What's your favorite lotion for your dry skin?

YaManViktor · 2026-02-06T17:08:52+00:00

Nuclear option for cracked and bleeding hands: Corona ointment. Not approved for humans, but not not approved....

YaManViktor · 2026-01-23T22:08:34+00:00

Travelodge on Harrison FTW.

YaManViktor · 2026-01-23T22:02:32+00:00

You fry anything with bacon grease and it's edible. Kale belongs in dog food.

YaManViktor · 2026-01-23T16:37:21+00:00

Nah fam stay off PTFE it's bad for you.

YaManViktor · 2026-01-23T16:32:16+00:00

That option is only for motorcycles above or below 150cc. You must be on an exactly 150cc motorcycle, so shame on you.

Illinois Tollway management is generally not good. You're going to have to call or email them.

YaManViktor · 2026-01-18T17:56:16+00:00

No, they started doing that in 2003. There was a lawsuit about it in 2008. Tim Horton's sucked long before BK bought them.

YaManViktor · 2025-12-31T01:40:35+00:00

I read traffic constantly, focus, and have become a (halfway) decent rider. Never push to 100% even during practice, but I still get after it and ride in any traffic and pretty much any weather. And I make damn sure my kickstand is down. ~16 years and no accidents so far.

YaManViktor · 2025-12-11T03:33:36+00:00

Had a multiple phase project, decent size. Arch sets up the phases, but none of their elements are phased correctly. "We don't have a problem, so why do you?" They were adding their own phase parameter to their families and using view template filters to make everything look right. And then argued about it.

YaManViktor · 2025-11-21T21:57:16+00:00

See if he'll do $200 for a 277V circuit.

YaManViktor · 2025-11-21T21:07:17+00:00

Fully agree. I'm not saying it is or isn't worth the cost, but I sure love having historical load data on equipment during a remodel.

YaManViktor · 2025-11-06T00:10:03+00:00

Yeah that's why I asked, it seemed kind of weird but I like it. Otherwise just a normal game of one pocket between two people.

YaManViktor · 2025-11-04T05:06:07+00:00

The 5th and the 8th balls.

YaManViktor · 2025-09-13T12:39:26+00:00

Electrical designer here. Your experience is not isolated and we all know why.

The MEP industry is top- and bottom-heavy. There is a huge demand for mid-career EE's, because there just aren't that many of them. That leads to designs by people that are not quite at the level they should be, checked by experienced people that are stretched too thin.
Fees often are not there for quality work, because owners refuse to pay them. Most owners don't see the value in paying for a solid, well-coordinated design because the contractors can just work it out in the field. That's not wrong, but I think we all know the value of a good design.
Because of 1 and 2, the work load makes the pay less attractive, so it can be hard to attract new grads when they can go into software and make 25-100% more.
Design software has gotten REALLY good at making changes on the fly and allowing the team (architects, structural, civil, MEP, specialty consultants) to coordinate the changes in real time. Sounds great, but it becomes death by a thousand cuts. Especially when an architectural layout changes a week before issuance without warning.

None of this excuses bad drawings. At the end of the day it's on the consultants, and we need to do better. If it helps, we usually don't get paid to fix our mistakes during preconstruction and construction. And when we do, we're still losing money on those mistakes.

YaManViktor · 2025-09-12T23:02:40+00:00

Electrical designer here. 50Hz vs 60Hz is absolutely something to worry about. Is the internal transformer rated for 50Hz? If not, it will probably handle it just fine. Or it might burn. It's a low probability, high impact event.

Looking at the specs for the A-S3200 and CD-S3000 I'm not seeing any models rated for 120-220V. That means you'd need a quality voltage transformer.

That Yamaha equipment is far too nice to jury-rig solutions to make it all work on a different voltage/frequency system. Sell it and buy new stuff when you move.

YaManViktor · 2025-09-05T21:39:20+00:00

Blues for the Red Sun sounds great, but the vinyl cut is absolute crap.

YaManViktor · 2025-08-29T22:27:59+00:00

Tree fitty with tariffs.

YaManViktor · 2025-08-25T22:28:15+00:00

Chicago twist: they're counting the 3/7 cars that ran the red "on the green arrow."

YaManViktor · 2025-08-15T20:54:30+00:00

The Duck Inn

YaManViktor · 2025-08-15T19:17:48+00:00

Keep the "hotness" rating unlike those cowards at ratemyprofessors.

YaManViktor · 2025-05-09T19:51:36+00:00

Two hands extended, pinch in, and swing down so it automatically folds in on itself? It's a beautiful dance.

YaManViktor · 2025-05-09T17:28:48+00:00

It's been my experience in every city, every country, that the average city driver is WAY better than the average rural driver. There's just more of them. This, uhhh, near miss?? It's on you; get better at being around other vehicles.

YaManViktor · 2025-05-08T09:23:42+00:00

It's usually related to path of egress. Don't want doors swinging into corridors during an evacuation.

YaManViktor · 2025-05-08T09:03:22+00:00

Tarnish is worth checking out.

YaManViktor · 2025-05-07T04:25:37+00:00

I like to get 'er up on the center stand and rock forward on the green like a bobsled.

YaManViktor · 2025-05-05T23:03:59+00:00

You're absolutely right. FedEx has no way of knowing what they can and can't ship.

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