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  • Only kinda sorta dangerous, I'm not leaning into chaos random. I'll update the post with a better view of the final part. The two cylindrical recesses are the dimensionally important features and bridging would hurt that.

  • I ran into this at work today. Proposed a very simple approach for something to an architect and an engineering lead. Engineering lead said this was a practical solution that solves a problem that's been plaguing them for two years. The architect nearly immediately said, "well, the real source is a mainframe that was stood up in the very early 80s. Let's ignore the fact that changing it takes an act of Congress or that we have multiple modern downstream systems between it and us that are a much better home for this new function."

    It really seemed to amount to, "I didn't come up with this, therefore I don't support it."

    Ah, corporate politics.

  • My initial response to this was "ehhh", but a quick look at the consoles I grew up with shows you're right. The only exception I saw was the PS3 thanks to it's pretty bonkers CPU.

    The Super Nintendo user a Ricoh 5A22, which was based on the W65C816S used in the Apple II.

    The Sega Genesis used a Motorola 68000, which was popular for Unix computers. It also made it into a number of PCs like the Apple Lisa, Macintosh, and Amiga

    The PS1 and PS2 both had a R3000A-compatible 32-bit RISC CPU that was used in a lot of workstations of the era, but none of those would be familiar to an x86 user.

    The PS3's processor was the stuff of hype and legends. It bore no resemblance to PCs of the time

  • I'm sorry - what strategy finally got us gay marriage?

    Gay marriage is presently legal in the US at a federal level due to a Supreme Court ruling, not a law. It seems inevitable that this will change given the present makeup of the court, similar to abortion.

    I am all for LGBTQ rights, but until something is passed by Congress the current situation seems precarious.

  • Odds are your phone has a modern connector so this isn't necessary. I replaced my pixel 3a, which I bought in September 2019, last December. Thanks to wired phone projection, I cycled its USB-C connector twice a day for 5 years and 3 months. That's ~4,000 cycles. The connector specification calls for a 10,000 cycle lifetime.

    I did have to de-lint the connector from time to time, but other than that I had no issues.

    Not to say that you shouldn't use inductive charging of course :)

  • My old i3 clone came with a 1mm steel rod I use in these situations. Leave the extruder on your printer, cut the filament off, heat up the extruder to a normal printing temp, and push the gunk through the nozzle. If you have a cold side clog you're probably going to have to add heat from something like a heat gun.

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  • 100%. Transitioning from making all decisions for your kids to becoming a trusted advisor is something you need to do intentionally over time. Let your kids make low impact decisions when they're young. Offer guidance as needed, not all the time. Simple examples include what to have for a meal/snack, where to go for a play date, etc.

  • 100%. I want to loudly point out that you saying 'jailing poor people not isn't fiscally responsible and doesn't benefit society, the money would be better spent giving people a better shot at success' is a great example of social liberal (make society better) and fiscal conservative (don't spend money on stupid things).

  • And building credit is useful to set yourself up for future purchases - a condo/house, car, whatever. The whatever here is bigger than it semese, as having a decent credit score can let you finance all kinds of things at a pretty low rate, if not 0% even today. If you're saving any extra money in an investment/retirement account, and can pay off your 0% financing offers in full by the time you would start to owe interest, financing at 0% is a great deal even if you have the cash on hand to pay outright.

  • Using old cards is important - if you don't use them the issuer might close them. I had that happen with my very first credit card. My next oldest account was something like 5 years newer, which at the time was a pretty big gap because I hadn't yet reached quasi-old-far status.

  • Win win

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  • There is a whole bunch of regulatory stuff that's been spun up for EVs over the past 7 years or so.

    I have no idea if Hyundai had something out of the ordinary happen, but the public is generally very slow to change and are a bit hyper vigilant. Add in the fact that the press loves a good boogieman to get clicks and you'll see some of the EV mess.

    Are they safer than ICE? Yes. Should that stop there? No.

    With an average of 16 EV and hybrid fires per year, there's a 1 in 38,000 chance of fire. There are a total of roughly 4.4 million gas- and diesel-powered passenger vehicles in Sweden, with an average of 3,384 fires per year, for a 1 in 1,300 chance of fire. That means gas- and diesel-powered passenger vehicles are 29 times more likely to catch fire than EVs and hybrids.

  • It looks a lot like a typical robotic arm used in manufacturing. A quick Google shows that there are a number of desk mounted versions available, but I have no idea what kind of accuracy they offer. It shouldn't be that complicated of a design and since most approaches use encoders things like missteps should be a thing of the past.

    I can't see pulling this off at a home user price point without pretty big compromises on positioning accuracy and/or giving up on feedback.