The Advice Thread

[Motor City Sonics]

Looking for recommendations for those who does brakes and won't rip me off. 

Either in the Dearbor/Dearborn Heights/Allen Park area   or   Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area.       

 

An unsettling feeling based on the sound of my brakes.  

 

Thanks.  

[oblong]

I've heard great things about the Oil Exchange Place near us.  They own the garage next door. They were great before and they changed ownership and I've heard from a few that the new people are just as good.

 

[Motor City Sonics]

My mom lost access to her You Tube TV.....again.........can't get it restored because she just doesn't EVER keep track of passwords (and we go through this a few times a year). So when I was trying to help her get restored I hit the FORGOT PASSWORD button which then asked for a password. HELLO ! I FORGOT THE PASSWORD, HOW CAN I ENTER A PASSWORD I FORGOT? Has anyone ever had to deal with something like this before? How do we get out of this loop?  

 

 

I get furious with her over this password thing.   She just doesn't get it.  I don't know why she just refuses to manage them.   So, I am giving up on the streaming tv stuff and we're going to get cable for her again and she can pay way too much.     I don't understand how some people just refuse to deal with any technology changes.   My mom is 84 but she is not senile at all.   Very basic stuff here  but she just refuses to learn anything about it.    I tried to get her to do the streaming thing to save her money from her insane cable bills.  I got her a Netflix account and she never used it.  How do you do this? She asks.   You push the button that says Netflix and then use the directions to search for things and then push the center button.   Nope.  Can't do it.    She could navigate Real Estate laws and deal with all of those changes, but can't search Netflix.  So frustrating. 

 

  I work with a person who is actually afraid of tech.  I'm not a wiz at, but I know the basics of how to do the job and if those basics change (and they will) I will learn it as quickly as possible.   And it's not very likely that you'll be able to find a decent job that doesn't require some sort of tech use. 

Edited October 18 by Motor City Sonics

[Screwball]

I found this entertaining, and as a DIY'er, troubling. Only a minute and a half.

 

[gehringer_2]

44 minutes ago, Screwball said:

I found this entertaining, and as a DIY'er, troubling. Only a minute and a half.

 

What should be easier to QC than the actual length of measuring device?

Of course just because he hooked up the the ends uniformly doesn't mean he checked that the inside/outside slide at the end wasn't stuck or binding on some, I've seen that often enough on cheap tapes. That could be 3/32" One would assume he would check that, but it's the internet so who knows?  

[Screwball]

I would think he looked at that, and they don't look dirty. I've noticed this with my own. Over a long distance that can be big, especially if you buy something to size and is calibrated to the proper length - and your tape isn't - missed it by that much 20 some feet away. Even in this video and any tape, how accurate is the 8 foot?

What to trust anymore? Math - the 3,4,5 rule in construction is a good place to start.

[Screwball]

For those who use Firefox, is there a way to make the scroll bar on the right side wider? 

[gehringer_2]

30 minutes ago, Screwball said:

For those who use Firefox, is there a way to make the scroll bar on the right side wider? 

have you tried : 

about:config

search for 

layout.css.scrollbar-width-thin.disabled 

set it to false and see if that makes any difference?

(note: it doesn't seem to do anything here but I'm running Linux, so I can't say what it does in Windows or MacOS.)

Edited yesterday at 04:17 AM by gehringer_2

[Deleterious]

In your address bar type: about:config

there will be another empty address bar up top.  In it search for:

widget.non-native-theme.win.scrollbar.use-system-size

Make sure that value is set to false

Then again in the address bar search for:

widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override

there will be a number for the value.  Just enter whatever you want, higher being wider.

[Screwball]

On 11/15/2025 at 11:14 PM, gehringer_2 said:

have you tried : 

about:config

search for 

layout.css.scrollbar-width-thin.disabled 

set it to false and see if that makes any difference?

(note: it doesn't seem to do anything here but I'm running Linux, so I can't say what it does in Windows or MacOS.)

 

On 11/16/2025 at 2:46 AM, Deleterious said:

In your address bar type: about:config

there will be another empty address bar up top.  In it search for:

widget.non-native-theme.win.scrollbar.use-system-size

Make sure that value is set to false

Then again in the address bar search for:

widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override

there will be a number for the value.  Just enter whatever you want, higher being wider.

Thanks but this didn't work either. Not sure what is going on. Will mess with it more when I have time. It is there, just really skinny. Nothing makes it wider it seems. AI wants me to setup a css file. I messed with that a little and it doesn't do anything either.