mech422

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   by mech422 3y ago

   Wow - I loved tribes and was really excited to see Torque open sourced. Glad to see its still chugging along :-)
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   by mech422 3y ago

   I can't believe thats still up after all this time...
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   by mech422 3y ago

   low cost (~$1) 3d printable module for making braille displays.
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   Electromechanical Refreshable Braille Module: HackadayPrize 2023(youtube.com)

   3 points by mech422 3y ago|1 comments
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   by mech422 3y ago

   I loved me the 'near' keyword - thanks!
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   by mech422 3y ago

   I've noticed this with the quotes as well...
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   by mech422 3y ago

   Thanks - Can't say I've really noticed it either...But it comes up on here often enough I'm curious.
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   by mech422 3y ago

   SRP does a lot of interesting stuff to store it. PHX gets water from 3 rivers - salt, verde, and Colorado. The Salt and Verde contribute 52%, and the Colorado River 38%. Reclaimed water accounts for 8% of the city's water supply, and
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   by mech422 3y ago

   I live in Mesa - Scottsdale will be less impacted then the rest of the state. SRP serves Mesa and Scottsdale as well as PHX. There's an unincorporated area north of Scottsdale, that's already screwed - and people are still buying
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Hopefully it'll turn around for ya soon..Don't forget "who's hiring" comes out this week :-D Also, with 10 years exp. you're getting into the higher end of the pay scales, so rather then taking your ego down,
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Heh - times have been good for so long, we have a generation of coders that never saw bad times. Tech has its ups and downs just like any other career...
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Dam...I haven't thought of Fravia in ages... He had some _awesome_ stuff! :-D
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Man - I miss the 'old style' monsoons with the huge lighting displays...When I first moved to PHX, I used to sit out on the patio everyday just to watch them..
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    by mech422 3y ago

    I've been thru 2(3?) offshoring crazes already in tech... and yet, the tech market now is bigger/better paying then ever.
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    by mech422 3y ago

    I've been remote for 20 years now... It just gets easier every year. I see no reason to back now...
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Thanks for clearing that up... I actually did think it was a 'lake' type thing. - So T.I.L. :-) Also, SRP has tons of great info. about the water system - its actually pretty cool how them mange it all: https://www.srpn
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    by mech422 3y ago

    NP - I'm not affiliated with them...but dam, I love those lil machines :-) Hapy Hacking!
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    by mech422 3y ago

    It was never mentioned in the training material - though starting your own business was, which I think is pretty "FT"
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    by mech422 3y ago

    That's not PHX though... PHX is lucky/planed well enough not to be in the same predicament a lot of the state is. We have 2 additional sources of water besides the colorado, our water consumption is down because of less argicultu
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Yeah - but PHX doesn't really rely on the Colorado as much as the rest of AZ. We also have the Salt and Verde rivers which is a luxury a lot of other parts of the state don't have... And we're back down to 1950s level of wate
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Phoenix is the same way. They do a really good job managing water supplies - for aquifers in particular (PHX sits on top of an underground lake) they use huge 'ponds' to let the water soak back into the aquifer.
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    by mech422 3y ago

    not sure where you get 'nearly every employment contract' from, but in the US, its pretty common for people in the retail sectors to have multiple jobs. My F500 employer actually actually acknowledges this is a possibility for te
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    by mech422 3y ago

    Heh - I can't resist throwing a mention in for my favorite here too (1). Available, cheap, x86 based... I love them :-) I have 3-4 of the H2 models, and they have only gotten better ! 1. https://ameridroid.com/products
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    by mech422 3y ago

    I don't complain too much about VS Code and Obsidian as there are so many themes that are just a click away... I even have matching themes for them, which is nice since I use them together a lot. But in general, I have issues with site
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    by mech422 4y ago

    I actually don't know as I don't have any 2.5G gear... but 1Gbps works a treat :-)
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    by mech422 4y ago

    I still like the Odroid stuff - Even the most expensive version(1) is still a lot cheaper then most other stuff ($165) That gets you: 1. Quad-Core Processor Jasper Lake N6005 2Ghz/3.3Ghz boost 2. Up to 64GB Dual-channel DDR4 PC4-23400
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    by mech422 4y ago

    Zak ? Edit: my bad... the cut in half BT-40 reminded me of someone else...
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    by mech422 4y ago

    LOL - I resemble that comment - Black T-shirt and all :-D
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    by mech422 4y ago

    If it helps any, I'm in my mid-fifties and got hired as a full-time consultant at a F500 like 2(3?) years ago. consistently have clients select me for open projects. Current client is looking at extending another 3 years... Hang in th
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    by mech422 4y ago

    FWIW - I'm 55 and still going strong after 40 years in tech... You sure you're not just burned out ? I go thru phases every 5-10 years where I don't even want to look at a computer :-P