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by jpindar 7y ago
Well, sometimes one coil for each pair of cylinders. I'm not aware of any motorcycle that had a distributor though.
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by jpindar 7y ago
That is false, ignition coils go back to... before the sixties at least, when magnetos were used. And no bike that I know of ever had a distributor.
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by jpindar 7y ago
From a magneto, but AFAIK those were obsolete well before the seventies.
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by jpindar 7y ago
>I’m moving around when I’d prefer to be relaxed on the couch. For some people, this is a good thing.
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As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt(apnews.com)
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by jpindar 7y ago
Oh, I think there's potential for virtual worlds, just not the SL/OS type. Something more like Sansar or Sinespace could still catch on. Or better yet, something that can run in a browser.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Stayed up til after 3am because I was running a virtual fireworks show in an Open Simulator world, and they all run on Pacific time. This might be my last one, because TBH I'm getting tired of Open Sim, it's a dead end.
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Interesting and confusing facts about time / time zones(worldtimezone.com)
2 points by jpindar 7y ago|0 comments
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by jpindar 7y ago
Where are the job ads for someone like that?
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New Voting Machines Could Hack Our Democracy(nybooks.com)
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by jpindar 7y ago
In Creative mode it's also a platform for a wide variety of user-created games, not just pvp shooters.
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by jpindar 7y ago
There's a control location drop-down above each of the two throttles, which implies they can be split.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Lead in solder is not a safety hazard unless you eat it, it isn't vaporized in normal soldering. Lead free solder is used for environmental reasons because electronic devices will eventually be disposed of. Since the amount of lead use
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by jpindar 7y ago
How about the Bollinger as a brutalist truck? https://www.equipmentworld.com/electric-truck-maker-bollinge...
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by jpindar 7y ago
How long is your list of requirements? Are they all absolutely necessary from day one or are some of them things a good developer could learn in a reasonable amount of time?
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Cruise ships to house homeless in Oakland a possibility(kron4.com)
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by jpindar 7y ago
They're building a lot of these in New England now.
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by jpindar 7y ago
The headline is exaggerated. The things mentioned in that article are banned in some places, but not 'almost everywhere'. There are many, many rowhouses in US cities, as well as suburban condos that are built with the same design
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by jpindar 7y ago
They are allowed in some places. There are some near me in New Hampshire, and there are some in New Jersey (or at least there were a few years ago).
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by jpindar 7y ago
They still exist in many parts of the US, and many of them don't have the kinds of restrictions you mention.
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by jpindar 7y ago
OK millennial
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by jpindar 7y ago
Not from a brick and mortar store, but you can online from places like Zenni.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Nowadays people are lucky if that entry level retail job will give them 40 hours a week, never mind 60.
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by jpindar 7y ago
People may say "everyone is valuable" but will they support UBI? Oh, so not THAT valuable.
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by jpindar 7y ago
A very small percentage of people write books, does that mean we'd be better off without books?
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by jpindar 7y ago
>You pass aisles with endcaps of stuff you don't need, you pass the beer and liquor section, and perhaps all the things you want are placed at the back of the store - on purpose, so you pass other items. Isn't this why Amazon&#
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by jpindar 7y ago
Instead of string, I use twist ties, which also come in handy for attaching the lights to things when deploying them.
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by jpindar 7y ago
My tinnitus doesn't bother me very often, but when it does, this provides the most amazing instant relief. And the relief lasts for some time even after you stop listening to it. https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/n
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by jpindar 7y ago
Hahaha, you think companies in the middle of nowhere don't have cramped, noisy open offices?
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by jpindar 7y ago
And of course they have to steal focus, sometimes several times, so you can't do something else while you wait.

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