BearOfaTime

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

If I have to ask for a price, I ain't bothering

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Once upon a time, you kids, there was only manuals.

Then the manuals turned to shit, and we turned to just fumbling along because it was pointless to look in the manual.

Then came along the web, and we could search for other people's answers.

Then for some reason, manuals really improved. I'm shocked at what manuals are like today (especially for cars).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Spot on.

Only no hole in the tang, the clip slides over the tang so the needle can free float as the float itself moves.

In this diagram, the float/needle/seat are #22-25

Also, (for OP) - the needle tip is made from a material softer than brass, so it wears out before the seat, since it's easier to replace.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You gonna pay for a replacement vehicle?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Damn shame the bison didn't trample him to death, except they'd probably put the bison down over it.

Fucking moron deserved it.

I mean it's a massive beast. People stupidly think they can't move fast (they think the same about cows). Plus there are signs all over about don't fuck with the Bison.

Several years ago I filmed a woman approaching a herd of elk... You know, one bull and his harem. Thought for sure I was watching someone about to die (she was too far away for me to get to her). Fortunately a nearby photographer got her out of there.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago

And missed what, 90% of them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Oh wow, interesting, and seems reasonable.

Any links to even mediocre science on this? Or anythung suggestive?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like OP was aware the 5a had a known higher failure rate, ignored the reports and bought one anyway. Just doing a search for Pixel 5a comes up with results about motherboard failures. I've never seen that while searching for phones, so it must have been a significant issue with the 5a.

Someone looking for flashable phones is going to run into these results while choosing a device. I know everything about the phones I have - it's part of choosing a device.

I wouldn't buy a 5a knowing there's a higher-than-usual failure rate.

I should've known better when I flashed a phone and bricked it by not following proper procedure - I knew the risk and ignored it, like OP.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sorry this doesn't directly answer your question, but I start with the supported phone list at Lineage then use www.gsmarena.com and www.phonearena.com to compare specs and release date.

This goes into a spreadsheet so I can sort/filter by specific features (in your case, headphone, SD slot, etc). Makes comparing easier.

From what I've seen, generally the unlockable phones (other than Pixel) come from Motorola, Sony, Xperia (there are others, those just seem to be the most prolific).

I'm currently working with Pixel 5's - I like the price point and size, and the simple flashing. Plus there's an image from DivestOS (a version of Android based on Lineage that's a little more security-minded, kind of between Lineage and Graphene).

How flashing is done could be a useful metric in your spreadsheet - some phones are rather straightforward (e.g. fastboot flashing unlock), while others require a separate app with (looking at you, Samsung).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

takes enormous amounts of data and is hard

Seems like this was acknowledged, but a good point nonetheless (that's often overlooked).

I'm currently sitting on 4TB of data (that's largely movies and TV shows), running on 4-year-old hardware, with 3 local replicants, backed up to cloud.

My power and cloud costs are trivial - about 25 cents a day - that's less than $100/year (after hardware costs, which come out to about $150/year to continue with similar performance levels). My 4 year old "server" idles at about 20 watts. I can probably bring this down to perhaps 10w with a newer NUC or similar.

I could easily store everything my extended family produces (including cousins, about 50 people) with a similar setup. In fact, I'm working on just such a project - an SFF or NUC type device with sufficient.

Edit: autocorrect changed $100 to $10

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Seems this would be a great way to drive financial support.

I've reprocessed my own video down to 480, and am surprised at how much stuff is perfectly viewable at that resolution, even on larger devices.

It's too easy to save stuff at a higher than needed resolution.

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