ChonkyOwlbear
@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
- Comment on YSK Tips for a Winter Storm 2 days ago:
If it holds long enough to get me unstuck from a rut, then it would still be worth it to me
- Comment on YSK Tips for a Winter Storm 3 days ago:
And don’t take your foot off the accelerator. You need power to pull yourself through.
- Comment on YSK Tips for a Winter Storm 3 days ago:
They make these things that are basically long zip ties with nubs on them that you can strap to your tires. They are supposed to give you traction in a pinch. A bit late for this storm, but it wouldn’t be bad to have in your trunk for an emergency. I haven’t tried them myself I admit, but it has to be better than nothing.
- Comment on YSK Tips for a Winter Storm 3 days ago:
- turn off traction control
In some cars to turn off the traction control and ABS, you have to push and hold the button on the dash (usually depicted with a wheel and two squiggly lines). You will know it is off if the ABS and/or TCS alert lights appear on the dashboard.
- Comment on Tips 1 week ago:
🎶Lowered Expectations🎶
- Comment on Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show 1 week ago:
I was thinking Russian Roulette, but I guess your way is fine.
- Comment on xkcd #3193: Sailing Rigs 1 week ago:
I forget what they are called, but there is basically a parachute on a rope that gets dropped into fast deep water currents to tow boats.
- Comment on No contest 4 weeks ago:
The one thing Star Wars has over Star Trek is absolutely absurd levels of energy generation and storage. The thing about the construction of light sabers that impresses people in-universe is the Khyber crystal, not power cell running it which apparently is a palm sized terawatt fusion generator. That is why ships like the X-wing are still useful in combat. Even at their size, they can carry enough firepower to punch through a lot of armor and force shields.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 5 weeks ago:
Or the Holy Trinity of Cajun and creole cooking, celery, onions, and bell pepper.
- Comment on Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans? 1 month ago:
Misen is the gold standard, but unless you are rich or a pro chef, the Merten and Storck pan is just as good.
- Comment on Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans? 1 month ago:
I switched to a carbon steel frying pan recently and couldn’t be happier. All the benefits of cast iron but a fraction of the weight. Just as nonstick as Teflon without the health risks. Highly recommended.
- Comment on I bought an Ender 3 V3 (corexz) recently, and have been having bed adhesion issues. Please help me interpret this bed adhesion test result 1 month ago:
Honestly, I gave up on dealing with bed adhesion issues on fine parts and just use a glue stick on the bed.
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 1 month ago:
- Comment on Are all dinosaur fossils 'replicas'? 1 month ago:
Also the real bones are often too heavy to support in a display, so lighter replica pieces are used.
- Comment on A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code 1 month ago:
Amusingly I got a spam call last week that came up on caller ID as “Obama 2012”.
- Comment on how do plants in a green house get enough co2? 1 month ago:
Plants only absorb CO² and release oxygen when photosynthesizing, which requires sunlight. At night plants undergo cellular respiration where they absorb oxygen and release CO². Some sealed terrariums haven’t had any water, air, or fertilizer for decades.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 2 months ago:
Depends on the group. Iroquois houses were communal but Pueblo were more like townhomes. Other groups, like the Mississippian culture built individual homes.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 2 months ago:
Because they built houses. It’s not like white people invented the idea of home ownership.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 2 months ago:
The Pueblo, Iroquois, and other non-nomadic Native American groups might disagree about the colonialism part.
- Comment on I don't like this 2 months ago:
As a geologist from Illinois, I wish we had some Igneous granite. In my field camp we cored 500 feet of glacial loess.
- Comment on xkcd #3163: Repair Video 2 months ago:
I work at a highrise full of old rich people and my side gig is googling solutions to their tech problems. Things like unzooming their iPad, turning the child lock off on their dishwasher, or telling them their power strip is plugged into itself. They are more than happy to throw $40-50 at me for 5 minutes time that saves them hours of frustration or an expensive repair visit.
- Comment on [Discussion] What is the best rated 18+ anime you've seen? 2 months ago:
Black Lagoon
Action/Drama
Nudity, Profanity, Smoking, Suggestive Dialogue, Suicide, Violence
- Comment on Navy loses two aircraft from USS Nimitz aircraft carrier within 30 minutes 2 months ago:
The fact that it was a jet and a helicopter makes me think bad fuel might actually be the reason. It is hard enough keeping water out of fuel on dry land, let alone at sea. Then again, with Trump you never know if it’s something more insidious, like corners being cut on maintenance.
- Comment on "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class." 2 months ago:
That’s why cops love using dogs too. Courts have ruled that dogs can’t lie. That means if a dog indicates you have contraband, then a search is warranted, even if nothing is found. This of course ignores that it is entirely possible the dog indicated contraband because the cop trained it to do so on command.
- Comment on Beans 3 months ago:
If you ever get the chance, Vietnamese chè is incredible.
- Comment on Beans 3 months ago:
Red bean ice cream is delicious. It’s not that odd when you realize that vanilla, chocolate, and coffee are all beans and all common ice cream flavors.
- Comment on Why doesn't Hamas or Israel just meet at a predetrmined place and time and just have out or kill the crap out of each other? Instead of involving civs who don't have anything to do with war? 3 months ago:
Because that only makes sense if both sides are roughly the same size and strength. When one side is outnumbered and outgunned, it is better to hide and ambush.
- Comment on 'No one can find him': Trump drops from public view again after 'slurring' military speech 3 months ago:
Especially since if he dies before the 2 year mark of his term, Vance will only be eligible to serve one term, not two.
- Comment on America could have avoided all of this with a functional justice system 3 months ago:
It’s all been downhill since Florida rigged the election for Bush in 2000.
- Comment on Superhero stories have become less about saving people and more about fighting villains. 3 months ago:
I like how Invincible addresses this. He tries to save people but it always ends disastrously because normal people break really easily when handled by someone with super strength and speed. His best bet is to take out the villain that is the source of danger.
