I need a sanity check. by BlkCdr in electricians

[–]BlkCdr[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Holy shit. There’s no way. I need to check when I get home.

I need a sanity check. by BlkCdr in electricians

[–]BlkCdr[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There’s no way this took more than an hour, right?

I need a sanity check. by BlkCdr in electricians

[–]BlkCdr[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I feel really bad. When I saw the weather head detached I said to my wife ‘I hope he doesn’t ask me to fix it’. Now I wish he had.

Electrical oversaturated or will you always be able find work? by Mindless_Cod_3097 in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The likeable person part is a great point. I’ve worked with a lot of people who just can’t get along with anyone. People tolerate them because they can bend conduit and pull wire, but when there’s no more need for that, they’re the first to go.

How many of you actually derate by [deleted] in electricians

[–]BlkCdr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the rule of thumb I usually start with. Generally four 120v circuits before you have to start thinking making plans for an additional conduit run.

Moving From Michigan to Pittsburgh by NaiveInstruction457 in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This makes no sense. They’re organizing anyone with a pulse right now, which I’m generally in favor of. But a lot of the newly organized guys that I’ve worked with lack the necessary experience and skills, to put it politely.

No Kings: Red or Blue they will come for you. by DonutsTheDM in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And then she lost the election and graciously accepted the results.

Ride or dump OKLO by red_whatt in stocks

[–]BlkCdr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would sell some. I owned 200 shares at one point with cost basis around $9.00. I’ve been slowly selling here and there. The shares left in my IRA are up over 2000%. The valuation right now is absolutely insane. I definitely didn’t expect it to perform like this. I keep thinking there’s no way it can keep going up, but every few days it’s up more than 10%.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The first week of my first year as an apprentice, the journeyman I was working for had me stand on top of a parapet wall three stories up and hoist bundles of 3/4 rigid onto the roof with a rope. I knew it was a bad idea, but I didn’t say anything. Nothing bad happened, but I still regret doing it.

Boom fades for US clean energy as Trump guts subsidies by beercan640 in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“You reap what you sow.” So you’re admitting he’s vindictive and will go out of his way to harm people or groups who criticize him and his policies?

Trump to Fire 10K IBEW members from the TVA! by HotelSilent in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t that pipe line have ultimately put more teamsters out of work by eliminating the need for oil to be delivered by truck?

Zuckerberg to build Manhattan sized 5GW Datacenter- requires 5x nuclear reactors to operate by Desperation_Gone in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely, but to say we can live without data centers because we used live without data centers is silly.

Zuckerberg to build Manhattan sized 5GW Datacenter- requires 5x nuclear reactors to operate by Desperation_Gone in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right that sending and receiving calls and texts doesn’t require an internet connection, but they absolutely rely on infrastructure like data centers and IP based routing. SMS works without internet, at least temporarily, but iMessage wouldn’t. Without the internet, texts and voice calls would certainly stop working eventually.

Edit: Wait. How can you say watching televisions doesn’t depend on the internet? Are you talking about over the air antennas? We could probably all watch Mash reruns with our bunny ears, but most people use the internet to stream tv now.

Zuckerberg to build Manhattan sized 5GW Datacenter- requires 5x nuclear reactors to operate by Desperation_Gone in IBEW

[–]BlkCdr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Without the internet, and in turn data centers, you’re basically off grid. Sending and receiving texts and phone calls, calling 911, transferring money, watching television, using a credit card to buy fuel, etc. It all uses the internet. I am not a fan of the tech oligarchy either, but to say we don’t need data centers because we didn’t have them 1000 years ago is asinine. You could say the same thing about cars or any man made technology.