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'Basic appliance troubleshooting and repairs'

Thanks !

Even better, just some handy keywords to plug into google and we can open up that box of knowledge ourselves!

Learning about cars, engines and motorbike maintenance at this stage in life really opened my eyes. I could have easily been a mechanic or an engineer if I had the access to this knowledge when I was younger.

Now I do as much of my own maintenance as I can, and I'm pretty sure my engine will hit 400K before I start getting serious issues. None of it is overly complicated or difficult, and saves me money in the short and long term.

amortization schedule

Thanks! excellent suggestion.

Always assume it's live..

For sure. I've done several high level driving courses for work. TL;Dr drive slower, increase follow distance. You may arrive 30 seconds late but it would eliminate the chance of so many accidents. Learning to ride a motorbike made my driving way better too.

Exactly this

Good one, thanks!

'Electrical safety' for this one I think?

More fun fact than subject..will file this one under 'safe vehicle handling'

What we need really is a skills tree for real life. Then it would be much easier to spot the things you're level 1 in.

There was a post about this a month ago. The tldr is that one of the maintainers is arrogant and controlling so a bunch of other people quit. It wasn't out of the blue either, it's been coming for a long time. There are alternative android store options, so its not too much of a big deal

Toy Story 5

There's a Toy Story 5?? I haven't even seen the third one yet. Or any of the other ones you mentioned..

Yes, but not quite like the movies.

There is a parasite (I forget the name) that, when it infects a person (or a warm-blooded animal) starts living off the host and storing energy in sacs around the infection point. It often presents itself as tumours, as the sacs can get quite large. Between the sacs there is a voltage difference, it's stored as chemical energy (like a battery with one side less electrons to allow for electron flow).

In severe cases, the parasite has had long enough to grow it's own nerve pathways through the body that can be used like wires. At that point, the tumours are really advanced and enlarged and will usually kill the victim, if not before.

In an effort to spread itself to the next host, the parasite uses the stored chemical energy to activate muscles in the dead host and move the body around to find another host to infect. That's where the whole 'eating flesh' thing in the movies come from, but it's actually the parasite trying to break the skin and be able to jump to a new victim.

In reality, this stage only lasts a few hours but as long as the muscles haven't deteriorated too much, it can be any 'few hours' movement within a couple days of death if the parasite is unable to immediately reinfect and instead waits for a period of time.

I knew the ants would come up

In three years, 90% of animated films are going to be generic crap churned out for a quick buck.

Often the rear brakes, and I've seen them on Mazda and Toyota. Its a real pain to screw them back in without the tool.

Just did mine this week. Really helps to have a 'Caliper Piston Cube Wind Tool' or something similar when you have to rewind the piston back in.

Rice is a cereal and therefore a valid breakfast food. Fry last night's rice with some chopped veg and garlic salt for a nutritious and easy breakfast.

As a side note, dealing with adding repos and keys and all that is something I will never miss from apt. I use Arch and installing things is usually as simple as.. well let me check.

    
$ yay mullvad
...
2 aur/mullvad-vpn-bin 2023.6-1 (+86 1.36) 
    The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop
1 aur/mullvad-vpn 2023.6-1 (+126 2.10) 
    The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> _

  

And it's option 1. So easy. Type 1 and press enter and you're done.