Most of it is either common sense with just a bare minimum of thought applied to inspecting it, or can be answered quickly via Google. Sadly a lot of people today have neither common sense nor the patience to look at something for a minute first. Nor know how to search Google for that matter.
Frankly, it boggles my mind that Millenials are constantly online, but can't use Google to save their life.
Most people know someone that will help them build a new rig for a case of beer anyways. And this guy's article was obviously clickbait at its finest with the amount of hyperbole and sensationalism being thrown about. Not to mention spending way more money than needed for a decent gaming PC.
Who buys a 1TB SSD for a standard gaming system? Nobody. He also spent $180 on a case and $200 on a mobo when there are plenty of very nice cases in the $100 range and mobos in the $120-150 range. And with a case as large as the one he bought, I don't buy that he couldn't fit the motherboard in there easily and screw it down. Those tend to have plenty of access space, with the only somewhat troublesome screw being the one in the back corner by the PSU, but thats what a magnetized screwdriver is for then. Consumer watercooling solutions are also really simple to tie down. Far easier than a standard cooler, since it requires far less pressure.
Guy sounds like a wanker judging by his Twitter account anyways, so not surprised.
I don't recommend refurbing rotors at all. You have a high likelihood of the new pads not seating properly and the thinner rotors will warp a lot easier. In both cases it leaves you with noisy brakes that are annoying to listen to. And if you're gonna pay the price to turn down the rotors, you may as well use that money for new ones anyways. Something like higher-quality napa rotors and pads should still be $200 or less for all four wheels, and I still think he got fleeced on doing the rears at the same time—75% of your braking is done in the front, so the rears were probably fine. (Assuming 4-wheel disc. Rear drums last even longer... 150k+ miles.
You're forgetting you have to pay sales tax every time you buy another car. Depending on the state, that can add another 5-11% plus registration fees. Most car sales also involve several thousand up-front. Meanwhile you've lost 2/3 of the value of the car selling it at 6 years, but less than 1/4 for the next 4. At the average 12k miles/year that puts you at 120k miles after 10 years. Most cars require minimal maintenance to that point in their life these days. The real maintenance costs don't happen until 150k+ when you start having things like rear drum brakes needing replacement, radiator, water pump, shocks, exhaust work, etc. Even then, much of the maintenance can be done for a fraction of the cost by yourself, and without much mechanical prowess. Check Youtube videos and determine what you're capable of.
IE: Had Autozone run the code from the check-engine light and it was the EGR Valve. Taking it to a shop would have cost me $350. The part itself turned out to cost $85 and was merely 2 bolts and a power connector. Took all of 5 minutes to do myself. Were it not for the videos, I would have assumed it was something I couldn't handle and dished out way more money.
This is the new normal in multiplayer gaming though—a rapidly growing portion don't see past their own personal enjoyment... which also coincidentally happens to be ruining the game for others.
My version of the Xperia Z3 was updated to support wireless charging, but only @ 1A instead of the usual 2A+ so its not very effective unless you want to just throw it on your nightstand for the entire night or such.
To be fair, I doubt these residential roads were built with such traffic in mind. Speed limits, intersections, shoulder/easement types, etc. are designed with a certain number of cars per hour in mind. I can see how it could be a safety issue, especially if children are involved (wanting to play outside, but now its a solid line of traffic and the parents don't want to risk their ball going into the road or something)
SDCs aren't inherently that much better than HDCs as far as congestion goes. The problem lies in the fact that we fuck ourselves with traffic jams, so-to-speak. Improper zipper merges, people not wanting to let others in, constant lane changes trying to "get ahead" by a tiny distance, a small gap opens so people floor it to prevent others from moving in and then having to brake heavily, etc. All of that is what causes traffic jams. If everyone chilled the fuck out, were more courteous, and maintained a safe distance, you wouldn't have nearly as big of a problem.
I had the several cans of soda I tried to carry on in 2010 confiscated and thrown out, along with my unopened sunscreen that was apparently 2 whopping ounces over the limit. Which was rather annoying, as sunscreen is like $10 and the plane didn't carry Dr. Pepper...
Because GMO is a largely meaningless buzzword. All foods we eat today have been "genetically modified" in some fashion. Ever seen what wild bananas or heirloom apples look like? We cross-bred until we got the desired traits aka genetics we wanted from them. The fearmongers want you to see GMO on a label and think it means they added some gene to make it glow in the dark or something, when in reality 99% of the time its something benign. Just a "GMO" label is meaningless—what that really should be is a note on exactly what foreign traits were transferred, if anything.
I find HDRadio to be a huge improvement over regular FM quality in my car. When the digital signal syncs I can hear a large difference in the sound stage compared to the first few seconds when its still using the analog. Every so often the HD signal is down for the day on a station, and I kinda wince at having to listen in analog as its just not anywhere near as nice to listen to IMHO.
As an addendum to this, I did some research and the 1976 Winter games were projected to cost Denver $35million dollars, which adjusted for inflation is about $200M USD. So yeah, one could say the costs have risen just a little bit. And I believe the 2004 games in Athens were around $12-15B and the summer olympics has way more going on.
The other thing to take away is they could be hosted for far less if stupidly extravagant accommodations and facilities weren't required. Sure, there is some cruft involved when you have to make stuff like artificial kayak runs etc. but I'm sure they could be more frugal. Especially with the winter olympics, since most of those events involve little in the way of extra facilities other than the bobsled track. Lillehammer I think it was, even still had the speedskating events held at an outdoor track. How Sochi cost $50B is anyones guess.
That's what a local municipality has done and its really frustrating. They've lowered the speed limits in the entire jurisdiction to mostly 25 with small sections of 35 on the two major arterials. Keep in mind, these are areas with 4 lanes of traffic + extra shoulders AND the sidewalks are set away further AND there is no residential on these roads. Most recently they changed a 45 section that was on the edge of town to 35 in an area that literally has no buildings on it whatsoever, nor any foot traffic. You can bet they now run radar at the speed limit sign of that newly lowered section. I've seen them. And another spot has a 35 sign that they follow with a 25 sign just a few dozen yards after that... at the crest of a hill.... that they run radar from the bottom of the hill and constantly bust people for that automatic +10 if they didn't slow down yet or notice the 2nd sign.
And its mostly because a vocal minority of the oldest residents complain at civic meetings because they don't like how much the town has grown in the last 10-15 years.
That's all fine and good until you throw snow and ice into the mix, then all those objects become wrapped around cars and cause accidents from the excessive braking/swerving required to navigate them during inclement weather. I've lost count of how many signs and poles I've seen bent over clear to the ground after storms, or cars losing control in S-curves from the "scenic/safer" road design.
Prices on some of the lemon-flavored canned drinks was decent when I was there. At least as far as alcohol content vs. cost goes. 150yen for 350ml can with 10% alc isn't that bad. Imports though... yep. 240yen for 300ml is kinda ridiculous. And even the local dive bar was 500yen for "pint" draft where I was in Nagano.
My general criticism of it is that it was basically a re-tread of Episode 4 mostly (and a bit of 5/6). Character stuck on a boonies planet with no parents leaves to realize their destiny. There is another Rebellion, now called the Resistance. A new empire now called The First Order. Literally another trench run event happening. Another planet-destroying super-weapon. And the real kicker was the ho-hum way they go about devising their plan to blow it up... all in 15 minutes mind you. It was supposedly 15 minutes from the time they come out of lightspeed at the planet, did everything on the surface, and when they tore the thing apart and got the hell out.
Why would you rent a modem from your ISP when a nice Motorola one is only like $60? Or even if its provided free, their supplied ones are most often garbage... and even worse are often modem/router combos.
And this is why the NY AG would get very little info out of all this—They have no way of knowing if the person has the proper modem and router to take advantage of the full speed their connection offers. When I got 100mbps initially I couldn't break about 60mbps, as my modem was only DOCSIS 2.0... then also finding out my router was hamstringing me as well. Once I had a DOCSIS 3.0 modem AND replaced the terribad $40 Netgear router with something much nicer, I was able to finally hit 100mbps. Then you have the case of if people are using wireless instead of a wired connection, etc.
I'll just be happy if I don't have to see their stupid adds shitting up TV constantly. 50% of all commercials being for Draft Kings or Fan Duel during NFL games is rather much...
Buy a cheap set of USB racing foot pedals and a micro-usb adapter and voila, you can probably already do that. Or at the most a simple driver to interface the pedals as standard inputs and assign macros to them.
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Most of it is either common sense with just a bare minimum of thought applied to inspecting it, or can be answered quickly via Google. Sadly a lot of people today have neither common sense nor the patience to look at something for a minute first. Nor know how to search Google for that matter.
Frankly, it boggles my mind that Millenials are constantly online, but can't use Google to save their life.
Most people know someone that will help them build a new rig for a case of beer anyways. And this guy's article was obviously clickbait at its finest with the amount of hyperbole and sensationalism being thrown about. Not to mention spending way more money than needed for a decent gaming PC.
Who buys a 1TB SSD for a standard gaming system? Nobody. He also spent $180 on a case and $200 on a mobo when there are plenty of very nice cases in the $100 range and mobos in the $120-150 range. And with a case as large as the one he bought, I don't buy that he couldn't fit the motherboard in there easily and screw it down. Those tend to have plenty of access space, with the only somewhat troublesome screw being the one in the back corner by the PSU, but thats what a magnetized screwdriver is for then. Consumer watercooling solutions are also really simple to tie down. Far easier than a standard cooler, since it requires far less pressure.
Guy sounds like a wanker judging by his Twitter account anyways, so not surprised.
I don't recommend refurbing rotors at all. You have a high likelihood of the new pads not seating properly and the thinner rotors will warp a lot easier. In both cases it leaves you with noisy brakes that are annoying to listen to. And if you're gonna pay the price to turn down the rotors, you may as well use that money for new ones anyways. Something like higher-quality napa rotors and pads should still be $200 or less for all four wheels, and I still think he got fleeced on doing the rears at the same time—75% of your braking is done in the front, so the rears were probably fine. (Assuming 4-wheel disc. Rear drums last even longer... 150k+ miles.
You're forgetting you have to pay sales tax every time you buy another car. Depending on the state, that can add another 5-11% plus registration fees. Most car sales also involve several thousand up-front. Meanwhile you've lost 2/3 of the value of the car selling it at 6 years, but less than 1/4 for the next 4. At the average 12k miles/year that puts you at 120k miles after 10 years. Most cars require minimal maintenance to that point in their life these days. The real maintenance costs don't happen until 150k+ when you start having things like rear drum brakes needing replacement, radiator, water pump, shocks, exhaust work, etc. Even then, much of the maintenance can be done for a fraction of the cost by yourself, and without much mechanical prowess. Check Youtube videos and determine what you're capable of.
IE: Had Autozone run the code from the check-engine light and it was the EGR Valve. Taking it to a shop would have cost me $350. The part itself turned out to cost $85 and was merely 2 bolts and a power connector. Took all of 5 minutes to do myself. Were it not for the videos, I would have assumed it was something I couldn't handle and dished out way more money.
This is the new normal in multiplayer gaming though—a rapidly growing portion don't see past their own personal enjoyment... which also coincidentally happens to be ruining the game for others.
My version of the Xperia Z3 was updated to support wireless charging, but only @ 1A instead of the usual 2A+ so its not very effective unless you want to just throw it on your nightstand for the entire night or such.
In the near future they won't even need to go out and steal the car, it will just drive itself to you. What a country!
To be fair, I doubt these residential roads were built with such traffic in mind. Speed limits, intersections, shoulder/easement types, etc. are designed with a certain number of cars per hour in mind. I can see how it could be a safety issue, especially if children are involved (wanting to play outside, but now its a solid line of traffic and the parents don't want to risk their ball going into the road or something)
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We had these things called globes...
SDCs aren't inherently that much better than HDCs as far as congestion goes. The problem lies in the fact that we fuck ourselves with traffic jams, so-to-speak. Improper zipper merges, people not wanting to let others in, constant lane changes trying to "get ahead" by a tiny distance, a small gap opens so people floor it to prevent others from moving in and then having to brake heavily, etc. All of that is what causes traffic jams. If everyone chilled the fuck out, were more courteous, and maintained a safe distance, you wouldn't have nearly as big of a problem.
And when herd immunity breaks down, it becomes a 1:10 common event.
I had the several cans of soda I tried to carry on in 2010 confiscated and thrown out, along with my unopened sunscreen that was apparently 2 whopping ounces over the limit. Which was rather annoying, as sunscreen is like $10 and the plane didn't carry Dr. Pepper...
Because GMO is a largely meaningless buzzword. All foods we eat today have been "genetically modified" in some fashion. Ever seen what wild bananas or heirloom apples look like? We cross-bred until we got the desired traits aka genetics we wanted from them. The fearmongers want you to see GMO on a label and think it means they added some gene to make it glow in the dark or something, when in reality 99% of the time its something benign. Just a "GMO" label is meaningless—what that really should be is a note on exactly what foreign traits were transferred, if anything.
I find HDRadio to be a huge improvement over regular FM quality in my car. When the digital signal syncs I can hear a large difference in the sound stage compared to the first few seconds when its still using the analog. Every so often the HD signal is down for the day on a station, and I kinda wince at having to listen in analog as its just not anywhere near as nice to listen to IMHO.
As an addendum to this, I did some research and the 1976 Winter games were projected to cost Denver $35million dollars, which adjusted for inflation is about $200M USD. So yeah, one could say the costs have risen just a little bit. And I believe the 2004 games in Athens were around $12-15B and the summer olympics has way more going on.
The other thing to take away is they could be hosted for far less if stupidly extravagant accommodations and facilities weren't required. Sure, there is some cruft involved when you have to make stuff like artificial kayak runs etc. but I'm sure they could be more frugal. Especially with the winter olympics, since most of those events involve little in the way of extra facilities other than the bobsled track. Lillehammer I think it was, even still had the speedskating events held at an outdoor track. How Sochi cost $50B is anyones guess.
That's what a local municipality has done and its really frustrating. They've lowered the speed limits in the entire jurisdiction to mostly 25 with small sections of 35 on the two major arterials. Keep in mind, these are areas with 4 lanes of traffic + extra shoulders AND the sidewalks are set away further AND there is no residential on these roads. Most recently they changed a 45 section that was on the edge of town to 35 in an area that literally has no buildings on it whatsoever, nor any foot traffic. You can bet they now run radar at the speed limit sign of that newly lowered section. I've seen them. And another spot has a 35 sign that they follow with a 25 sign just a few dozen yards after that... at the crest of a hill.... that they run radar from the bottom of the hill and constantly bust people for that automatic +10 if they didn't slow down yet or notice the 2nd sign. And its mostly because a vocal minority of the oldest residents complain at civic meetings because they don't like how much the town has grown in the last 10-15 years.
That's all fine and good until you throw snow and ice into the mix, then all those objects become wrapped around cars and cause accidents from the excessive braking/swerving required to navigate them during inclement weather. I've lost count of how many signs and poles I've seen bent over clear to the ground after storms, or cars losing control in S-curves from the "scenic/safer" road design.
Prices on some of the lemon-flavored canned drinks was decent when I was there. At least as far as alcohol content vs. cost goes. 150yen for 350ml can with 10% alc isn't that bad. Imports though... yep. 240yen for 300ml is kinda ridiculous. And even the local dive bar was 500yen for "pint" draft where I was in Nagano.
My general criticism of it is that it was basically a re-tread of Episode 4 mostly (and a bit of 5/6). Character stuck on a boonies planet with no parents leaves to realize their destiny. There is another Rebellion, now called the Resistance. A new empire now called The First Order. Literally another trench run event happening. Another planet-destroying super-weapon. And the real kicker was the ho-hum way they go about devising their plan to blow it up... all in 15 minutes mind you. It was supposedly 15 minutes from the time they come out of lightspeed at the planet, did everything on the surface, and when they tore the thing apart and got the hell out.
Why would you rent a modem from your ISP when a nice Motorola one is only like $60? Or even if its provided free, their supplied ones are most often garbage... and even worse are often modem/router combos.
And this is why the NY AG would get very little info out of all this—They have no way of knowing if the person has the proper modem and router to take advantage of the full speed their connection offers. When I got 100mbps initially I couldn't break about 60mbps, as my modem was only DOCSIS 2.0 ... then also finding out my router was hamstringing me as well. Once I had a DOCSIS 3.0 modem AND replaced the terribad $40 Netgear router with something much nicer, I was able to finally hit 100mbps. Then you have the case of if people are using wireless instead of a wired connection, etc.
I'll just be happy if I don't have to see their stupid adds shitting up TV constantly. 50% of all commercials being for Draft Kings or Fan Duel during NFL games is rather much...
Buy a cheap set of USB racing foot pedals and a micro-usb adapter and voila, you can probably already do that. Or at the most a simple driver to interface the pedals as standard inputs and assign macros to them.