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I used a 10mm masonry bit to drill for a 10mm plastic anchor like that pictured. The anchor spins freely in the hole, which I think is expected.

First mistake. For crumbly material you should use a 9.5 or a 9. The plug should fit tightly, as tight as possible while still getting in with some gentle hits with the butt of the screwdriver or even a hammer.

The screws are alright, I guess. For a 10mm plug, you’d use 5-7mm screws (read the instructions on the packaging, sometimes on the plug itself). It should be at least a bit longer than the plug, and the hole a bit deeper than the screw length.

Now there might be a solution to the hole too wide. You need to get the screw a bit screwed in, as it gets in the plug will spread and hold to the wall. If you can do it with the plug out of the wall it’ll be easier, depending on what you’re fixing to the wall and how, once it opened a little and it’s a tight fit, hit them all together (with any braces or whatever that needs to be with the screw) into the hole until the plug is flush with the wall, screw it all the way in, and then tighten it. If you cannot and you have to do it with it in the wall, another trick is to try screwing in the screw with fast, short bursts (hand screwdriver or electric / power drill). If the plug don’t even have enough grip for this and it keeps spinning in the hole, try to keep it from moving with the tip of a small flat screw driver or electrician scissors, once the screw is going in it’ll start to hold by itself.

The part where you tighten it after the screw is all the way in is important. This makes the screw pull from the end/middle of the plug and deforms it, shaping it to the hole so it gets a proper hold.

The problem is worsened by the fact that as I screw, the anchor is coming out by about 5mm. So it’s even shallower than when I start screwing.

(update 2)

Now I see why I cannot get the anchor to be flush with the brick: I only drilled the hole deep enough for the anchor to be flush with the plaster layer.

The plug doesn’t need to be flush with the brick, you can see that part of the plug is completely flat and smooth, and doesn’t make anything for support or grip, is there because of the plaster. The hole needs to be deep enough for the screw tho, or it will push the plug out.

First thing is checking they’re rated for your weight. If they are, I think the problem is not a loss of pressure because I would’ve gone soft very fast in a couple up-downs. So imo (not a specialist in pneumatic things, but I’m pretty good with machines in general) it must be the valve you move with the lever not closing properly. I have a couple chairs at work that don’t have spring-loaded levers and you have to push down them for the chair to stay at the chosen height, so try pushing the lever a bit. If it’s an outside problem—something bent or badly adjusted, dirt or something that stops the movement of the mechanism— then you might be able to fix it, but if it’s an inside problem with the valve itself, it’s worn out or gets stuck, then I’m afraid you’ll have to replace the whole piston assembly.

To answer your questions, as I said I don’t have that much experience with pneumatic parts, but parts in general are never too standard nor very custom, that is they usually are standardised but there are so many standards and specifications and variations that yours may be hard to find. Look for references/codes printed on the cylinder, the specifications you’ll need to find another one would be diameter(s), length(s), displacement, pressure/force, there could be also different kind of fastening types and ways to actuate the valve.

How hard it’s going to be, I can’t tell, but it’s most likely possible to do.

Sounds dangerous, you’d hurt yourself or the people around you all the time. Maybe you could wear little sheaths on them. But still illegal, most likely, if the cops see they’re sharp you’ll be fined (at least) and get them removed.

What about if blades illegal? And before you go there, yeah defence sprays illegal, sticks illegal, stones illegal, even a fucking spoon illegal if they think or you state that it’s for self-defence.

First, you’re confusing me with the other commenter. I just asked about what you said.

Second, you didn’t answered that question.

Third, gender neutral restrooms, bathrooms, toilets, latrines, outhouses… have been the norm for most of human history, gendered ones are the recent invention not the other way around.

Most people don’t want there to only be gender neutral bathrooms.

I don’t know, honestly. Most people don’t have gendered bathrooms in their homes, do they? Also, what I do know is that ‘most people’, quote, “favor laws that require transgender individuals to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth”, so I don’t think ‘most people’ arguments are of help here when it’s well known that most people will just go along with the status quo without a second thought.

Excuse me but, what makes genderless bathrooms impossible to implement or impractical? I do get that the bathroom issue is just superficial and going genderless wouldn’t be a real solution to the hate and bigotry, but I’ve always found gendered toilets quite stupid.

No, it is not? It’s slightly below the average of the EU (15.1% youth unemployment), and around 10% below my (European) country.

Also I suspect (couldn’t read the whole article because it’s paywalled) that it’s not the same statistic they’re talking about given they’re using the word ‘joblessness’ and not ‘unemployment’. In Europe, not every person without a job is counted for the unemployment rate, only the ones actively seeking for a job, able to start in less than two weeks… and other things depending on the country, in mine you have to be registered at the unemployment services as a ‘job seeker’ for example (which is something not everyone does automatically unless you are eligible for some benefits, much less young people).

Has this guy ever even written any code? Can anyone name a piece of software he’s worked on? Isn’t he like a self-help author for programmers?

Well, I believe in sickness too. And, yes, I also feel pity for Epstein and company, look at them, do you think those are happy people?

Don’t get me wrong, I ain’t no saint and this isn’t any of that ‘other cheek’ crap. I do hate to live in a world full of sick, dumb, fool, shortsighted people, but in a more ‘hate the game and not the player’ way, specially since playing it is not really a choice.

To solve this issues, or any problem really, it’s needed some understanding. I’m not very good with people or with social matters, nor do I like them much, but I think the attitude on your comment of ‘I’m glad this bad thing is happening because it’s hurting the other people more’ isn’t helping.

Do you deprive these people of your compassion because you think they are evil? Because I sincerely don’t believe in evil. I believe in stupidity, folly, shortsightedness… and the people affected by them do have my compassion and my empathy.

Also, given what you said I’d bet you voted for a billionaire-friendly, genocide supporter, fucking cop. So you, in that case, too have my compassion and empathy.

It’s an acronym, tho. From the Wiktionary page for ‘acronym’:

The broader sense of acronym inclusive of initialisms (as TNT) is sometimes proscribed[3] but was the term’s original meaning and remains its more common meaning.

So it seems like a bunch of prescriptivists just made up this distinction, included it in some style guides, and then tried to proscribe the other meaning or something.

I don’t think it can get as low as 100N, for that you would have to pull completely upwards. The shadow in the image implies a ceiling, so ~112N if we take 90° as the max angle. The 150N would be the only case with a completely downward force, if you pull at another angle the resulting force vector will be angled as well.

Nope. Right now the system is balanced, the rope is not being pulled just hold. To pull the weight up you need more than 50N, plus a bit more if we take into consideration the friction in the pulleys and in the rope itself.

I’m also in Europe, and the other commenter said theirs ‘shipped out of the states’ so I’m guessing they’re not American either. I got it reserved as soon as it went up, so more likely that one day of difference in getting into the queue is the cause for the massive difference.

Quite good, so far. To be honest I haven’t got around to game that much so I’m still to try it to its full potential, but I can already say that it’s super nice and comfortable. If I had to I’d certainly wait until December to get it and not get carried away and buy another (like I was tempted to do), unless you need a controller sooner or see another one that you like better, idk.

Oh mate! I reserved it on May 8th, ordered June 6th, and it arrived on June 15th.

Or older. Or this could be a family-run business in rural Alabama. Hard to say from the small fragments of information the commenter provided.

Oliver is a sweet, handsome boy doing his very best with the one brain cell that was given to him. A 10/10 good kitty, that he is.

The pun is that ‘ground’ can be a noun meaning ‘soil, earth’ as in playground or underground, or the past simple and past participle of ‘grind’ as in ground coffee or ground meat.

Not at all. I boarded lots of planes with food brought from outside the airport. Even international, back to Europe from the USA I went through the controls with some left over chicken no problem.