chrisdhoover

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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
She describes exactly why networks are star configured and feature IDFs and MDFs. Even in analog phone days, commercial installations had telco closets where circuits were distributed. Residential not so much. My condo built in 2004 has the
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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
Is that the one where he moved large stones with small stones?
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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
Weird, I saw a movie about the buck houses last night. The lead actors were horrible but the supporting actors weren’t half bad
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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
I enjoyed The Return with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche
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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
What other forum is there to voice your disapproval?
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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
The US had civil defense, air raid sirens and fallout shelters. Students practiced duck and cover. The paranoia was real. It led to the star wars defense program and out spending the Soviet union until they collapsed. Switzerland is surroun
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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
I went to school in Richmond Va. Our flats had big covered porches. Summers there were brutal. The buildings were brick. While sturdy, bricks are excellent. Storing heat and releasing it slowly. None of us had AC. Porch life dominated. Ever
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by chrisdhoover 1y ago
If you travel back im time you’ll find audio connectors corroded. It was standard practice to use an eraser to polish the jacks. Monster offered gold plated connectors. It really made difference. Any benefits beyond non corrosive is questi
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
By 65 the neighborhood teens were all atwitter with the Beatles. Its one of my earliest memories. The girls laying claim to one Beatle or another. “I like Paul” “I like George!” I hadn’t heard any of the Beatles songs. My limited musical ex
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Getting? It has been for years. Frank Jordan was the last mayor that tried a real plan.
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
The office is dehumanizing. Not only bench seating and cube farms but offices too. Before Facebook gutted the long corridors of offices at the old Sun Micro, it was affectionately called Sun Quentin
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
They may or may not be. Most traffic light mounted cameras video presence detectors
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
One should realize life is temporary. You probably will leave very little legacy. You should aspire to have a large attendance at a remembrance. My father’s funeral filled the church. An in-law’s had less than 10 people. Best you can do is
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Yes. Some at will states support lawsuits
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Most of life is subjective. Objectivity is very difficult. You are dealing with people who are mostly wacky. I suppose a weighted decision calculation could be used. How do you measure grumpy gus, chatty cathy, or mean marvin? How do handle
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
I think .20 is an underestimate. Under performers are likely in the .25 to .35 percent range. It is hard to find the right people and so there is an acceptance of good enough. The PIPs start with the most egregious or if cash flow is tight.
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
I have known serial PIPites.
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Way back when a co worker was powering up a fire alarm control panel. Poof, capacitor popped and damaged his eye
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Effort will get one far even without natural talent Effort and talent cannot be surpassed.
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
My 4th grade teacher used the orange track to swat hands and backsides. The worst offender in class was taken to the book room and disciplined. I swear the both liked it. She also brought a refrigerator card board box in and set over him
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
A handy means something entirely different in the US
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Yes they do. Consider weed. It was well established before being legalized. Legalization brought higher taxes and interference. The black market continues as an alternative to the free one.
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
There is debate about the new deal. Its not clear it was a success.
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
7th grade shop class. We all held hands and teacher crank an old telephone generator
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Ireland was a poor country. They recognized low taxes would attract business. It worked. They then became a “tiger”
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Shiny Beast is a great album
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by chrisdhoover 2y ago
Didn’t Travis Bickle punch a mirror?
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by chrisdhoover 3y ago
KCSM is an all jazz station worthy of a listen
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by chrisdhoover 3y ago
And a whole genre of music is named after the garage practice space.
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by chrisdhoover 3y ago
Steer in English

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