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by cc439 10y ago
Your generation of Explorer was from the era where it was still a true SUV. Ford introduced the Freestyle in 2005 which was among the first attempts to reach the modern "crossover" market. It was based off a modified Volvo sedan p
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by cc439 10y ago
No, I mean real AWD. The systems used in smaller crossovers are such afterthoughts that they are only able to handle a tiny fraction of the drivetrain's torque continuously. They may be able to handle up to 50% for a period of time but
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by cc439 10y ago
Passenger vans have been a thing since the dawn of the automobile. What separates vehicles like the VW Type 2, the Chevy Astro, and the Ford Econoline from the minivan is the minivan's complete disregard for use as a van. It was based
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by cc439 10y ago
The "body on frame" requirement isn't exactly definitive in my opinion. I consider the Honda Pilot and Nissan Pathfinder (latest gen) to be SUVs, at least as far as their intended market is concerned. They're as capable
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by cc439 10y ago
They were referring to the lineage of the prototypical "family" car of its generation. The station wagon once ruled the driveways of families but as the next generation grew up viewing wagons as "something my boring/lame
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by cc439 10y ago
>Unless they're saying they literally can't find qualified GenX workers at any price- That is actually the truth for many niche skilled labor positions. Manufacturing plants are starving for a lack of experienced E&I (elect
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by cc439 10y ago
> I wonder if they should have made a "Super DK2". Lower quality headset hardware but Rift quality tracking and touch support at a lower price. As the owner of a DK2, I can say that would have been a much wiser strategy. They C
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by cc439 10y ago
>They're the only technology anyone understands I wouldn't describe personal vehicles in such base terms, it's more that cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, etc are the only form of manufactured goods that are both suitable t
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by cc439 10y ago
>$189 I bought my bottom of the barrel Wal-Mart toaster for $6 about 8 years ago. It might occasionally have issues popping out a piece of bread but it cost $6 and it toasts bread consistently. I'm mostly holding on to this thing to
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by cc439 10y ago
This might already exist depending on your exact requirements and it's a fairly common technology in the world of metrology. I regularly work with manufacturers to reverse engineer and/or measure molds, jigs, and fixtures for whic
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by cc439 10y ago
It was illegal to export American crude oil for 40 years. That lasted until early this year: http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/29/investing/us-oil-exports-beg...
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by cc439 10y ago
Generating a perfectly homogenous 4C over an environment large enough to contain a kilogram of any useful substance is going to be incredibly difficult and mearusing it even moreso. There's a reason every unit of measurement aside from
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by cc439 10y ago
A company that desperately needs parts stuck on one of these ships is only going to have at most, a handful of containers onboard. Those containers might be worth several million but then that one company would be shouldering 100% of the un
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by cc439 10y ago
It's 17x17 miles in a straight line, something that is impossible given the geography of the city and its waterways. I just picked a random cross borough trip from the Aquarium to Yankee Stadium and the shortest bike-traversable route
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by cc439 10y ago
>The only thing that can ''take out'' Uber is widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles Or their customers losing interest as driver/fare subsidies are slowly dialed back. I've already begun planning on Ube
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by cc439 10y ago
The Intel CPUs throttled to an absolute minimum state of power draw in order to keep itself from frying. Those chips also came with an integrated heatsink, like modern chips, that provides just enough heat dissipation to keep the CPU from f
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by cc439 12y ago
I believe that this whole "open office" concept is driven by the idea that an observed worker is a "productive" worker and that it's actually true to a certain extent. Sure, you may be less productive in an open off
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by cc439 12y ago
"Why does a police force and firefighters exist to protect that property?" Because the landlord wants to protect their property and pays the property tax towards that goal unlike the renter? (yes it is built into the cost of rent
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by cc439 12y ago
That would be an insane decision on the part of the landlord though. An increase in price is either tolerable or intolerable. If the tenant is willing to pay an additional $1,000 a month, that's the new market price. If the tenant is w
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by cc439 12y ago
So why not create a lifetime rent control that is tied to the occupancy of the current tenant? One they're gone, it's fair game for anyone at any price and you protect the "right to a home" for the existing resident. Tha
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by cc439 12y ago
The chicken pox vaccine is included to prevent shingles. You will be long gone by the time your child is a senior citizen and vulnerable to the relapse but it's a horrible experience for the elderly.
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by cc439 12y ago
We found Osama bin Laden using a Pakistani polio vaccination program as a screen and that was highly secretive until it's role was leaked. That's not something you can dispute, the rest of it may be craziness though.
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What an accomplished man. I feel a bit of a personal connection to his legacy as I live on the street where he was born (which now carries his name).
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It's more than rare, it seems that you're the only real-world, large-scale source on a lot of the topics you've been covering. I may not work in IT but I crave well-written accounts of technical problem solving. Yours are amo
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by cc439 12y ago
This seemed misguided: "I have heard media reports calling for people such as me who have been treating Ebola patients to be quarantined for 21 or even 42 days. These ideas are not based on the medical facts. People only need to be qua
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by cc439 12y ago
A range of 3-4 stories is better than a range of 45...
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Throw some load cells on the base. Hell, you could make a frame that acts like a 1 load cell bench scale, it's not like it'll weigh too much.
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They really advanced the automotive arts in that era. Here's another great example, the Mercedes T80: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_T80 It was designed and built in 1939 to achieve 750km/h and ve
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by cc439 12y ago
Having a mechanical engineer drive the design of a battery pack isn't necessarily a bad thing, IMO it's the sensible route for a mass-market car made by a mass-market company. Modern high volume, quality focused manufacturing will
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Photos and videos chug through space, most of my iPhone-owning friends have to resort to deletion of old photos at inopportune moments when they're trying to take a new one. I know that it's easy to push old media off onto a compu

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