“Reduction of complexity” is the name of the game in the auto industry nowadays, so if you’re able to design a modular engine family that supports a common architecture (bore spacing, bore size, valve sizes, valve angles, etc.) and component sharing, it’s a pretty huge cost savings in both base piece cost (due to…

Short answer, yes.

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A lot of this analysis seems to be trying to attempt to fit data to a story. Unremarked is the fact that the second highest concentrations of uranium were found among young, high income urban professionals.

(goes to the jalopnik.com front page)

Or you could read the article.

That’s not just falling over, though. That’s driving a much smaller and unsuspecting person, who lacks any sort of protective gear, to the ground. Considering that we see guys much larger and wearing protective padding/helmets still occasionally get concussions after similar hits, I’d say he should have been aware of…

Because I am an insane person, this sent me down a hole of reading a bunch of the NFL’s rules. There is so much crazy shit in there. There’s a whole list of situations where offensive holding is not supposed to be called that I’ve never heard of, and based on my viewing experience I don’t think the refs have either.

This is the Jetsiest thing I have ever done

I don’t know which comment to respond to, so I’ll just start with the first. There’s a standard of proof here, and it’s preponderance of the evidence. Standard in a criminal case is beyond a reasonable doubt. In a criminal case, it’s extremely difficult, if not impossible, to get a conviction without the victim’s…

The issue here is that colleges are simply not equipped in any kind of way to engage in such activities. They are not motivated by law or justice or good of any kind. They act to protect their endowments and lines of business, like any other company would do.

Yes I think everyone is looking at the grille and ignoring the fact that the rest of the car looks like a real car.

Several current mid-sized sedans meet this terrible definition of ‘fastback’.

That video was kind of fixed in that the diesel truck started in “granny” low gear and went through every gear, something you would never do with an empty trailer.

35k lbs? Ok, so the empty semi goes pretty well. Now add a typical 40,000 lbs of cargo and see how it goes. Empty runs prove little to nothing about tractor trailers.

Meanwhile, crossovers are still languishing north of 10 seconds in many cases.

You are aware that boxers are commonly referred to as “fighters” and a boxing match is typically referred to as a “fight,” correct? And even technical or defensive boxers are known as “technical fighters” or “defensive fighters.” And he’s 49-0. If Laura had called him one of the greatest knockout artists or sluggers,…

It’s true; fan blast temperature will theoretically increase with higher heat load, but the benefit—as far as I can tell—is that you won’t have as intense localized temperatures, which means you can cut down on heat shielding of surrounding vulnerable parts.

Starred for Solidworks rant

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