Onomatopoeia

Except decaffeinating coffee really messes it up.

You'd be surprised how hard it is to find manuals these days.

Manufacturers have taken to:

1. Not printing them at all

2. Hiding them behind paywalls with exorbitant prices

I've never met an engine that doesn't need valve adjustments, even with hydraulic lifters.

Now the adjustment period is far longer today, like in the 100k miles range.

Just be glad you rarely see shim/bucket adjustment these days. Boy was that a bitch.

Very good point about Agile.

As an end-user (that is, the IT staff that will be deploying/managing things), I prefer less-frequent releases. I'd love to see 1 or 2 releases a year for all software (pipe dream, I know). Once you have a handful of packages, you end up with constant change to manage.

I suspect what we end up with is early adopters embracing the frequent releases, and providing feedback/error reporting, while people like me benefit from them while choosing to upgrade less frequently.

There are about 3 apps that I'm a beta tester for, so even I'm part of that early-adopter group.

Interesting stuff how the mechanics of different gun designs comes into play, and how out-gassing control is a consideration relative to use-case.

Thanks for the info - while I'm great with mechanical stuff, I only have a basic understanding of gun mechanics (which is amazing, like so much engineering with 19th century and earlier origins).

I figured the question was kind of "wrong" from my lack of understanding.

The improvement from increased barrel length is a good example of what I don't know.

Agreed

https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/03/the-poorest-us-state-rivals-germany-gdp-per-capita-in-the-us-and-europe

Exactly

But I'm not the one coming on here telling everyone weed eases pain.

Notice what I said: "I've found". I didn't tell other people what would work for them.

SnoBroom/SnoJoe. They're about $10, maybe $15 today.

Hell, I only had that shitty 2' brush thing when I started driving, in a place where there was as much ice as snow, and I still cleared off my car.

At least you have an excuse. So long as you learned for your second winter.

Too many people are just fucking lazy.