that decided to live here)

2024-06-20 23:06:20

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Where I am, the driver rarely if ever, see any consequences.
Local law enforcement despises cyclists.

2024-06-18 23:15:19

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It useful to understand.

2024-06-17 15:15:09

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It's an interesting way to do that.
I'm testing a sunken bed design that uses logs about three feet under grade.
(I'm in the Sonoran desert and testing water retention characteristics)

2024-06-16 16:27:40

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Sadly, the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2022.

2024-06-14 06:57:20

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She was always a fitness freak and vegetarian advocate, but the (if this was recently) the 52 year old princess is not happy about her second extreme DUI.
As to the nose and facial-skeletal features (in this picture convincingly cosplaying as Skeletor in drag)...
that is owed to the accident that led to broken teeth and the subsequent serious infection in the jaw and skull. Most noticable in the nose.

2024-06-02 00:09:06

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You've got this.

2024-05-31 20:41:31

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Not considering a "ham" radio operator is a licensed operator.
Can you transmit without a license? Definitely, but it's not "ham radio" and signal triangulation has gotten pretty good.

2024-05-31 20:05:56

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It's really quite good.
Best move they made was to not follow any of the game story arcs, but to create new arcs within the fallout universe.

2024-05-31 17:29:42

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What is the legal definition of "bio-engineered food ingredient"?

2024-05-31 17:27:30

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There's always the possibility.

2024-05-28 20:26:39

https://image.nostr.build/86478ab1110aa18ef9c2acf8895fef6b578e8329884f8fc8b7a8c0c7667d2890.jpg
#nevent1q…hexg
#nevent1q…hexg
#nevent1q…hexg

2024-05-28 02:47:52

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Meh. We were making far more bitter IPA's years ago to see how far we could go.
These ones are downright floral cat piss.
That said.
Not buying them is a good start.

2024-05-26 22:48:03

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Checks out.

2024-05-26 22:41:35

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It's like humans are predictable.

2024-05-26 20:08:56

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On it. This for posting this.

2024-05-26 19:49:47

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The lost core of wisdom.

2024-05-26 19:44:07

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The "competency crisis" is very real.

2024-05-26 19:37:23

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Of two evils, choose neither.
~ C.H. Spurgeon

2024-05-26 18:00:28

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Demons are like that.

2024-05-26 17:32:53

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Fair point.

2024-05-26 08:05:28

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Haven't we crossed that Rubicon?
In US politics there hasn't been a single politician that has accepted the consequences of any negative behavior since Nixon.