Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: More Lazy(?) Programmers Are Seduced By AI Date: 9 Oct 2026 18:15:22 GMT Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <18d7bd7e3b290a97$107$2277794$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <12qdnUq1zboD3CH3nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <119hk8u$3ovfn$5@dont-email.me> <77evS.21$cuS6.18@fx02.iad> <119lbei$11uku$8@dont-email.me> <119o3mv$21k2o$3@dont-email.me> <11a90kg$73vs$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 02rVSK4tswF2qG31Hgd8aw1OKOBb5ZVcR528tJS9kZU0Yzgq+Q Cancel-Lock: sha1:yA8Lu3TjilQ17egFvp71HHOD1b0= sha256:Nm1sSkRrUBFMhd0manEjprqwvEkceOORn7STGPWNhLg= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93246 On 9 Oct 2026 04:21:48 GMT, Robert Riches wrote: > I'd suggest Rock Auto for the fuel pump (and other stuff). If there are > multiple parts that could fit a particular vehicle, Rock Auto will > usually give you at least some information to help make the right > decision the first time. For example, for the driveshaft u-joints of a > 1999 Chevrolet C1500 (half ton, RWD) Suburban, there are three different > bearing cup outer diameters. Also, the driveshaft can be steel or > aluminum, and some u-joints are coated for an aluminum driveshaft. Rock > Auto gave enough options so I could measure the bearing cups for each > u-joint to get the right ones the first time. Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. The local parts stores are as much a crap shoot as Amazon. The problem was the throwout bearing but I decided to replace the clutch while I was at it. I dropped the pressure plate, looked at what they'd given me, and saw it wasn't going to fit. Another time I got a carb rebuilt kit. That time I looked at the box as I was leaving the store and went back. 'I might be wrong but I'm 99.9% my Ford pickup doesn't have a Rochester carb.' Eventually he came back with a Carter kit. Even my 2018 Toyota Yaris hatchback isn't a safe bet. By that year the sedans were rebadged Mazda 2s but the hatch was the Original Toyota engine. Of course the very similar oil filters aren't the same etc. The hatch also has 1 long wiper blade. I had to take the parts guy out to the parking lot so he could see it with his own eyes. Earlier Yaris and the Mazdas did have two arms, but not mine. > Regarding mowing to mulching in the leaves, does your area have three > seasons? > - mow - rake - shovel > > I have mow, rake, and bail. You betcha. This week was a stretch of high 70s. The forecast is likely snow on Sunday. I don't expect it would amount to much but one year I was waiting for the last leaves to fall and we got significant snow in November that didn't go away until spring. The mower chops up dry leaves fine but doesn't do much with soggy, half frozen leaves. I'll have to make another pass but probably 70% of the leaves are down now.