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This should be higher up for anyone considering DACs for homelab use. I had a lot of issues due to this when mixing Aruba switches with Intel nics in my rack. Ended up going to fib…

I'll bite. What's the downside of a flat tax for a category like datacenters? If Meta want's to negotiate a lower tax rate for datacenters that's great, just allow every datacenter…

I find it bothersome because the system incentivizes giant megacorp monopolies. If you are small you'll have to pay taxes like everyone else, but once you hit some threshold of hug…

If you get a quality tig welder aluminum isn't too bad. It's definitely more difficult than steel but I taught myself to weld AL without too much trouble. Practice on some scrap fo…

I don't know Bolt touchscreen specifics, but a lot of electronics in newer cars are paired to the id in the cars BCM or security module and installing replacement parts requires ac…

Is there an industry newsletter or source where one can read up on this? All I can find is a single article from Reuters.

>> You ever wonder why Indiana has such a huge number of drag racing cars in the Prostock and Superstock classes? I can honestly say I've never wondered that. It's so oddly specifi…

You're probably kidding but I wouldn't put it past someone. Unscrupulous people bring antifreeze in gatorade bottles to the car auction and dump it under cars they want. Be careful…

That is quite the highlight, now you have access to a lathe :) I also bought a large lathe from a government surplus site, it's by far my favorite tool.

Your site is awesome. I too am tired of checking five different government auction websites every day, each with a terrible interface from 2005.

Or when you've been wanting to one up your neighbor's boat by buying a drug running speedboat with bullet holes.

Modern farming is much closer to science and engineering than most realize. Rowcropping in particular is heavily reliant on gps, soil chemistry, and genetics to put the right seed,…

That could easily be part of their prompt. I just did a quick test telling Copilot to "add a few spelling and grammar mistakes to look like a human wrote it" and it does a reasonab…

You might want to look up the max thickness and other common issues hobbyist level laser welders have before purchasing, or at a minimum wait for the laser welders to mature a bit …

There are some Youtube videos about homemade weapons in African countries and it seems you'd have to remove peoples hands in addition to their tools. Some of the functional guns ou…

I don't think its unreasonable to ask politicians to be familiar with how the machinery they are regulating functions and is used. To use your heroin example, this is akin to banni…

The rust stains in realistic locations on the bridge is very well done.

My legs are long enough there isn't room for them to press against the back of the seat. I'm either manspreading into the crevases between seats or in foetal position with my knees…

Each material has its own issues. Kevlar is very difficult to work with (need special scissors to cut and you can't sand the finished product), Dyneema is sensitive to UV degradati…

Exactly this. I make kayaks and basalt would be the perfect middle ground between FG and carbon where the boat will get dinged up in rivers. Unfortunately its nearly impossible to …

It's a false equivalence to equate humans (even "super-recognizers") with a computer when it comes to matching large quantities of faces with names/PII. At some point the numbers g…

Well designed carbon rims are surprisingly durable: https://youtu.be/VfjjiHGuHoc

>> I have no idea why people buy pistols that aren’t Glocks. Eh, that glock grip never felt right to me. The moment I picked up a PPQ it felt like someone had designed a grip speci…