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smellsofbikes

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electron rancher, bicycle medic. Colorado. Ex-G+ user. Femtoinfluencer.
Some current projects: 3d printed, lost-PLA casting of a fuel injection manifold for an old car, building/characterizing a peltier cooler based atmospheric water generator, restoring retrocomputing equipment for the Media Archaeology Library at University of Colorado Boulder, and trying to improve my jumping skills enough to do a mountain bike jump over train tracks. 少し日本語を話します。

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I mean I'm a pretty fast rider but I feel like this is unusually fast...

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For the record this is Mach 19.5 assuming sea level air pressure and standard temperature.

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The power requirements for an air resistance of 0.5 and frontal area of about half a square meter are 117 million horsepower to go this speed.
For reference, I can produce 1.2 horsepower for about 4 seconds max on a good day.

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A cool video by @breakingtaps about making rolling contact joints for robotics, that allow for very small, mostly single axis compliant, rotational joints that can have cam-like behavior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQiLLcumqDw&ab_channel=BreakingTaps

elaterite, (edited ) to DaftPunk
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[SOLVED, thanks!] Electronics help, please. This is a 48vdc to 12vdc converter. There's nothing to tell me which wire is the 48vdc in, 12vdc out, and the ground. Can anyone tell which is which looking at this circuit? It's Chinese made. Thanks!

smellsofbikes,
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@elaterite I'd need to see the underside of the board but traditionally black is ground (on the back side of the board, it should be attached to a plane) and most likely yellow is the input. Look at the caps right beside the yellow and red wires. I bet the cap beside the yellow is rated for 50V and the one beside the red for more like 25V or less. They should be marked on the side with their rated voltage.

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Luigi Colani 1977 Volkswagen Prototype - Developed as a successor to the Beetle for VW – positioned between Polo and Golf.

smellsofbikes,
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@samuraiplumber oh definitely relevant to @MLE_online

smellsofbikes, to random
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Rhubarb growing in a ditch beside a parking lot, about to be foraged.

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Homegrown pineapple update

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@MLE_online excitement increasing!

MLE_online, to random
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Here in America, there's basically just one hair removal tool that actually uses a real laser that you can buy for home use. And it costs $300.

I just looked on AliExpress, and they have ones for $20. Reviews say they work, and that you can tell because there's a burning hair smell.

I'm pretty tempted to try one.

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@MLE_online I've seen tattoo removal lasers on aliexpress that also appear to be fairly burly lasers

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    smellsofbikes,
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    @xan pursed lips emoji

    lzg, to random
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    i watched the apple ad everyone is hating on and I hate it too. it feels bad man.

    smellsofbikes,
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    @lzg we are currently having a flamewar at work between the "it has to look like a CRT's resolution" and "crisp Pac-Man is just fine" contingents, but all agree on an actual console.

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    smellsofbikes,
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    @Allie_Bilbao what a dapper little hellhound

    grimalkina, to random
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    "Finally, all of these terms—virtues, traits, competencies, or skills—have the disadvantage of implying that they are consistently demonstrated across all possible life situations. But they are not (Fleeson & Noftle, 2008; Mischel, 1968; Ross, Lepper, & Ward, 2010; Ross & Nisbett, 1991; Wagerman & Funder, 2009)."

    (source: Duckworth & Yeager 2015)

    smellsofbikes,
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    @grimalkina The more sure someone is of an answer, the less likely that answer is as good as they think it is. Somehow we need to explain this to kids so they realize confidence isn't a good metric.

    MLE_online, to random
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    I need this funnel to look less new and shiny for the pitch drop experiment project, so I'm going to attempt to tarnish it with ammonia fumes.

    The downside here is that this ammonia is what I have used to degrease animal bones that I have cleaned, so the smell of it boiling is probably horrendous

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    smellsofbikes,
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    @MLE_online ooooooh I really like the giraffeskin look at the top

    MLE_online, to random
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    Some ladies keep their white sneakers so flawlessly white and clean.

    Do they buy a new pair as soon as one pair gets the slightest scuff or stain?

    Do they have ten pairs and rotate them to keep them from wearing out quickly?

    Do they spend a half hour each evening carefully cleaning and conditioning their shoes to remove the dirt of the day?

    smellsofbikes,
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    @csnyder @MLE_online I'm married to someone who has approximately 30 pairs of shoes, some of which cost more than some of my bicycles, and she is extremely careful when and where she wears the nice ones. She changes shoes every time we leave, for the right shoes for the expected use and weather. She has shoes that have never been worn outside.

    MLE_online, to random
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    Ceramics class!

    I finished building my ring jug and I started on an abstract piece of pipes

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    smellsofbikes,
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    @MLE_online that ring jug came out beautifully!

    rasterweb, to random
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    I’m not even sure how to respond to an old (punk) friend saying “Extremes on both sides are destroying this country.”

    smellsofbikes,
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    @rasterweb "who is telling you that and is it part of an effort to convince you that you can't make things better?"

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    smellsofbikes,
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    @Allie_Bilbao this makes me ache inside. Portugal is so beautiful.

    smellsofbikes,
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    @Allie_Bilbao for a moment I thought that was a cannon on an old fort and then I was all awwww bike parts!

    smellsofbikes, to random
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    A good friend just found out that genetic material she stored 5 years ago before starting to transition was destroyed 4 years ago by the company, Legacy, and they kept charging her for storage until they notified her last week about what they'd done, and in the meantime told her that everything was fine and being handled correctly. Just in case any y'all were thinking about this.

    smellsofbikes,
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    @rose_alibi I can't even, yeah. I feel awful for her.

    smellsofbikes,
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    This is less to trash the company in particular and more to say hey if you are in this situation maybe consider more than one company.

    Tengrain, to random
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    To the “Burn It All Down Crowd” -

    Just a reminder, you got your wish in 2016.

    How did that work out for you?

    smellsofbikes,
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    @PandaChronicle @Pineywoozle I see so much of this and feel a certain suspicion that there's a lot of planning and propaganda that went into getting so many people laser focused on one admittedly horrible issue. I'm really upset about it too, but it doesn't change what I see as our immediate future.

    rasterweb, to random
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    I ended up writing code that I am pretty damn proud of! The original code was really simple, but I've added code to configure the device, which just has a rotary controller with a button...

    When you power it on it will check if you are holding down the button, then go into config mode so you can set the channel and then saves it to EEPROM.

    There's twice as much code now, but it's still pretty minimal...

    (And I though of a way to make it even more versatile as well!)

    smellsofbikes,
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    @rasterweb writing menu code around a rotary encoder/button is incredibly frustrating and I admire people who do a good job of it.

    smellsofbikes, to random
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    Explosions In The Sky released what I thought was a two record set but it is in fact 1.5 records. I'd not seen a picture side before. I bet it would sound awful.

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