Recent content by Kobayashi

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    Home Improvement

    That's an insane amount of light. I had some 6000 China lumen lights (so probably about 2000 max) in my garage and looking at them was worse than looking up at the sun. Are they dimmable? If so, maybe it would be nice to have that top level for an impromptu surgery and just leave it at 20% the...
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    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Seemed obvious he was involved from day one, but with how long they'd taken to press charges, it seemed like he might have been able to obfuscate things. Looks like his buddies flipped...
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    Best Purchases You've Ever Made

    Hadn't seen that Blu3 thing before, report back on how you like it. I'd get freaked out if there was too much tension on the air line, I'm curious how they're managing to keep it from getting tangled/snarled. Also, I feel like I'd want a BCD to go with it. IMO, that's the best part of scuba...
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    Home buying thread

    Am I just misinterpreting what you're saying? 2'6" and 30" are the exact same measurement. I feel like the really long soffits are on a lot of the really modern construction lake houses by me (albeit with a pretty low pitched roof as well). I like the look, but I have no clue about the...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Well fuck, I just got a proofing bowl. Looks like it's #12 for me. Is there a sourdough thread here yet?
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    Home Improvement

    Curious for anyone who knows how all this stuff goes together: My house eventually needs new windows and siding. Does one or the other need to be done first? I assume both is obviously ideal, but trying to see the best way to potentially spread out the pain. For windows, what's the best to...
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    On becoming an electrician

    Is that really a Class E hardhat? I'm sure it can be a fake carbon fiber pattern, but it would weird me out having my hard hat look like it was made out of something conductive as hell. I'd make sure you keep whatever stickers intact identifying it as such so you don't get thrown off a site if...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Late to the party, but just tried a Big Arch at McDonald's. What a disappointment. Extremely bland. I feel like McDonald's usually does pretty good sauces, but this was extremely meh. Not sure why this ever got the green light.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Received a spam Venmo request from some scammer. Gotta love fumbling my way through some shit interface I use once a year to pay my fantasy football dues to block/decline the transaction, being careful to not accidentally accept. I thought I had all the privacy settings maxed out, but it looks...
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    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    This is a very Jets article. "We've embraced AI!" "The AI we've embraced is Microsoft Copilot." It wouldn't surprise me if their organization exclusively used Bing in Internet Explorer up to this point as well.
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    Aquarists unite: fish are friends, and food

    That's interesting, my water sprite got completely wiped out by the duckweed that hitched a ride at some point. I let that stuff filter the water for a while, but eventually got fed up with dealing with it getting everywhere and purged it.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Ferrari has been spun off from FCA (pre-Stellantis) for over a decade now. They own all their own shitty decisions at this point. They make some great cars (albeit of questionable reliability). This is not one of them.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    If you took all the Ferrari badges off the thing, I'd have thought it was the latest Kia EV. I don't think that color is doing it any favors either. Back end is equally a mess. They kept some of the Ferrari design language, but it just looks off. I don't really see why they bothered with...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Not saying this guy is wrong, but what you're describing as the Toyota way is pretty much how all traditional OEMs operate (my limited experience with Ford included). They have a book of specifications that they release to a tier 1 for a part when it's being developed. The problem with this...