I saw it mentioned in that thread but I can also back up the anecdotal evidence that a stem mount doesn't seem to cause this issue after 6 years. My bike was inline however. YMMV.
When I first noticed this, I thought it was cool that dub-spiderman[0] migrated to using that right away, since he already went so hard with the mrbeast spanish and other dub channels. I assume it's preferable to have all of your subscribers on the one channel.
0: Jimmy's voice in the spanish dub of his channel is the same actor who dubs spiderman.
I had to answer this question for myself, because Miatas were outside of my budget (3000€), and a bit rare to find in the first place where I live (France).
I went with a 1st gen Mini Cooper (2001 to 2006). So far it has been the perfect car to learn on, because I went with a working one and did the basic maintenance plus a few not-too-hard parts that needed replacement (of course your luck can vary, I'm very lucky that the one I chose was in a very good shape).
Why a Mini Cooper? My criterias were (1) a fun car, and by that I mean a 100+hp compact car around 10:1 ratio (2) of course the budget, 3000€ (3) the "fun car" part pretty much guarantees it, but good community support (4) I need to fit in it (I'm tall at 1.88m) and (5) must be Euro 2 or better (so pretty much a gas year 2000 or after car)
Compared to the Miata, it's probably a bit less fun to drive, and a bit harder to work on (everything is super compact in the engine bay), but you get a hard-top and small back seats, which to me means more space to put stuff. I actually carry most of my tools in my trunk all the time and work ... wherever I am. I've spent more time working on my car at my parents or in-laws than in my own garage (which isn't super great to work from).
I have to say I don't regret that choice. As for filming (I do record and did a Youtube channel about my tribulations, though nowhere near this course quality), interior has not been a big issue. Filming under the car while working on jackstands is pretty much impossible though (I'd need to buy a wide angle GoPro and more lights to even entertain a passable quality).
Important note: if you go for a Mini Cooper, prefer a 2005 or 2006 year model (post-facelift) if you go for a 1st gen. Going for a 2nd gen is not advised as they have tons of engine issues, and starting with engine work is not a great idea.
My father did an car maintenance course in the 90s with his Mini City (like this one[1]), which involved taking the car apart and reassembling much like in the OP's video course. He said it was a very valuable experience, and that the Mini was the perfect car to learn on as all the parts were easily accessible and uncomplicated in design.
If useful, here’s an answer: The Suzuki DR-Z400S/SM motorcycle. As one example.
It’s not a car! I know! The thing is that motorcycles are such good learning platforms. They’re small, man-portable (in a pinch), there’s almost everything in there that’s in a car – but much less of it and more accessible. Single-cylinder motorcycles are also good for learning because there’s only one cylinder and one set of valves and one cylinder or fuel injector etc. :) One of everything and everything is smaller and more easily accessible than in a car. In short they’re very hackable machines.
The DR-Z400 is reliable, ubiquitous and cheap. Parts are available. Lots of DIY information out there and easy to find.
I knew NOTHING about cars. Got the motorcycle bug. A DR-Z400S was the most bike for the money here. Bought it. And that’s how I got into this by accident.
Now I know how to swap out a carburator for a bigger one and tune it, tune suspension behavior by simulating the hydraulic valving inside the suspension, maintain brakes, replace tires and pick them for what road feel I want, fix flats on the side of the road, fix a stator if I need to, reduce vehicle weight etc. etc. All by chance. Has nothing to do with me being smart or industrious and everything to do with lucking into ownership of a bike that kind of teaches you how to work on it and has a great online community.
This is a great comment because in my motorcycle group of roughly ~60 or 70 people over the years, maybe 25% have owned a Miata. Apparently the motorcycle+miata crossover is huge. Usually along with an SV650 or DRZ at some point as well.
I never had a Miata but I did buy a DRZ and have a blast on it for about 4 hours. The following morning it wouldn't start and after spending all the time I was willing to spend on doing valves/carb/etc, I decided that the 450 kit was to blame, so I just traded it for a 2stroke! I do hope a sumo will be in my future now that I live in a city, though.
Good luck on your Miata endeavors, I'm sure you wont regret it!
I was lucky that I chose the Miata - it was an affordable car which I wouldn't need to cut the roof off to film inside. I knew nothing about them when I picked it but it really was the perfect choice.
It's a car distilled down to its essence and that's why it's popular for kit cars and conversions. The components are tough, readily available and dirt cheap.
I honestly think I might still choose a Miata because you need to understand everything on this car to go much further. If were were to take the engine out of the equation then I'm afraid I don't know - my recent engineering experience has been with boats and diesels, rather than electric.
Be sure to scroll down to click "Download APK" below the version that you want to download, and not the giant "DOWNLOAD F-DROID" button right above it.
This was a bit confusing on mobile before I came back and scrolled down the page some.
>..the twitter "hack" was someone running phone numbers through the "upload you contacts and find your friends account" feature.
>They are both barely stories, except to remind people that posting stuff publicly is public.
The reoccurring issue is that Twitter and other companies are convincing (and often forcing) you to do something unsafe like linking your phone number, while telling you that your data will be kept private and at the same time opting you in by default, or aggressively marketing, an option that compromises your security.
I'm sure you may be smart enough to know this compromises your anonymity, allows stalkers to find your phone number, etc. but the 99% of users wont.
Linking everything to a phone number is a major dark pattern that benefits the corporations while compromising the user. So rightfully, these malicious and harmful practices should be called out.
Additionally, Twitter collected PII and then did a bad job protecting it. We don't see a phone-numbers-leaked story like this out of Google, which has had 2FA with phone number deployed for years.
Twitter has some 200+ million daily active users and should act like it.
Decide whether people who have your email address or phone number can find and connect with you on Twitter. If you select yes, then someone with l33t skills can "hack" twitter and type in your email / phone number and get your twitter handle (or just put it in their contacts and click a button in the twitter app aka l33t hax0r skills)
The reason there isnt "leak" from google is because they dont offer the functionality to look up your account by your phone number.
As a teen, it was incredibly exciting to find a VA prescription blank dated 1940s in a first edition of Otto Fenichel's The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis that I picked up at a thrift store.
Same here. I was fairly active on my Instagram and used it directly from the app on my phone. One day, while using the search function, I suddenly got locked out.
I sent in the selfie and haven't heard back in over 6 months.
I think I've worked out how tho. They detect VPN/proxies, where there are plenty of libraries to do so.
So I tried creating a VPS in the same city as them last night, used freakin' lynx on a terminal so sans-Javascript, and lo and behold, still detected that I wasn't in their country :/
I find that it largely depends on the keyboard that I'm using, but I can think of two scenarios when it happens to me.
If I'm typing at a steady pace ( no matter the speed), when a finger doesn't get the tactile feedback it expects, it may hesitate while the next finger strikes the next key on the same pace.
And for short commands like, `ls` or `cat`, I often hit the all the letters at nearly the same time which can swap letters.
