stainless hose clamp
That's exactly what I was about to do
I didn’t actually mean to remove that piece. The bolts and nuts had rusted away, and it fell off while I was hammering the old exhaust loose. I had to cut the remaining bolt shafts from the DPF flange and drill new holes for through-bolts.
You usually don’t lose anything by at least trying to fix something that’s already broken. At worst it'll just remain broken. Even if I don’t intend to repair it, I’ll still usually tend to disassemble it just to see what it looks like inside - and there’s often a part or two I can scavenge for the “DIY box” in case it comes in handy later. I also don’t worry too much about how pretty the fix is, as long as it works. Also, there's instructions for almost everything online. Just go for it.
Turns out the rattling was coming from the heatshield of the DPF so I spent a day replacing a part which wasn't even the source of the issue. Well, atleast I've got a new exhaust now and did some underbody rust prevention while I was at it.
You can invest in index funds online. I passively earn over a month's salary that way every year.
The issue with giving up territory beyond the current front lines is that this would leave the Ukrainian fortified positions behind enemy lines and if Russia continues the war then there's nothing stopping them from advancing. That's why Russia doesn't want a ceasefire either because Ukraine would just use that time to further build up their current defensive positions making it even harder for Russia to advance in the future.
As a self-employed general contractor-handyman-plumber, I feel pretty secure about the future of my work prospects. If anything, an AI that could reliably deliver correct information would be immensely useful in my line of work, given how I run into technical questions on a daily basis.
No, it doesn’t make it conscious - but you also can’t prove that it isn’t, and that’s the problem. The only evidence of consciousness outside our own minds is when something appears conscious. Once an LLM reaches the point where you genuinely can’t tell whether you’re talking to a real person or not, then insisting “it’s not actually conscious” becomes just a story you’re telling yourself, despite all the evidence pointing the other way.
I’d argue that at that point, you should treat it like another person - even if only as a precaution. And I’d even go further: not treating something that seems that "alive" with even basic decency reflects quite poorly on them and raises questions about their worldview.
The article states that it was caught on surveillance camera.
That's actually kind of clever. I wouldn't immediately know how to counter this map on a debate.
Edit:
ChatGPT: On this map, distance from Australia to South America is absolutely enormous — thousands of kilometers longer than it is on a globe. Yet in reality, there are direct flights from Santiago to Sydney that take about 12–14 hours. On this map, those flights would be absurdly long or impossible. Airlines can’t be faking that because passengers time them, track them on GPS, and even bring their own fuel calculations.
There's dozens of us
Seems justified to me. There's no way of telling a fake gun from a real one at a distance and if you point it at the police when they're telling you to drop it, that's just asking to get shot.
Now how am I supposed to get this to my desk without either spilling it all over or burning my lips trying to slurp it here. I've been drinking coffee for at least 25 years and I still do this to myself at least 3 times a week.
I figured I’d give this chisel knife a try, since it’s not like I use this particular knife for its intended purpose anyway but rather as a general purpose sharpish piece of steel. I’m already carrying a folding knife and a Leatherman, so I don’t need a third knife with a pointy tip.
Is it not debt when you owe money to the bank?