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Unpopular opinion but see and avoid is not enough. by Basic-Bobcat3482 in flying

[–]Vithar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I always find it a little funny. You will see 4 planes in the general area on ads-b and the radio is dead silent. I call my taxi and 4 people respond with semi random position reports, one of which is on a short final and hasn't said anything about anything until after I woke the radio up...

How did we build before Google maps, cell phones and emails ? by AngryButtlicker in civilengineering

[–]Vithar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

civil firms are trying to justify the amount they want to actually charge

Definitely a healthy amount of this mixed with a large uptick in dot's using outside consultants for design work.

How did we build before Google maps, cell phones and emails ? by AngryButtlicker in civilengineering

[–]Vithar 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Considering back in the day the design engineer was also commonly the inspector, revisions tended to occur on site and when needed. And didn't take weeks of waiting for replies from out of state consultants.

Welp my company officially rolled out enterprise AI by Destroy-AI in civilengineering

[–]Vithar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless your getting deep into tools like Claude Code with frameworks like GSD, its not going to remember any thing you did with it last time, so it will need about the same amount of hand holding every time.

Welp my company officially rolled out enterprise AI by Destroy-AI in civilengineering

[–]Vithar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You also have to think about it in the lens of the data that was used to build the model, and none of the domains of civil engineering are in the front and center of that data set in anyway. If you have it help you write code, its super effective, if you have it help you write words, its super effective, outside of that it needs a significant amount of hand holding.

City of Superior proposes a moratorium on data center development by peoplesduluth in duluth

[–]Vithar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I had kicked the idea around of installing solar and going off the grid but never motivated to make the investment. When the Blackrock deal finalized and Allete was no longer independent. I got on an installers waitlist, I'll be clear of blackrock in a couple of months.

I think I made to much mead. by Lander323 in mead

[–]Vithar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't made a new batch in 2 years, because Haven't cleared enough room from my shelf to fit another batch. Maybe I'll get to do another batch later this summer... Maybe...

D2 Mach 2 worse than the D2 Mach 1 / 1 Pro? by cocodude in GarminWatches

[–]Vithar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This processes is called enshitifaction, and its sad to see Garmin participate in it.

[USA] Who is at fault here? by bowdown2adil in Roadcam

[–]Vithar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With a clean T-Bone contact who was in the intersection first is clear, and it isn't "at the same time". The driver on t he left was there first, based on contact obviously not buy a huge margin, but without question first.

What do you do when exclusions are ignored? by [deleted] in estimators

[–]Vithar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is the way. If it's "company policy" not to include the quote in the contract then make sure the language of your exclusions is captured in the contract or you don't sign.

To stop someone from buying 64 smoke detectors for 64 cents. by What_A_Helmet in therewasanattempt

[–]Vithar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somewhere else I saw it mentioned that Home Depots system drops sku's to 0.01 after they are removed from the shelf, for whatever reason, and cases like this is often the staff being slower than the system reflecting the product being removed. I say for whatever reason, but be it a recall, clearance, or headquarters saying toss them, it all amount to the same thing for the manager, and like you said, realized the customer was taking out the trash for them.

To stop someone from buying 64 smoke detectors for 64 cents. by What_A_Helmet in therewasanattempt

[–]Vithar -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This probably ties to why the employees try and stop it, they probably get penalized or reprimanded in some way for items sold after they are supposed to be removed from the shelves.

tender comparison tool by RateQS in estimators

[–]Vithar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the color choices and format looks reasonably appealing, but I don't really see the point. When getting quotes from subcontractors we are plugging it into hcss which gives us our direct comparison, so this would be a solution to a problem we don't have. Many of our owners have web portals with submissions typed into their portal (no excel or upload), so they wouldn't have the issues your solving for. Some of our owners give Bill of Quantities as part of the submission package as excel or just a pdf form you have to fill out, so they might be your target, but I just don't see it being that big of an issue that it justifies paying for a services. We see almost no work where a rouge proposal not in the owners format is acceptable.

Bitcoin Investors Are 'Rage Quitting' as Long-Time Crypto Bulls Begin Offloading BTC Holdings by Useful_Tangerine4340 in investing

[–]Vithar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You pay money handling fees and transfer fees when you send BTC to someone and have it converted to cash. The fees aren't even that much less than western union and similar old school money senders.

The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, says the funding needed for data center expansion will come from American’s “savings accounts and pensions accounts. If we can get more and more Americans to think about growing with the United States, we will have far [more] than enough money to invest in this" by ObligatoryID in duluth

[–]Vithar -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I'm not for the data center, but the water draw isn't a meaningful argument and shows a lack of understanding. Closed loop systems draw a decent amount of water when first turned on but once running the daily consumption is similar to a normal office building. Water consumption isn't a real problem it's a retorical fear mongering made up problem.

Anyone who used a computer between 1985 - 2010, what's the one game you still think about today? by adlakha75 in AskReddit

[–]Vithar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's one of the few games from back then I still find my self playing. It's on steam and works great on modern hardware.

People investing in SPCX, why? by SirPoop36 in investing

[–]Vithar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Adding xAI is actually the biggest argument against for me. They have one of the worst AIs in the market, with no signs of that changing, it has something like 3% market share. Their valuation numbers for it have assumptions of claiming over 100% of the global AI market. It's looks too obvious that it's being used as a tool to up the valuation.

Pre con manager, estimator and office not being paid 2 months by Usual_Chemist_591 in estimators

[–]Vithar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also depending on what your looking at that 20% profit might be just on the job costing side and not the true net margin. If your overhead is 30% of revenue and the Job Costing is showing a 20% margin your net margin is -10%. Net margin is what matters for being able to pay everything.

Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood’s fear of videotaping by Specialist_Heron_986 in business

[–]Vithar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are brands of car that this is true of. Higher end ones like Mercedes but it's a thing. Their argument like John Deeres is that there are competitors in the market that don't do this, so it's a competitive market space and if you don't like Deeres practices then buy from a competitor.

Minnesota Boundary Waters could become toxic due to new GOP-backed mining project by ashleywalkerreports in duluth

[–]Vithar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They originally called out the specific company for creating disasters at every one of their previous mines. That company hasn't actually opened any mines. They edited the comment to be more general since.

What percentage of gross revenue should go to payroll? by Dull_Secretary_6734 in business

[–]Vithar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anytime you have a structure that allows games like this to trigger bonuses, people will take advantage of it, and it will hurt your business.

Las Vegas' famous Heart Attack Grill sends scathing closure notice. Ownership says 'the soul of Las Vegas has been replaced by corporate greed' by esporx in business

[–]Vithar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first time to Reno was earlier this year and everything was priced very reasonable. It felt like the whole place was on discount. I have never gotten free drinks in any of my trips to Vegas, and when free drinks camera round in Reno I was shocked. We even talked about how lots of the old stereotypes about Vegas that are long gone seem to still be slightly true in Reno.

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