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by techdmn 10y ago
I'll offer what might be an uncommon perspective on 70k cars. I used to have a 2nd gen Toyota MR2. Great car. Vibrant community, guys developing and selling alternator brackets to shave off a few pounds of weight, there were meet up
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by techdmn 10y ago
It confirms that the address is valid, and most likely attended by a real person.
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by techdmn 10y ago
I have a similar problem. It bothers me a bit that I'm not amazing at any single thing, but not nearly as much as it bothers me that there are things I can't do well. I have this strange belief that I should be at least competen
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by techdmn 10y ago
I do this too, a habit picked up when my kids were little and I didn't want to wake them up with loud movies. I'm surprised now, when I turn captions off, how much harder I have to concentrate on what I'm watching in order t
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by techdmn 10y ago
Big disclaimer for me was that dictation was faster than typing on iPhones . Doesn't look like they even used swype!
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by techdmn 10y ago
I'm convinced that the ability to shop for and purchase auto insurance online is the best thing (for consumers) to happen to the industry in a long time. Better rates, better claims processing, better customer service.
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by techdmn 10y ago
They do pretty well if you keep both the carts and the console clean. I have an original that works as well as it did when it was new. You had to blow on the games then too. :-) (By keep them clean I mean that you have to actively clean
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by techdmn 10y ago
My feeling is that since PBS is largely funded by taxes and donations, all their content should be available freely just about anywhere. They really ought to publish directly to YouTube as well.
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by techdmn 10y ago
Which is too bad, because sliding doors are one of their best features. As a parent, I've taken to parking next to minivans at the grocery store and whatnot, because I know how careful kids typically are when opening doors. Sliding d
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by techdmn 10y ago
But both of those things are good for you!
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by techdmn 10y ago
Good point. Why aren't cheating athletes honest? Because honest athletes aren't cheating. But personally I've wondered the same thing. Ryan Braun's doping was hard to take, but not as bad as all the whinging he did wh
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by techdmn 10y ago
I once worked for some people with a similar belief system to that above. A big part of it was that there were only two powers in the world - Christ & God vs. Satan. ANY power that was not explicitly that of Christ was implicitly the
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by techdmn 11y ago
I'm in a similar boat, I paid cash for a 2003 Mazda hatch with a manual. When I bought it I did the math, and figured that compared to the lease payment and insurance on a new Mazda I would break even in 10 months. I've been dri
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by techdmn 11y ago
I found the bit about looking down at the console in the ship to be interesting. I had a bit of a similar experience after playing racing games for years, then finally getting on the track in real life on a motorcycle. In a racing game yo
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by techdmn 11y ago
I came here to say this as well. I admit it, I like to drive hard on occasion. But does the fact that I know the limits of my car's abilities make me a more dangerous driver? Maybe. But I could also cruise ever so gently through a
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by techdmn 11y ago
Taking a job you want is something of a luxury. Many people take the jobs they can get, because they don't have other options.
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by techdmn 11y ago
No racing for me yet, but I have a track day tomorrow. The level of concentration required is astounding. I still remember being amazed at the difference between my first and second track days. How much more I could SEE after I started t
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by techdmn 12y ago
A human driver can certainly can be careless or dangerous, but in my experience this is not how blame is assigned in the case of a collision. It is assigned based a failure to conform to very specific rules of the road - operating left of
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by techdmn 13y ago
I continue to be confused about how nuclear can be considered better / cheaper / cleaner without factoring the cost of storing the waste for 10,000 years. We seem to struggle with unintended consequences of waste management on th
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by techdmn 13y ago
Indeed, it was common for a USB-to-proprietary cable to be sold separately for at an additional charge. Now phone manufacturers are forced to resort to software to make it difficult to move data between phones and desktops. ;-)
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by techdmn 13y ago
Arg, opening links in new windows by default! I can do that myself if I want to, thank you very much.
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by techdmn 13y ago
V6 formula!?!? Validating my decision several years ago to quit following F1. ;-)
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by techdmn 13y ago
Suck squish bang blow.
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by techdmn 13y ago
Generally speaking I'm right there with you, but thrown by your use of Japanese cars as an example of underdamping. I haven't driven a lot of European cars, but compared to most offerings from Detroit Japanese damping is fantastic. I've dri
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by techdmn 14y ago
Agreed, it's a hobby. Even if I screw it up I learned something. What I find funny is when I talk to people who say "I rebuilt the engine last year", or "I just painted my car a deep metal-flake blue." I say "That's awesome, I totally wa
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by techdmn 14y ago
I think leg shaking is mostly harmless, the habits I worry about are: 1) Constant muttering stream of expletives. 2) Unconsciously drumming along on my desk to whichever song I happen to be listening to while waiting for code to compile / s
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by techdmn 14y ago
I thought that was the point. ;-) I know what you mean though, usually when tampering you give up some niceties.
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by techdmn 14y ago
Seconded. I'm starting a new job Monday, a large part of being able to switch was having my wife start a job that also provided insurance. I could have bridged the gap with a spare $1500 a month, but having an alternative in place certain
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by techdmn 14y ago
Airman theme has been my ringtone for the last year. :)
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by techdmn 14y ago
Been thinking about this a lot lately. Opted for a 2-year program (Associate rather than Bachelor), because when I was 18 I figured I already knew how to code and didn't need to spend a lot of time or money to going to college to prove it.

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