Just handing them money? No, I don’t. I don’t have much myself.

But I do work in a downtown area near a shelter and see a lot of the same people pass by every day. I’ll give them cold water and extra food if I have it. Certain others I will let go through my scrap metal for stuff they can sell to recyclers, and occasionally I’ll hire someone for the day to help me clean.

I still feel like a dick setting in my air conditioned truck ignoring the person setting outside in 100F+ weather with a “help me” sign.

I imagine it’s like driving a Reliant Robin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8

At the moment, about all you can do is let others know and submit the log to EFF so they can better understand how these stingrays are being used.

Or I guess if you’re feeling froggy; look around for a van/trailer with suspicious antenna(s).

You can help

I flashed a $10 orbic to take to local protests.

Don’t worry, it’s still sufficiently janky. Apparently the databases containing all that info just disappear when the companies shut down.

https://www.aaha.org/trends-magazine/publications/microchip-company-closes-unexpectedly-what-it-means-for-pet-owners-veterinary-practices/

Taking out ~10 screws to remove the bottom panel and access the battery? That’s par for most laptops.

Kind of I guess. Didn’t have home internet so I would park my car in a home depot parking lot with a laptop torrenting off the public wifi and then walk the rest of the way to work.

Bottom.

I wonder how many of those carriers actually have plates.

No; I don’t think there will be.

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You 3D print something with no serial and it’s untraceable.

Except for all the metal parts they used a debit card/paypal to buy.

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Oh I’m sure there was. Unlike my neighbor who put up an official looking “No street parking” sign in an attempt to keep people from parking in front of their house. It lasted maybe 2 weeks.

Always question authority.

LPT: Not all signs are legally binding or even enforceable.

For what it’s worth I have yet to actually physically see a new vehicle without an oil dipstick.

It seems to be mostly a euro thing. BMW stopped using oil dipsticks nearly 2 decades ago. Land Rover also somewhere in the late 00’s.

But I agree it’s a moronic idea. Not only does it prevent you from checking oil condition like you said; if it’s after an oil change, it takes about 15min just to check the level (and another 15 if you messed it up). At $150+/hr shop rates, that adds up.

I know that is true for AC stuff, but is it for DC?

Also these are high end, $500+ video cards, is another $5 in material going to change much?

XT connectors are designed for two big conductors.

Most of these melty connectors are only carrying 2 rails, 12v+ and ground. There isn’t a need to have 12 connections do the same thing as 2.

Why can’t we just use more robust connectors (xt60 for example)? Or higher voltages? Trying to send low voltage, high current through a bunch of tiny connectors and hoping none of them melt seems silly. Is it just because no one wants to challenge the standard?

ABS would be better in that regard, it has a higher plasticity and less likely to fragment. But the one in the OP is PVC. ABS pipe is black.

Edit: And I’m pretty sure ABS doesn’t show either.