November 2024

ATV starting problem #

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM

It's the solenoid.

For the past few weeks, we have had trouble starting our ATV.

I would press the button, the solenoid would click but the starter would not turn.

We compared the voltage coming in and out of the solenoid and determined that it was defective.

I was able to start the ATV with a pair of needle-nose pliers to jump the solenoid.

It also seems that some small animal has made a nest next to the battery and chewed the negative wire to the winch relay.

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My mom caught COVID for the first time #

Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 12:05 PM

She says she will stay away from me until she is negative.

I've never had COVID before.

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God #

Friday, November 8, 2024 at 4:11 PM

To me, existence does not apply to God.

No "God exists." No "God does not exist."

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The ATV starts #

Friday, November 8, 2024 at 4:17 PM

I replaced the solenoid and the ATV starts great now.

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Electric panels : installed #

Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7:50 PM

Me and my dad went to see the two newly installed electrical panels at the house we're getting built.

They are 200 amps each, so 400 total.

The big wires are all aluminium.

It is not yet connected to Hydro-Québec. We had to install our own pole next to the existing pole.

There are two more stories that have to be built.

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My dad caught COVID #

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 12:14 PM

Probably from my mom.

They are both wearing masks, but I may end up catching it too.

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Models and experiments #

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 5:26 PM

You can't rely on the model being accurate.

You have to experiment and modify the model until it fits the experiment.

Never stop experimenting. Never stop changing the model.

I'm thinking of MythBusters.

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Doctors : why vs how #

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 6:36 PM

Doctors are thought how :

They see the disease.
They fix the disease (probably with pills or therapy).

They are not, however, thought why.

I get the impression that for most doctors, the why is so overlooked that it comes from deep within.

Most doctors I've seen seem to want the world to fit within what they see as normal, or "what they like". How they want the world to be.

Everything outside of that, "what they don't like", they want to "fix" and change.

We end up with a system where some people with messed up (or missing) ethics are put in a position of control over other people with full legal right to do whatever they want.

It reminds me of the time I was interned at the asylum.

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I'm cold #

Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 8:25 AM

I have a headache and I am cold.

I might have COVID.

My parents do and they are still wearing masks just in case this is not COVID.

I just took a Tylenol.

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I have COVID #

Friday, November 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM

I just tested positive.

My parents no longer need to wear masks since we all got it.

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Who we are #

Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 3:54 PM

We are defined solely by the opinions of others.

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Apollo 11 #

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 4:11 PM

I just finished watching the 2019 movie.

http://movies.philippe97.ca/Apollo%2011%20%282019%29.mp4.video

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