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CommissarVulpin

@ CommissarVulpin @lemmy.world

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  • Wide Cars

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  • They were designed so that the wheels would be the same width as the tracks on an Abrams tank.

  • Wide Cars

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  • And this is exactly why we don’t see small trucks like Rangers or Dakotas anymore. I don’t know if it’s because it’s impossible to make an engine that efficient or if manufacturers are just lazy, but the consequence is that they can avoid stricter efficiency requirements by simply making bigger (larger wheelbase) and heavier (body on frame vs. monocoque) vehicles.

  • Now playing in Canada

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  • It’s got a 6’ bed, perfect for lumber or whatever else. It also has the extended cab with the jump seats, kinda useless for people but I keep ratchet straps and other junk back there. My only complaint is that cargo space is very minimal if I don’t want to just throw it in the bed, like luggage or stuff that’s weather-sensitive.

  • Now playing in Canada

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  • Yup! It’s an ‘09, and I got it from some old guy who barely drove it so it was practically brand new. I’ve put over 150k miles on it since then, with the only major maintenance being a new clutch. It’s got a manual transmission, manual locks, manual windows, and a plain-Jane radio with an aux input - it’s all I need and nothing more.

    I did get the chance to drive a 2020 Ranger once, and it was very nice and cushy, but didn’t feel like a Ranger, if that makes sense. Didn’t help that it was just as big as an F150.

  • Now playing in Canada

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  • I’d probably do the same if I had a four wheel drive vehicle, but it doesn’t snow too often where I live so my little 2wd ranger performs just fine. Sandbags in the bed, drive slowly and deliberately, and keep a set of chains when shit really gets bad. It bugs me how some people in my area have a mindset where they think they need four wheel drive in the snow. No you don’t, you just can’t drive like a moron.

  • It’s that time of the year.

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  • collectively make a fuck-ton of noise

    Wow, they really are the perfect mascot for the US

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  • “Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway”

  • Any recommendations for a low-cost, low-hassle printer?

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  • That’s a fair assessment, and based on the responses and some of my own research I think I’ll be going for a Prusa, maybe second hand.

    The only reason I chose the delta was because the place I was working at the time had one for prototyping, and I was familiar with it so I thought I could get it to work well at home. I didn’t realize it would be “hard mode” until too late, haha.

  • Any recommendations for a low-cost, low-hassle printer?

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  • Thanks for the advice. The model I got (SeeMeCNC RostockMax 3.2) has a stationary glass bed and this fancy system where it probes the bed and automatically makes a height map. I might end up trying to get a new bed surface like you suggested before springing for a whole new machine.

  • Any recommendations for a low-cost, low-hassle printer?

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  • What’s wrong with Bambu?

  • Any recommendations for a low-cost, low-hassle printer?

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  • Mostly little gadgets, mechanical things, or small figures or terrain pieces for wargaming, so I’d like a high level of detail (I’m fully aware that it won’t be nearly as good as a resin printer). I’d like to be able to print with PLA, ABS, ASA, and PETG, and envelope doesn’t need to be huge, probably about 10” at most.

  • Any recommendations for a low-cost, low-hassle printer?

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  • I’d say no-hassle is more important, in that case. I just don’t want to go spending $1000 on a printer again

  • World's largest EV never has to be recharged

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  • I’ve heard of a diesel-electric logging truck that uses this concept as well. Use the batteries going up the mountain empty, charge them again going downhill loaded.

  • Even the ones that trick you by starting out cheap

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  • Asparagus made a lot more sense to me once I saw one go to seed. It branches out and looks more like a normal plant. We just harvest it before it gets to that point. Same with artichokes, they’re just an immature flower bud.

  • Yep, it's me

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  • BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL

  • What's a technology that was cooler in its older iterations?

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  • The concept of having interchangeable, standardized parts is actually kind of a new idea from the Industrial Revolution. Before then, everything was custom-made to fit. The example that comes to mind is firearms. All of the muskets and rifles used in the revolutionary war, for example, were hand-made and hand-fitted. The lock from one rifle wouldn’t necessarily fit on another. If your stock broke, you couldn’t just go get a new stock and slap it on - you had to bust out the woodworking tools and make a new one.

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  • Is there a Redwall community? I’m tempted to make one but I have no idea how

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  • Are you saying that if I picked up a copy of that differential equations book I might actually learn wtf is going on? Because I only passed that class with the help of wolfram alpha and never looked back

  • What do the numbers mean?!

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  • At this point I’m so desperate for a woman to want to spend time with me I’d take it

    /s but not really