it_luddite

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by it_luddite 9y ago
I remember my older brother being moved by professionals when he was in the Navy. They came in and packed everything up including the waste basket by a desk... with all the paper trash in it. There was one thing damaged, which they told h
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by it_luddite 9y ago
I was the primary ops guy (well before the concept of devops and when separation of duties was important) and ended up being the primary troubleshooter for problems. During one of the meetings between DEV, QA, RC, and I, the software archi
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by it_luddite 10y ago
I realize it was a tongue in cheek comment (at least interpreted that way), but that was a serendipitous opportunity for the young lady's boyfriend. I know I've had several such opportunities with my now in laws. Regardless of t
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by it_luddite 11y ago
I didn't even read that far :0 The point of my comment was their lack of understanding of how the existing transmission system is connected to their neighboring regions. This is the base infrastructure of the electric energy market (
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by it_luddite 11y ago
Stopped reading at "while all the US grids operate on the same frequency, those frequencies aren't always aligned—the peak in the AC of one grid may line up with the trough in a neighboring grid". Practically every regional
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by it_luddite 11y ago
It's not lying if you're careful how you respond to their question on salary. I always respond with my compensation is $X, where X is my previous year's salary, bonus, and cash value of PTO and other benefits.
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by it_luddite 11y ago
Get off my lawn!
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by it_luddite 12y ago
Everything seemed reasonable until he complained about the lack of access to "telephone pole infrastructure". I can't speak for all 50 states, but in Indiana the pole infrastructure is actually the power utilities where anyon
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by it_luddite 12y ago
check out these _types_ of batteries. http://www.sbsbattery.com/products-services/by-product/batte... no recommendation on the supplier, but funny thing, the power companies and telcos have already figured this ou
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by it_luddite 12y ago
France and Greece have in recent memory. Pretty much any country that has hosted the G8 the last 10 years or so.
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by it_luddite 12y ago
It's not the current location that's retrieved. It's the approximate location of when you sent the message (or as I mentioned previously, the location of your map view in intel if you send the chat from there) or other &quot
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by it_luddite 12y ago
It's part of the game. Don't like it, don't play. It's really that simple. Some points to quibble... 1) Not all game events, just most of them ;) 2) It's a point in time location. In my experience, most game
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by it_luddite 13y ago
Unfortunately, there are significant amounts of people on both sides of any debate, much less this one, with either blinders on or have selective vision. As a strict constructionist, I affirm the right of anyone to burn any flag, anyone to