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brad8504
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The irony of them potentially being tied up and fed to hogs is too funny.
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he has a mild form of autism. he isn't retarded.
The dude has spent 70% of his life on TD.com trying to educate people on everything. He’s the greatest football and basketball mind alive; greatest economist; greatest political scientist; etc.
He’s a genius. No way in hell his net worth is south of $1B.
re: Never forget 7-13-2024
Posted by brad8504 on 5/28/25 at 9:14 pm to theronswanson
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Do the research
This shite right here is just as bad as the buzz words like “fascist,” “Nazi,” and “racist.”
re: Jay will be asked by the media why he used Eyanson
Posted by brad8504 on 5/23/25 at 11:40 pm to LSUGrad9295
Moscona thinks Jay is a Les Miles type of coach.
I guess Matt should probably take over duties in the dugout.
I guess Matt should probably take over duties in the dugout.
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Totally get that. Was just asking who he was!
Totally get that he’s new? Yet you called him terrible and said he sucks…
I assume you were flawless in everything new to you.
re: What y’all sippin on for this late night game?
Posted by brad8504 on 3/29/25 at 8:33 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
I’ll probably get flamed, but Tito’s and coconut water with a lime wedge over crushed ice in a 24 oz. tumbler.
re: Mississippi St. 8 @ LSU 17 Final
Posted by brad8504 on 3/29/25 at 7:46 pm to MondayMorningMarch
The amount of cheap entertainment in these threads never gets old.
re: Argentina will release documents.... Hitler there after 1945
Posted by brad8504 on 3/25/25 at 9:02 pm to KingOrange
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This^^ is correct according to most Documentaries.
What do documentaries and scholarly articles offering scientific data have in common?
You can pay someone enough to push through the bullshite you want pushed through.
See COVID vaccines.
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Burger looks like shite
It is grass fed.
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What is Musk’s actual position? What is his formal job title?
“Hitler! Nazi!”
—Libs
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They don’t understand that there is no such thing as a non GMO crop.
Exactly. And they don’t understand it’s a necessity.
re: How many of you buy beef from Costco?
Posted by brad8504 on 2/10/25 at 7:55 am to SirWinston
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You don't think these cows are getting the covid vaccines it sounds like?
No. I don’t see them administering a COVID vaccine to cattle in hopes of transmitting it to humans.
I really think the war on GMO crops and vaccinated/implanted livestock is blown way out of proportion.
We vaccinate against blackleg (Clostridium chauvoei) the second that calf hits the ground.
They also get shots for Bovine Respiratory Synctial Virus (BRSV), parainfluenza, Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD), etc.
The growth hormone they receive has less estrogen than the ice cream in your freezer. There’s a lot of misconceptions out there about vaccines and growth hormones, but there’s a withdrawal period for any animal that has medicine administered to it (usually 28 days), and if we get caught with one in a packing plant, we’re getting blackballed from selling to them.
I haven’t bought meat from a grocery store in over 10 years, and I see the animals we consume daily. I know what goes into it at the producer level, and I’m not bothered by it.
They also get shots for Bovine Respiratory Synctial Virus (BRSV), parainfluenza, Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD), etc.
The growth hormone they receive has less estrogen than the ice cream in your freezer. There’s a lot of misconceptions out there about vaccines and growth hormones, but there’s a withdrawal period for any animal that has medicine administered to it (usually 28 days), and if we get caught with one in a packing plant, we’re getting blackballed from selling to them.
I haven’t bought meat from a grocery store in over 10 years, and I see the animals we consume daily. I know what goes into it at the producer level, and I’m not bothered by it.
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I'm on the pipeline engineering side. I sub out all the CP and E&I work.
We typically sub out a lot of our big projects for, just as you mentioned, liability reasons. But, as technicians, we oversee the work and once complete, we maintain it and troubleshoot. I don’t know shite about HVAC, but they pushed us through training to obtain my 608 certificate. We sub all of that out anyway, but at least I can buy refrigerant for my house, if needed.
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We do that for liability reasons.
I can respect that, but given the above example, we could’ve saved 2 hours of discussion had they just listened to me.
Strip heaters do not have significant inrush current. These heaters are on or off. No rheostat. Just an RTD input, and an output to the line side of the breaker.
That is what baffled me.
I’ll give it a rest. This thread just stirred up some old frustrations.
On a positive note, the one I’m working with now has been super cool to work with. He has actually allowed me to install things as I see practical on our current project, and he’s actually coming out to the site next week.
One of the things I really like is the attention to detail he brings. This dude has pulled up 25 years’ worth of weather data to help make decisions, whereas some just find the cheapest option and run with it.
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I had a site supervisor who will give a prospective engineer or electronic technician hire during the interview a written quiz and the first question was "What is Ohm's Law?" You would be surprised how many Electrical Engineers and Electronic Techs would not answer correctly. If the prospective hire did not answer correctly they were not even considered.
Some good follow-up questions would be, what remains constant across all resistors in a series circuit? What remains constant across all resistors in a parallel circuit?
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Lesson number one of being an engineer is listen to the people who are working with whatever it is. App Users, Pilots, Maintainers etc... Whoever is familiar with it knows more about whats going on than the Engineer does. If you didn't design it and you aren't using it, don't assume you know what's going on. Gain Data, Investigate, then form theories.
I’m glad you said that. Because although his knowledge of what black magic is going on inside some of the processors and drivers we have is way beyond my comprehension, these drawings are 15 years old. My thought is he’s new, he trusted the as-built drawings, and he assumed it probably needed a deep dive.
I enjoy the discussions with most of them because I learn a lot. The ones I don’t enjoy are usually because of a snarky attitude or a lot of resistance towards our input.
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What type of Engineers were they?
Electrical…
We also covered Watt’s Law during one of the interactions.
I contested that the electrical drawing was wrong. 480V, 15A breaker supplying a 240V, 40A breaker did not add up. It needed to be a 20A breaker on the 480 side, and it kept tripping throughout the year at random times.
They argued it was inrush current on strip heaters with FLA’s of 1A inside the 240V control box. 4 heaters on a 6A breaker. The 6A breaker never tripped throughout all of this. It happened during winter and summer (when heaters never turned on).
So they assumed it may be the fans. Then they questioned some of the resistors in a few circuits. We went through Ohm’s Law together to verify they were correct.
After two hours, there was a pause. I showed them the math:
9600W = 480V x 20A
9600W = 240V x 40A
Switched out the 15 for a 20 and haven’t had a trip since.
Shocking, I know.
re: For those of us who are Engineers, Doctors, Scientists….the people who provide REAL…
Posted by brad8504 on 2/7/25 at 10:15 pm to PurpleSingularity
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Tell me…how many times have you needed to review Ohm’s Law with an Electrical Engineer?
You’d be surprised. Twice within the past 9 months, Ohm’s Law and the law of conservation of energy have come into play.
Probably a dozen times over the years.
So not the “hundreds” you were probably hoping for, but still. Most of the issues are simple mistakes made by greenhorns. The recent ones make we wonder sometimes. They’re sharp guys and super great to work with, but another trait engineers have that irks me is they over analyze problems that require simple solutions.
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What's the full name of the career? What sort of technician?
Electrical tech for a pipeline.
We do mechanic work and any other tasks associated with typical plant operator work. And flagging the line of course.
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