SatanLifeProTips

SatanLifeProTips t1_jd8pqwq wrote

Reply to comment by charliesk9unit in LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

I’m still hunting for one of those fake dragon skeletons to bury under my porch. For future buyers….

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SatanLifeProTips t1_jbc10wq wrote

Reply to comment by Mr_Locke in A group of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in secure communications by developing an algorithm that conceals sensitive information so effectively that it is impossible to detect that anything has been hidden by thebelsnickle1991

Take a new picture, encode info, destroy original picture so no one can compare it.

Or if the process requires comparison of the original you could simply use wily different methods of sending the original and the doctored image. Send both via sneaker net and thumb drives with self destruct buttons.

But the main one being don’t let the same people see the good and doctored image for comparison.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_jaamgzm wrote

Reply to comment by its8up in brand new air compressor taking forever to fill by kattaganist

I don’t know why this got downvoted, this is actually a really solid answer for cheap piston compressors. Ring blowby and a lot of pressure behind the oil cap or air / oil shooting out the breather is a sure sign of ring failure. You check used car engines like this too.

You can also check the valves to make sure they are sealing properly.

Ex car mechanic, current industrial mechanic here. I work with big boy compressors.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_ja5pw3n wrote

Reply to [OC] License to work? States ranked by number of low-income jobs requiring licenses by tildenpark

A lot of the American licensing is already a joke.

In Canada it takes around 4 years to get a Red Seal in various trades. The courses are tough. Drop below 70% in any subject and you fail. Fail twice and you are done. Plough through a 18-24” high stack of material in 8-10 weeks (per year) then log 6600 hours under a licensed journeyman. When you are finished you are a highly knowledgable professional capable of pulling in a high 5 low 6 figure income.

If you are smart enough, you may be allowed into trades.

I got my American ASE Master technician with a speciality in advanced engine performance in 2 weekends. Technicians are often incompetent, standards are low and there is a reason no one trusts used cars.

The attitude seems to be ‘you are too dumb to work in a cubicle so I guess go into trades.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_ja4t2s5 wrote

Reply to Best way to run PC fans from outlet? by Tamariniak

Under-volt the fans so they run quieter. If 12v fans, try 5-8V and see how the sound is.

Just repurpose old wall warts. Get a cheap dc/dc converter if they are too high. You can also buy adjustable voltage universal wall warts and dial in the voltage (fan speed) that you like. Make sure it has a amperage rating of 0.3 A or higher. Higher is fine. Lower is not fine.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_ja47oh5 wrote

Reply to comment by Happy_Traveller_2023 in If you noticed your iPhone is charging a little slower it may be due to a new setting Apple added in iOS 16.1 — Clean Energy Charging. With it turned on, iOS will only recharge the iPhone's battery when the electrical grid uses cleaner energy sources like solar or wind. by RonSwazy

Shows up for me in BC. But we are over 96% green power so it would never work anyways.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_j9zryqe wrote

Reply to LPT: If you always listen to music or the radio when you drive, make sure to do occasional drives without sound to listen to your car for a few minutes. There could be something quietly scraping, grinding, or dragging and you would never hear it until it’s too loud and too late. by The_Big_Crouton

Oh, and make sure you completely ignore those sounds until after you get back from the mechanic. Then you can return and scream your mechanic because it’s his fault.

And the mechanics boss can take the car for a test drive, take the golf ball put of the trunk, throw it at the customer and tell them to get the fuck out of my shop. Which is funny as hell coming from a 4 foot nothing old man.

I don’t miss that trade. Robots don’t complain.

Clean your fucking car out BEFORE you take it to a mechanic. Especially for a squeak and rattle complaint. Maybe clean the outside and look at all the scrapes and dents too. Because we didn’t do that to your car either. Smart shops film every car on the way in now.

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SatanLifeProTips t1_j8lavlw wrote

Reply to comment by Jaker788 in Economist: War and subsidies may have knocked as much as ten years off green transition by 10drinkminimum

You can always keep the furnace ducting with a undersized heat pump then put in a secondary system in the bedrooms to do temperature control in those upstairs rooms. One head per room. Bedroom temperature control is so nice for quality of life. That will take the load off the central unit.

A pro can tell you more. Ask about creative solutions. Or maybe you can move enough air and it doesn’t matter.

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