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by takk309 8y ago
This statement stood out to me too. If this were truly the way forward, just make the cars inherently unsafe for pedestrians. Then we will all learn that these vehicles mean certain death. That has generally worked well with poisons like cy
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by takk309 8y ago
Instrumentation design for a probe that has to survive the radiation on the surface would be an awesome job. Given the weight budget, it could be a very hard engineering problem.
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by takk309 8y ago
Development standards rarely satisfy everyone's needs/wants. It is more efficient to build at a high density, but that may not necessarily mean that we should all conform to that mentality. A lot of us don't want to live in
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by takk309 8y ago
The idea of tolling roads may work well in areas with high traffic volumes. However, what about rural areas that may only see a couple thousand vehicles a day? Take a state like Montana for example. We have a few urban areas and a huge amou
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by takk309 8y ago
Sadly I have to work in one of the sectors. It is very common for geometric design of roadways. I think it is a result of State Departments of Transportation buying into the system and never wanting to change.
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by takk309 8y ago
AutoCAD and Sketchup are very different. AutoCAD is vector based for starters. Zoom into a curve in Sketchup and you find that it is segmented. Solids in Sketchup are made up of triangles. In AutoCAD they can be actual solids.
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by takk309 9y ago
Keep in mind that the plant "bricks" have always been flexible and not made from ABS. The only thing Lego is changing is the raw material for the plastic, not the plastic itself.
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by takk309 9y ago
I agree for sure. There is only one red point free soloist that I can think of. https://www.climbing.com/news/decking-while-soloing/
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by takk309 9y ago
States are given some leeway from the Federal guidelines. California and FHWA have always had a tenuous relationship, so it is of no surprise that they have different road markings. At one point, California threatened to pull out of the Hig
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by takk309 9y ago
For those in the US looking for documentation of road markings, it is found in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, better known as the MUCTD. It is freely available at https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
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by takk309 9y ago
Can this really be put in the same league as what a free solo climber is doing? Most man-made structures are designed to be climbable, with safety gear, for people to maintenance. Rock climbing, on the other hand, forces one to sort out a w
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by takk309 9y ago
The Lathe of Heaven is one of my favorite novels.
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by takk309 9y ago
Two of the best ISPs in my area here in Montana are Montana owned. One is even a co-op. I don't think it would be too painful to have Charter or Century Link leave the state.
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by takk309 9y ago
Also a Montanan and I second this opinion. We are a small state (population) with few ISP's, especially in the rural areas. I am sure they all do some sort of business with the State.
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by takk309 9y ago
There is nothing preventing you from talking about traffic systems. There are, however, laws preventing you from claiming to be an engineer with expertise in the subject in a public forum.
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by takk309 9y ago
It is not meant to create a labor monopoly any more than a medical doctors licence. Registration as an engineer is so that one can prove that they have the requisite knowledge and competency to perform the work required of them. Without reg
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by takk309 9y ago
Traffic signal timing is not a simple as it may appear. Yes, a signal that is all by its self may be easy to time. However coordinating a system with multiple signals and phasing plans can be complicated. Could any technically minded person
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by takk309 9y ago
I very much disagree with you. While traffic engineering failures may not be as acute as a medical doctor, the effects can be much more expensive and far reaching. For example, let us say that a road has a design speed of 55 mph. That would
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by takk309 9y ago
1> In his initial correspondence with the Board he stated "...I’m already doing thiskind of work..." This was the statement that the board later used as justification for his claim to be an engineer. 2> The practice of engin
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by takk309 9y ago
As long as you are clearly stating that you are a software engineer and not purporting to have expertise in traffic engineering, I agree with you.
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by takk309 9y ago
I have been following this story for quite some time and I would like to point a major item that this article misled the reader about. First off, the State Board did not censor what he was saying, they asked him to stop representing himself
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by takk309 9y ago
I am a licensed engineer in Montana and can say that we have a similar law as Oregon. The law is essentially states that one cannot claim to be or practice engineering without proper licensing. One question that often comes up is, "how
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by takk309 9y ago
At one point I was renting a house that had a magpie nest in one tree. I was able to condition the magpies over time with offerings of food scraps. It was a lot of fun to have the magpies hangout on the deck railing and make noise back and
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by takk309 9y ago
I was taught manuscript print first and then cursive. I went through grade school in the 90's so keyboards and computers where not common. We did not have a keyboarding class until 6th grade. As far as handwriting went, I had very slop
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by takk309 9y ago
I don't think that it would. How much energy would we have to extract to make sure it is not a threat? The article states that 6GW of heat is already leaking from Yellowstone. How much impact can we really have pulling another 6GW? The
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by takk309 9y ago
I am a nihilist and don't really think that this will affect my life. I suppose that is most of my reasoning in not worrying about things like this. Edit: Messing with it now will affect my life due to the proximity in which I live to
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by takk309 9y ago
Why? We are only a little blip on the time scales that nature works in. Why are we so arrogant as to think that we are the only life in the universe? It is very likely that we are not and even if we are, there is always a chance that life w
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by takk309 9y ago
Life will go on if the volcano erupts. It may not be human life, but it will still be life. The Yellowstone volcano is just another bogeyman that is not worth stressing over. It will happen or it won't and realistically there is nothin
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by takk309 9y ago
I have to agree with you on the point that life will find a way regardless of our meddling or not. However, I feel like the Yellowstone super volcano bogeyman is not worth the effort. It is like worrying about an asteroid hitting the planet
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by takk309 9y ago
Sounds a lot like destroy the ecosystem for short-term gains to me. The geothermal features were exploited early on in the history of Yellowstone and that exploitation resulted in impacts to the geyser basins that can still be seen today. W

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