The official "WTF" thread

[mat200]

this is not 1990..... How the hell do you steal a car these days with today's keyfobs??? (excluding Kia and Hyndai)


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with the right tech, keyfobs make it easy

Car thieves are increasingly using advanced technology to steal vehicles equipped with keyless entry systems by hacking or cloning key fobs. These methods exploit the wireless signals emitted by key fobs, even when they are inside a home. Relay attacks involve using devices to capture and amplify the signal from a key fob near a door or window, tricking the car into thinking the key is present, allowing thieves to unlock and start the vehicle without physical access.

 

[David L]

 

[TonyR]

At 2:35 the newswoman states what I've be preaching for years...insure any product you bring into your home or business and use is UL-certified or listed by the other 2 nationally recognized test labs, CSA or ETL. Failure to do so and the un-tested device causes damage your insurance company very well may try to void your claim.

 

[Sybertiger]

Maybe instead of WTF we need a thread called Common As Fuck

Somali trucker busted driving wrong way down highway failed English test and couldn’t read road signs

Duffy confirmed that the “dangerous trucker is now out of service.”

nypost.com

 

[TonyR]

Maybe instead of WTF we need a thread called Common As Fuck

Somali trucker busted driving wrong way down highway failed English test and couldn’t read road signs

Duffy confirmed that the “dangerous trucker is now out of service.”

nypost.com

Until someone VERY important, like a congressman's grandson or the like, gets killed by such a driver/event we'll continue to see more of this crap.....hope I'm wrong...really I do.

 

[wrapter]

 

[mat200]

People's Republik of Kalifornia passed a law requiring age verification on the OS .. the reaction by OS vendors has started ..


MidnightBSD Responds to California's Age Verification Law by Excluding California
The Lunduke Journal

 

[tigerwillow1]

...insure any product you bring into your home or business and use is UL-certified or listed by the other 2 nationally recognized test labs, CSA or ETL.

The big struggle I have with this is when it's time for a replacement battery for a laptop, cordless vacuum, etc. The OEM battery prices are sky-high, sometimes to the point where it's cheaper to throw away a perfectly good cordless tool and buy a new one just to get the new battery. By comparison the no-name replacement batteries are a good deal, money-wise.

I'm so paranoid about these batteries that in most cases I keep them at a low charge level until needing to use them, and when the house is going to be empty overnight I often put the charged laptop into a tiled shower.

 

[wittaj]

https://dailydot.com/empty-truck-bed-car-wash-tension-wire/

 

[sdkid]

The big struggle I have with this is when it's time for a replacement battery for a laptop, cordless vacuum, etc. The OEM battery prices are sky-high, sometimes to the point where it's cheaper to throw away a perfectly good cordless tool and buy a new one just to get the new battery. By comparison the no-name replacement batteries are a good deal, money-wise.

I'm so paranoid about these batteries that in most cases I keep them at a low charge level until needing to use them, and when the house is going to be empty overnight I often put the charged laptop into a tiled shower.

I have an old Craftsman 19.2 volt set of tools from about 2005-ish. Drill-driver is just about shot and will quit under load sometimes, but the other tools are still great (since they weren't used as much. Sawzall, mini-circular saw have plenty of life left in them, but the batteries are really shot. I upgraded with two name-brand lithium batteries over 10 years ago, and one of those finally quit charging last year. Now I have a use for that sawzall which will require a bigger battery reserve than my one good lithium I have left, so I bought these:



Craftsman has changed hands a few times, and high prices or not, I don't know if you can even GET these kinds of batteries any more from them. Hopefully these cheap Chinese replacements will perform decently enough to see the tools go to the trash bin in several years.

And I checked at Craftsman.com--- no C3 batteries are offered for sale there.

 

[David L]

I have an old Craftsman 19.2 volt set of tools from about 2005-ish. Drill-driver is just about shot and will quit under load sometimes, but the other tools are still great (since they weren't used as much. Sawzall, mini-circular saw have plenty of life left in them, but the batteries are really shot. I upgraded with two name-brand lithium batteries over 10 years ago, and one of those finally quit charging last year. Now I have a use for that sawzall which will require a bigger battery reserve than my one good lithium I have left, so I bought these:

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Craftsman has changed hands a few times, and high prices or not, I don't know if you can even GET these kinds of batteries any more from them. Hopefully these cheap Chinese replacements will perform decently enough to see the tools go to the trash bin in several years.

And I checked at Craftsman.com--- no C3 batteries are offered for sale there.

I bought some like these for a 14v Dewalt Drill. They worked but did not last no where near as long as the original ones from Dewalt.

I just bought their 20v Drill this year for $100, came with 1 battery and a charger. Gave the old drill to my son. I tell you that 14v kept up with the 18v drills when I was on the job sites. It was lighter in weight too..