smells of bikes

electron rancher, bicycle medic. Colorado. Ex-G+ user. Femtoinfluencer. I build stuff and ride bikes. 少し日本語を話します。

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2025-08-26 04:11:03 UTC

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a friend's pet peeve is the phrase "more unique"

2025-05-24 16:45:07 UTC

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Sometimes it's not even obvious which is which, so it's a goofy terminology. I like muffin/pan. I usually use pin/non-pin side, because on ones like DB9, where one side has pins and the other side has something that sticks into the enclosure where the pins are, I don't think there's any reasonable mapping to sex organs.

2025-05-11 23:29:19 UTC

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Yeah. I got one for dirt cheap from a salvage yard and it'll do what I need while I'm trying to get a more complete system working.
Based on stuff you've written I kinda want a pressure carb next!

2025-03-04 03:03:55 UTC

Microwaving aluminum again
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2025-02-16 04:53:35 UTC

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We could get them to go on subs to see the titanic if it's too expensive to launch them.

2025-01-21 04:19:20 UTC

Dogs using pillows edition number 4847367
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2025-01-03 18:59:53 UTC

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one alternative is to unmount the work and chop it in the bandsaw and then reverse it and reface it, but that's unsatisfying.
But yeah parting is sorrow. Not sweet sorrow either. The really bad accidents I've had, where pieces of metal get launched hard and stuff ends up broken, were parting accidents. Blade grabs, twists work, blade shatters and shoots crescent shaped bits of hss that stick in the wall.

2024-12-19 04:01:18 UTC

It really, really annoys me that about every six months I get a bill for using the toll lanes on the highway up to work, although I've never used them. It's three lanes side by side, one being toll, and the best I can figure is the camera is picking up my license plate in the next lane.
It costs about 3x as much to merely file a dispute as it does to pay the stupid fine.

2024-11-24 16:55:28 UTC

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noooo persist!

2024-11-03 19:27:58 UTC

It's casting day. I'm doing two experiments in shell investment and one big casting that's the fuel injector intake headers for the Datsun engine. I had an initial fuel flow problem because there was a dead wasp in the propane regulator.
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2024-08-06 04:14:05 UTC

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And some digging on reddit indicates this is a long term annoyance for a lot of people

2024-07-02 20:50:28 UTC

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your histamines are all "boss fight!"