[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 62 points 2 months ago

Geez... Project managers are forbidden from making work estimates- they only get to collect them.

They don't get to argue estimates either. They can ask questions to gain understanding but the estimates are the estimates.

Wearing an architect or chief engineer hat is sometimes more fun because you get to call bullshit on dumb estimates like "4 to 5 weeks to model a table with 7 fields, with 2 of them being PK, FK" like GTFO we can model it in the next 5 minutes if I talk slowly.

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago

Not anymore.Age.

When I was a kid I hated going to the city art museum because all the humidity and temperature control devices emitted this awful high frequency noise that made me nauseated.

I can't hear the "mosquito" pitch noise emitters used to deter teenage loitering in some cities anymore. I kept that longer than I thought I would.

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 27 points 7 months ago

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[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 34 points 8 months ago

Most people think it is an all or nothing thing, including some doctors.

My immune system is apparently very good against noroviruses or whatever was giving my family the "all exits no waiting" treatment. A doctor argued that I must not have come in contact with the virus since I had no symptoms aside from feeling icky for a couple of hours. I was bothered that they had such a bad grasp on how viral infections work and I don't consider myself an expert by any stretch. Even after I told them I had been having to clean up my toddler and infant messes, do diapers, bathe them etc. I had come in contact with saliva vomit poo pee breath etc- of course I came in contact with it.

I had the virus, I just didn't have the disease/nasty symptoms. Maybe I had built immunity, maybe I had been able to build immunity quickly, maybe insufficient viral critical mass for rapid onset- who knows?

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 43 points 8 months ago

No caffeine or stimulants after noon. A considerable percentage shouldn't have it after 10 am frankly.

Try this: 1 week of no caffeine and no chocolate At least 20 minutes of exercise - can be split upper day Finish eating dinner and snacks by 7pm No gaming or stimulating entertainment 30-60 minutes before bed. Manage noise, light and other triggers.

Smart watches or similar are good for watching your sleep quality.

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 21 points 8 months ago

Fuck you and take an upvote for coming here to state what I was going to when I immediately summed 5+1 to 6 and felt clever thinking "well I do know it's not prime and divisible by 3" Shakes fist

I'll get you NEXT time logicbomb!

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 25 points 8 months ago

Ever see how much real estate companies like Google has? If all those bay area companies said fuckit let's be remote it would crash the market and rock the economy.

We should though, if possible.

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 63 points 9 months ago

I blame lean philosophy. Keeping spare parts and redundancy is expensive so definitely don't do it...which is just rolling the dice until it comes up snake eyes and your plant shuts down.

It's the "save 5% yearly and stop trying to avoid a daily 5% chance of disaster"

Over prepared is silly, but so is under prepared.

They were under prepared.

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 39 points 10 months ago

I'm sorry, but *fútbol. La gente de España hablan español

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 52 points 10 months ago

Well, not really. They only mentioned compressive strength, so other important qualities and measures could be worse in unacceptable ways.

Or maybe it's great. https://www.concretecentre.com/Specification/Innovative-concrete/Charcoal-Concrete.aspx

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago

Best use of space was argued for by...ME. Back in 2002 I argued at length with colleagues that California should build solar panel covers for their aqueducts. This would provide electricity as well as significantly decrease algae growth and evaporation from the aqueducts.

Then car parks at airports.

There's a ton of places they can go.

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