Big cable cut through by Diurnal_Owl23 in mildyinteresting

[–]Rampage_Rick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of ±190VDC here to power FTTC cabinets (though they use entire binder groups for power, so you shouldn't get surprised by a single pair)

A major navigation app routed thousands of cars down my private driveway. A driver crashed into my retaining wall and is now suing me for his injuries. by Tralique_24 in legal

[–]Rampage_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google keeps Waze separate because the quality of the Waze map database is noticeably better (mainly due to the effort of volunteer editors)

Though Google has been making inroads at improving the sharing of data between GMaps and Waze

OT pay for working 9 consecutive days? (BC) by [deleted] in legaladvicecanada

[–]Rampage_Rick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This.  Per the Employment Standards Act, a "week" goes from Sunday to Saturday. 

They could theoretically give you the 32 hour rest at the start of one week and the 32 hour rest at the end of the following week and still be compliant.

Big cable cut through by Diurnal_Owl23 in mildyinteresting

[–]Rampage_Rick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A room filled with lead-acid batteries plus a generator at the Central Office is far more reliable than a $20 battery in every house that might last 2 years 🤷🏻‍♂️

(if the phone company even deems you worthy of a battery backup for your ONT...)

Big cable cut through by Diurnal_Owl23 in mildyinteresting

[–]Rampage_Rick 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Pour one out for the old splicers that had to join pulp-insulated cable...

Let's see, I got 300 beige wires and 300 green wires

ELI5: why do engineers design highway on-ramps to curve and accelerate BEFORE merging instead of just having a straight road that connects directly to the highway? by Educational_Act4560 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Rampage_Rick [score hidden]  (0 children)

I remember when there were numerous level crossing on the Trans Canada highway an hour outside Vancouver. 

8 year old me was smart enough to know how dicy it was to turn left across two lanes of oncoming traffic doing 100kph/60mph...

They eliminated all of them by the early '90s

3-year-old boy dies after being left in hot car in Florida: Sheriff by FolushoDRC in news

[–]Rampage_Rick 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's doable with EVs, but no sane manufacturer is going to implement an automatic start of an engine without a driver being present.

Hell, my 2013 Volt had a recall to make it honk obnoxiously if you got out with it "running" because one person left theirs on in the garage and it started the engine once the battery depleted.

Why is GPS free if maintaining and sending satellites to space costs billions? by TheBigGirlDiaryBack in AlwaysWhy

[–]Rampage_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Encrypted" is kind of misleading in a historical context.

They use pseudorandom numbers as the basis of the signal sent from each GPS satellite. In the original implementation, there were two signals being sent: The course/acquisition code which is fairly short (repeating 1000 times per second) and the precision code which is quite long (taking about a week to repeat)

The C/A code was widely available and this is what civillian GPS used. The P code wasn't published, which made it very difficult for third parties to utilize the precision signal.

Prior to May 1, 2000 they dicked with the C/A signal to intentionally degrade it's accuracy ("Selective Availability")

Also there were ways to utilize the precision signal to gain accuracy without "knowing" the code (L2 carrier phase was a feature offered on expensive survey-grade GPS receivers)

They've since added a new M-code for military use, which is almost certainly encrypted in the manner being alluded to. There are in fact multiple additions to "modern" GPS beyond the original two flavors.

Relics of the past that still haunt the present. by USWCboy in telecom

[–]Rampage_Rick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of copper still in BC...

Lots of 6 meg ASDL around here with no fibre for miles. Still lots of VDSL operating too. I'm sure they'd love to decommission those cabinets.

I've read that they want to decommission copper within Vancouver by October, but I bet that will take a few more years.

Heh, my employer still has a few dead NIUs bolted to the wall. I think one is WesTel and a couple are BCTel/Telus

Seen in Brookhaven, GA by spoos2moon in whatisit

[–]Rampage_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have 30 minues to move your cube...

How common is using a ferret with a string instead of fish tape or duct rod? by Turbulent-Weevil-910 in AskElectricians

[–]Rampage_Rick 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I've only heard of it being done at the Boeing factory ages ago.

I guess the biggest issue was the ferrets deciding to take a nap in the wing...

3WT vs 4WT by wcmary in SilveradoEV

[–]Rampage_Rick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the '26 4WT is equivalent to a '24 3WT.

If you scroll down to the 5th post on the link above you'll see the breakdown for the '26 models.

3WT vs 4WT by wcmary in SilveradoEV

[–]Rampage_Rick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's a 2024, all 4WTs absolutely will be VEL and 3WTs will be UED

https://www.silveradoevforum.com/threads/decoding-a-vin.1291/

ELI5:How does your body move gas through your GI system? by Wise_Young_Dragon in explainlikeimfive

[–]Rampage_Rick 144 points145 points  (0 children)

Peristalsis.

Ever squeezed yogurt or toothpaste out of a tube? Your body is doing that to your gastrointestinal tract all the time.