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  1. Kobayashi

    Cologne / Perfume Reviews

    Honestly, that's so far above and beyond. I was curious if you saw any common threads in his choices and could think of one to recommend not already on the list.
  2. Kobayashi

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    If their Gmail is anything like mine, it might have ended up in spam. I was visiting some out of town friends and google decided to put all the follow-up responses to my planning email into spam. Responses to an email I sent out... What the fuck. Meanwhile, I have emails from shit like Us...
  3. Kobayashi

    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...
  4. Kobayashi

    General Gaming News and Discussion

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

    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.
  6. Kobayashi

    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.
  7. Kobayashi

    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.
  8. Kobayashi

    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...
  9. Kobayashi

    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...
  10. Kobayashi

    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...
  11. Kobayashi

    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...
  12. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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

  14. Kobayashi

    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...
  15. Kobayashi

    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.
  16. Kobayashi

    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...
  17. Kobayashi

    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.
  18. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Which eye surgery? Inquiring minds want to know...
  19. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    Just a word of warning, under no circumstances farm any job out through Lowes. We had the gutters redone on our old house with them. The company they subbed out to was the most incompetent group of dipshits I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. We went to Lowes when they missed their...
  20. Kobayashi

    Home buying thread

    Is that supposed to be your fridge in the corner of the kitchen? I wouldn't butt it up to a wall like that, especially if you were doing a french door fridge. Also, not sure what styles of cooking you do, but I think putting your range where it is will make it difficult to do a vent to the exterior.
  21. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Shock the world you say... An 8 cylinder supercar is interesting, but the MR2 is more interesting.
  22. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I'd say in general you're right - if you're getting any kind of pie anywhere it's probably in the bottom tier. You're only going to get top tier if you either make it yourself or encounter a unicorn. That being said, I think the floor for bad pumpkin pie is much lower than say a cherry or apple...
  23. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Pumpkin pie CAN be very good, but by default I usually pass on it. Most people and storebought pies use canned slop. I've done a scratchmade pumpkin pie and it was very good, but I also couldn't help but think if I put that sort of time/effort into an apple or cherry pie, how much better it...
  24. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    It's funny how perspective changes with experience. I don't appreciate the beauty in that photo, I mostly just imagine getting tangled in that kelp while trying to get that shot. Oblig:
  25. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    I always check Pure-gas.org - ethanol-free gasoline in the U.S. and Canada when I need to get gas for any small engines. More have it than you think and just do a shit job of advertising it or only have it on a few pumps. You might convert to rustling when they start putting up the price...
  26. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Pfft. I could bring a five dollar footlong. Oblig:
  27. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Depends on the timing, usually if it's sufficiently early they'll just lock them or put them in a cordoned off stage. I can tell you from experience from at least one OEM that they would have the entire paint job either touched up or redone, all the doors would be remounted, and they would go...
  28. Kobayashi

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I know the Raiders suck balls and all, but Sanders has looked surprisingly decent. He's probably Jerry Jeudy not being a dipshit away from being up 3 scores the way they were moving.
  29. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    Not sure how big the chunks you're talking about are, but if they're mostly under a foot or so in diameter, I like to use a sawzall with a shrubbery blade. In my opinion it's a bit easier to deal with as you're never worrying about kickback, overly worried about getting stuck (worst case you're...
  30. Kobayashi

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I think I've got 4 of those controllers and a few steam links sitting around untouched in the original packaging from that sale. I guess my unused steam library also includes hardware.
  31. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    If I could find a local outfit that did a good job for 15k, I'd book them this second. I've been trying to get our master bath redone for a while now and every quote is more ridiculous than the last. One of those prefab, done in under a week, places wanted 60k. That was with keeping all the...
  32. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Yeah, that's a good call. I actually use a ton of gaffers tape, but I only have it in obnoxious colors. I use it to mark missed connections and other wiring fuck ups. It's pretty durable and has a little better adhesion than painters tape while still not leaving much residue. For that vehicle...
  33. Kobayashi

    Car ?'s

    They tend to leave out steps in the process when it's convenient for the narrative they're pushing like harvesting, processing, distribution, etc. I'm sure the car could run on fermented algae fuel, but the reality is it'd probably cost an arm and a leg to produce at scale, so, it'll run on...
  34. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    If I could Thanos snap any group of people off this planet, it would be the fucksticks who keep pushing for piano black trim and glossy screens in automotive interiors. I swear they won't stop until the entire interior is a surface to reflect glare and collect fingerprints. On one vehicle I was...
  35. Kobayashi

    Car ?'s

    Shhhhh. Keep up the facade so we can keep some gas vehicles... Also, they glossed over the key point of that article: the Wankel is back baby! Mazda just can't quit it.
  36. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    The gaze tracking system is basically the trade off for these advanced level 2 autonomous systems that have hands free driving. In level 2, the driver has to remain engaged and immediately ready to take back over. It should only yell at you if you have the system engaged, which it appears he...
  37. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I don't. It sure looks clean, but I hate almost everything in that picture. What's that Mr Customer? The system doesn't work? Great. I can't wait to start cutting the 8 million zip ties in my electrician's little art project here and diagnose which unlabeled, same color wires he fucked up...
  38. Kobayashi

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    He said it to Brad Allen. I'm certain whatever it was, it wasn't nearly harsh enough.
  39. Kobayashi

    Health Problems

    Maybe you've already tried this, but as a teenager I would get migraines almost daily. Back then I supplemented with feverfew and it seemed to have an effect on both the severity and frequency.
  40. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    The true GOAT...