The Official Status Thread
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MacPherson struts
Are the suspension of choice at the front, but are almost never used for the rear; that's normally trailing arm on cheaper models, though pricier machinery favours some form of multilink setup.
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Maybe you should start with something simple, like changing brake pads.
Wow, quoting works on mobile now.
I'm fairly handy but I got the garage to change my springs and shocks, I had a friend (who isn't an idiot) severely hurt himself with a spring compressor. I'm loving my Eibachs though. Great upgrade.
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Yeah, I wouldn't trust those compressors considering the are allowed to slide around the spring freely.
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Wow, quoting works on mobile now.
…oh, wait, are you serious? Because on WinPhone, it's still a fucked up POS.
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I'm fairly handy but I got the garage to change my springs and shocks
I do pretty much do all the work on my car, except installing tires on rims and alignment (because I don't have the tools).
I just did the front shocks on my car and you need good spring compressors.Yeah, I wouldn't trust those compressors considering the are allowed to slide around the spring freely.
I find it kind of scary too, but these are the only one I found at Canadian Tire. And knowing Lorne is in Canada, that was the best place I could point him to.
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…oh, wait, are you serious? Because on WinPhone, it's still a fucked up POS.
Oh come on, quoting works fine! You just can't... select text.
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Status:strong text Why the this POS Microsoft crap (remote desktop) does not let me paste into its fucking edit box:
No repro, I can paste in to the RDP edit box. Are you sure you had the text in your clipboard?
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Even better: the remote machine can set a policy that rejects saved passwords. Or more specifically, it tells YOUR client not to send remote passwords.
I always thought that was client side? I just do a regedit and don't see it anymore.
@Lorne_Kates said:
Unless you are running RDP from XP-- in which case it ignores that and logs in with the saved password anyways.
Or RDP on OS X. Saved passwords work from there also, I have never had one rejected.
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I pay the local tyre place 15 pounds a corner to swap my tyres as I only have one set of stupidly expensive alloys, maybe I should watch some videos and give it another go sometime.
No, seriously, pay someone to do it.
I have tools to fix tools and not even I am foolish enough to attempt what he did. I have swapped tires on heavy machinery before, because it is fun and you get to blow shit up with ether, but I wouldn't do it on a car tire. Not worth the headaches when a shop will do it so cheaply.
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Next up, how to actually get the tire off the rim. The rubber isn't on the metal, but imagine an elastic on a spool of thread. You still have to get it over that lip. The first lip is easy enough with a lever and a screwdriver. But then-- well, you have to lift the rim UP so the bottom of the rim touches the top of the tire. A rim is heavy. And you have to keep the tire from lifting off the floor. The tire is light. And then with your fourth and fifth hands you have to pry the rubber over the lip and--
Flash forward to several hours later, many "fuck shit shit fucks" later, and me figuring out a wedge-and-lever system with some 2x4s, I finally have the rubber off the rims on the old tire and the new tire. It was like making the biggest poop you've ever made in your whole life-- if you've been saving poops for a year-- and instead of poop it's taking a rim out of a tire. Now given all that-- how the FUCK am I supposed to get the tire back on the rim? It's 1am apparently (I don't have a clock in the garage). I've lifted way too much and crawled around on way too much cement. To bed.
Lay the wheel and tire down on the pavement, run over the tire with another car while missing the rim. Let the weight of the car do it for you.
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@Lorne_Kates said:
That's my next purchase, so I don't have to wait in line to overpay for an oil change.
Then you need to look at the price of the items you will need to change your oil.
I change my oil because it is quicker than taking it to a shop, and it is something that I like to do. I might save $5 an oil change. Maybe.
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I also do it because I know it's been properly done.
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Most cars now have MacPherson struts (specially in the front), so you'll need coil-spring compressor to change it.Something like that
But first, look at YouTube for what happens if your compressor slips. You don't want that to happen.
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Not worth the headaches when a shop will do it so cheaply.
Cheaply? If you bought your tire from a place with a warranty, and the repair/replace is covered, they'll change the tire for free.
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I don't have to look at YouTube, it happened to me once.
Lucky me, the compressor stayed on the spring, so no damage done. But I can tell you that my heart stopped for a second.
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But I can tell you that my heart stopped for a second.
I'll bet.
I draw the line on car repairs at shit like that. I'm confident I could do it but I'll let someone else whose job it is mess with heavy springs.
I'm trying to decide right now whether or not to try to change the fuel filter on my car. I'm sure I can do it but i'm not sure if I want to go through the trouble.
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I'm sure I can do it but i'm not sure if I want to go through the trouble.
If it's old and rusted, don't bother with the trouble. If you break a fuel line, it's gonna be hell.
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Status:
#include <stdio.h> main() { int x=3, y=9, z[4]={0}, *p1, **p2; p1 = &z[2]; p2= &p1; *p1++= 5; *(*p2-2) = 8; (*--p1)++; printf("%d %d %d\n", p1, *p1, &p1); printf("%d %d %d %d\n", p2, *p2, **p2, &p2); y = f1(&x, **p2, p1+2, p2); printf("%d %d %d %d %d %d\n",x, y, z[1],z[2], p1, p2 ); printf("%d %p%d\n", *p1, *p2, **p2); } int f1(int *a, int b, int *c, int **d) { int x=5, y=13; *a = y / 2 % x; *d = c-1; **d= *(*d-1) + b; return *a * **d; }
I hate this professor.
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Wait, your professor prints a pointer, the address pointed to by the pointer, and the address of the variable holding the pointer using the same format specifier? If this isn't an example of bad things you should never do, RUN.
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Wait, your professor prints a pointer, the address pointed to by the pointer, and the address of the variable holding the pointer using the same format specifier? If this isn't an example of bad things you should never do, RUN.
It's a question from a sample exam. We're supposed to track the changes in memory for each of these variables and the output of the program.
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I understand exactly what that code does at a glance.
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That sounds like a dangerous situation. Is there circulation at your wrists?
That was a hyperbolic statement.
I have trouble with the circulation in my extremities - I suspect I may have Raynaud's disease to some degree. It's uncomfortable, but not dangerous.
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I understand exactly what that code does at a glance.
I'm relatively new to pointers and specifically pointer arithmetic, so it takes me more than a glance, but I still understand it. That doesn't mean I don't want to smack my professor for writing it, though.
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I'm relatively new to pointers and specifically pointer arithmetic, so it takes me more than a glance, but I still understand it.
I never use sarcasm in my posts on DailyWTF.
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Status: reading an API doc.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE DOING THIS SHIT ON FUCKING WORD!!!
I hate this shits and it seems to be everywhere, and they all follow the same stupid useless pattern:
Index
A three levels deep or more index is stupid.
Abstract
More stupid nonce about the wonders of your API.
Changelog
Like I care what version 0.1 did.
Broken ass XML/JSON
XML/JSON on Word is stupid, get your fucking head around it. IT'S SHIT!
Headers
The more space there's for the header the less there's for what I really want to see: THE FUCKING API!
Examples (lack of)
Sure, you fill your shitty document with XML/JSON and headers but you're totally unable to give some examples.
Relationships (lack of)
You'd better figure out how our shit is related because an ID here is not the same ID there.
Is it so hard to use something like http://apidocjs.com/ or do something like this https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/
For fucks sake, this thing I'm reading has only four endpoints... four... and it's 60 pages long... 60 FUCKING PAGES FOR FOUR ENDPOINTS!
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Status: If you are a pupil who has difficulties with grammar and spelling (the English grammar structure was easily noticable) then it is a very bad idea to simply copy and paste assorted articles from the internet into your report.
Especially if said report is responsible for a quarter of your final grade.
What makes this especially annyoing: The task for my pupils was to describe one of their main tasks during their internship. Said pupil created a beautiful workflow schematic. And then promptly failed to use this schematic to describe his task in text form.
I mean, I know that German is not his mother tongue and was prepared to cut him a lot of slack. I even told him so. But plagiarism (especially when the plagiarism doesn't even answer the question) makes this a failing grade.
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No repro, I can paste in to the RDP edit box. Are you sure you had the text in your clipboard?
You just triggered another thought... From that image, it looks like focus is on the Connect button. You can't paste text into a button...
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If you're using 64bit visual studio, you've got a problem. Cause an int is 32bits and a pointer is 64... But since this is an exam question, it's "probably" "safe" to assume sizeof(int) == sizeof(int*)...
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Sounds like a good post for Bad Ideas. Seriously though, how hard could it be to use the jargon from the internship and broken-speak it into a report?
From that image
He did say it was stock from the internet because he didn't have access to that exact machine. :P
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He did say it was stock from the internet because he didn't have access to that exact machine.
Oh right. Forgot. Doesn't negate my idea though!
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STATUS: Checking out my feed on SO.
Oh god.
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I'd love to read that, but apparently Discourse decided links won't work today.
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'Open link in new tab' works at least. Haven't tried middle-click though, as I'm on a touchscreen right now.
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I'd love to read that, but apparently Discourse decided links won't work today.
Wish I could say E_NO_REPRO, but BUG_CONFIRMED
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That works. So does ctrl+click. (or shift+click)
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Status: Feta and bacon pizza in the oven. The house smells heavenly.
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@JazzyJosh said:
Cracked Heads Every Valve Rattles Oil Leaks Every Time
Found On Road Dead
Drive Only During Great Emergencies
Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious
This Electric Salesman Laughs Alot
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pizza
@accalia, can you post your pizza dough recipe again? I want to give it a try next time.
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https://what.thedailywtf.com/t/the-wtf-cooking-show-thread/8330/92
I have it in my Chrome bookmarks :blush:
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if (return (product) ? product) { console.log("product is here"); //$scope.checkOrUpdateProduct; },else { console.log("product not here"); //$scope.createProduct(productID, name); };
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Maybe you should start with something simple, like changing brake pads.
I just had them changed, but will try it out when they run down again.
Most cars now have MacPherson struts (specially in the front), so you'll need coil-spring compressor to change it.
Maybe it's the shocks then? I-- I kinda need to learn what things are called. Step 0.
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Canadian Tire. And knowing Lorne is in Canada, that was the best place I could point him to.
And you would be very, very wrong.
Okay, they aren't bad as a shop, but I would never step foot into their garage. I made this mistake of going to them ONCE when I needed an oil change. They changed the oil. Then forgot to put the filter back on. And oil leaked everywhere. "oops"
For any fellow Canuks, if you have a Princess Auto near you, they're awesome.http://princessauto.com/
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I always thought that was client side? I just do a regedit and don't see it anymore.
Maybe a combination. I will see the message "The remote system administrator has disallowed the use of saved passwords" (paraphrase). But only on SOME RDPs, which implies it is a policy set server-side. But if I RDP to an XP machine, and then RDP from there into the same server, it lets me use saved passwords. So maybe it's:
I have a saved password
I don't like saved passwords
Fine, I'll tell the user to type it in insteadvs :pee:
(sends username and password through STDIN)
"Welcome. Setting up your desktop"
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Lay the wheel and tire down on the pavement, run over the tire with another car while missing the rim. Let the weight of the car do it for you.
Noted for next time. I did end up using a second jack to compress the tire to get it onto the rim (and keep the first half from popping off while prying the second half).
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Cheaply? If you bought your tire from a place with a warranty, and the repair/replace is covered, they'll change the tire for free.
I still need to call about the warranty. The place I bought these winter tires from will swap them for free if they're on rims. (they are). Except you have to book, like, a month in advance and be willing to go Saturday at 9am an wait until 4pm, because everyone in Canada gets their tires changed at the same time.
I tend to get the oil changed while the car is up. I also get my wife's tires changed at the same time-- they charge, I think, $15 a tire, and will sometimes do her oil change for free.
Also, maybe it's just my local Costco-- but fuck Costco's tire centers. They'll gladly sell you tires, but in order get them swapped you have to line up during specific hours in order to make an appointment to get them swapped. Except they won't tell you if there's spots available before you get in line. And they will only book 2 weeks in advance, so if they don't have a spot, you come back and line up again.
I'm almost certain it was just the asshole tire shop manager who wanted to sell tires and didn't want to hire extra mechanics to perform work they can't charge for.
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I'd love to read that, but apparently Discourse decided links won't work today.
https://what.thedailywtf.com/clicks/track?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2Fquestions%2F35352179%2Fturning-a-ternary-operator-into-if-else-statement-on-return&topic_id=1673
Fuck you Discourse. Want to bet that there should be an AJAX call there, but they broke their own EmberNodeMarkdownRollit client-side... so rather than firing an AJAX call on click, it replaces the href or something stupid like that.
Fucking Discourse.
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If she ever looked at Fox's bookmarks her head would explode.
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... then again so would mine, so.