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    Asian Blue Coolant

    2EHA destroys certain plastics and synthetic gaskets. It was a good corrosion inhibitor on cast iron but not so great with other materials. Prestone is also generally an OAT, which is fine just not generally as good as a HOAT or PHOAT which is what most Asian formula's are. I believe...
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    Toyota Oil Filters

    My point was that test doesn't really tell you anything. Its not a good test. It was discussed here at length when it was new. There is likely a happy median in flow vs filter performance. Where that is I do not know, but that test doesn't tell you anything about it either.
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    How much per hour should I charge to fix A/C?

    I am certain I would just collapse.
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    The South remains the largest gainer in migration.

    You are the one saying younger people didn't work hard enough or wasted there money. Thats very personal and directed and not founded in facts. I simply responded to someone else that "Gen X can't afford to retire" thats pointing to macro economic statistics regarding savings rates across...
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    CEOs: AI Will Wipe Out Some Jobs

    Education could be one of the biggest benefactors of AI if they did it right. Learning in a classroom at the same pace as everyone else is a waste - I am talking adult ed not children. You either want to learn or you do not. The government should figure out what skills the country needs...
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    How much per hour should I charge to fix A/C?

    Years ago I used a guy moonlighting to pull an engine and do one head. It had one bad valve but the head wouldn't come out in the car - the head bolts hit the firewall. I paid what he said was his actual time - at half the rate shops in the area charged. I paid cash and I think we were both...
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    CEOs: AI Will Wipe Out Some Jobs

    Fair. But there is more nuance to it. Methodology pre ww2 isn't comparable - calculations and estimates. So economists call post WW2 "the modern era". In the modern era highest unemployment rate is around 8% ish - in the 70's and early 80's. Were currently at 4.2% so yes, a far cry away...
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    CEOs: AI Will Wipe Out Some Jobs

    Will it matter? Someone in the world will embrace it, and it will all go there if needed. That place has traditionally been here, or someplace here. You can't stop it.
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    CEOs: AI Will Wipe Out Some Jobs

    I think the difference is that all those things started at the bottom of the skill set. Steam engines replaced ox teams, for example. It will be interesting to watch, to say the least.
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    CEOs: AI Will Wipe Out Some Jobs

    No one. This is exactly what China has been doing to American inventors for 40 years. I am not saying that justifies anything, but no one stopped the Chinese either. They are suing. My guess is like all class actions any money won goes the the lawyers - who should also be replaced by AI...
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    Asian Blue Coolant

    Yes, per Prestone - it has 2EHA - Its probably also just OAT - a real Asian blue is PHOAT. I am too lazy to research further. https://prestone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SDS819.pdf
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    Asian Blue Coolant

    Does Prestone Asian Blue have 2EHA? All of the "good for up to" is just marketing. Will have a little asterix saying refer to your OEM manual and follow their interval.
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    The South remains the largest gainer in migration.

    I grew up about 30 minutes from a small town K-Mart. My wife was about an hour to anything other than a small town grocery store. She won't do it now because I travel for work too much - she doesn't feel comfortable out in the sticks alone. Its not like the old times. If I were home every...
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    The South remains the largest gainer in migration.

    That actually might be a really good metric. I am going to remember that one.
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    The South remains the largest gainer in migration.

    Absolutely. All real estate markets are local. I think you have the same thing in Austin TX - rapidly falling housing, but maybe not for the state as a whole. Same to be said for all individual retirees and their money are unique. Outliving their savings is a real possibility. Were talking...
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    Does Size Matter? Engine Displacement….How Low Can They Go?

    Good observation. I know for example at idle or no load MPI is generally more efficient than GDI. But at load GDI is more efficient. This is the primary reason some companies are going to both. Cleaning the intake valves is a side benefit but not the reason. One would think that a 1.0L in...
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    The South remains the largest gainer in migration.

    You started blasting the "lazy Gen X" - wasted their money, didn't work hard enough, etc. Thats your standard meme on this board. Cell phone's are always made fun of here - "look at that stupid young person with the expensive phone". But reality is its cheaper adjusted for inflation than that...
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    The South remains the largest gainer in migration.

    What your describing is the Hollywood depiction, although there is plenty of debate among economists on where the lines should be. Economists use macroeconomic regimes to define generations - so Boomers simply grew up during the time when the US was the world's dominant manufacturing country /...
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    Does Size Matter? Engine Displacement….How Low Can They Go?

    If you push a smaller engine harder it burns more gasoline at the same power output of a larger engine. Their is a trade off. I can do a smaller engine with a turbo, giving the operator the extra power when they need it (like passing) and benefit. But if I am pushing high boost on a regular...
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    The South remains the largest gainer in migration.

    Yes, but your talking micro. There are billionaires in 3rd world dumps. Your anecdotal data is of no macro value. Successful people will be successful. The reality is that a average intelligence boomer could for the most part walk into a job with a pension, save some additional money on the...
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