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I always regard rebranding as a negative. Either there is something to forget, or the managers know something isn't right but don't know what to do. That leads to "something must be done, this is something, this must be done". I apologise if I've told y'all this anecdote before. I used to...

It seems Mike Magee (founder of The Register and The Inquirer) has died, RIP. https://www.semiaccurate.com/2024/08/12/industry-pioneer-mike-magee-has-passed-away/ That rather good obituary refers to one of many articles Magee wrote in his inimitable style, about to Queen Princess Fiorina. http://we...

How about TiN-ing? TiN is normally applied as a surface hardening treatment rather than as a corrosion passivating layer. I've no idea of the corrosion performance of TiN although instinct says it's probably quite considerable. As the whole 'stainless' bit of stainless steel is a self-passivating l...

This was a problem for early Apple Watch users as well. The alu alloy they used had a high nickel content. I couldn't wear one. They changed it around S6 or so as they did with their laptops finally. I dissolve them with my sweat instead now. Yeah, the nickel makes more contribution to chloride ion...

I've always found stainless steel watches cause slight skin irritation after a time. I haven't noticed the stainless steel has been even slightly corroded, although there must have been some chemical action. Surgical grade stainless steel is hardly expensive when you consider the amount used in a w...

I don't know what was going on there. The insurance company wasn't as red in tooth and claw as I thought they'd be. Maybe the claim was below the noise, or it was worth £500 to ding his no claims bonus, or it was the excuse they were looking for to get rid of him as a client. While there is the a p...

?C1? A failure code as would be reported on an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR). Specifically Classification code C1 (Danger present) Where an observation has been given a Classification code C1, the safety of those using the installation is at risk and immediate remedial action is r...

If I were in the market for a performance car it would be one of these. https://www.caranddriver.com/honda/civic-type-r https://automobiles.honda.com/civic-type-r I'd always imagined you to be a souped-up 1970 Plymouth Barracuda kinda guy. Aw c'mon. Harley Lowrider and a beard you could lose a badg...

Well, I'm assuming that these are all as standard according to data I got, a 2006 Mustang 5 Litre gets 300hp and 320 ft/lbs of torque and a 1.7 litre Civic gets 98hp and 162 ft/lbs of torque and doing the maths, there is not a lot of difference in hp per litre but plenty more torques. So working it...

If I were in the market for a performance car it would be one of these. https://www.caranddriver.com/honda/civic-type-r https://automobiles.honda.com/civic-type-r For the avoidance of doubt, it wasn't your Civic I was referring to as a joke, but the Mustang posturing as a performance car when my bo...

Those big American V8s are rubbish at extracting the HP, I bet you're getting far more HP per litre of engine capacity then they are getting and your getting far better mpg in the bargain. ;) Better fuel economy without a doubt. Better HP/liter? That depends on how they are set up. There is an old ...

A while back I made some adapter boards for SOIC 14 and 16 chips with room to add decoupling capacitors. Not as ambitious as above, but it removed the frustration of decoupling these ICs on a breadboard with huge long leads to the decoupling caps.

Of course there are also garden sieves: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.diggers.com.au%2Fcdn%2Fshop%2Fproducts%2Fgarden-sieve-black-hsiev_878a7ce2-01e5-401f-8334-fca9e6a4e805_1200x.jpg%3Fv%3D1637121152&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b05d143389dcd1632f5cf8c7580cf8827b7878f...

I think the EU are "having enough of that shit" at the moment. Hopefully it'll catch. Not the EU but Euro NCAP, who have added physical controls for certain things to the next version (2026) of NCAP testing. So you can't get a top safety rating for your vehicle unless it has real indicato...

Well it works slightly different to an automatic would. If you completely take your foot off it comes to a complete halt with no creeping so you can navigate multiple traffic light stops just on the accelerator. The downside, compared to using it in two pedal mode, is that you lose control of your ...

Well it works slightly different to an automatic would. If you completely take your foot off it comes to a complete halt with no creeping so you can navigate multiple traffic light stops just on the accelerator. The downside, compared to using it in two pedal mode, is that you lose control of your ...

tggzzz wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 6:47 pm I expect UK mice would turn their noses up at MacDonald's "cheese".

I can show you a polythene board eaten by English mice. They'd love McD's "cheese".

Cerebus will probably know the most evil way of disposing of sodium. I have an acquaintance who is a top tier conspiracy wanker. I would probably dunk it in his fish tank. The most energetic would be to finely divide (i.e. grind) it in an inert atmosphere (argon say) and then rapidly combine the du...

The geiger counters and radioactive sources are another issue... :shock: Interesting; how intense? A schoolfriend had a fob watch that was significantly more intense than the school's radioactive sources. It went to Harwell. I only have a lump of sodium, some unadulterated sodium chlorate, some pot...

He was born late May - early June last year so he's now fully grown. And yes, he has put a little extra weight. Since he is strictly an indoor cat we have already taken steps to cut back on his food and try to exercise him as much as possible. I wasn't suggesting that he's becoming a chonker, just ...

I concur on all accounts. Also you can’t just jump it from another car. There is a secondary 12v battery but if that’s dead too it’s a brick. I did some reading though and this is not the case on newer Tesla vehicles though. 2018 vintage was stupid. Well more stupid anyway. If the high voltage batt...

MED6753 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:35 pm I am the King and don't you forget it.

Chuffing heck! He's put on some bulk since I last saw him

6. If you own an EV, don't leave it outside long enough to brick itself. Actually charge it up occasionally. I think that's a Tesla special. I don't know of other EVs that can brick themselves just from standing there for a relatively short time. Teslas lose at least 1% charge a day just sitting at...

Specmaster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:40 pm It also used to have a sickly smell hanging around from the huge great Mars factory there.

Slough smells of dust, stale piss, and Maltesers.

On days when someone has to desperately dump fuel to land at Heathrow with a problem it also smells of Jet A or Jet A-1.

No. London is very unfortunately placed from the point of view of inundation. That's why they have the Thames Barrier. There are many places much more happily positioned, such as the Malvern Hills, the Cotswolds, the Mendips, Snowdonia, and many others in the north of the country, all to which we c...