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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 40%

    I'll make the analogy more clear to you. In 1984 the government got absolute information control, thats what you guys are worried about. In Fahrenheit 451 people themselves censored everything that offended anyone, eventually leading to all the books being burnt.

    People have opinions, and lemmy is becoming a worse echochamber than reddit.

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  • memes Memes When someone makes a crude joke on the internet
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 15%

    How about just deal with it? Internet is meant to be free space, that includes racists, bigots, rednecks, people you disagree with.

    Lemmy is worried about 1984 but in actuality is becoming Fahrenheit 451.

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  • movies Movies Oppenheimer review I saw on my walk today.
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 25%

    I hate the fucking movie. Everyone is pretending for it to be a masterpiece but in reality its fucking boring. 95% of the movie is just dialog. They didn't even properly show how the bomb was built or the problems they encountered. But for some reason I should give a shit about his ex wife and his current alcoholic wife. Boring movie and I will never watch it again, a waste of time.

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  • welding Welding What should I know before welding flux core for automotive work?
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    Ah sorry, I guess it's called FCAW and not MIG. I am not using any gas to protect the weld. From what I've seen on the internet it will spatter no matter what, but I will check the polarity of the cables

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    Okay, yesterday I tried out MIG and here are the comparisons with stick welding:

    1. Mig doesn't leave much of slag at all, the residue you get is more in a "dust" form which is much easier to brush off compared to the slag stick welding leaves
    2. Much harder to get impurities into the weld itself
    3. Harder to follow the weld line compared to stick welding using pencil holding technique
    4. Have to play with the settings quite a bit before you get consistent line
    5. Much better for spot welding because you can position your hand and electrode, and press the trigger when you are ready, avoiding additional hand movement.
    6. Surprisingly the spatter is more aggressive and gets stuck to surface more than my electrodes. Could be due to the wire I am using

    These are my notes so far.

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    Welding DominicHillsun 1 year ago 100%
    What should I know before welding flux core for automotive work?

    Been doing stick welding for a bit, but when it comes to thin steel such as on cars, sticks blow right through. I was thinking about getting a flux core machine to do some exhaust work on my car because I don't want to mess with gas. What should I know about flux core? What are the biggest cons about it?

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    cars Cars - For Car Enthusiasts Could aircooled engines make a comeback?
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    It would be a real bummer if this came out to be untrue. However it's simple enough to replicate, so we will know soon enough

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 75%

    The researchers and university are trustworthy, however this information is so new that others are still learning about. What is interesting is that the process isn't very complicated and if you have a vacuum furnace, you can potentialy replicate their results.

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 88%

    Insane capacity batteries

    Lossless power transmission via wires

    Better magnetically levitating trains

    Much more power efficient computers, electronics

    The list is huge

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    127c is the maximum operating temperature. If it goes above that, it looses superconductivity.

    This material below 127c (which is insanely hot for superconductors) will be superconductive.

    Operating range is -273c to 127c

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 87%

    It is absolutely huge

    It means that you can make supercapacitors which have larger energy storage density than our current batteries by who knows how many times

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    First room temperature and pressure superconductor discovered

    Research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008 Video: https://sciencecast.org/casts/suc384jly50n

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    technology Technology When searching for chrome on edge browser, you get so many popups that they completely block the screen. Nice one microsoft.
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 50%

    Doesn't mean we have to burn fossil fuels. Ethanol is cool as fuck. Less range but more power and you can make it with various methods.

    As for bicycles, I cycled for many years and worked at a bicycle shop. Their "gearbox" design is horrible. Their durability is tragic. For commute I am using electric scooter now, much less reliability issues. I hate the tires on bicycles and scooters though, seriously need to get tubeless.

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    European muscle cars?

    Are there any european cars that can be considered "muscle" ?

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    cars Cars - For Car Enthusiasts Could aircooled engines make a comeback?
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 25%

    Such a boring future we are living in :/ Well, there is hoping that enthusiast scene won't die with it

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    Could aircooled engines make a comeback?

    ICE aren't growing much in size and are getting more and more efficient. Why not make them air cooled? Porches used to be aircooled, and those were performance cars with the engine in the back. I would imagine having an engine in the front might be easier to cool, no?

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    Update on the turn lights

    Changed the light bulbs into white LED's (they didn't have blue ones) and from orange they turned yellowish. I think this might pass the inspection, thank you for suggestions ^^

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    cars Cars - For Car Enthusiasts Need to make part of my turn signal glow white
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    Honestly I am unsure whats exactly going on inside, it seems to me I will have to somehow source the clear turn signals.

    As for the filter, if I manage to overpower it using blue LED's, in theory it should be white/blueish, just depends how well (or in this case bad) it filters, right?

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    The plastic housing is not something I can dissasemble without breaking, it's literally a transparent orange plastic and then the outer layer is clear plastic.

    I will give it a try, but I would greatly appreciate an example of blue light fitering

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    Need to make part of my turn signal glow white

    So on the integra the front turn signal is made oit of two bulbs, I need the one circled in red to be white to pass inspection in my country. The problem is the bulb itself is white, but there is an orange filter inside and I cannot remove it. My idea was to put in a bright blue bulb in there to compensate for the orange filter and make it appear white. Is that doable? Has anyone tried?

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    cars Cars - For Car Enthusiasts Is it a bad idea to daily a car from 1989?
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    It was reliable like 25 years ago. Now it's an old car that needs all the rubbers replaced. Also japanese cars rust like hell, this one no exception. If you are into cars, and like to repair by yourself, it's great. If you need a commuter, just get something from 2000's, price will be the same.

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    Could be a couple of reasons:

    1. Leak in the system
    2. Compressor is giving out
    3. Possibly an electrical issue

    You can check your pressure levels in the system, if they are low, you have a leak or need to pump some freon (or whatever they are using nowadays) into it.

    If that helps, it means the issue was that. If it stops working after a month or two, you have a leak in your system.

    If your pressure levels are good, it might be the compressor. Check the electrical connections, maybe something shook loose. If those are fine, it might be the compressor itself. I'd give that to check to a mechanic.

    If none of the above, maybe your alternator or your car battery isn't giving it enough juice to power the system.

    Good luck.

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  • technology Technology Over just a few months, ChatGPT went from correctly answering a simple math problem 98% of the time to just 2%, study finds. Researchers found wild fluctuations—called drift—in the technology’s abi...
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    Yeah, but the trained model is already there, you need additional data for further training and newer versions. OpenAI even makes a point that ChatGPT doesn't have direct access to the internet for information and has been trained on data available up until 2021

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 98%

    It seems rather suspicious how much ChatGPT has deteorated. Like with all software, they can roll back the previous, better versions of it, right? Here is my list of what I personally think is happening:

    1. They are doing it on purpose to maximise profits from upcoming releases of ChatGPT.
    2. They realized that the required computational power is too immense and trying to make it more efficient at the cost of being accurate.
    3. They got actually scared of it's capabilities and decided to backtrack in order to make proper evaluations of the impact it can make.
    4. All of the above
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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    So the younger the kid, the earlier memories he will be able to recall? Is there some sort of a hard line where kids are unable to form long form memory?

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    Do babies have memory?

    Unsure if babies can form memories ages 1-2, my oldest memory is from around age 3. They do learn words when they are around 1 year old, so there must be some capacity for memory? What is going on there?

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    DominicHillsun
    1 year ago 100%

    No, it is our job as humans to create great moments. All we do now is collecting, putting it on the internet and hoping for a dopamine rush from internet points.

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    Garbage post, "redditor here!1!!" levels of cringe.

    Are we seriously going to repost from facebook now?

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    Hmm, it seems that the situation with three companies are in USA. I am from Europe, been looking into Varta batteries

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    What to avoid when buying a battery?

    My battery died (can't get above 10.5V, loosing voltage while sitting etc) and I need to get a new one. What should I look out for? There are a lot of different types of them like AGM, Lithium Iron, Flooded Acid etc Car is Integra (1998)

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    Progress restoring my cars suspension parts

    1. Before any restoration ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8e828235-a45c-4fba-9bf4-f9999ffc0f83.jpeg) 2. After acid dip ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/63fd3489-8bf4-4a1b-90ca-f3eae0bb5b39.jpeg) 3. After refinishing ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/34911c20-8362-435c-af01-a19f3b60a85a.jpeg) .

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    I am gathering all bolt rust proofing methods, if you know of any, please share!

    So, since I am living in a country with lots of anow and salt, rust has always been an issue for me. I started researching how to rustproof the bolts, because there is nothing worse than a rust-welded grade 10.9 bolt that had its head snapped lol. All steel bolt rust proofing methods I've seen are based on creating a layer between the steel and oxygen. But the way the layer is made varies wildly: 1. Oxide based coat 2. Carbon based coat 3. Metal based coat 4. Oil based coat 5. Paint based coat For example there is a technique that is called "Oil Burn" where you get the bolt red hot and dip it into motor oil. There are various issues with this technique, which I will explain in a later post. With your suggestions I will make a spreadsheet with various pros and cons listed and will share with the community. As to prove I am serious about this, here are my current experiments: Before: ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1fe3801f-1cc3-4c0f-84ec-4a566a89e3bc.jpeg) After: ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/10c0ec08-6aad-440f-9bae-afe7702044ff.jpeg) .

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    Lemmy.world Support DominicHillsun 1 year ago 71%
    Is it me or do images on lemmy.world appear highly compressed?

    Images look blocky on my phone while using liftoff, I am unsure if everyone else is experiencing something similar

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    Showerthoughts DominicHillsun 1 year ago 92%
    If you ask someone "why?" enough about a subject you don't agree on, eventually both of you will come to a conclusion

    Many hold strong beliefs and opinions, however not many know the roots of their belief. If a person agrees to explore it, both of you will learn something new and fascinating. The problem is finding someone who wants to think and ask the questions. This goes for both. Many want to "convince" someone, but how much do you truly know about the thing you're trying to prove? This also comes back to the "why?" game so many kids play. Parents get annoyed by it, but are they really annoyed at the game or their lack of knowledge depth? Play the game, find out how deep you lake of knowledge goes

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    Update on stuck rusty bolts: got all of them off!

    My solution was: a lot of heat Used my propane torch and to protect brake lines, I covered them with my welders gloves, because I couldn't find any plumbers mats. Each bolt took around 5-10 minutes of constant heating and then serious impact gun action, but I got there :)

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    How to heat up a bolt without damaging stuff around it

    I am working on my integra's front suspension, but 3 bolts are rust welded. My impact gun managed to get one off, but the others wont budge. I hit them so much that the impact bit got too hot to the touch. Sprayed with penetrating fluid, hit it with a hammer etc. My only other option is heat, but the problem is, that it's a wheel well and it traps heat, not to mention there is a brake hose which is very close to the area I will be heating. How can I contain my propane torch heat to this specific bolt without damaging other areas?

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    3 cylinder engine with one cylinder being bigger

    3 cylinder engines are very unbalanced. Wouldn't making the middle cylinder bigger improve the balance of the engine?

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    Lemmy.world Support DominicHillsun 1 year ago 96%
    Peertube integration with Lemmy?

    I was wondering about the future of Lemmy and content that is hosted here. As I understand, Lemmy support for videos is limited as of right now. Why not use Peertube to host the videos people upload on Lemmy? Both Lemmy and Peertube use ActivityPub and by having Lemmy content on Peertube we would have an actual competitor to youtube

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    What to do when the part you need doesn't even have an OEM number?

    I fucked up the threads on the brake caliper bracket, tried repairing it but didn't go well. Need another one but it doesn't even have an OEM number and I would need to get the whole set which is ridiculous. What should I do? Part is from rear right brake caliper bracket, Acura Integra GS-R (1998) Coupe

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    General Discussion DominicHillsun 1 year ago 89%
    Can you guys shut up about Reddit?

    I know this is on everyones minds, but talking the same shit over and over again isn't going to make new users stay on Lemmy.

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    Asklemmy DominicHillsun 1 year ago 96%
    Is water denser at the bottom of the ocean?

    The deeper you go, the more water above you is pressing down on you. Does this increase water density the deeper you go?

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    AV1 DominicHillsun 1 year ago 100%
    Threat from Reddit
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    AV1 DominicHillsun 1 year ago 100%
    What is "Perseverance" Mars rover using as an image format? Could they use AVIF to transmit more images?

    This whole situation seems like a perfect opportunity to use highly efficient lossy image compression. Same goes for video, though I'd guess encoding AV1 video on a Mars rover might be asking a but too much, it might be worth a try with VP9?

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    Confusion is real
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