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by takk309 10y ago
Context matters. The job listings you are finding are not implying they are traffic engineering positions.
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by takk309 10y ago
This article makes it sound like 85th percentile speed is the one and only way speed limits are set. This in not true. Often times, 85th percentile speed is a starting point. Other metrics that come into play are pace and mode. The pace of
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by takk309 10y ago
The issue that the Board has is that he claimed to be an engineer in a public forum. The Boards interpretation of "engineer" in this context was to mean Traffic Engineer. The Board warned Järlström that he was in violation of the
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by takk309 10y ago
As another local, I can confirm that the never ending idiocy coming from Yellowstone is a good source of entertainment.
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by takk309 10y ago
The last time there was a flagged and uniformed foreign military on US soil was in 2005. The Mexican army assisted with aid work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_response_to_H
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by takk309 10y ago
Here is an episode of Lexicon Valley with an interview with David J. Peterson, the language creator for Game of Thrones. [1] The amount of depth that has been put into the Dothraki language is very impressive. [1] http://www.slat
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by takk309 10y ago
Do you have a source for this statement?
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by takk309 10y ago
From the clues, I have a suspicion that it is on a river that is accessible only by rafting. An 80 year old man could easily raft to a location on his own depending on difficulty of the river.
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by takk309 10y ago
I would be happy if the time zones (in the USA) were set to have clock noon be as close to solar noon as possible for most of the time zone.
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by takk309 10y ago
The analyses do not appear to take the size of the watershed into account either. A large watershed drains into this reservoir. As such, distant storms can still have a large impact on the water levels. Time to concentration (the amount of
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by takk309 10y ago
I was under the impression that line losses were rather high, until I did a quick bit of research and found that they are at around 5 to 6% nation wide [1]. At those levels, it can easily make sense to transmit the power to a location that
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by takk309 10y ago
The emergency spill way is in case of a large rain or melt event that brings the water level up quickly. The spill way is used to ensure that the dam is not over topped, which is usually catastrophic. As such, the spill way is usually place
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by takk309 10y ago
Keep in mind that despite the term "drive", the concrete piles are usually vibrated into place. It is not like driving a fence post with a sledge hammer. Obviously there is still a lot of stress introduced to the concrete column,
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by takk309 10y ago
The drive train has a lot to do with the classification. VWs were rear wheel drive, same as many of the cab over vans. Most minivans are front wheel or all wheel drive.
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by takk309 10y ago
SUVs and crossovers differ in the platform they are based on. SUVs are built on a truck platform using "body of frame" construction. Crossovers are built on car platforms and are typically unibody in construction. SUVs tend to hav
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NASA’s EM-drive still a WTF-thruster(arstechnica.com)
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by takk309 10y ago
"Touching the Void" is another great climbing/mountaineering book that is well worth the read. I have not seen the movie adaptation yet, so I cannot comment on its quality.
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by takk309 10y ago
In simple terms, yes. More often it is used to mean that you were able to make it up a climb without taking a fall, having your belayer hold you with the rope, or pulling on any fixed gear.
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by takk309 10y ago
Don't forget about the time honored tradition of sandbagging! You alluded to it a bit with the 5.11d/5.12a comment. http://www.climbing.com/people/the-wright-stuff-the-art-of-t...
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by takk309 10y ago
Sometimes it is easy to miss them while climbing!
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by takk309 10y ago
For the non-climbers, conquer is much easier to understand than send.
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by takk309 10y ago
To make Caldwell's accomplishment more impressive, he is missing one of his index fingers. He lost it in a table saw quite a while ago.
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by takk309 10y ago
There is an episode of Freakonomics [1] that talks about this exact thing. The supply chain to make something as simple as a pencil is complex enough that no single person can make a pencil truly from scratch. [1] http://freakono
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by takk309 10y ago
Maybe I am a hold out but I write a lot by hand in my day to day work. I take notes at meetings, when reading documents, and even writing notes to my self. I am also dyslexic. I find that cursive is easier for me to read and write. My print
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by takk309 10y ago
Many states in the west still have free range laws allowing ranchers to let their livestock roam about on public lands.
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by takk309 10y ago
Many of the joints used in Japanese joinery are designed to be strong in one aspect, say, tension or rotation. The book "The Art of Japanese Joinery" [1] discusses both the joints and under what situation the joint would be well s
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by takk309 10y ago
In reference to your first comment, the Soyuz capsules pitch and roll a large amount too. With the crew capsule here, as long as the passengers are still alive at touch down it gets counted as a win. After all, would you care all that much
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by takk309 10y ago
Correct me if I am wrong but how is this different than the dual camera on my HTC M8? Is this revolutionary because it is Apple?
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by takk309 10y ago
Technically I could measure a couple of gigabytes of data in megabytes. I suppose if the media where after the biggest number (big numbers are more scary) they could use bits.
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by takk309 10y ago
Thanks for the laugh! I appreciate your concern for my future political decisions.

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