Power system protection engineer. Professional worst-case scenario guy. Rich people aren't smarter than you. he/him. Infrastructure should not be for-profit.
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28 Jun 2022
OK so at some point I was asked for resources to learn more about protective relaying, so in this thread I'm gonna drop videos and the like that I think are decent for that purpose
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1 May 2025
good thread
1 May 2025
(1) With the blackout in Spain, much has been said of late about generator operating characteristics, system frequency, and stability. Iβd like to take a bit of time and offer some simple engineering relationships I think are useful to keep in mind when speaking on these topics.
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13 Nov 2024
Google AI that melts the core after it replaces the water with Gatorade because it's got what nuclear cores crave (electrolytes)
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12 Nov 2024
hey bro, just checking the map to see if they're still independent. Can't seem to find Rhodesia though.
11 Nov 2024
It's the 59th anniversary of Rhodesia's Independence from the British who were demanding their self-destruction in the name of mass democracy
But why did Rhodesia declare independence on the 11th of November, 1965?
Few actually seem to know, so it's time to explain in the π§΅π
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12 Nov 2024
Like most people now I am on the other site, my handle is the same, just fyi
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11 Nov 2024
as an animator, I apologize for misleading...we've been cheating this in 3D for years
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11 Nov 2024
Also being autistic on any level is not a license to be an asshole and should not be used as such
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11 Nov 2024
To be clear there's a huge difference between having difficulty with social cues etc and deliberate callousness to the impact you're having on others.
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10 Nov 2024
An election is not an award. Candidates don't "deserve" anything.
Voters did not fail the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Party failed.
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7 Nov 2024
This is better advice than I gave before but I still say if you do get a firearm don't get a Taurus
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7 Nov 2024
My biggest advice if you're thinking about this is:
- invest in a proper gun safe, you don't want it getting stolen
- get training
- don't buy Taurus
6 Nov 2024
Iβm buying a gun
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6 Nov 2024
He cancelled student loans! Ah, hold on.
He kept expanded child welfare! Wait a sec, just re-reading this
He quit selling bombs to Israel! Uh, one moment, I'm getting a note
He did literally anything about the supreme court! Hmm, wait, that can't be right.
He passed M4A! Ah,,
6 Nov 2024
Biden acquiesced to essentially every left-wing demand during his administration.
The idea that working class voters want what the left-wing is offering flies in the face of all the evidence over the past 8 years.
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6 Nov 2024
So my big takeaway is, yet again, that you need to be fucking offering people something instead of just saying you're not the fascist, but what the fuck do I know
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6 Nov 2024
The last time I felt like I had something *positive* to vote for in a general election was 2008 for fuck's sake what are we doing here? Everyone I know is exhausted. A Harris win would have just been like Biden's, staving off the flood for a few more years
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5 Nov 2024
Elon Musk: "If Kamala Harris wins, I may have to shutdown X"
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5 Nov 2024
After covering both the RNC & DNC this year and politics in general, the only clear prediction I have is that no matter the results, nobody wins. The system is designed to fail us. Only we can take care of each other.
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5 Nov 2024
ok here we are, this the best one yet
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4 Nov 2024
Kinda generally don't think it's an artist's fault if people misinterpret their work but few artists are as straightforward as Rage Against the Machine
4 Nov 2024
Rage Against The Machine is a bad band for many reasons but chief among them is that if your message is misinterpreted quite so often maybe that's because you expressed it really ineptly
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4 Nov 2024
incredibly relatable, every now and then grocery stores just send me into an existential spiral, I'm not usually a panic attack person but...
4 Nov 2024
ALT Grocery Store music during periods of extreme distress. Alex is waiting in line at the grocery store. The first few bars of Katrina and the Waves' song "Walking on Sunshine" start playing. Alex winces slightly. The chorus starts and she begins taking Pained shallow breaths. She clutches her forehead, stifling tears while engaging in agonized whimpering as the chorus ends tih "And don't it feel good!"
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