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Seminal Flu posted:I can't find a lot of info about when to replace HID bulbs. I've got D1S bulbs on the Escalade and I'm sure the light output after 12 years is probably lacking... but am I right? How much do HID bulbs degrade in output over time? Also, any benefit to buying $60 Osram/Sylvania/Phillips bulbs over $15 generics? I'm a huge fan of light so I've erred on the side of crazy in terms of lighting for my own cars. I'm personally a fan of the Osram Xenarc 66240 but they are drat pricey. In terms of quality, the cheap bulbs can have issues with alignment of the arc (will cause issues with the thrown pattern) and may have longevity issues. You can get lucky though, and well, for $15 it's not that big of a risk. The ballasts are the more important bit so an OEM balast with a cheap bulb is a better combo than a high quality bulb with a cheap ballast. HID bulbs will drop to around 75% of their original output around 3,000 to 4,000 hour mark and by 20,000 hours should be around 50% of output if they've survived that long. As Geoj mentioned, there's a colour shift right before bulbs die so it's an easy indicator for requiring replacement.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:It's not the day of or the day after you need to worry about. It's the second day after that you'll need to avoid stairs. And clutches. And anything other than planting on a couch. thanks for the heads up ive gort a cocktail of otc pain meds and anti-inflammatories ive been loading up on preventatively for this very reason
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Geoj posted:As far as generics go...I bought a pair of generic D2S bulbs about 10 years ago (when brand name bulbs were in the hundreds of dollars range) and they're still working fine today. YMMV but if they fail you're only out $15. Bajaha posted:I'm a huge fan of light so I've erred on the side of crazy in terms of lighting for my own cars. I'm personally a fan of the Osram Xenarc 66240 but they are drat pricey. In terms of quality, the cheap bulbs can have issues with alignment of the arc (will cause issues with the thrown pattern) and may have longevity issues. You can get lucky though, and well, for $15 it's not that big of a risk. The ballasts are the more important bit so an OEM balast with a cheap bulb is a better combo than a high quality bulb with a cheap ballast. That's what I was wondering/figuring... the light output seems to be less than it should be, and less than what I've had in other HID headlights before. I'm guessing that I'm seeing a diminished output. I'll throw a new cheapo set in there and see if it makes a difference and go from there.
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Tomarse posted:Check it and check it carefully! Mine would have been paid off a number of years ago except that when I first started working hmrc lost all my payments for 3-4 years (until I noticed) and then it took months to sort it out and they still didn't get it right. I've just spent a week trying to complete my online Self Assessment Tax Return for HMRC, due to finding a bug in their system that they didn't know how to resolve. The last page of the form has a free text box to include additional information about your tax return. It doesn't accept the '%' or '£' symbols in it.
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keykey posted:I was at school all day yesterday and quite appropriately in one of my classes, the topic for creating an effective argument was how to persuade people on either side. The gist was that if your audience has an extreme view on either side, trying to persuade them is a lost cause. Conversely, if your opinion differs from either of those views, you're seen as being the other. This was a super appropriate topic as my wife is a social worker and also has worked with refugees in the past. In any case, we were laying in bed and she opens Facebook and her and her uncle had a heated facebook argument which I think is probably the lamest thing ever, but whatever. Anyway, she asked me what I thought and I honestly don't know enough about the refugee thing and I just said I don't even have an opinion. Instantly I was branded as being for the ban. Sometimes art imitates life. This isn't some complex thing like health care.
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nm posted:If you think that discrimination based on religion or national origin are wrong, you should be against the ban. Remember: This ban was handwritten by a Extreme Right Wing White Supremacist: Stephen Bannon. Its not even two weeks in and we're already in serious trouble.
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The Door Frame posted:Stephen Bannon is also on the National Security Council now If anyone wanted to claim we aren't in a bizarro hell, this is the counterpoint.
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nm posted:If you think that discrimination based on religion or national origin are wrong, you should be against the ban. Fair enough. I haven't had a chance to read the signed document yet and honestly with everything I have going on in my personal life don't think I'll even get around to it anytime soon.
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Enourmo posted:Man, morally I don't wanna go into defense when I graduate, but it's gonna be where like 90% of the market growth is. Barely related: during my time at Pizza Hut, there was an office building that ordered pizza a couple of times a week for lunch. Since I was the main opening driver, I almost always got those orders. Always saw a bunch of flags inside, I finally asked the receptionist what the company did. "All I can say is we contract with the department of defense". So I looked up their web page. Hm... aviation stuff, but with a lot of military photos. Click on locations... Turns out it was a building full of drone engineers (warning for music embedded in the page - who the gently caress does that these days?)
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holy poo poo something clicked and im in full control of the board now. i feel so relaxed! time for some long rear end blues
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I always wished I could snowboard but I'm too much of a wimp. I'm uncomfortable with the feeling you get in your stomach when going fast. Been on one roller coaster in my life and hated it. My reoccurring nightmare is of me going down giant hill and I can't slow myself down at all, I get that feeling in my stomach and then wake up. Majorly not AI.
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i was literally combatting that all yesterday and this morning but like you learn how to slow the gently caress down frontways on command and you work on your muscle memory for that, then slowing the gently caress down backwards, then s turns and use the slow the gently caress downs as an oh-poo poo, and then after like a day of that something clicks and you have full range of motion with your back foot and can relax and enjoy it
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Adiabatic posted:i was literally combatting that all yesterday and this morning but like you learn how to slow the gently caress down frontways on command and you work on your muscle memory for that, then slowing the gently caress down backwards, then s turns and use the slow the gently caress downs as an oh-poo poo, and then after like a day of that something clicks and you have full range of motion with your back foot and can relax and enjoy it There's nothing quite like the feeling of 'hell yeah, i'm doing awesome' *swish swhoosh swish* as you making you're way down the mountain only to be passed like you're standing still by a 2 or 3 year old girl in a pink ski suit with a binky in her mouth. And women in skin tight yoga pants on the slopes are a health hazard.
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Skiing aint skiing unless you have 200-300Kw of V8 in front of you and the snow has long melted into water. And then it becomes hilarious fun and one of the truly great things to do on a hot summer's day.
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Cage posted:I always wished I could snowboard but I'm too much of a wimp. I'm uncomfortable with the feeling you get in your stomach when going fast. Been on one roller coaster in my life and hated it. My reoccurring nightmare is of me going down giant hill and I can't slow myself down at all, I get that feeling in my stomach and then wake up. Majorly not AI. I skimboard/surf and skateboard so snowboarding came kinda natural for me, however all of the ski slopes I have been to had horrible rentals with lovely boots and bindings that wreaked havoc on my ankles after about two hours. The last time I switched to skis and almost killed myself immediately, so I just gave up  I imagine having a proper quality board and boots/bindings fitted would be infinitely better but for someone living in Florida that doesn't get up north much it's kinda dumb.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Skiing aint skiing unless you have 200-300Kw of V8 in front of you and the snow has long melted into water. And then it becomes hilarious fun and one of the truly great things to do on a hot summer's day. Never skied, but my most fun memories as a kid involve an innertube and going 40mph across the water behind my dad's boat. It was so much fun to get slung off and go skidding across the top of the water.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Skiing aint skiing unless you have 200-300Kw of V8 in front of you and the snow has long melted into water. And then it becomes hilarious fun and one of the truly great things to do on a hot summer's day.
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I'm just gonna make the OP a huge ad for my hot sauce.
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blk posted:Peter Thiel just bought a ton of land on NZ like a rat leaving a sinking ship. Many Silicon Valley bigwigs have done the same, driving the price of something already expensive to the out of reach category. gently caress that rear end in a top hat, didn't he just fund a bunch of pro trump bullshit? Or am I thinking of someone else If he was for it he should have to stay here and reap the consequences. Too bad that will never happen.
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Rhyno posted:I'm just gonna make the OP a huge ad for my hot sauce. No one's around to stop you.
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Rhyno posted:I'm just gonna make the OP a huge ad for my hot sauce. As long as it has reference to old Falcon in the garage, I aint gonna report it. quote:gently caress that rear end in a top hat, didn't he just fund a bunch of pro trump bullshit? Or am I thinking of someone else Correct. Theil is / was a huge Trump supporter. Man is an A-Grade oval office.
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Fermented Tinal posted:Well, my house has an empty spare room. Is there an Apple Store there?
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Ferremit posted:I'd like to pretend that AU isnt well on its way to trump grade idiocy in politics, but then I see the race to the bottom between the two main parties that all the loving boomers keep voting into power and I just want to drink myself to death. Speaking of self-medicating australians, has anyone heard from fo3 recently? I remember he was having some difficulties, but I haven't seen him around for a bit. Did I miss something happening?
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:As long as it has reference to old Falcon in the garage, I aint gonna report it. This is also the same guy who thinks that the blood of young people will make hime immortal, right?
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ExplodingSims posted:This is also the same guy who thinks that the blood of young people will make hime immortal, right? Apparently even with all the BS flying about with Trump I still have the capacity to be WTF'ed :: Goes fact check :: Holy gently caress what the hell
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Apparently one of my friends got shipped off to a "Black Site" for holding green card inbounds pulled off flights in violation of the Federal Court order. I'm severely ticked.
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Three-Phase posted:Is there an Apple Store there?
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Reality is happening man. Distractions are nice, but we live here, and our neighbors are being attacked.
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InitialDave posted:"If it doesn't have wheels or an engine, it's not a sport" Another 100km on the new snowmobile. 1049cc's of powder-thrashing fun. Goddamn fun. Went to a buddy's cabin, ripped around, drank and ate a bunch, stayed the night in a cabin heated solely by a wood stove. Goddamn sometimes life is good. Was a nice break from how hosed the world is atm
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Oh hey found out today they'll be a local by election here shortly and the head of UKIP is standing as a candidate. 70% of the locals voted Brexit here so um, great. The main hope against him is a large immigrant population and a decent student population, but see the 70% comment again.
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Rhyno posted:I'm just gonna make the OP a huge ad for my hot sauce. No mods no masters.
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CommieGIR posted:Reality is happening man. Distractions are nice, but we live here, and our neighbors are being attacked.
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