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  • A year ago I learned that in my state most motorcycle crashes are single party (meaning there was no other vehicle/pedestrian involved), and of those, most motorcyclists were under the influence (drunk or drowsy). Still the most dangerous mode of transportation any way you cut it, but that particular mode of transportation happens to be really attractive to knobheads, just being a responsible rider will improve your odds on the road by leaps and bounds.














  • 0ops@piefed.ziptoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 months ago

    My parents got me started on basic stuff like scrambling eggs, boiling pasta, and following basic recipes, but everything past that was basically self taught. Both my parents can cook just fine, but as time went on they did it less and less often, so by the time I was in highschool I made most of my own meals, not usually anything too fancy but I never relied on the microwave at least.

    I’ve been using YouTube as a resource more and more the last few years. Helps a lot to figure out the stuff that my parents didn’t teach or that I couldn’t easily trial and error. Firstly, it’s nice seeing someone else do it and secondly as blogger-type recipes grow more and more long-winded it’s honestly not much of a time difference


  • the majority of engine wear in passenger automobiles occurs at startup.

    Cold startup. Oil temps don’t instantly drop the second the engine shuts off. The only real additional wear is on the starter, flywheel, and battery, but then every auto start system I’ve heard of is overbuilt specifically to deal with that.

    Also, during auto stop, the catalytic converter cools down a bit, so emissions go up.

    The car’s not emitting at all when it’s stopped. Any emissions prevented by idling to keep the cat hot are dwarfed by what was emited to…do nothing except keep the cat hot. It’s like spending $5 to save $1.

    Look buddy I don’t even like auto-stop and my car’s too old to have it anyway, but this is misinformation