snowwindwaves

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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Ddg apparently uses bing.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Do you mean When you search using google through ddg via !g bang operator, not when you search just using DDG (which uses bing apparently)?
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Are trucks best selling because people need vehicles to move big or heavy things and when all you are moving is people and luggage you just get an uber, bus, train, plane? I am a remote worker and have an f150 I drive about once a week.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Http://firesmoke.ca is a website I am unfortunately visiting already this year. on top of destroying people's homes and lives, what used to be the best couple months of summer are pretty much ruined for any type of outdoor ac
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Canada is a big place and it is really cold half the time. Cut yourself some slack. Unless you are commuting really far every day by yourself by car, that is a ridiculous norm.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
There is a browser add on that lets you collapse right up to the top most parent comment which I miss when I'm on mobile and want to hide the whole thread and see what the next top level comment is.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
What you describe is already 100% what is going on with the technology transfers.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
A couple of nearby communities 10,000 and less population have tool libraries run by local clubs or charities. They are great!
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
The buying experience sucks so I feel for you, but there are lots of cheap houses in less desirable areas - flyover states, I think I heard something about Detroit or chicago? Consider living in a less desireable or popular location that do
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
I bought so I could be certain I could live in this pile of sticks until I die with no landlord to deal with.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Don't forget nortel who used to employ 140,000 people including myself. Now the goverment occupies their offices. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/former-nortel-exec-warns-ag...
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Although we sometimes supply historians they are not usually part of the up-front controls and commissioning contract so I am not as familiar with them. Usually part of the reason the HMI software plotting capabilities are such shit is so t
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
I don't have access to a proper data acquisition system that can sample at kHz rates and I'm not willing to buy one out of pocket. SCADA systems and HMIs are generally not set up to poll data from PLCs faster than 1 Hz. Using a dr
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
kst is amazing! I write CSV files with 100 series about 10 samples per second for 8-12 hours a day and it doesn't break a sweat plotting the whole day, any number of series, it does transformations as required, and the next day when I
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
In some fields the best papers are the oldest ones and all subsequent work adds basically nothing except someone got a phd out of it. Give old and original research a chance, it is often very high quality.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
My landlords son was crippled by arthritis in his teens. He was in a wheel chair. The doctors and physical therapists in New Zealand tried everything they could. In the end he could make his symptoms go away and come back depending on if he
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Freight pays better than passengers. They don't want passengers. They might be obligated to maintain passenger service.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
WordPerfect had a large early market share
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
An automation failure is scary because nobody understands what is going on or what can be done about it. Mechanical failures also occur and the risk is accepted. What are the odds of a bird strike? What are the odds of a bird strike being d
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Nortel
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
when my margins go down I will raise the rents. I currently could charge more but I believe charging slightly less than market gets me a better tenant and some goodwill since I am not a full time landlord.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
controls engineering still mostly deals with the physics of the process and not how the software is implemented. It is probably different on larger projects or when working for public utilities. All of the ones I have worked on are less tha
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
I write software that controls hydro electric power plants including spillways and sluice gates and complying with environmental license etc. nobody has ever asked to look at the control system programs which take me the better part of a ye
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Also the new mortgage stress test rules and the increase in rates from 2.5% to 3.5% or so
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Increasing taxes on all landlords would cause upwards pressure on rents as lanlords would need to collect more money to cover their costs and hopefully save enough to be able to retire one day. Disclaimer: I am a landlord
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
sorry for the nitpick, but what part of a load flow study is non-linear?
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
De rien I learned was something to say in response to merci (thank you) where the English response is you're welcome and bienvenue is welcome to a place.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
Have you never drank from a glass or eaten off a plate or used cutlery in a restaurant? Seems like a solved problem.
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
There is loads of cheap housing in USA and Canada - just not in popular places. Anyone moaning about the price of real estate should check to make sure they aren't trying to live in one of the most desirable places to live on the plane
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by snowwindwaves 7y ago
What if I require some leisure time to recharge so I can go back to work and be fully Productive? I need a lake house to go and relax at. The couple provides use of their lake house for my vacation.

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