>fix things for other people>99% success rate>save them tons of money>fix things at work>save time, materials, make things more efficient>only makes other people more money, not me>fix things for myself>minor irrelevant shit that doesn't actually means anything>goes perfect>anything actually meaningful for improving things for myself>turns to shit, never works, unobtainium parts, breaks>completely breaks my morale and just reminds me about the shit that I fucked up or wasn't able to fix even from a decade ago despite it being outweighed in dollar value by the stuff I actually fixed.This happen to anyone else?
>>2786840no. I don't fix things for other people. My neighbors are handy-capped and it would be an endless quagmire. The kind of never ending battle I moved away from my parents to avoid. I do things for myself and save a lot of money. They go well because I'm not a loser sperg. I don't see the point in going to a job earning money, paying taxes on that money, then handing it over to some handyman to fuck your shit up for you.
seeking some kind validation for fixing things in this broken gay world? not gonna happen.
>>2786840Based on your story, if it’s actually true, you should stop trying to fix important things in your life. Work hard, save money, then buy those things.Your problem might be that you see 100 things out there you can fix, so you do. But you have a large pool to choose from. You pick things you can easily fix. But the specific problems issues that would save you money.. that’s a much much smaller subset of things. So you are probably stretching your ability ( or just lack experience ). It’s an easy trap to fall into. I do something similar with helping other people with their businesses.
>>2786840Your stuff aint broke, sounds like you are just improving which is engineer's job which you don't have a nack for, yet. Your knack is easily bring 0.7(not running, others see as 0) to 1(0.95 but they don't need to know) by addressing that .3 of broken, but not really able to bring 1 to 1.2 which requires improving bottle necks with much more and complete analysis and bring in parts that isn't there, and most of the time, running one are not worth imrpoving and efficiency has its cost.For your autism, go haul some broken shit at dirt price for free, fix it and sell/keep it at a fraction of new price and the rest thrown to scrap for them raw material autists.
>>2786840No for me its the reverse.
Pic is Dubai RN, they seeded clouds and created floods.how do i seed clouds locally on a minor scale?
>>2787564>spraying water into the atmosphere would cool the planet by creating clouds.This were several studies about potential temperature changes on or immediate after 9/11 when all the planes were grounded for three days. the planes make contrials (clouds) that can last long time, and there were thousands of flights over the US, concentrated over the eastern half, then zero flights. Studied revealed it was on average a few degrees cooler with the planes flying creating the contrails.
>>2788705There was a similar thing recently when they banned sulphur in cargo ship fuel and removed a source of atmospheric particulate that condensed water vapour into clouds over the oceans, and then temperatures rose measurably. I think most of the reporting on it was premature though, there were hundreds of headlines about people pointing out the correlation but no real studies had been completed on it yet, and of course those are all you can find now if you try to look it up. It's not like the early 2020s were business as usual otherwise and removing sulphur from cargo ships was the only thing that changed.
>>2787433Ionic charging due to a reduced earth magnetic field strength, which is continuing to decline, rapidly, means:- cloudseeding, if it has any effect, will have a greater effect- normal airline traffic will have enhanced contrails, leading to more cloud formation- more precipitationGet a non-metallic boat. I don't suspect that the massive underground shit, built with the excuse of nuclear war, is for us.
>>2788730Why non metallic?
>>2788774https://youtu.be/_skOWzN5ziE
/d/uses, my drain is really really really really clogged with I don't even know what and I don't know if drain cleaner will cut it. How do I fix it? Best photo I got attached, it's like white and brown gunk and shit going down for who knows many inches, min 5 I guess, drains awfull.
>>2788122>I don't know if drain cleaner will cut it.only one way to find out.
>>2788122Try boiling water down the drain.Frequently works, minimal costs.Add dishwashing liquidnwd8m for improved results.
>>2788143>liquidnwd8m*liquid
muriatic acid.
>>2788122emptying a bottle of coca-cola down the drain actually worked wonders for me and for many people I've metit's a cheap solution and it might not hurt to try
Hey guys does this look like mold? I've been sick as fuck with toxic mold symptoms lately and this is all over the floor in my bedroom. I
>>2786829rent there was cheap we didn't mind much
>>2786798holy crap, lit on fire, covered in a metal sheet that randomly ignites plus a metal sheet that extrudes an acid. total organic death molecular beatdown.
>>2786857Fake newsAlso call a mold testing company. Or have your landlord do it. They can test air quality and other shit.
>>2786621Kys.
>>2786621>>2786743People react differently to different mycotoxins. Unless OP has his blood tested, he can only go on symptoms. OP: trust your gut before you lose your gallbladder. The mycotoxins get in the blood and fuck the person up. Hypersensitivity to mold is one symptom.> i wasn't affectedIt depends on what colonized the material, and may include other factors. When castles on europe were checked for mold, they found benign strains. Since those had colonized prior, the more toxic strains would not grow. Muh US has certain anti-mold treatments and additives in building products. What it does is prevent the benign mold, while the most toxic black molds grow on it (eventually).
>be me>Be stone expert>Always end up being the last guy just fixing everyone's mistakes because workers are messy and incompetent. >Drag stuff across stone. Takes me three hours to grind and fix>Leave half full coffee around, it soaks and etches the polish, one hour to fix>Cleaning staff show up, spray acidic cleaner on walls. Takes six hours to fix>Work hard. Be the one guy who gives a shit>Make good money >Ruined at the end of the week I wish I had a desk job for a few weeks at a time. How's your week going?
>>2788607Dude that fucking sucks.>be me>union electrician>have to finish job but gc and client are rushmaxxing the fuck out of certain part of the project (can't name names bc they're a fagman company)>we get approximately only 2 hours every morning for three hours to bust ass and get these busways covered>client demands that this portion of project be complete by friday>generators also have to be completely term'd and re-fed/a bunch of shit has to happen has to happen within this stupid fucking 2 hour window>gc and client are so rushrushrush that they almost powered up an untested mv line (13.8kv) and our mv team barely got there in time to stop themanother story>this one gc tranny gets mad because a dude labeled a ground heading into a transformer as tranny for shorthandComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2788620We are pretty good at packing walls out if we need space, but we can't make slabs bigger, so every once in a while we need people to rebuild structures so our slabs fit. That said I don't do much installation, I typically meet the installers and advice them on my limitations for grinding, what type of grout I expect, how to apply grout if I'm going to cut the floor completely flat etc. if they are not confident I'll have them just not do things and we tell the homeowner when I'll take over. Once the project is complete 100% I come back to fix all the blunders. This week I'm alone in a 10000 sq ft house listening to bucket head full blast and grinding marble all day. Tomorrow is silicone, which isn't my job but the homeowner insists I do it. I hate doing silicone.
>>2788622That sounds messed up. I do hate both the deadline crunch, when the owners and designers suddenly think they matter, and of course this time limited work window bullshit I did once. >Louis Vuitton store>"Hey anon you can work from 6am to 9am. only, whatever the cost only that time then we open the store">One hour prep>One hour work>Tear all my prep down and leave I cancelled the job on day two, I wanted to prestige of the store but no, it was too stupid. It never got done, checked the store about a year later and the stone was still ruined.
>>2788607I gave up my sub positions because of incompetent designers, intermediary companies and paperwork, uneducated customers, and constantly shifting expectations, scope of work, and funneling of blame. The jobs I went way out of my way the farthest to pull together were the ones that would come back around to burn me the hardest. >>2788620You can kerf bend standard lumber and mdf trim. It's just rare that I ever need to. I am frequently scribing base to fit the floor, however.
>>2788608What cleaning products do you recommend for marble bathroom sinks? How about marble shower floor tile? Do you have recommendations for polishing them (products, frequency etc)? My wife, inlaws, and kids are too irresponsible to have marble, I should have known better. Although not stone, how do you recommend removing tea stains from white quartz kitchen counter tops?
Anyone else do their own HVAC and refrigeration work? Working on this 1960's Westinghouse dehumidifier right now. Changed oil, switched to r12a, added a filter/drier, but seems that the capillary tube is partially blocked. Head pressure soars and thermal overload trips. Once that is replaced should be good for another 60 years of service.
>>2788396Just clean the condenser good or get a new one (OEM) and upgrade the fan/wiring. And make sure the fan cant suck in warm engine bay air by shielding it off. Anyway I fucked up by using a faulty thermometer probe that reads 4 degrees too warm so I have it set too cold. Still no freezing action happened.
>>2788396Air dam thing
My fridge has been dripping for months and I'm too tired to look into it
>>2788399What refrigerant are you using?What wattage is your compresser?What psia is your compressor?What kind of control circuity is driving your compressor?
Also insulate the suction line. You dont want engine bay heat getting into the refrigerant.>>2788766>What refrigerant are you using?r134a>What wattage is your compresser?idk>What psia is your compressor?varies with rpm>What kind of control circuity is driving your compressor?>>2787970
I bought pic related to jerk off to 3d porn on the go.Now I thought that i can 3d print a slim adapter to turn those shitty glasses into IR-NVG. I am using a Raspberry Pi zero right now and planning to upgrade to a Raspberry pi 5.But now I have a tiny hiccup. Video doesnt work.Any of you have experience with raspbian and exotic display options? If you are interested I can keep posting my progress.
Sounds interesting tell/show us more.I need to upgrade from converting video to analglyph and using pic rel
>>2788755Not interested buh bye now
>>2788758UBC video glasses, that can play ultra wide side by side Video.
I am moving up north soon where everything is 3x as expensive. My new house has a large garage though, and I'd like to have a workshop. I just don't know what I should buy before I go to save money.
>>2783149Used car emergency screwjacks have acme thread in them are are extremely cheap. I only just realised that recently myself.
>>2788745Sorry, I meant scissor jack
>>2788698Cool never heard of it, but between 30 seconds or 4 hours clamping time my preference would be closer to 20 minutes. I see the use case tho if you make bulk furniture and have fixtures and glue jigs for everything. But I screw up too often and removing dried PU is a terrible job
>>2788745>>2788746You mean as in remove the thread and nuts from the jack and use those? That doesn’t even sound like a bad idea desu
>>2788754precisely that. The kits you buy don't supply anything else. You just need an angle grinder.
And why do (((they))) insist on calling it hydrochloric acid ?
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bought a gallon of it 2 years ago to get hard water stains off muh toilet, works bretty gud
>>2775660
How dare you invade my Muratic acid thread you incel
Muratic acid
share your worst encounters with this brand.
I’ve had one of these IKEA desk lamps for like 23 years. no issues so far.
>>2788526I'm not denying it either. Even some jointed pine can be stronger than whole pieces when the bigger pieces have naturally occuring knots, but realistically jointed pine typically uses the shittiest bottom of the scrap bin wood.
>>2776944The timing belt in my car is metal.
>>2788600*timing chain
>>2776944>timing beltYeah.. thats not how that works. the DRIVE belt drives the wheel from the electric motor... a TIMING belt/chain times the cams and the valves to open and close at the right time and to prevent the valves from getting bashed by the pistons of an internal combustion engine.a bicycle does not have a timing belt you uneducated redneck.
I'm laying carpet and underlay in my room today. Is there anything I should know to avoid that may cause me a headache?
>>2787708Too late now but use a hard, easily cleaned surface and throw a rug down
>>2787063Why not just level the desk with those furniture anti scratch sticker things?
>>2787708Now you know why they call them.>Carpet knives Sharp pointy knives are useful for everything else except fucking carpet.
>>2787053i may be too late to the party but i just did mine and i used too many staples on the underlay and i can feel some of them in certain areas of the room, next time im just gonna tack it in the corners
Its called pad not under layment you ignorant hicks
Abominations Thread XLIVEfficient use of space edition
>>2786988>upside down stairsI can respect that.
>>2778675Finally a long enough penis for my tub to take four baths in.
>>2788592poocinerator
>>2786095what a fucking champ, instead of complaining about things the man just gets it done.
>>2787443it is clearly already an art project, they're painting the house anon
Self sufficient/prepper/homesteadingAnd cheap bastard threadHow's your garden going?What's good in bulk now?Cheap bastard hints?Preservation tips?Planting native food plants in your local park for hard times?General discussion too.
>>2788067Started on some sub-irigated raised beds. At some point I've gotta figure out how to drain the water out of the back yard. There's a stream that runs across but it more or less turns to swamp this time of year. What's the move there? Rent an excavator and give the stream a more defined path?
>>2788561Plants some trees or bushes that don't mind a little wet. Maybe peach?
>>2788562It's a lot wet and already has trees. Basically this stream bisects the front acre from the back four. I want to be able to use the land back there but when the snow melts it goes from crossing ~20ft of soft mud to ~100ft.My thought was to carve out a path for the water to follow and then build a footbridge over it to the higher ground behind it. What alternatives should I consider?
>>2788558The most fascinating thing I ever learned was that a chicken can lay an egg almost every single fucking day! I think the average was just over 300/year.
Little sprouts everywhere makes me happy like a kid seeing the sunflower grow so fast every day. I'm going to try to grill immature seed heads this year and cook the very young as a artichoke substitute to see if there good that way. Save the seeds from mature flowers. New stuff for me.
Is there anyway how to get Solidworks for free? Solid Edge has free license for hobbyists but I would like Solidworks since its more popular. I dont want to pirate it unless its only option.
>>2787501Why is it machine shop owners are always cheap pieces of shit, Last week the owner of my shop, bitched about how I did a crappy job programming a part . I just hit page up twice so that he could see his own name under the setup notes denoting that he wrote that shit not me Then he just went “oh, we’ll do better when making parts think about how you can make them better” and walked offThen bitched that I was watching the machine while proofing it rather than sweeeping or wiping randomShit down
>>2787262>you will need a seperate computer without a modem to effectively use high dollar pirated software. you will never prevent it from phoning home if it wants to.exactly, I only run unpirated software or linux on most machines. You want to pirate, not only run on separate machine for muh "no phone home" there is also an aspect of "no phone to trojan HQ". Not saying that all pirated software is trojan'ed, but if say 0.5% of it is and you got a lot of stuff, probably you're gonna get trojaned. Heck even vanilla linux some guy tried to trojan with the .xz exploit recently
>>2785986>freecaddid they ever fix the fatal flaw? I used it for some simple stuff for 3D printing, but was hoping they would fix it.
>>2787860>just hit page up twice so that he could see his own name under the setup notes denoting that he wrote that shitKek
>>2785897Just use FreeCAD
What's the best way to get rid of a coffee stain on the wall?
>>2788504The pain lets you know you're alive, man.
>>2788515>Clean the stained area with alcoholbe careful with this. alcohol dissolves latex paint.
>>2788522Yeah just a quick wipe to remove oils is all you need. Don't scrub or anything. That's the whole reason you get the good quality paint is because it sticks way better with less prep. In the small sizes it's very affordable
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