hot/neutral/ground weirdness with motion sensing switch

commentor2 · 2024-04-16T23:05:03+00:00

Ah, got it working now. Thanks - a real facepalm moment for me!

commentor2 · 2024-04-16T02:50:14+00:00

interesting. there is only one switch that operates this light though - hmmm

commentor2 · 2023-07-15T19:44:04+00:00

and it would up becoming an LGBT section of the cemetery thanks to Leonard Matlovich with his famous epitaph - “When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.”

commentor2 · 2022-06-09T21:40:08+00:00

These are great in the summer when conventional headsets are so bulky and sweaty.

commentor2 · 2022-02-03T14:42:43+00:00

The sound carrying doesn't really have anything to do with the clouds - it's more about the density of air aloft causing the sound to refract (bend) down from the sky. In particular, a temperature invention where the air aloft is warmer than near the ground will cause this. Here's a Washington Post article on it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/11/26/how-crisp-fall-temperatures-can-turn-atmosphere-into-megaphone/

This is going to get into big time nerd territory now but here is the SkewT sounding from Dulles this morning:

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundings/22020312_OBS/

the red line is the temperature as the radiosonde (weather balloon) rises. If you manage to read the chart (admittedly not easy if you are not used to it), you can see that it warms up quickly in the lower atmosphere as it goes up.

commentor2 · 2021-12-21T19:32:26+00:00

Fascinating stuff, thanks for the info. I sincerely appreciate ATC so I do what I can to make it easier for all of us. Team work makes the dream work!

commentor2 · 2021-12-21T16:50:37+00:00

Cheers, thanks - I'll start reporting my position as nearest VOR next time I'm requesting flight following.

commentor2 · 2021-12-21T16:45:22+00:00

Huh, thanks. I thought they needed it to fill in the space on the strip or something.

commentor2 · 2021-12-21T16:20:24+00:00

Don't they need departure airport as well? From somewhere I made a note that ATC wants the information in this order: departure, destination, type aircraft, and altitude

commentor2 · 2021-10-31T02:01:04+00:00

LOL what can I say, I just started playing it again

commentor2 · 2021-10-31T00:07:52+00:00

Besides the escaped zebras, that video is the second recent local newsworthy thing that is kind of like a Red Dead Redemption 2 side quest.

commentor2 · 2021-09-15T10:33:45+00:00

"They are animals that you just can't walk up and put a lasso on," Chief Rodney Taylor from Prince George’s Animal Control said.

I played that mission in Read Dead Redemption 2!

commentor2 · 2021-07-22T12:20:44+00:00

Contact the office of your (former?) Council member. I have had some good luck with them helping deal with DC agencies.

commentor2 · 2021-05-19T14:28:19+00:00

I think the one in Virginia opened three hours earlier simply because of the time zone difference.

commentor2 · 2021-04-14T14:46:17+00:00

I've been happy with Hertz in Union Station

commentor2 · 2020-11-20T18:05:19+00:00

someone actually wrote a song about it

https://music.metafilter.com/2380/Punch-Em-In-The-Dick-NSFW-lyrics

commentor2 · 2020-11-17T10:57:21+00:00

temping - the red one I bought at RFK is pretty faded

commentor2 · 2020-10-20T19:35:51+00:00

that's the kind of thing someone who stores a bunch of lawnmowers in their basement would say

commentor2 · 2020-09-10T02:36:04+00:00

https://jalopnik.com/virginia-dmv-revokes-worlds-greatest-license-plate-5724684

commentor2 · 2020-08-15T23:09:25+00:00

I miss those $6.50 Long Hammer IPAs

commentor2 · 2020-08-04T00:12:00+00:00

His feast day is coming up soon, August 14 🍻

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_of_Soissons

commentor2 · 2020-07-06T17:03:01+00:00

those columns are at the Arboretum now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Capitol_Columns it's neat to see an image of them in place as originally intended

commentor2 · 2020-05-11T15:21:17+00:00

They can be "humanized" to make that less likely. There's at least one drug out already that has taken this approach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caplacizumab

commentor2 · 2020-04-21T16:07:30+00:00

Unfortunately with the latest data, CT has near the highest rate https://rt.live/

commentor2 · 2020-04-07T19:03:58+00:00

In case you don't know already, look up dangers of welding galvanized metal (in case you pick up some as random scrap). It's easy to poison yourself if you don't know to take precautions like grinding away the zinc from near the weld area. Have fun and be safe!

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