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by chiph 4y ago
There are CV writing/review services available, but I can't recommend one that specializes in technical jobs. Perhaps someone else here can. Because it sounds like there's something about your CV that is causing it to be igno
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> at the mercy of their positioning of your shop amongst others. Maybe this is why the owner of these restaurants has so many brands. Back when phone books were a thing, you'd see businesses named "AAA Bail Bonds" or &quo
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by chiph 4y ago
The team behind it also tried to keep the rest of IBM away from it, for fear that The Suits From Armonk would come in and ruin their product and their culture.
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by chiph 4y ago
Some cars will auto-learn a new sensor just by driving a mile or so (the Hondas I have had). Others require programming. Why don't all car makers specify the auto-learning ones? No idea. Cost maybe. The current SUV can be programmed to
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by chiph 4y ago
Worse. Lawyers.
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A concerned citizen files suit in federal court.
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by chiph 4y ago
About half-ish is new track. There was an existing single track owned by the Florida East Coast Railway used by freight trains, and they are adding a second track (double-tracking). But to be fair, they already owned the right of way from w
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by chiph 4y ago
I can't help but compare California HSR with Brightline in Florida. There are indeed major differences between the two - Brightline is not high-speed, for one (top speed is 79 mph). And California's route will be 4 times the len
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by chiph 4y ago
> artisanal bologna Two words I never thought I'd see next to each other. Growing up we ate the Oscar Meyer product. Not great, but when you're 10 years old, it's fine. But they've got a point - bologna for adult tas
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e e cummings, but in Excel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings
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by chiph 4y ago
In 2022, there's probably a new generation working at those clients who have never seen the advanced features in Excel. You should put some feelers out to see if there's any demand.
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by chiph 4y ago
At least on the B-2 they eject upwards. On the B-52 the navigator and radar operator eject downwards (the other crew members eject upwards like you'd expect). The ejection process on the B-52 is complex - it even moves the control col
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by chiph 4y ago
> Does this suggest the manufacturer is using sub-par zinc screws instead of stainless steel? Unlikely that Silca does that. What they probably were saying that they could see the tool marks where the screws had been removed. Tightening
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by chiph 4y ago
It'd have several desirable properties: 1. You'd have a flat smooth surface that you could apply a liner to, instead of a surface that undulates and (probably) has fissures. 2. The diameter would also be constant, so that you coul
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by chiph 4y ago
I wanted to know how anyone could know this without having actually measured it. They have modeled it using known regolith/rock insulation values (presumably from the Apollo samples). > The researchers used computer modeling to ana
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by chiph 4y ago
230/240v does have it's advantages, primarily being able to use smaller diameter wire for the same current carrying capacity. But 50 Hz as a system frequency is just wrong. It results in oddities like running your railroad at 16-2
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by chiph 4y ago
From what I've seen, the key to keeping pages up on Wikipedia is to have a lot of verifiable references & citations. If you do this like you're writing a college paper, rogue editors have much less power. Challenges to their
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Friction stir welding is still a thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUyLHQxRHKo
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by chiph 4y ago
At that age I was walking two blocks to school, and was going to friend's houses to see if they wanted to play. By age 12 I was riding my bike two miles to go buy ice cream & candy. In my early 20's I drove across the US (Sout
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by chiph 4y ago
For an EV the main design constraints are aerodynamics and weight. If you need to add additional reinforcement to make up for the battery packs that haven't been installed, you're carrying that weight around all the time and taki
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by chiph 4y ago
Funny you should mention Boeing. Alan Mulally went to Ford in 2006 after working for Boeing for 35+ years. In my opinion he was a net positive for the company, securing a credit line just before the 2007 recession so that Ford did not have
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by chiph 4y ago
Pretty much all of those cities are high-cost-of-living. If you have the ability to work fully remote, why wouldn't you pick somewhere significantly cheaper, but had decent schools, good transportation links, and nice weather?
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by chiph 4y ago
That happened to my parents when they went to sell their house. A neighbor had built a stone wall many years previously and it turned out to be a foot onto their land. The neighbor had to either tear down the wall, or buy ~140 square feet
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by chiph 4y ago
> Sidewalks typically merge with the front lawn; there is no visible property limit. Cities typically have easements for things like sidewalks and underground utilities. You have the right to use that space for normal purposes, with the
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by chiph 4y ago
They got so much right with that film. And so much wrong. It could stand a remake, or even a sequel where the Cygnus reappears after surviving it's apparent destruction.
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by chiph 4y ago
Like you said, Laserdisc was way better than either tape format. But if you watched it on a Trinitron television, you noticed all the same artifacts you have. The best reason for owning a Laserdisc player in 2022 has decreased somewhat with
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by chiph 4y ago
To a real estate agent, it's always the perfect time to buy. Market is up? "Buy before prices rise!" Market is down? "Buy while prices are low!" There are training classes you can take to get your agent's l
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by chiph 4y ago
Nerves & stress. I had the opportunity to spend a couple of hours in a full-motion T-38[0] trainer while in the Air Force (a roommate was there TDY making some repairs and needed a hand testing them). The motion makes you feel like you&
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by chiph 4y ago
Yes, the normal progressive tax brackets apply. So if Oprah gives you a car worth $40k, and you have no other income that year, you will take the standard deduction and pay 12% on what's left. Don't forget to pay your state inco
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by chiph 4y ago
You can have a process without a runbook, but not the reverse. i.e. a process can work, but be undocumented. Whereas having a runbook means you've defined the process (or at least gotten a good start at it..)

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