Thorndike

@Thorndike@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Look again! I have a dewalt chainsaw, and I love it. I burn about 13 cords of wood each winter as it is our primary heating source. It runs and runs and runs.

  I think the key is to keep the chain sharp. I use the timberline sharpener, and it gets the chain razor sharp, which means less stress on the motor and longer battery life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahhh, the trustworthy test. Sounds like the same type of test that Trump plans to use in his hiring process. Coincidence? I think not. All part of the fascist playbook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Southern California solar farm is using retired EV batteries for storing the power and then send to the grid when needed. This way the retired batteries can extend their usefulness for several...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you think the engineers haven’t thought about that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some Tesla engineers secretly started designing a Cybertruck alternative because they 'hated' it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How unsafe is it? I’ve not seen any crash test results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, a few mm/sec is quite a lot. That could easily be more than enough to deflect an asteroid from hitting earth. That few mm/sec will accumulate over the time it takes the asteroid to travel six million miles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honeycomb Tool Wall is Coming Along⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Are the banners just fiction fit, or is there a mechanical connection aspect to it as well?