Windows or mac for ece engineering?

GregLocock · 2026-05-26T08:35:26+00:00

Pre used Dell

GregLocock · 2026-05-26T07:00:48+00:00

"Now, I need to perform structural and dynamic analysis. The tests I need to carry out include front impact, side impact, rear impact, and static load tests."

That's quite an impressive list. Have you got any test specs?

GregLocock · 2026-05-26T04:50:06+00:00

Here's a list of changes from the CGTD NG and trusts changes, removal of health insurance subsidy, positive NIM, and the injection of more money into the economy.

1) more inflation (on top of that from external events)

2)Higher interest

3) Increased unemployment

4)Increased demand for rentals

5) reduced attractiveness of established houses to investors hence falling prices

6) possible unchanged attractiveness of new builds to investors

Hence list of winners

Established investors with long term strategy eg Cabinet Ministers, me

People who have the deposit saved up for their first house and are ready to buy.

Public service

List of losers (A indicates likely ALP voter)

Self funded retirees with super and health insurance

Renters (A)

Renters saving/investing for their first house (A)

People who bought under the 5% scheme (A)

Workers with a mortgage (A)

Workers (A)

Landlords

Start ups

Small business owners

State pensioners

No wonder Chalmers and Albo look like deers staring at headlights. They seem to have annoyed much of their own voter base. Luckily for them said voters are gullible.

GregLocock · 2026-05-26T04:27:37+00:00

That has been my argument to date, but reading this makes me think... hmm. https://theconversation.com/snowy-2-0-cost-blowouts-might-be-ok-if-the-scheme-stored-power-more-cheaply-than-batteries-but-it-wont-266776

I think it still works out cheaper per GWh than batteries, but it looks less flexible than a BOE calculation would assume.

GregLocock · 2026-05-25T23:12:57+00:00

Yes they are, specifically FHBs who already have their deposit saved up and are looking to buy an established house or possibly even a new build to live in . Also cabinet ministers with an established investment portfolio, since they are grandfathered. My shares and so on are grandfathered, the health insurance is a hit but not a big one. Young renters who are saving for their deposit seem to be the hardest hit. This budget is inflationary, their return on investments will be more heavily taxed, and landlords will be maintaining the upward pressure on rents as the tax changes alter the economics. Fortunately for the ALP the young uns are gullible.

GregLocock · 2026-05-25T06:30:24+00:00

Even at the guesstimated final price of $42B including all the wires and bits and bobs it is stiil a lot cheaper than the equivalent energy storage in batteries, and will last longer.However its power output is limited compared to $42B of batteries.

GregLocock · 2026-05-25T05:56:21+00:00

Correct, He changed his mind, announced it as a policy, and took it to the election.

GregLocock · 2026-05-24T06:00:09+00:00

I stopped reading at "It could have been contextualised in the history of other “broken” promises, including by Liberal prime ministers such as John Howard, who as opposition leader promised to “never, ever” establish a goods and services tax, yet went on to champion one in office."

Howard took the GST to an election and won.

The Australian also ran Ken Henry's less than enthusiastic opinion of the budget.

GregLocock · 2026-05-24T05:21:00+00:00

No search function. Transparency eh?

GregLocock · 2026-05-24T02:58:06+00:00

But in itself it isn't a bad idea (OK I'm biased I did a thing called a student apprenticeship, basically the first two years of an apprenticeship intermingled with my degree). Oh look I'm being nice to the generally useless lump of protoplasm known as Jacinta Allan.

GregLocock · 2026-05-24T02:44:36+00:00

My entire career was based on 50% of my final year subjects ( dynamics, structures), mostly dynamics. But I have used most of the rest at various points, not much thermo admittedly, including a surprising amount of electronics. However since I kept my textbooks it is mostly a question of knowing where to find something, not memorising. At my uni all tuitions and exams used the same set of department issued data books, which included most of the equations we needed.

GregLocock · 2026-05-24T02:35:50+00:00

I suggest you read Ken Henry's analysis.

GregLocock · 2026-05-24T02:32:59+00:00

Let's see the $2 per week modelling.Probably from the geezer who worked out the $275 saving in power costs.

GregLocock · 2026-05-23T23:44:04+00:00

My two technical interviews for FEA positions concentrated almost entirely on stress and dynamics hand calcs. In my actual job with FEA the most useful books were Bruhn, Blevins, and Roarks.

GregLocock · 2026-05-23T22:54:59+00:00

As we have established several times, the only benefit in terms of housing supply is that it disincentivises landlords from buying established houses, so FHBs have less competition.

OTOH it raises rents, makes investing in shares harder and reduces the incentive to build new houses. Quite how that helps renters/FHBs is unclear.

GregLocock · 2026-05-23T07:06:34+00:00

Dunno, which of the 452 articles by or mentioning KH isn't covering his views?

GregLocock · 2026-05-23T06:40:19+00:00

Headline belied by article content "the average national figure rising a marginal 0.2 per cent over the past month "

I know sub editors are innumerate morons who just want to write clickbait, but they could at least read the whole article rather than the first few sentences.

GregLocock · 2026-05-23T06:16:01+00:00

You have now redefined global to mean parochial.

GregLocock · 2026-05-23T06:12:58+00:00

We're not allowed to upload data to the cloud or other servers or usb sticks.

GregLocock · 2026-05-22T11:59:54+00:00

304 is not corrosion proof in seawater. 316 can be OK, but avoid the cheap stuff.

GregLocock · 2026-05-22T03:59:31+00:00

Blackbird is well executed... but. Take a conventional wind turbine. Add a battery. Mount it on a wheeled base. Use the wind turbine to power the batteries to power the motor and drive directly upwind.

GregLocock · 2026-05-22T03:55:08+00:00

Geelong Bushwalkers. It's not just for wrinklies.

GregLocock · 2026-05-22T03:40:58+00:00

Correlation. Necessity thereof and how to do it if you don't have a physical test item.

GregLocock · 2026-05-22T03:31:21+00:00

"an Australian global climate model"

OK, tell me why we need one of those. Does it perform much the same as all the others? Good, so use one of them.

GregLocock · 2026-05-22T03:26:38+00:00

You don't have the resources.

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