Rhaedas

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The world may never know.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Aquifers aren't immune to plastic accumulation. You may indeed be fortunate and so far have purer water, but if you haven't tested for it, don't assume because it comes from deep underground it can't be affected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Nothing that high level. Different systems are running independently, some may be redundant to each other in case one fails. But run something long enough especially in extreme conditions and things can drift from the baselines. If a power off and on regularly prevents that it's a lot easier than trying to chase down gremlins that could be different each time they pop up for different reasons.

Even NASA I believe has done such resets from Apollo through the unmanned probes from time to time. Mentioning Windows, the newest versions don't really do this baseline reset if you just shut them down, even if you disable the hibernate/sleep modes, while a restart does.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean there's plastic in the water already no matter which way you do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Given where things left off, a sequel would have the same feeling as the Star Wars sequels. "Somehow Master Control returned." I'd be more for a retelling of the original with a tighter script - I mean it wasn't the best in plot, dialogue, or continuity, it was just so different that it blew us away back then. The graphics is the easy part.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

During a flight is a bit much, but some aircraft have a reboot between flights as a standard procedure to fix glitches that would happen if the plane was left on for the entire time.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago

Not all Hyundais (or older cars) are the same. I get the spirit, but while my 17 year old Santa Fe has a lot of miles on it, I'd rather the assholes just stay away so I don't have to go through the experience of a wreck, insurance, and possible new car payments on a newer vehicle that I have to relearn all the quirks. So I let the idiots fight each other and watch from afar as much as possible, which includes being a "beta" driver. But that's what they taught us, right? Defensive driving?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (14 children)

Buy a used older model if you need a machine. Because it's cheaper, because it is more basic in its components, because those parts are probably cheaper to buy and replace yourself if need be, and mainly because someone is selling it at its age because it STILL works. Anything tied to a circuit board with a processor is a time bomb.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

They're all going to you. Do you have an unusual amount of single socks too?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've heard one (of many) caveats in buying an English-made car is the sizes of nuts and bolts when working on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That makes no sense. It would (only a little) if it was the other way around, since 0C and 100C are based on water, and F is "easier" to relate in how one feels hot or cold (I know that's totally subjective).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Fact: the most often lost socket is a 10mm.

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