[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

At some point I realized people often ask a question but don't really care about you answering that specifically. "How are you" -> actually I can just tell a story about a hobby related problem I'm working on, and not try to represent my emotional state.

I'm not sure if this is one of those cases, but I could see "what do you want for birthday dinner" as actually meaning "I want to do something nice for you" and if you'd rather pick the night's board game it might satisfy the exchange and make everyone just as happy. Though some people might really want to express care via cooking / feel it's important you engage on that topic.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Volvo is majority-owned by Chinese car giant Geely and because it uses factories in China, it will also be affected by tariffs on imports of Chinese-made EVs in Europe and North America.

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I just received a text from (701) 922-7432 saying:

PUBLIC ALERT: We are confirming your voter file records. Please do not respond with any sensitive information, but do confirm whether your name and address is [full name] at [Street address]. stop = end

I see a recent r/Michigan post about it but not decisive mention of a scam or real campaign.

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I've built the section of the table that flips. On the saw side, I have 1-1/2" to build up so the bed of the saw is flush with the rest of the table. How would you attach the saw so it's secure to flip upside down?

The top only has holes at the front, for inserting a side clamp.

Maybe bolt through the ends into a block underneath?

[-] [email protected] 105 points 1 month ago

And isn't there an arrest warrant for him? Oh right:

Netanyahu’s visit comes two months after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced he was seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

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Moving my FC over to it from the ZOHD Dart XL, since I want a rudder.

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Or any other tips for keeping track?

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Yuck, it does sound very blatant:

“I think it’s just pretty suspicious to see teenage girls dressed in club wear at 9:00, 10:00 in the morning paying for a hotel room during the week,” she replied.

She spoke about witnessing a pregnant woman being beaten to a bloody pulp by her trafficker in the bathroom and how housekeeping staff came each morning to remove garbage cans filled with condoms and bloody towels.

she encountered many of the same hotel staff repeatedly. Those employees witnessed her trafficker being frequently violent with her and “loud sounds of abuse could often be heard from the room,” the lawsuit alleges.

And accepted up the chain even when employees tried to report it:

Vanessa Cole, a general manager at one of the hotels between 2011 and 2012, said in her deposition that prostitution was a “consistent problem” that she reported “up the chain,” including to Moyer. She said Moyer responded by saying: “yes, we understand we have to, you know, clean up the place, but we also need to sell rooms.”

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Thankfully electrek.co has the uncensored version.

defaced trucks

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I decided to sand down the top, drawer front, and low shelf edges, but leave the spindles alone. I tried to match the stain but the one I bought (and tried on a hidden area) came out too red, so I skipped staining. Luckily several coats of poly ended up close enough.

Before (previous post):

top before refinishing

[-] [email protected] 63 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I guess if you're hanging on to your Tesla stock at this point you must have some faith in Musk?

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It has seen some water damage and the varnish is flaking off (especially on the top). But I don't necessarily have the time/energy for a full strip/sand/refinish, especially as this may get dinged up; I'm just looking for a reasonably pleasing look.

Looking at the bare wood that was between assembled pieces, it looks like the piece was stained and then varnished. What's a good way to get the old flaking varnish off without messing up the stain -- Citristip, just sanding? Thinking I'll just put some coats of new polyeurethane varnish on as the new finish. Most instructions I see online are for a really thorough refinishing, so I'm wondering if there's some middle ground that will clean up the worst of the water damage and protect the wood, even if it doesn't look like new.

Closer view of the top:

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Another angle below. Very dinged up and the end and legs were missing, but seemed like to much hardwood to pass to.

another angle

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My family had one from decades ago that's falling apart, so I made a replacement. I went with toothpicks as little dowels to help join the crossbars to their supports, since the flat glue joint didn't hold for all of them.

toothpick dowels

I had this one on my list for a while, but also recently found a video from 3x3 Custom doing the same project.

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First try I used AP flour and let the 1st rise go too long I think, and they were too dense. This time I used my regular sourdough recipe with bread flour (920g, with 650g water, 71% hydration) and they came out great.

Thanks for the inspiration from this community!

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I was checking to see how a 3/4" dog hole would look in a vise jaw made from two 3/4" pieces of plywood. Just clamped for the test, but would be glue for the real thing. Interesting to see the hole opened up. And luckily no splitting, but do you think it would work as an actual vise jaw? This is for a Veritas quick release front vise, so the jaw is only supported in the middle.

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I had an old can of poly in the basement, and decided to give it a try. Thin crust on top, poured kind of like egg whites. But after mixing with mineral spirits it seemed smooth, and the result on my new plywood workbench top is smooth and fully cured as far as I can tell. workbench surface

[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

YouGov surveyed folks who changed their minds about abortion.

Quotes

[-] [email protected] 69 points 7 months ago

Climate change could remove the majority of mentions of Florida from states.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

At the other end of the spectrum we see the Toyota bZ4X, the Polestar 2, the Volvo C40 and the VW ID.7 Pro.

Can confirm, Volvo XC40 Recharge suffered a huge reduction in range this winter. We can usually make a 120 mile trip using about 50% of capacity, but in 10F weather we couldn't make it (just barely) on one charge and had to make a stop at a random L2 at a college.

I don't know why they didn't sort their chart by deviation, though. Here it is sorted:

[-] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

Actually a lot of Google "satellite" imagery is from planes, as I assume this is.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Was seriously considering a pickup as my next car until my partner pointed me to similar research a while back.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

And he's already been in jail for nine years while they get around to trying the case? Ugh.

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