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by takk309 10y ago
I often have musical hallucinations before falling asleep. It is not uncommon for me to hear music that suddenly stops. This usually happens when my mind is not busy thinking of anything else. Does anyone else experience this?
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by takk309 10y ago
It would be interesting to see these stats for non-fatal accidents. One issue with bicycle safety analysis is that non-fatal crashes tend to be under reported. For example, in Montana a crash is reported to the State only if there is a fata
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by takk309 10y ago
Thanks for the very frank response. I agree with you completely. My wife magically became an in-state student when it came time for the University to waive her tuition. funny how that works.
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by takk309 10y ago
>I am an employee (making less than market value). Are you accounting for your tuition as part of your benefits for working for the university? I am not trying to be argumentative, I am genuinely curious. In Civil Engineering the grad st
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by takk309 10y ago
Yes, 20 hours of research time. Her studying time/course load is all on her own time.
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by takk309 10y ago
I am a traffic engineer and she is a hydraulics engineer. Both fields fall under Civil Engineering. Her degree is only a 3 year program (she already has a master's).
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by takk309 10y ago
In engineering, at least at the school I attended, very few classes were taught directly by TA/grad students. Again, just a difference in department/field.
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by takk309 10y ago
I see your point. I am sure that my views are heavily influenced by my experience which was good. I know that I was not supposed to work over 20 hours per week. It did not matter if that was all research or a combination of research and tea
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by takk309 10y ago
I am sure that this will be an unpopular opinion but I think this is wrong. Graduate students are students. They are paying to be in school. They may be paying for it with money gained from the University but they are still students. Should
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by takk309 10y ago
What is with the obsession with thinner phones? Also, is the headphone jack the real limiting factor in thinness?
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by takk309 10y ago
At the university that I attended, there used to be sinks in every dorm room. However, the sinks were removed from the men's and co-ed dorms after too many guys were using them as urinals.
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by takk309 10y ago
I too sit at home. I have done it for most of my adult life, basically as soon as I had to start cleaning my own bathroom.
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by takk309 10y ago
Here is the NatGeo talk that is referenced at the beginning of the article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFfTHoJ9khs
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by takk309 10y ago
Yes, I remember when FOX aired the NHL and used the puck tracker. It was very distracting in my opinion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrax
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by takk309 10y ago
Agreed, Calculus I in university is more demanding. I had the fortune of using the same text in high school as in university. However, the difference between the classes was pace. In high school we had class every day and took a week to wor
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by takk309 10y ago
As a kid (90's) we had a big metal slide too. It was placed at the top of a hill and in the winter we would pack snow at the base of the slide to connect it with the hill. The hill would then get turned to ice from all of us kids repea
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by takk309 10y ago
55-60 may be too fast for some of the curves in this area. There are curves with an advisory speed of 45-mph. From the description of road and the area, I would guess it is MT-2 between Cardwell and Three Forks (I live in this area). https
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by takk309 10y ago
From the description of "winding road going through a canyon with no shoulder" and near Cardwell, I would say this is MT-2 [0]. I live in this region and have driven this road a few times, it is not a simple road that one can just
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by takk309 10y ago
I agree, autopilot is a glorified cruise control with lane keeping.
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by takk309 10y ago
Yes, I do live in the US. Even here there is a lot of variation on how speed limits are set. A good example happened near my home recently. A road that connects a small town (population 8,000) to a larger town (population 40,000) was the su
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by takk309 10y ago
You are correct, my response is the text book answer. Often the 85th percentile is rounded to the nearest speed that matches the fixed limits. Special speed zones, schools, definitely need to exist for obvious safety reasons.
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by takk309 10y ago
This brings back some memories of traffic flow fundamentals. I do remember an assignment that was modeling multiple different traffic flow models. The thing that stood out to me is how after a long time span with an network that was stuck w
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by takk309 10y ago
Traffic engineer here. Generally speed limits are set by measuring vehicle speeds for about a week. The 85th percentile speed is set as the speed limit. The reasoning behind this is the assumption that most people will travel at a speed tha
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by takk309 11y ago
You raise a very good point about the Sherpa needing to have insurance against a failed expedition. Sadly, they rarely even have life insurance. An article from Rock and Ice cites a death benefit of $4,600 in 2013.[1] [1] http://
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by takk309 11y ago
Most people that climb Everest take out insurance that protects them from a cancellation of their trip. It is the insurance companies that, in turn, refuse payment to the Sherpa.
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by takk309 11y ago
I will admit that I have experience with only one REI location. I live in a college town were labor is cheap and plentiful. Plus lots of young egos that will talk up all their "experience" to anyone that is willing to listen.
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by takk309 11y ago
As far as I am concerned, REI is just another non-local retailer. The biggest issue I have with them is that money spent at REI does not stay in the community. Another minor issue that I have is the lack of competent staff. At our local
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by takk309 11y ago
The concept of non-sexual nudity is very quickly disappearing in the US. I play on a co-ed hockey team and there is one gal that has no qualms about hopping in the shower with the guys. It is not weird because we all realize that it is no
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by takk309 11y ago
I have read about some of this before in the book "Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games" https://www.crcpress.com/Luck-Logic-and-White-Lies-The-Mathe...