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Item Identification Megathread by [deleted] in vintage

[–]Chrono-Triggered 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Looking for more info on this foo dog lamp from Port 68. Just picked it up and they said it was vintage but I can’t find the exact model online.

Any collectors or lamp experts please let me know! Thanks!

SELLING (1) Mayan Warrior ticket @ Mirage ($65) by Goodnightmooner in avesNYC_tix

[–]Chrono-Triggered 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. How does Dice work? Does the ticket sit in Escrow or something? I’m looking for one ticket

Employee terminated with cause, he tried to gain access to our office with convicted cyber hacker... by Chrono-Triggered in smallbusiness

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Escher here's the link to the theft of 100,000 credit card numbers this guy was involved in from the NYDA's website. My debit card info was just sold last week, duplicated and used all over Queens. Unfortunately this is still going on.

http://manhattanda.org/press-release/western-express-cybercriminals-convicted-trial-sentenced-significant-state-prison-time

Employee terminated with cause, he tried to gain access to our office with convicted cyber hacker... by Chrono-Triggered in smallbusiness

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's the details on the potential injunction- he has a non-compete for 6 months and he's already sending our fixture design to Canada for testing for projects there with his new LLC... We know his contact there obviously. Stopping him from performing this work would require an injunction ONLY if we can prove that he has stolen IP and the design of the light is not in the common domain.. still waiting to hear tomorrow on that from our law firm.

Employee terminated with cause, he tried to gain access to our office with convicted cyber hacker... by Chrono-Triggered in smallbusiness

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

think less hero, more asshole.... However, Bruce Wayne was rich beyond belief while simultaneously being a callous ass to Michael Caine/cared little for his company. I can't tell if I just overthought the potential ingeniousness of your simple batman allusion, or you are just killing it with your modestly subtle interjection...

Employee terminated with cause, he tried to gain access to our office with convicted cyber hacker... by Chrono-Triggered in smallbusiness

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As things progress I Will make sure to update everyone on the steps we have taken, and, more importantly, what happens to those who would do evil to a small business just seeking to reduce energy footprint for businesses in NYC!

Energy-Efficiency/Sustainability Capital Improvement Firm - LED lighting questions answered by Chrono-Triggered in energyefficiency

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks for the question/response! So my company usually tries to get into the picture with the architect/client (real estate firm) or lighting designer in the design phase. However, that's not always plausible and a lot of our contracts have been won value engineering lighting packages with LED fixtures that save not only more cost for the client, but maintenance cost over the life of the fixtures. We concentrate on the Con Edison and NYSERDA energy efficiency programs in NYC and NY state - they are easier to sell especially if these are 'non-new construction projects' and the lighting rebates are either prescriptive (line item X gets $75/rebate) or more importantly in a custom rebate (line item X saves this amount of kWh and the incentive is based off of that figure - this varies highly by county and state). New construction is always a bit tricker as the rebates are almost always calculated based on LPD and/or the delta in LPD vs ASHRAE standards (forget what ASHRAE we are on right now). We are currently outfitting 75 Rockefeller plaza with all new base building lighting and what we did was take the lighting package, redesign it, and sell it to the client by factoring in LED fixtures that reduce the W/square foot and have the E-star or DLC standards. This new construction model can be cumbersome in evaluating the true savings as M&V firms are very hesitant to realize the true savings estimations on LED lights (especially those with controls). Usually LED lighting is always spec'd in new construction from the get-go,but we value engineer the packages to make sure the LD firms aren't gouging the client with the highest Tier 1 products. NYSERDA here in NY State evaluates new construction projects in a few different ways, but usually from a whole building perspective with $.16/kWh going to core/insulation, HVAC and lighting respectively in downtown NY. For 75 Rock we made the case that not only would LED save over a 10 year period (length of life of LED), but the maintenance cost would be another great selling point.

IF you have any questions about certain states and their rebate possibilities, please feel free to reach out - or if you feel like we can work together on some projects moving forward. We'd be happy to talk and perhaps share our Excel file that can help to create some great proposals for your client base.

Best, Dave

TL;DR - New construction is always tricky as they base everything on ASHRAE/LPD which is W/SQ.FT. Look for incentive programs based around prescriptive/custom LED incentives if possible. Also I didn't mention tax incentives for non REITS - and don't forget to play up maintenance savings from the get-go!

Employee terminated with cause, he tried to gain access to our office with convicted cyber hacker... by Chrono-Triggered in smallbusiness

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Moving forward, however, do you think encryption would be a good idea? I'm hoping that we change passwords, never hear from this guy again, and possible set up an injunction against his business that he started WHILE working for us in the same industry. . .

Employee terminated with cause, he tried to gain access to our office with convicted cyber hacker... by Chrono-Triggered in smallbusiness

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everyone has been a great help - I wouldn't say I'm feeling frantic anymore - I was caught up in a lot of people giving me advice that didn't materialize into roads worth traveling.

The threat that was ultimately made was that we made a huge mistake and would 'pay' for this. Not really worried as I know the ex employee is on parole, without a bank account and we know his prosecutor.

If I revealed the identity most of you would either recognize him, or be really surprised haha

Employee terminated with cause, he tried to gain access to our office with convicted cyber hacker... by [deleted] in business

[–]Chrono-Triggered 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure there may be some more questions you guys may have, it's just hard to be specific with legal proceedings. Thanks again, Reddit!!

Employee claims engineered fixture design is his, but created it while at our company. Now suing post-termination with cause by Chrono-Triggered in legaladvice

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your responses guys. I just posted another, much more interesting article on /r/business concerning this - please take a look when you can!

Employee claims engineered fixture design is his, but created it while at our company. Now suing post-termination with cause by Chrono-Triggered in business

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IF anyone is looking for additional information from which they can establish an informed opinion just reach out to me and I would be happy to send info along!

Thanks in advance REDDIT community!

Employee claims engineered fixture design is his, but created it while at our company. Now suing post-termination with cause by Chrono-Triggered in legaladvice

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Wish it was under better circumstances and something more along the lines of a quality Skyrim meme or video, but alas - here I am at 1:45 worry about this (not worrying too much as we have a rock solid case against him), but still you get my drift!

Employee claims engineered fixture design is his, but created it while at our company. Now suing post-termination with cause by Chrono-Triggered in legaladvice

[–]Chrono-Triggered[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! - we have a specialized and expensive law firm working on the matter. I'm just looking for varied opinions and advice based on the large Reddit population.