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  1. snarkysparky

    Green New Deal

    ""Technologies include wrapping lines that are likely to spark in fireproof materials, or installing “smart” wires that can read wind speed, temperatures and humidity to accurately predict the risk of wildfire, and either immediately shut down or reverse power flow."" ROFLMAO...
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    Dealing with irregular electricty supplies

    A massive grid remake allowing power to flow from where it is available to where it is needed. By studying historical weather patterns a grid could possibly be constructed that guaranteed 99% service if paired with automatic cutoff of non critical loads. Yeah this would be a project that would...
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    Labview for automation programming

    Well I worked through it an got the basic stuff working. The way I did it was to code the top level logic in C# ( something I am familiar with) and then implement piece by piece in Labview. I know people say it is more productive to program in labview ( faster ) but not for me. There were...
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    Labview for automation programming

    The business need for the machine is there needs to be flexibility for non controls people to specify servo motor parameters such as speed, acceleration and position points without being exposed to the lower level details. That is why my managers prefer LabView. But I also have to code up logic...
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    Labview for automation programming

    I need to write a program for machine with 8 servo motors. This program must be able to read and interpret a simpler language ( home made ) that describes the machine operation because it will change frequently. My leader wants to use LabView for this but I am having some time getting dataflow...
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    Facts, Myths, and Givens in Anthropogenic Climate Change (ACC)

    jdmunno. the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine ?? https://www.conservapedia.com/The_Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine. "The institute is founded and headed by Art Robinson, a noted conservative Christian scientist" Really ?
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    Facts, Myths, and Givens in Anthropogenic Climate Change (ACC)

    Where is the scientific work highlighting the climate change doubters perspective. Not blogs and such but peer reviewed work. And NO there is not a coordinated conspiracy among climate scientists. As far as the developing worlds quality of life. There is a difference between having a...
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    The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job

    They were hired to do a job. They did the job. Nothing wrong with that. Why should an employee feel obligated to deliver more output than current market conditions suggest his pay is worth. If employees are to be entrepreneur's as individuals even while working for a company then finding...
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    The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job

    I've worked several places that fired people for not finding work. Managers think they are too busy to bother with the task. I think that is a piss poor manager.
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    Any experiences in the workplace with the new academic/postmodern left?

    It's amazing to me that the implied insult in these arguments " that some cannot be rigorous" goes seemingly unnoticed. I don't want to be in the group that is told high standards are put in place so YOU cannot participate.
  11. snarkysparky

    where are the real engineering jobs

    Ir I do my own interesting work purely for my benefit. However it is very difficult to get that to put food on the table. I guess my gripe is that engineering is still being sold as "technical" work when 99% of the jobs out there are pegs in holes stuff. Kinda like the old Navy recruitment...
  12. snarkysparky

    where are the real engineering jobs

    The trouble with new technology is that its development with be centralized to a very few who are the best in the field. I am very worried that many work tasks that need intelligence and understanding now are going to give way to "modules" so to speak designed and refined by others. I just want...
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    where are the real engineering jobs

    It seems to me that technically challenging jobs requiring math and applied physics are becoming rarer each day. Is this a globalization thing or a factor of technology saturation. It is becoming more the norm for engineering jobs to be bureaucratic paperwork shuffling positions. But...
  14. snarkysparky

    To the wiser (older folks), how has the profession changed?

    What I see from an electrical background is a lowering of managements technical skills. My managers from the last decade or so would hire you and put you at a desk and walk away. That's fine if you can *find* the work that is useful. I look to them for at least some guidance as what would be...
  15. snarkysparky

    HR ethics

    How about expecting employers to pay employees according to their worth to the company. Making a counter offer is equivalent to admitting they underpaid you.
  16. snarkysparky

    A coming engineering shortage ? ---- Who agrees ?

    Can't be a shortage of employees, only a shortage of willingness to pay more.
  17. snarkysparky

    redoing tasks assigned with incomplete instructions.

    If I were assigning work and didn't have the details ( results needed ) worked out yet I would communicate that as well as try to lay out the goal of the work that can be accomplished with what is known at the present time. I would not send a subordinate off with incomplete details knowing that...
  18. snarkysparky

    redoing tasks assigned with incomplete instructions.

    1gibson Good suggestions. I will try in order 2,3,1. If I spend time at 1 then brush up the resume. Thanks
  19. snarkysparky

    redoing tasks assigned with incomplete instructions.

    I am getting fed up with doing work for my boss that he assigned on a post it note and then having to redo it because he couldn't be bothered to take 5 minutes to clarify the work to me. And I am not talking about "things you should know" type things. Stuff like Make a spreadsheet with these...
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    Velocity from Acceleration

    The gaussian integrated error is a random process itself caused by integrating the noise. The optimal solution to minimize this is, I think is a wiener filter as you mentioned. Once you have the filter designed the error estimate of the integration will need the variance of the filtered...

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