@All - Goodnight! I'll be back around tomorrow :o)
BTW - All points awarded (I can award) for the month of April. There still some stragglers which I owe some points to, but who either don't have any answers or the answers which are posted really aren't worthy of posting a reward on. I'd love to give those points to them, but cannot in good conscience. Therefore their points are held in escrow.
This order of events makes no sense to me, I'm hoping someone here can see some possible link between them that I can't. Car is a 1998 Toyota RAV4 automatic, FWD:
I had a car-not-starting problem (clicking, no starter) which I fixed which turned out to be electrical, I recharged the battery, ch...
@JPhi1618 very readable Java 8 book: Java 8 Lambdas. If the new job is using all that stuff, that's a good sign!
Safari Books online is a super good way to get access to zillions of books like that btw. It's not impossible that new job has access. I have it from job and from ACM.
Awesome. Once I get to know the tech used day-to-day I'll have to ask for better recomendations.
@BobCross, they have 1 week Agile sprints, and try to get everything done on Thursday. Friday is then a "tech debt" day where you can research, learn, or fix up code that you think needs extra love.
And from what they tell me, If I want something to learn with, they will pay for it.
Super good signs. What do they use to measure technical debt? I'm using Sonarqube here. Static code analysis, bug patterns, etc. produces a prioritized list of issues.
The cross project code duplication detection is brutal
Why are you rewriting this code over here? Problem already solved over there!
@BobCross, Not sure how it's measured, just thought it was awesome that the only schedule real work at 80% and leave the 20 for improvement - self or code...
Well, I know - I've just been in places before that say they want you to improve old code that you touch, but in practice there's never any time for it.
Here it seems like they do make that an actual posibility.
And this is coming from the developers - not a manager. They had a group of devs I will be working with take me to lunch.
They liked me a lot too. After meeting with the head guy for the first 90min, he passed me off to the next guy, and unknown to me he then called the recruiter immediately and thanked them and told them he was going to give me an offer.
I was talking to them about some other issues with the problem we could move on to, and they were like, yea, but honestly we haven't really gotten this far in a long time.
That's how it was - they wanted me to figure it out.
Sounds like a super promising gig! Too bad it's not within commuting range of my house.... ;-)
I'm more in the position of creating that gig here. Possibly where that team was five years ago. Trying to form that critical mass. Turns out, that's really challenging.
Well, let me know if the new gig starts using big words that sound like Java double talk. I'll let you know if they're rea things or if the new guys are sending you on a snipe hunt. :-)
@Zaid dude, you don't have to tell me. I'm a Doctor of nonsense jargon and double talk. One of my good smoke screen terms is "distributed computing." I yell that, swirl my cape and vanish into the mists. Confusion ensues.
@JPhi1618 here's a book you should definitely read: Effective Java by Josh Bloch. Most of it will map back to previous MS languages. If nothing else, you'll get a good feel for how your existing knowledge base maps from old language to new.
Why does blog.stackoverflow.com use disqus? So I have to sign up for another third-party login in order to participate in a SO discussion? How does that make sense?
Someone else was in the driver seat and they were trying to drive. At one point I took out the key and when he put it back in the car wouldn't start. This was yesterday and it still won't start. The brake pedal is stiff and won't move and I can't get the gear down from park. The steering wheel wo...
Yea, I see that from people here and there. I've started to turn mine into answers more often than not even if I don't think it's the best or most complete answer.
Helps answers per question, and normally get a +1 or two.
@BobCross - Yah ... not going to happen until my daughter is out of HS and then probably college. Then it will probably be "retirement" and not a new job ... even though that will probably be a new job ... something I want to do and working for myself.
I'm in the process of remolding my current spot into the place where I want to stay. It just takes years of yelling, cussedness and a steady stream of robot ninja women from the future as interns. It's complicated plan but it seems to be moving forward!
I realized a long time ago that business development wasn't for me. I'm better in the Mad Scientist role. Go get the money and let me run around with hair on fire. Profit!
There's a lot of good answers and discussion about electrical issues and other complicated things, but to me it sounds like the steering lock is under tension and not allowing the key to turn all the way and start.
If you sit in almost and car, turn it off and remove the key, and then turn the s...
Water in the cylinder usually means water in the crankcase on a two stroke
Pulling out water from the cylinder doesn't mean you pulled out all the water. Two stroke engines use ports on the side of the cylinder rather than valves at the top of a cylinder (4-Stroke). The ports run down the outs...
Most of the time Tolerances are tighter on machined parts, especially marine 2 strokes.
Some even have hard chrome cylinder bores, which means you cannot over bore the cylinder, or much of anything else if it is in bad shape, besides buy a new block.
I have only seen it on outboard 2 stroke motors, but then again I don't work on many of them. Chrome like on a bumper, but is a special mix and rocket science to apply it properly, virtually never wears out for the life of the motor, also makes the cylinder walls super slippery, so less drag on rings and piston=more power.
@JPhi1618 Physical assembly of a 2stroke is simpler than a 4 stroke but you are worried more about air leaks than oil leaks. That's the big difference....and usually 2 strokes are roller bearings for the connecting rod and main crank bearings
I'd assume no, but does mechanics take product recommendation questions? I've got a question that someone suggested I migrate here, though I doubt it's on-topic.
Gravel would be better than parking on dirt, mud, straight grass, or anything with a lot of water in it. However its not ideal.
The problem is exactly as you state - water rises and slowly damages your price-and-joy. This may not be an issue if you trade up yearly, but personally my two cars ...
I am getting cylinder misfire OBDII error codes after performing a cylinder leakdown test. During the test, I was turning the crankshaft to reach TDC for each cylinder and I'm now thinking whether it needed to be readjusted again (to a startup position) in order for the firing to run. The engine ...