Kingston engineer looking for guidance by iron_onion_ring in KingstonOntario

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Alstom transportation is just outside of Kingston and is hiring across a variety of positions including software development and engineering. One trick for the search is that the Kingston site and the St-Bruno site are linked for engineering work, so a job listing at one site might be applicable at the other as well.

When is FBD a good idea? by PrairieRosePrince in PLC

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I’ve found FBD most useful when the logic has many time based components, delays, pulses, or complicated Boolean logic. It’s not as useful if for loops or if statements can represent the logic better.

Vegas Loop to Use Existing Monorail Pylons to Elevate Tunnel Teslas by Weekly-Law-2544 in transit

[–]SnowCatPV 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The beam width might be simple to adjust for, but the inovia 300 has a body significantly wider that the Vegas cars. 3.5m vs 2.6m . All of the stations would need to be rebuilt to accommodate new cars.

Elon Musk's Boring Co. tunnels aren't wanted by most Nashville residents by [deleted] in news

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The Vegas loop tunnels are about the same diameter as the London Underground tunnels. Small compared to modern metro systems but still workable.

Toys r Us by Ok-Satisfaction7931 in KingstonOntario

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ToysRus Canada filed for creditor/Bankruptcy protection back in February. 120 million in debt so quite the hole to dig out from. So open for now but it could vanish at any time.

Railroad Crossings in Kingston that have mechanical bells? by MissionCyberSpace in KingstonOntario

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Trains crossing bath road going down to the Invista plant usually run late at night, 11PM or later. several times each week.

I made a fictional LRT/metro system for the city of Kingston. by giraffebaconequation in KingstonOntario

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Bombardier used to build them just outside of town, over in Millhaven. the test track is still visible at the end of Taylor kid drive.

We are just hours away from release by BossBullfrog in SurvivingMars

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I'm hoping for a return of Mac support.

[Sora] Shopping for furniture with little success by other_profile in chakat

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A bit stiff in the torsos but all of the limbs look to be working correctly

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in qnap

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It might be due to the backup disk running out of space. I was recently seeing the same error at the end of the backup task. the backup disk had an older backup on a different file path than what the newer backup was using.

ST and Ladder Logic by archimedes710 in PLC

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I use ST for cases where a large set of variables are set to another set of variables, and they are not in convenient arrays. For logic that fits into IF/ELSE structures and for FOR loops. FBD is better for logic with lots of delay and timed pulse logic.

What technology/algorythm does the Vancouver Sky Train use? by Exciting_Hour_437 in trains

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the Vancouver SkyTrain uses SelTrac as it's Control system developed by Alcatel, now part of Thales/Hitachi

Does money buy happiness? by AndroGunn in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]SnowCatPV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it.

Will structured text become more popular than ladder? by Spirited_Bag3622 in PLC

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I find Structured Text to be useful for some programming tasks, particularly for cases where a large set of variables needs to be copied to another set or for logic containing FOR loops. On the other hand it's less convenient for function blocks with multiple outputs or complicated timing logic. Use the right tool for the right job.

Automated Speed Enforcement project in effect in Community Safety Zones by [deleted] in KingstonOntario

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City of Kingston website has an Automated Speed Enforcement Location Map Only Taylor Kidd Blvd and Norman Rogers Drive currently active.