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I have a project that requires using rubber tubing to provide tension. I would like to find a more elegant way to terminate the ends of the tubing, while providing a relatively easy way to attach it, probably via a hook, or more likely a captured pin system. I could probably get away with knotting it, but that will require a lot of space, and would be fugly.

Google has failed. I beseech the great hive mind - Please Share Thine Knowledge!!

I want to get an idea for when and how many bugs are getting zapped by bug zapper. It's in my garage, and it's for mosquitos, because they are bad this year for some reason. Would the govee smart outlet with monitoring work for this, or is the monitoring more of an average over time periods type thing?

Totally open to other suggestions, as well. I need a killawatt type monitoring solution that also logs in a way I can detect spikes.

Thanks!

I got tired of paying the mechanic for simple oil changes. I used to do my own oil changes, then time got more valuable than the money. Now I'm doing our oil again, and it's my first time changing the oil on a Toyota. The Rav 4 has this extra spigot thing that you shove into the filter housing, which frees a ball valve and lets the oil drain from the housing. Great. In theory.

Mine went half way in and just popped out. No oil. So I went a little harder. Nothing. So I braced myself against the tire and damn near broke my thumb. One side popped in and oil ran down my arm. Of course, when I stopped pushing it fell back out. So I pushed that thing in and held it until my thumbs were screaming. After that, I said fuck it and just took off the hosing. When I got the housing off, I tried banging it in, and it still wouldn't go in.

Is there at trick to this? Am I just dumb? Did I get a bad one? Is this common? There are a lot of extra steps in the toyota compared to my old VW! I don't mind, assuming they work!

Thanks for allowing the rant. Please let me know what I did wrong!

I just got a Hisense 5.1 system from Costco because downmixing to stereo was making it impossible to hear voices. Honestly, I don't care about the surround sound as much as just hearing the audio. That said, it's pretty neat.

For the most part it's good, except maybe a few times an hour of watching, there is an instant where the audio seems to shift to the right substantially. It's like an audio pop in that it's instantaneous. It's there, and it's gone. When I rewind and replay that part of the video, it doesn't happen. I've tried different surround sound modes (it has Off, Pro, and Pure) and it happens on both of the modes where it's turned on (pro and pure). I need to run more testing to see if it's present in the off setting. I can't replicate it, so I'm restricted by the amount of time I have to sit and watch, which isn't much.

First question: is there a word for this, so I can communicate and troubleshoot more effectively?

Second question: Are there common culprits for whatever this is?

Finally, is this usually symptomatic of a cheaper system, or a defective unit? I don't want to go through the hassle of an exchange if it will just have the same issue.

That is all. Just happy.

I currently have some diamond plates. I got the durasharp 3 stone set (300 / 600 / 1200) several years ago, and while the 300 wore out almost instantly, the 6 and 12 hundred plates work fine. I picked up a sharpal 220 / 600 plate to flatten the back of a plane blade recently, so I have a shiny new 1K diamond plate as well. So that's what I currently have (plus a green paste strop).

I'm thinking of adding a splash and go stone or two for polishing up the edge. Honestly, I'm not sure it's necessary, but I figure this is a good place to ask.

I've heard the shapton 5K stone sucks. Coming off of a 1200 diamond stone, what splash and go stone would be a good jump for the final stage? I've seen Rob Cosman use a 16K Shapton glass stone, but I don't want to spend that kind of money.

Am I just looking to burn money here for no real benefit? Should I focus on a better strop setup instead?

Any guidance here is welcome.

Thanks!

I currently have some diamond plates. I got the durasharp 3 stone set (300 / 600 / 1200) several years ago, and while the 300 wore out almost instantly, the 6 and 12 hundred plates work fine. I picked up a sharpal 220 / 600 plate to flatten the back of a plane blade recently, so I have a shiny new 1K diamond plate as well. So that's what I currently have (plus a green paste strop).

I'm thinking of adding a splash and go stone or two for polishing up the edge. Honestly, I'm not sure it's necessary, but I figure this is a good place to ask.

I've heard the shapton 5K stone sucks. Coming off of a 1200 diamond stone, what splash and go stone would be a good jump for the final stage? I've seen Rob Cosman use a 16K Shapton glass stone, but I don't want to spend that kind of money.

Am I just looking to burn money here for no real benefit? Should I focus on a better strop setup instead?

Any guidance here is welcome.

Thanks!

I find it very distracting having the rear speakers acting like primary speakers. Can I set it so that they are disabled unless there is an actual surround sound source playing?

What a fool am I?

For a few years I've used a cheapo honing guide from (IIRC) eclips. I can't find it anymore, but it looks like the wood river one is the same thing. For a long time I only had a #5 that drove me nuts because I had to put the lateral all the way over. I figured it was the 115 year old tool. Nope.

I just picked up a same-type #4 by chance, and sure enough, after flattening the old blade and sharpening it up, I had the same problem. Turns out, the guide I'm using is canted or something. I can't figure out a way to correct this on the guide. I'm seating the blade all the way, and other than that, there isn't much that I figure I can be doing wrong that would cause this.

I guess my question is, am I missing something stupid that will make me feel foolish for missing it? Do I just need a better guide? If so, what should I be looking at? I won't mourn this, or anything, but I'm a bit of a tightwad.

Thanks!

I have a zip file from my honeymoon many years ago. It's encrypted. It uses RSA AES. That's all I know, aside from the contents, which are, well, honeymoon stuff. I've always held out hope that at some point, it would be easy to recover it. I ran Jack the Ripper for a few weeks once, but that was years ago.

A few questions:

1. Is it hopeless?

2. If not, given my limited hardware (my most "powerful" machine has a gtx970 I think) are there any tools available today that might be able to defeat the encryption?

3. Any idea on how long I will need to wait until it becomes trivial / possible given the way tech is advancing?

Finally, is there another way to approach this that I am missing? I am reasonably tech savvy. I've built a lot of machines, run a slew of self hosted servers via proxmox, run OpnSense, etc. I've never really spent time learning the darker arts. I just want to get these files back!

Thanks!

I am in the Sacramento area helping my uncle set up his new place, and he mentioned an idea that requires some CNC work. I don't have my tools here, and even if I did, I don't own a CNC that can carve up full sheets. I've called around to a few places, and don't seem to be getting anywhere. Does anyone know of a cabinet shop, or makerspace, or community shop with access to large CNC that rents out shop time?

Thanks!