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Location: Raleigh, NC, USA

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Technologies: Python, R, Postgres, SQL, DBT, Airbyte, Metabase, Git, AWS

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Looking for Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering ideally. Formally trained as a Data Scientist, and I have a Data Analyst + Marketing background. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Well, to be fair, the oil weight is a result of CAFE standards. Squeezing out another .5mpg at the expense of an engine needing to be replaced at 115K miles (outside of warranty, of course) is the cost. There are other costs to improve fuel economy, like being stranded on the side of the road with no spare tire when you have a flat.

Web app that helps motorcyclists and automotive enthusiasts find fun roads to ride/drive. Uses OpenStreetMap data and currently indexes all roads in the US and Portugal. The "YawRate" of a road is a single number that sums up how fun a road is.

https://app.positiveyaw.com

If anyone likes this interface, I highly recommend Vimium on Chrome and Firefox.

Looking forward to see where you go. I used forums primarily for my automotive hobbies, but they all seemed to have died around 2013-2015 as Facebook groups took over. Still, forums are often the best place to find good information. I worry about the day that Facebook solves the search and weekly "repeat topic" problems that are the only thing holding it back.

It's a shame phpbb, vbullettin and other big players in the space were too slow to adapt to mobile.

>3) Planes don't feel "right" at the edges of the envelope.

Is there a simulation that does this well? With regard to racing sims, there's still some argument on what has the best tire model. I can only imagine how complex aero and airplane models must be.

Do you also feel the same way about ideas from Peter Sunde, Kevin Mitnick, Shawn Fanning and the like?

Dismissing ideas because of the origin rather than the content doesn't seem very open minded.

If you haven't read it, you'd probably enjoy (and anyone interested in process) The Toyota Way by Liker.

At risk of being an annoying PSA: If it has a center of gravity higher than sedans or doesn't have a D-pillar, it's (probably) not a station wagon.

No, they're aftermarket. Here's what the factory signals look like: https://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200701/2007-honda-cbr...

I don't get this--if visibility is the real issue, perhaps re-installing the factory turn indicators would have been a better solution.

This is critical. Worse still, they might be trying to not be a squeaky wheel for any number of reasons. Giving them attention from higher-ups might not be so positive in their eyes.

I had a similar feeling when I saw the PS2 had a logo on the front that could be rotated if it was in vertical orientation. Really nice thought put into these details.

Black Crows, REM, Kooks... I really kept reading this assuming it was a troll post, but still entertained by the anecdote!

Also the ability to identify off-by-one errors

Yes, the starters are designed differently. Engine oil really isn't going to have enough time to leave bearing surfaces and the valve train in any significant way. First start of an engine after hours of sitting is where lack of oil is a concern. Priming the fuel pump is for short crank time and start reliability, not reducing engine wear.

The difference is that tuning an IC engine is pushing components into/past its designed safety/mechanical thresholds. Does 'tuning' a Tesla actually do this? If it is designed to perform at this level after paying Tesla, how could they deny warranty coverage with Magnuson-Moss in mind?

You should read Delivering Happiness

I had 3 hard drives (likely) fail because of brownouts regularly occurring at a residence when high-amperage devices kicked on (power tools, air con, hairdryers, etc). The line would drop into the 80-90v range (120vac) which wasn't enough to turn anything off, but you could notice the lights "flicker." After a voltage conditioning UPS was added, haven't had a hdd failure

You would have to know the rolling resistance of the tires, aero load, and the exact amount of horsepower the engine is outputting to the wheels. It is impractical, once you consider engine wear, air density, and probably a few other factors required to get a correct reading.

Assuming all tires are the same, I think this would be most applicable for weight distribution alone, but not really for the weight. For performance applications, distribution is most important

The author also did not ensure the ground was level, which of course would have an effect on the weight distribution.

> one gun for every third person.

I would suspect it's a high rate of long guns, not hand guns.

"I'm just adding numbers, why do I need 'public static void main'?"

Try a UTF8 CSV with Windows-1252 free-form text in some fields. I believe dealing with character encoding is the most frustrating thing a developer can do.

It's actually a stylized Bavarian flag, the propeller story is a myth

Is it possible to get XY from XX and XX?

Is software engineering a real engineering discipline, though? I have a hard time saying yes when "software engineers" make mistakes that are well documented, no certification is necessary, and it isn't a legal definition.

That was Path. [0]

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(social_network)

I've found that merges in California are also quite different from what I've experienced on the East Coast. It seems that in California two lanes simply lose their separating lane stripe and it serves as a merge.

Also, I find California's Botts' Dots[0] insufficient at marking lanes clearly, but I do like the tactile feedback.

While I'm mentioning gripes with California roads, the freeway/highway entrance markers just seem to be staked onto the entrance of the on-ramp—and often, if approaching, the sign is just after the entrance ramp.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botts%27_dots