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Dad, husband, and mechanical engineer based in beautiful New Jersey. On Reddit I'm u/engibineer.

  • What's a good torque wrench to get?

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  • Oh man, how do I account for anti-seize lube?

  • What's a good torque wrench to get?

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  • Thank you, I hadn't considered that style. All the YouTube videos use the mechanical click type, but you've got me thinking that the simpler beam style might be better for my situation.

  • where do the instances actually reside?

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  • I'm running a Pixelfed instance off of an old PC in my house. Eventually I 'd like to set up a personal Lemmy instance as well.

  • Would a venus fly trap help deal with house gnats?

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  • Venus flytraps are great plants to keep, but they're not effective for pest control, especially against tiny gnats. The gnats you have are probably fungus gnats and your houseplants' soil is infested with their larvae. To get them under control you have to innoculate the soil with nematodes that eat the larvae. The particular brand I got on Amazon aren't available anymore, but the species was s. feltiae and they worked really well. There might be other good or better nematodes, but that's how you get rid of the gnats.

  • Increasing taxes to solve inequality is based on fundamentally wrong assumptions.

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  • Where? I'm not a fan of her, but Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal is just a way to capture some more revenue (to do the things I mentioned) on a more progressive basis. There aren't really any claims here about fixing inequality.

  • Increasing taxes to solve inequality is based on fundamentally wrong assumptions.

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  • Take another shower. Taxes aren't used to fix inequality. They're used to fund infrastructure and services that we all need. They're also used sometimes to redistribute income, but the idea isn't to solve inequality. The idea is to get some income, in one form or another, to people who cannot or should not work, like the sick, children, the elderly, and anyone else excluded from the workforce. This non-working population needs income as much as the working population does and it doesn't make sense to force them to get it in inefficient and harmful ways. Taxation to solve inequality is a myth that isn't happening.

  • You get $500M tax free, excluding lawyers & CPAs, what are your first 5 purchases and why?

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  • Well, I'd definitely get the lawyers and CPAs to make sure that bag is secure and protect my family's privacy as much as possible. After that...

    • I'd hire a high-end architect to renovate my home.
    • I'd hire a personal trainer to help my family get really fit.
    • I'd buy a big vacation for our extended families.
    • Buy a less family-friendly vacation for our friends.
    • Hire a therapist so I don't go insane.
    • There's a small, vacant movie theater in my town. I'd buy it and get it up and running again.
  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    A shell on a rock.

  • [OC] Hey.

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  • Lol I had that one on cassette.

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    Hey.

  • pics @lemmy.world
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    Hey.

  • cute dogs, cats, and other animals @lemmy.ml
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    Hey.

  • My beautiful dog

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  • Good dog.

  • Is there a Decentralised Spotify / Music Platform Alternative?

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  • AntennaPod is pretty great. Apparently it's compatible with a synchronizing service called gpodder, which I believe you can run yourself.

  • What anime world would you rather not live in?

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  • Blame!

  • Should an altruistic organ donor be allowed to restrict their donation to a specific group of people? (e.g. women, gingers)

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  • You're kind of talking about different things. Copyright should of course be abolished along with all private property. I don't rule out compensation to your estate for organs harvested after death and there should definitely be a public bounty/reward system to encourage the living to donate.

    You shouldn't be able to opt out, or at least it should be very difficult to do so, because when you are dead what you have a say in that affects the living should be very limited, because those organs won't matter to you anymore, and because those organs might matter very much to living people. Whether you trust society or not doesn't matter anymore when you are dead.

  • Should an altruistic organ donor be allowed to restrict their donation to a specific group of people? (e.g. women, gingers)

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  • Because living people who are sick might need those organs, which would otherwise just go to waste in your corpse. Also, it good to have a steady supply of organs from the deceased in order to avoid perverse and exploitative market situations.

  • Show me a better flag design

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  • First project ever, made of scrap wood, dark tung oil finsh

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  • This would be a nice upgrade for my wife and I. We've been using a knockoff Rubbermaid for ages. Putting it on the future project list.

  • Should an altruistic organ donor be allowed to restrict their donation to a specific group of people? (e.g. women, gingers)

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  • Hmmm okay, but it has to be difficult to opt-out, kind of like how conscientious objectors have to go through a whole process to get out of military service.

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    A little jumping spider.

  • pics @lemmy.world
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    A little jumping spider.

  • Should an altruistic organ donor be allowed to restrict their donation to a specific group of people? (e.g. women, gingers)

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  • No. Organ "donation" after death should be compulsory. For living donors there should be a publicly funded bounty system where you either take the money or not. Donors and recipients don't get to be picky.

  • Would you explore space if given the chance? Why or why not?

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  • Unlikely. Too lonely out there.

  • Homebrew insulin or diy 3D printed meat?

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  • Really? I've only seen good reviews of the stuff as served by restaurants.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    CrimeDad @lemmy.one

    Homebrew insulin or diy 3D printed meat?

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    Honey bee on a crocus.

  • The Bug Menagerie @possumpat.io
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    Honey bee on a crocus.

  • The Bug Menagerie @possumpat.io
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    Laphria thoracica

  • cute dogs, cats, and other animals @lemmy.ml
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    A fawn waiting for its mother

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Hey, I just got my Pixelfed instance up and running and I was able to post from it to !pics@lemmy.world. Hurray!

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    What does defederating from Meta's Threads.net actually accomplish?

  • Archery @lemmy.world
    CrimeDad @lemmy.one

    If you come over to my house, you might get a G&T and an archery lesson.

    jorts.horse /@fathermcgruder/110640737058299040
  • TrueAnon Podcast @lemmy.ml
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    Clock ticks down in search for missing Titanic tourist submersible