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  1. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Was testing my google-fu. Are you sure this is something that actually exists? Looks to me like 2004 was the last year you could get that color: https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/general-mini-talk/68609-the-official-indi-blue-owners-thread.html...
  2. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Well, here's my tattoo that possibly explains it. It's of this rebellious young man, and he's urinating on an FM radio. And then this other stream of urine is going onto that television set. Implausible, I know, but I like to think that he had sex the night before, and a little bit of residue...
  3. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Your post just convinced me that angry Jeeps are the way to go. If Reddit, a bunch of communists who hate cars at Jalopnik, and boomers still using Facebook have reached a consensus, then the correct position is the opposite. If he's shunned by the Jeep community and doesn't get a bunch of...
  4. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    That's an insane amount of light. I had some 6000 China lumen lights (so probably about 2000 max) in my garage and looking at them was worse than looking up at the sun. Are they dimmable? If so, maybe it would be nice to have that top level for an impromptu surgery and just leave it at 20% the...
  5. Kobayashi

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    Seemed obvious he was involved from day one, but with how long they'd taken to press charges, it seemed like he might have been able to obfuscate things. Looks like his buddies flipped...
  6. Kobayashi

    Best Purchases You've Ever Made

    Hadn't seen that Blu3 thing before, report back on how you like it. I'd get freaked out if there was too much tension on the air line, I'm curious how they're managing to keep it from getting tangled/snarled. Also, I feel like I'd want a BCD to go with it. IMO, that's the best part of scuba...
  7. Kobayashi

    Home buying thread

    Am I just misinterpreting what you're saying? 2'6" and 30" are the exact same measurement. I feel like the really long soffits are on a lot of the really modern construction lake houses by me (albeit with a pretty low pitched roof as well). I like the look, but I have no clue about the...
  8. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Well fuck, I just got a proofing bowl. Looks like it's #12 for me. Is there a sourdough thread here yet?
  9. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    Curious for anyone who knows how all this stuff goes together: My house eventually needs new windows and siding. Does one or the other need to be done first? I assume both is obviously ideal, but trying to see the best way to potentially spread out the pain. For windows, what's the best to...
  10. Kobayashi

    On becoming an electrician

    Is that really a Class E hardhat? I'm sure it can be a fake carbon fiber pattern, but it would weird me out having my hard hat look like it was made out of something conductive as hell. I'd make sure you keep whatever stickers intact identifying it as such so you don't get thrown off a site if...
  11. Kobayashi

    The Fast Food Thread

    Late to the party, but just tried a Big Arch at McDonald's. What a disappointment. Extremely bland. I feel like McDonald's usually does pretty good sauces, but this was extremely meh. Not sure why this ever got the green light.
  12. Kobayashi

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Received a spam Venmo request from some scammer. Gotta love fumbling my way through some shit interface I use once a year to pay my fantasy football dues to block/decline the transaction, being careful to not accidentally accept. I thought I had all the privacy settings maxed out, but it looks...
  13. Kobayashi

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    This is a very Jets article. "We've embraced AI!" "The AI we've embraced is Microsoft Copilot." It wouldn't surprise me if their organization exclusively used Bing in Internet Explorer up to this point as well.
  14. Kobayashi

    Aquarists unite: fish are friends, and food

    That's interesting, my water sprite got completely wiped out by the duckweed that hitched a ride at some point. I let that stuff filter the water for a while, but eventually got fed up with dealing with it getting everywhere and purged it.
  15. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Ferrari has been spun off from FCA (pre-Stellantis) for over a decade now. They own all their own shitty decisions at this point. They make some great cars (albeit of questionable reliability). This is not one of them.
  16. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    If you took all the Ferrari badges off the thing, I'd have thought it was the latest Kia EV. I don't think that color is doing it any favors either. Back end is equally a mess. They kept some of the Ferrari design language, but it just looks off. I don't really see why they bothered with...
  17. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Not saying this guy is wrong, but what you're describing as the Toyota way is pretty much how all traditional OEMs operate (my limited experience with Ford included). They have a book of specifications that they release to a tier 1 for a part when it's being developed. The problem with this...
  18. Kobayashi

    What vehicle do you drive?

    I promise you it's not. This has been going around, but it's a bunch of clickbait bullshit. If you look, they cite a rider to one of these omnibus bills that requested NHTSA work on a standard for drunk driver monitoring/interlock targeting implementation in 2027. Problem is, the technology...
  19. Kobayashi

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Just got an email from my local shitbag utility asking to complete a survey. As compensation for my time, they'll donate $10 to a charity of their choice in their name. How about you guys pay me and I decide where that money goes. Also, while you're at it, stop paying for advertising and pay...
  20. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    More like happy nub season. Fucking asshole deer...
  21. Kobayashi

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    I've had two procedures on my knee, the first was just a scope and the second a full ligament reconstruction. The scope I was given the option to stay awake and just have a local. I opted to get knocked out, but I sort of regretted it later on. Second time around, for the reconstruction, I told...
  22. Kobayashi

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Dumb 19 year old me drove into Canada to drink and my first thought was: "Holy shit, gas is cheap here!" I proceeded to pull into a gas station and promptly remembered they were on the metric system when the amount in liters quickly rocketed past my tank's capacity in gallons. Probably a good...
  23. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    It's good to see he's all grown up now. Added the missing caption.
  24. Kobayashi

    Job Hunting

    It's hard for me to offer advice there - I didn't have any coursework, was just sort of thrown to the wolves and forced to figure it out. I know of some people that used The Learning Pit — LadderLab Temporary Sales Pause but it's currently down while they update the courses or something. I'd...
  25. Kobayashi

    Job Hunting

    Have you considered something like industrial controls? I'm sure you could easily pick up something like Logix on an Allen Bradley PLC with your background. You honestly wouldn't be taking much of a pay cut if you got good at it.
  26. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Yeah, one. Try dozens. Women put out some of the dumbest possible signs. I went on a first date with a girl, she rebuffed any advances I made, but it went well (so I thought), ended with a pretty g rated kiss. She texts me and says it's not going to work out. I ask why, she says "after that...
  27. Kobayashi

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    My son is suddenly really into Curious George. I found an episode compilation on YouTube from the official Curious George channel. Turns out it's an edited compilation that only has the set up of George causing some issue, but never shows the resolution. The fuck is this bullshit? What kind of...
  28. Kobayashi

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I googled this and was severely disappointed it wasn't an arm wrestling simulator set in the 80s. No sale for me!
  29. Kobayashi

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    That's definitely supposed to be a dick those people are dancing around, right? Oblig: GIS for dumbest outfit
  30. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    I think those whole home arresters are a good additional step for most houses. That's probably as far as I'd reasonably go (whole home at service entrance, surge protection power strips for sensitive electronics). For convenience, your utility can even install them in the meter if they're not...
  31. Kobayashi

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I get that, was more talking about stuff I've read about it like the submarine garage, the hospital with hyperbaric chambers, and the whole research wing that allegedly is on the ship. The stuff they focused on just seemed like generic yacht stuff - oh wow, they have a nice kitchen, who would...
  32. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    Service entrance is where the power comes into the house - it's installed at the meter or in your main electrical panel on a dedicated breaker. If it's old, I wouldn't necessarily count on it to protect things and it might be worth replacing even if a status light is still on.
  33. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    The metal oxide varistors in there degrade as they soak up overvoltage events. They typically have a thermal fuse in front to protect from bursting in a high energy event or overheating as their leakage current gets too high. If the light is off, my assumption is the fuse tripped and there is no...
  34. Kobayashi

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Given how big he is into diving, I was disappointed how little they touched on that aspect of the ship. I hope that wall of names is the people who bought the most while playing the least hours.
  35. Kobayashi

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    So I didn't know anything about that JP Morgan boss lady thing when I read this. I still laughed because I always thought he dressed like a finance douche.
  36. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    That stuff is great, I felt like such a sucker buying those tubs of spackle all those years before that. Don't forget to keep in mind the drying time is also affected by water temperature and hardness. My old place had pretty hard water, the first batch of 45 I mixed up was more like 10 or 15. I...
  37. Kobayashi

    Home Improvement

    I guess it's too late to talk you out of getting boxwoods. I actually did the opposite of you, I ripped out boxwoods and replaced them with azaleas (granted in my case my porch is south facing and full sun). I couldn't stand the fucking bugs that hang around the boxwoods (boxwood leaf miners). I...
  38. Kobayashi

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    I think it was better unreadable.
  39. Kobayashi

    Turo, the airbnb of Car Rentals

    A guy I work with thought he was being pretty smart and built up a little rental fleet of vehicles for Turo. He ended up losing his ass on the whole thing - one car got totaled and the rest absolutely trashed. They'd always come back reeking of weed and dirty, somehow treated worse than a Hertz...