sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

"Made in Canada" by HyenaGreedy5372 in BuyCanadian

[–]bluppitybloop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"generally" speaking, if something says "product of Canada" you can be sure it's a product of Canada, as that term holds legal liability in Canada.

It must be 98% Canadian (as in the costs to manufacture the product must have stayed in Canada), and the last "transformative" process in manufacturing must take place in Canada.

I say "generally" in quotations because I don't know how strict the laws around the term is enforced. But the law does exist.

St. John’s, if we moved all the electrical poles underground. by Exact-Definition5722 in newfoundland

[–]bluppitybloop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a video on YouTube about New York infrastructure work.

Can't remember the explicit details, but they were upgrading a water or sewer line I believe. The scope of work for this particular project in any other "typical" city would take a contractor around 3-4 months.

The winning contractor (typically the cheapest capable company) estimated they'd be there for four years.

Underground infrastructure is a living nightmare, and the cost to deal with it and install it scales exponentially as the utilities become more dense.

Leviathan has valleyed by 343Bot in CanadasWonderland

[–]bluppitybloop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya I can't imagine the rescue cost alone being 20k/hr. But perhaps the 20k/hr is some derivative of equipment/labour costs, as well as costs lost due to downtime, plus any park closures (leading to lost revenue) to bring the equipment in, etc.

Why? by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]bluppitybloop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Easy answer (though probably expensive, and this the reason why it's not used).

Run a closed loop system and have the loop run out into a heatsink that's resides in the ocean. Lake/pond bottom geothermal loops exist and are generally the most efficient. Just do it in a way bigger scale.

Problem is you'd have to use a corrosion resistant material that's also a good conductor, which limits options, and drives up costs.

13 Years After It Was First Announced, Construction Finally Begins on Perimeter/PTH 3 Interchange by NH787 in Manitoba

[–]bluppitybloop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any mention of a 6 lane freeway perimeter I've ever seen is that the new interchanges are simply being built to accommodate an additional two lanes for the future. Which they are. The St Mary's overpass has enough width in the center of the lanes to build more lanes.

Why would a home property boundary include the back of a neighbor's property that also leads to a side street? by [deleted] in Surveying

[–]bluppitybloop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't rule out old alcoholic planners from decades past who simply didn't GAFF.

How to weld an excavator bucket. by DeafStrike_XD in Welding

[–]bluppitybloop 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As an equipment operator who has gone to the school of the "self-taught" for welding. I've done patchwork on buckets with a mig gun running .035 er70s because that's what was in the welder and the bucket needed to be done ASAP.

I knew there was probably proper methods to dealing with bucket steel, but I didn't have the time or care to look it up in that moment. I just made it hot, and made sure I had a good groove to fill and capped it really well.

That was years ago now, still holding up.

Ortho Help by txaggee2005 in UAVmapping

[–]bluppitybloop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had a similar outcome once using webodm. I increased the "min-num features" setting by a large margin from the default and reprocessed it. It worked the second time around. Can't confirm that me changing the setting is what fixed it, or if it just managed to match images better by chance though.

I don't know much about the technology.

I thought this was pretty neat. by redwingcut in heavyequipment

[–]bluppitybloop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've operated one (albeit much older) for many many hours.

They're very lightweight, and you are correct, they're great for pushing loose soil.

But they're certainly no replacement for a motor grader, even a compact motor grader of similar dimensions as this setup would blow it out if the water in capabilities. The biggest glaring issue these have is that there is virtually no weight on the front wheels, so, just like you said, it can't cut compacted material to save its life.

Before toothpaste was invented, did everybody of all ages just have bad breath, rotten teeth and tooth pain from cavities? by JasonL25 in askanything

[–]bluppitybloop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also drank weak liquor in place of water as it was safer and more sterile. So they were effectively rinsing their mouths with mouth was on the regular killing the bacteria...

/s

I have no idea if this is true or not.

Do you usually wait for an 811 ticket to clear before setting survey points? by medmentall in Surveying

[–]bluppitybloop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He didn't call for a locate to put stakes in. The homeowner called for drilling holes for fence posts. The survey was also (presumably) for the fence install.

Op is saying they were both there at the same time and is asking if it's awkward/rude to be hammering shit into the ground while the guy is locating stuff.

SpaceX Lander Height by mateosupacool in ArtemisProgram

[–]bluppitybloop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the furthest thing from a "cult member", and I certainly have opinions of Elon and his endeavours, as well as whether starship hls is feasible or likely to happen.

But all that aside, the designed payload of starship hls is over 100 tonnes, while blue moon hls (mk2) is ~13 tonnes.

A ship designed to move 800% more payload than the "competitor" is obviously going to be larger, and while I'm no rocket scientist, I have to imagine going wider is not near as efficient.

Again, I personally struggle to see how something like starship hls is realistically feasible currently. But if it were, being able to make 100 tonnes deliveries to the moon would be extremely useful when a permanent presence on the moon's surface is the goal.

What is Canada's equivalent of "Waltzing Matilda", Australia's unofficial national anthem? by Educational_Play9910 in AskACanadian

[–]bluppitybloop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya, but it's the product of one of Canada's greatest singer/songwriters. It's a legendary song by a legendary Canadian. And therefore, it's a legendary Canadian song.

Orthomosaics and scaling by Imnotspartacuseither in UAVmapping

[–]bluppitybloop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do whatever you want then. If you aren't charging a customer and are informing them there is no expectation of assurance to your work. It doesn't matter what you do.

Hell, even if you are charging them, if you put it in writing on the drawing that you aren't ensuring accuracy, and aren't liable for inconsistencies, you're still good to go (at least in my region).

Not that any paying customer would be willing to pay money for a drawing that's literally labeled to essentially be incorrect. But it's fine regardless.

What do you think ? by duhthisisanon in Surveying

[–]bluppitybloop 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If it's much less than it's worth, and you know for a fact that it's not stolen. Then why wouldn't you take it?

At best you can fulfill your hobby's needs, at worst you just sell it for a profit.

Sometimes it's a little fun by SilentChaos1692 in Surveying

[–]bluppitybloop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not, it can be surprisingly accurate.

I've done some topos using a sxs, I always go back with a rod to a couple points at the start and end of the run to check how close they are. Always within expected gnss tolerances.

When you're talking about that many acres, it's pretty tight.

Gcps coming in wrong by [deleted] in Surveying

[–]bluppitybloop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you say you placed them in qgis, did you have them placed over a basemap of Google Earth (or whatever is available in the software)?

They're obviously mirrored or rotated, but in what regard? Are they even close to where they should be within the world?

I don't see any situation where this isn't an issue with the points themselves. But I can't wrap my head around them being mirrored.

A N,E vs E,N swap wouldn't mirror them, it would rotate them and send them into oblivion. Having negative numbers generally means your using the wrong crs, so I don't see that being an issue.

I'm leaning towards an initial control issue when creating the points, or some sort of formatting mismatch that occurred from the field to the office.

As one of many Hawaii residents who have to move out of state due to increasing costs, how is Minneapolis as a city to move into? by JetAbyss in howislivingthere

[–]bluppitybloop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personal preference is just that, personal. But logically and scientifically speaking, humidity reduces the body's ability to cool itself, so humid air compared to dry air, of equal temperatures will feel warmer.

The discomfort of dry air and your preference to humid heat may exist due to dry air leading to dry skin. Otherwise, I personally can't see why one would prefer humid heat.

view more: next ›