Recent content by Kobayashi

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    Cologne / Perfume Reviews

    Looking for a recommendation of a sample of something out of left field to get my friend's son. Here's his current favorites, any recommendations based on his tastes? Azzaro - Wanted French Avenue - Liquid Brun Jean Paul Gaultier - Le Male Jean Paul Gaultier - Le Beau Prada - Pradigme...
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Playing 14% of a steam library is waaaay too high. I can confidently say I'm under 5%.
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    Android Gaming Consoles

    Pinball you say... This one? https://anbernic.com/en-ca/products/rg-nano Curious why you'd want it for pinball. I'd assume you'd want something with a portrait resolution and uniform side buttons for that.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Fair enough. Fixed the tagline. I'd say it's probably this defunct fitness craze if anything though - she doesn't look like the type to be going anywhere: That thing was fun as hell as a kid, I think I'm going to try to find one.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    INFINITE POWER! Oblig: worst google image search result for infinite power. Apparently this lady runs with her arms like a praying mantis.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    You could definitely call those vehicles a series hybrid in the sense that you have an engine in the system and it's only supplying power as a generator. The distinction I would make is in the scale of the components in the system. Traditional hybrid: ~1-2kW battery (basically zero range as an...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Series hybrid trucks? Literally nothing currently exists. It wouldn't need to be plugged in. I think the only true series hybrid on the market is the Nissan E-Power overseas. They've also only put it in small passenger vehicles. A lot of OEMs are afraid of them since they can be sort of...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    The battery in a series hybrid is going to be considerably smaller than an ev or phev truck - potentially almost 2/1 orders of magnitude smaller respectively. A traditional parallel hybrid also still has the engine coupled to the drivetrain through the transmission, so, it can contribute engine...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    The energy recovery is easy until you have nowhere to put it. Most series hybrids use a pretty small battery. If you're doing a long descent while towing - a situation where you would normally be utilizing engine braking, it's very conceivable you can fill up the battery, then components start...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    He looks like he's making the dat ass face.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Nearly impossible to pull off when you need a gigantic battery to not severely compromise its ability to function as a comparable truck to the gas offerings. As it stood, even with the big ass battery they had, range while towing was a non-starter. The EREV they're replacing it with could be a...
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    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    This is ridiculously out of left field. The only way this could get more ridiculous would be if quarterbacks had entrance music like the WWE and suddenly before the first drive it started blaring and he descended from the rafters.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    This remix button they added to google messages. Yeah, when someone texts me a picture and I open it, I don't want to view it fullscreen. What I really want is to have it slightly expand and get partially covered up by this oversized banana icon and 'remix' it, whatever the fuck that means. Who...
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    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Fixed it for you. Dude's 35 and was already starting to slow down. Doubt he is able to rehab from that mess in under a year, so, he's probably looking at trying to come back at age 37. He's had a great career and won a Super Bowl, time to hang it up.