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by Wistar 4y ago
Looks to me as though mechanical watches are doing better than surviving; they seem to be flourishing. Especially some of the more ridiculously expensive ones that have elaborations and complications such as tourbillions, etc. Although the
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by Wistar 4y ago
Perhaps add one of these Ford electric crate motors to… something cheap and light? https://www.cjponyparts.com/ford-performance-electric-crate-... Or, for a little more oomph, this "Tesla crate motor" by ReVolt:
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by Wistar 4y ago
They make all their torque at 0 RPM.
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by Wistar 4y ago
It'd be fairly weird though since the electrics don't idle. Starting off would be easy: just put it in gear and then accelerate without ever having to slip the clutch or even know about the clutch "bite" point. Be a bit
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by Wistar 4y ago
I put the front camera in the middle of the screen for the whole eye contact thing.
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by Wistar 4y ago
There's also ghost kitchens cranking out food for delivery without any traditional restaurant space at all. Here's a commercial ghost kitchen explanation to restaurateurs: https://cloudkitchens.com/blog/ultima
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by Wistar 4y ago
Reminds me of a User Story.
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by Wistar 4y ago
And also, somewhat related: Aerogramme Writers' Studio: "Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling" https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/07/pixars-22-rules-...
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by Wistar 4y ago
"Unifying Theory of Two Plus Two" https://nofilmschool.com/2014/08/pixar-andrew-stanton-equati... See also Inc's writeup: "This Hollywood Director's 2+2 Rule Will Make You Instantly More P
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by Wistar 4y ago
As do the Jaguar E and XJ types, and perhaps other Jags. The Audi 100, some Alfas and Lotus cars, too.
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by Wistar 4y ago
Which "above comment"?
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by Wistar 4y ago
My wife is a primary public school teacher in the U.S. I read to her your comment, and she said to me, "We have 21 teachers at our school, and only one of them resembles what that comment describes."
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by Wistar 4y ago
Good find. [EDIT]: I just listened to the entire episode. Although the presentation was a little too… busy for my tastes, there were quite a few details related that I hadn't heard before. (Busy isn't the right term but close).
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by Wistar 4y ago
This is known as the "Kids For Cash" scandal. There is a 2013 documentary by that title. I saw it, and it portrays a truly ugly tale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
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by Wistar 4y ago
Without hyperbole, these two are monsters.
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by Wistar 4y ago
I, too, am fond of the Samsung laser printers of yore. They are one of the very few laser printers that have a simple paper path and the built-in provisions to print on heavy stock. At the time, perhaps 4–5 years ago, the toner cartridges w
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by Wistar 4y ago
> The coldest winter I experienced saw 3 weeks of -30 celsius. Early 1987, perchance?
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by Wistar 4y ago
Despite that — or, maybe, because — my father was a math academic, I did poorly in school with math beyond basic arithmetic. When I was about 25 years old, a friend gave me three algebra textbooks written by an ex-military pilot, John Saxon
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by Wistar 4y ago
My first flight instructor, an accomplished aerobatics competitor and air-show performer, had a saying: "Make the difficult look easy, the easy look spectacular, and never attempt the impossible."
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by Wistar 4y ago
I never knew about the force touch version of the trackpad feature but I use the heck out of the current version. I guess I'm glad to be spared the pain of missing the earlier version.
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by Wistar 4y ago
Although not really strange, I bought a copy of Green Mansions from a rural, and dingy, old used book store. Stuck deeply in the pages were a bunch of silver certificates of several denominations dating from the 1920s and 30s, through the 1
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by Wistar 4y ago
Yep. Wholesale prices for desirable used cars are now often more than the new MSRP and they sell instantly. Especially for things such as the RAM TRX trucks, RAV4 Hybrids and any EV.
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by Wistar 4y ago
To be clear, I'm not advocating for the work-around. To my eye, given the complexities of the work-around, and the fact I have no table saw, I'm pretty sure I'd go with the Domino. Besides, my Festool Kapex is a pure marvel t
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by Wistar 4y ago
Coincidentally, just last night I watched this video from Stumpy Nubs showing how to create loose tenon joinery without the Domino. Of course, it does have some complexities, and assumes you have a table saw and plunge router. https:/
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by Wistar 4y ago
You may enjoy the 2003 book, "The Emperor of Scent." The primary subject of the book, research scientist Luca Turin, theorizes that the human identification of scent is done through receptors that instantly identify the bonds — qu
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by Wistar 4y ago
"Bluto! STOP IT! I am tired of replacing doors! STOP!"
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by Wistar 4y ago
So, add the sound of splintering wood?
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by Wistar 4y ago
Today there are the Programming Journey Robots from Terrapin. My spouse uses the simplest, the Bee-Bot, in her kindergarten classroom. She wrote a grant to get about 15 of them. They use Terrapin's Logo and are much loved by her studen
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by Wistar 4y ago
How about barking and a door shaker mechanism to rattle the door as if the dog is throwing itself against the door in an effort to get to the intruder?
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by Wistar 4y ago
I kind'a doubt that.

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