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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    Looks good... I would not have done as well at all. And I would have lost at least 2 of the bolts.
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    trouble light, work light

    This will seem weird, but this: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/271348-REG/Impact_401004_Floodlight_Reflector_with_Socket.html On a cheap light stand, with the biggest LED or spiral CF light you can put in it. Trouble lights have always been miserable, the little battery lights are...
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    Next word that comes to mind...

    wagon
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    The Ted Race Team: Because Racecar

    First post would be - have you considered offshore powerboat racing for a couple of years?
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    The Ted Race Team: Because Racecar

    Maybe a stupid suggestion, but can you tilt the seat back a bit, without screwing up the geometry too much, to get enough clearance?
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    Pocket knife: Weird or normal?

    Cool to see some knives listed that I've owned. I used to carry an LST, the "full size" version, all the time. I think it was about 3.5" or so. And if I were doing some kind of tech/volunteer work I'd add the swiss army tinker. Leatherman was too heavy, I found it a PITA. Like others, I...
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    DIY Electronic Nerd Project Ideas for Aviation

    How about a stand alone INS that can feed NEMA data to a tablet as if it's a GPS. Sensors would be fluxgate compass and you'd need airspeed, maybe solid state gyros for roll/yaw and acceleration. It would get starting position, winds, starting course from GPS ideally, and then you'd need a...
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    Apple blows chunks

    For most consumer implementations, I agree completely. Because it's being implemented for lowest possible cost for the provider, and because it's almost always done solely to meet compliance requirements. A decent way to do it that doesn't require phone numbers or personal data is a...
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    What have I done? Crazy old woman musings

    I got where you were coming from. That was my lack of clarity in playful sarcasm. I'm an old IT guy... I remember when the :) was introduced, specifically as an indication of humor and usually sarcasm.
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    Isn't there an airport out west where they display the current density altitude on a sign along the taxiway, like the price of gasoline at a station? Or maybe that was a myth. Here I just think of temperature instead of DA. That's probably not a great plan, but the altitude is all about the...
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    Nashville BBQ

    Funniest quote I've read this week! Yeah, talking about the quality of food you can get in an airport is about like talking about how pretty the girls are that prowl at a truck stop. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But in either case they probably aren't indicative of the rest of...
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    Lets make Friday 'Joke Day'!

    1 League Under the Sea
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    Apple blows chunks

    Not to nit pick, but information security is about managing risk, not protecting against it. In an office, which is often a shared or open environment, writing down passwords is discouraged for a number of reasons. Part of that is security, part of that is compliance which is part of security...
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    Taking a deeper dive into maneuvering speed

    And for any students pilots out there, if you try to explain the above to your CFI, or worse DPE, there's about an 90% chance that they'll try to correct you for not understanding the really simple generalization. Just give the cookbook answer and don't rip the control surfaces off the aircraft.
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    Practicing short field landings in gusting winds

    I don't mean this to be a smart-a&& answer - With a CFI that is comfortable making short field landings in 5G15 winds. I say this because you want to learn how to fly them, and to me to do that safely you should be with someone that knows how to do it. It's a feel/finesse thing. You're in a...
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    Apple blows chunks

    Not to pile on, but it's simple. You transfer your number to an Android. If you lock the password on the Android you just factory reset it and create a new account. MFA on a phone is silly, IMO, and I work in infosec. One old definition of MFA is to combine something you have, and something...
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    What's For Dinner?

    Or part of a police report. "I was just sitting there when a shalty-bar-shoo stole my wallet."
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    [NA] Is AI going to end actual musicians?

    We should not give weapons to AI...
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    the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

    Oh that's cool! I think that's worthy of a thread. Rattle can primer? Then sand and color on top? Guessing...have never done airplane painting.
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    [NA] Is AI going to end actual musicians?

    :) Hey, you brought the thread around to be airplane related. I'd start with the premise that many musicians are not especially good at risk management.
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