Now, you can't vote this thread up or down, and if you try to reply you'll get an error*, but like Morpheus said to the Ziononians "We are still here". I think that's pretty cool.
I don't get the reference, but it is kind of neat only reading /kbin posts. I feel like we have pretty good up time even if some of that uptime isn't perfect. I'm not perfect either, but I'm pretty glad to have my uptime!
This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.
It's true. I haven't been to Elko since before it happened, but I understand the cars are still there. I didn't mean to make it sound like it had just happened, sorry for the confusion 🙂 big deal in a small town haha. Thankfully it is just corn. And a possibly damaged bridge and track.
This article says that NASA uses 15 digits after the decimal point, which I’m counting as 16 in total, since that’s how we count significant digits in scientific notation. If you round pi to 3, that’s one significant digit, and if you round it to 1, that’s zero digits....
I work in trails, like what you might walk on, and in the rare case I need pi, I use 3.14. This week, we have a meeting to talk about some things on 14 March. I will be using cornbread because I do not know how to make a pie but I will eat the pie others make. I look forward to this meeting.
The Senate approved a package of six appropriations bills ahead of a late-Friday deadline and sent it to President Joe Biden to become law after some haggling over amendments.
I both agree with you and disagree. I agree that having a long term plan (beyond one year) would be amazing, but I disagree that essential things will always be paid. That is actually true, you are right, but the problem is that these other things that are, essentially, essential, will become nonessential. They just do not get done. And both the "customers" and the employees are expected to deal with it. It is a public-private pipeline. I hate it. For openness, I am a federal employee.
I really like cheap stamped stainless knives. In the photo are a Viking, a Kiwi, and something unbranded. Total was $8.20 USD. They are garbage, the handles are terrible, though the ridiculously small Deba has wood scales. They sharpen beautifully....
I guess I can understand what you are saying. I have lived out of my vehicle off and on for about ten years, and having a full tine, good "chopping" knife that I can sharpen with what I might use on a shovel is really nice. I have had the same maine knife for 15 years. It is ok. I don't have to work on it much. It says "Chicago Cutlery" on it. It has been put up wet, been used in snow, and I have no money invested in it. It works great.
I also worked in a kitchen once, with really nice knives, it isn't that nice. But it was cheap. Full tine, and not that weird serrated but not serrated.
I'm feeling a bit better. Starting today, I'll be returning to work as much as possible. This week will likely be spent catching up on tasks, replying to emails, reading overdue comments, etc. I also need to work with Piotr on instance infrastructure. I'll be more actively handling spam as well, but it's clear that we need...
I have only put a clutch in one front wheel drive car. It failed in front of the truck shop I worked at and that's where it was brought to. Anyway, the clutch disc exploded and put a lot of side loading on the input shaft. This car exhibit similar issues to yours. The shift lever felt terrible until the unit was removed from the machine. Maybe your input shaft isn't lined up well or there is something wrong with that bearing. Pull it out. We make mistakes 🙂
It seems you may have the problem "fixed" but this machine was, I think, a 2008 or so Kia. Optima? I am in the US. I looked it up, and in markets that I think Dacia would be in, it may be Magentis. There were many unpleasant sounds when this car arrived...
Anyway, it is pretty hard to bend the input shaft. Even this catastrophic failure did not do that. It destroyed the flywheel (which was expensive) and that was the big financial challenge for the owner (who was Brazilian). They did not like the price of that part, it was half of the total cost. My information was just to add to the discussion. The car left with new part and was fine.
Hello all, happy early spring to those of you who are experiencing it! Here in western Colorado, we’ve got our tiny rainy season going on. what are you doing in your communities, in your gardens, in your organizing spaces? what kind of cool praxis have you got going on?
Thanks for the explanation! Your explanation, and what @auzas_1337 shared, make sense. The certification I mentioned has to do with teaching and is maybe like a practicum. If it isn't obvious by now, my Latin is not great haha.
Well it is funny you say math teacher, my elderly mother was that, but went to school in the 90s to get a degree. This is probably where I remember this from. Maybe not a thing now. She can definitely math haha. She could teach folks to multiply and divide in abnormal ways, trying to meet their learning needs.
This is interesting. I last rode the Southwest Chief in 2018, last minute, no problem. It was empty, ish, until somewhere in Missouri. A lot of commuters in Illinois. I had an empty seat next to me until about that time. I guess it is different now. I got on in Albuquerque.
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off British Columbia
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It's the middle of an infrastructure update and you're reading this, posted to kbin, on kbin. How's that for stability?
Now, you can't vote this thread up or down, and if you try to reply you'll get an error*, but like Morpheus said to the Ziononians "We are still here". I think that's pretty cool.
A Chinese airline warned passengers not to throw coins into plane engines after an Airbus A350 was delayed for 4 hours (www.businessinsider.com)
China Southern Airlines warned passengers on social media not to throw coins at planes....
Most US sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, analysis says (www.theguardian.com)
Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested...
Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine (www.theguardian.com)
DNA My Dog received human genetic sample and identified it as a malamute, shar-pei and labrador, according to news station
It’s a shame that the Beatles didn’t make the submarine in that song green. That would’ve been sublime.
Train Derailment Near a Station
This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.
What field do you work in, and how many digits of pi do you use?
This article says that NASA uses 15 digits after the decimal point, which I’m counting as 16 in total, since that’s how we count significant digits in scientific notation. If you round pi to 3, that’s one significant digit, and if you round it to 1, that’s zero digits....
311: Tiny Desk Concert (youtu.be)
Ah, nostalgia. Happy 311 Day all :)
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (www.bbc.com)
Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
Biden signs major government funding bill just in time to prevent a shutdown (www.nbcnews.com)
The Senate approved a package of six appropriations bills ahead of a late-Friday deadline and sent it to President Joe Biden to become law after some haggling over amendments.
{Discussion} Shitty Knives (sh.itjust.works)
I really like cheap stamped stainless knives. In the photo are a Viking, a Kiwi, and something unbranded. Total was $8.20 USD. They are garbage, the handles are terrible, though the ridiculously small Deba has wood scales. They sharpen beautifully....
/kbin March update
I'm feeling a bit better. Starting today, I'll be returning to work as much as possible. This week will likely be spent catching up on tasks, replying to emails, reading overdue comments, etc. I also need to work with Piotr on instance infrastructure. I'll be more actively handling spam as well, but it's clear that we need...
Plastic tea bags (lemmy.world)
I decided to have a green tea because it’s healthier than soda. It’s healthier, right?...
[FWD Manual] Gear selection problem
Can anyone suggest what might be wrong? I have just changed the clutch and now I am struggling to select gears even when the engine isn’t running....
Early Spring Praxis Post (slrpnk.net)
Hello all, happy early spring to those of you who are experiencing it! Here in western Colorado, we’ve got our tiny rainy season going on. what are you doing in your communities, in your gardens, in your organizing spaces? what kind of cool praxis have you got going on?
A closer look at how capacity impacts growth on Amtrak’s network: Analysis (www.trains.com)