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Cell phone question

Here's one for the digital experts: I do a lot of interviews in which the other party is on a cell phone, and I think I...
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posted by huntres23
20 comments posted 10yrs posted by huntres23

Small Propane Tanks[Bottles]

This may be old news to a lot of you. Bottles 5 to 10 years old have a valve that will not close after the appliance is...
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posted by email
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by email

Briggs "powerbuilt" engine problem

The church bought an almost new, very lightly used consumer grade "bolens" lawn tractor a month or so back. It looked t...
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posted by clare
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by clare

OT: Motorcycle Video

Ig, what are these guys saying at the end of this puckering video? http://www.soafanatic.com/2016/07/why-motorcyclists-...
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posted by ljaques
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by ljaques

Solar Metals

So, my kW of solar panels came in. The frames and z-brackets are aluminum and the hardware (5/16x2-1/2" lags and 1/4-20...
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posted by ljaques
25 comments posted 10yrs posted by ljaques

Grinding a round cutter?

I'm making a hand-held tarp grommet setting tool I can use on a ladder, with dies that screw together. I can grind the...
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posted by muratlanne
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by muratlanne

OT: Funny Pic

https://tonyburgess1969.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/cjamq0vucaagchx.jpg?w=474 A British take on the 4th of July, seen on...
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posted by ljaques
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by ljaques

cheap computer wins dogfight against human pilot

http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/alpha.html Artificial intelligence recently won out during simulat...
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posted by rangerssuck
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OT-Dead Harvest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSrRyAYgw34#t=44 This is where I live. Thought some of you might find this interesting.
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posted by gunnerasch
71 comments posted 10yrs posted by gunnerasch

Copper or PVC?

My neighbor's got a leak in the hot water line running from the manifold in her utility room to the kitchen sink. The c...
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posted by Mars
44 comments posted 10yrs posted by Mars

tried to machine titanium

onlinemetals was having a sale so I got a foot of 1/2" titanium round in "grade 2", whatever that is. I tried it out on...
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posted by presence
28 comments posted 10yrs posted by presence