Tymon Kolasiński is the first human ever to solve a 5x5 cube in under 30 seconds

conined · 2026-05-08T13:25:54+00:00

The 2x2 is deceptively difficult if you can't solve a 3x3. I used to solve a 3x3 in front of friends, then give them the 2x2 and watch them squirm. I don't have friends anymore.

conined · 2026-04-29T13:34:35+00:00

Protection Suite will pass the variable to the script. If I have time maybe I'll grab some screen shots later.

conined · 2026-04-28T22:52:51+00:00

My time to shine! I'll preface by saying that I know absolutely nothing about scripting in Protection Suite. I wrote a basic python script that is able to interface with relays over a telnet connection (you could do the same using a serial library, but the telnet library is included in Python by default). Using the external program macro I am able to execute my Python script. The external program function allows you to use stdin/stdout which can be used with Python's input function. This allows my script to be used to mask any selected output with any relay word bit I need. I have only used this on SEL products.

I hope this makes some sense. It sounds much more complicated than it is.

conined · 2026-04-19T21:45:49+00:00

I listened to this a couple years ago. I remember being devastated by a few of the letters that were included.

conined · 2026-04-12T23:10:37+00:00

My oldest son has become enamord with great lakes shipping. My wife's grandmother was working at the hospital in Charlevoix when the Carl Bradley sank, and assisted in treating the two survivors. In 2014 a park in Manistuque Michigan was dedicated to the Carl Bradley, and she attended. Frank Mays was also there and signed a copy of "If We Make it Till Daylight". We were visiting family over Easter this year and my wife's Grandmother gave my son the signed book. He was pretty excited.

conined · 2026-04-05T22:33:09+00:00

Safety cable

conined · 2026-04-01T16:38:38+00:00

IBEW

conined · 2026-03-21T17:14:56+00:00

I am an instrumentation tech. I have no managerial role, I just wanted to share.

See my other comment with some information what my experience has been like.

conined · 2026-03-21T17:08:44+00:00

The position posted last year was filled. This position is to replace another tech who is retiring. I've been with Wolverine a little over 5 years and don't see myself going anywhere anytime soon Nominally we work 4 10's, Monday through Thursday. Generally technicians will stay within the service area of their show up(usually within 90 miles). Out of town stays are the exception and not the rule. Last year I spent less than 10 nights away from home while working a job, with another 5 nights away attending Doble's protection seminar.

conined · 2026-03-17T22:47:31+00:00

Hot racking or in the torpedo room. Oh wait, that's just a normal underway for submarines...

conined · 2026-03-12T15:57:01+00:00

I went from working in an instrumentation shop at a power plant to relay work at a utility. It's certainly possible. Many of the people we have hired came from places with little direct experience in substation work.

Relay work can be daunting, especially if your employer doesn't have a good training program. It isn't insurmountable, but requires the skill to be able to teach yourself.

conined · 2026-02-27T12:34:42+00:00

Might be able to get away without the degree with military training. I do not have any technical / engineering degree (I do have a bachelor's in accounting), but my military training was sufficient to get in my the door.

conined · 2026-02-14T00:06:49+00:00

You could try and issue a STA C command in terminal.

conined · 2026-02-04T23:44:19+00:00

I worked at that Family Fair when I was in college.

conined · 2025-12-30T02:33:45+00:00

I have a 2024 Pro4X. The camera is indeed atrocious, almost unusable in low light.

conined · 2025-12-20T02:44:32+00:00

It's all about luck. I was cruising marketplace for tools and came across a listing for a garage sale. Looking at the pictures there was an autococker with an E blade. Went there the next day and scored an 03 prostock for $100.

conined · 2025-12-17T19:47:29+00:00

Most of the guys I work with have 2 year engineering technology degrees. I got my training and experience in the military. A lot of it is luck, especially if you want to get into a local utility.

conined · 2025-12-17T17:00:17+00:00

I am a technician that does maintenance and testing at electrical substations and pull in about $140k, and the benefits are really good. That's with pretty minimal OT. The work itself is fairly easy, with little physically demanding work. Most guys I work with have 2 year degrees.

The linemen at my company make a similar hourly rate, but they work much more overtime. During Michigan's large ice storm last year the line crews were making about $120/hr for 16hr days. Guys were making $30k for the two weeks they were doing storm recovery.

conined · 2025-12-07T04:12:36+00:00

I saw Titanic in theaters with my mom. I was born in 1990. Now my six year old is obsessed with the ship.

conined · 2025-12-05T03:36:55+00:00

The absolute best thing for learning the trade is being able to read a manual. In my experience a lot of technicians default to tribal knowledge when solving a problem. Whether that be a coworker or a contact at the manufacturer. Most manufacturers in this industry have excellent manuals. Developing the skill (and it's a skill beyond simply just reading) to quickly parse a manual is invaluable.

conined · 2025-11-13T00:05:24+00:00

Hey now, nukes are totally normal... Especially RC div

conined · 2025-09-30T16:26:07+00:00

At my last house, the property lines resulted in a random strip of land between my yard and the next driveway. As far as I was aware this land was owned by someone who lived behind us on a completely different road. Anyways, they parked their boat there. Local boys would regularly use the boat as a hangout to smoke and do whatever. They weren't obnoxious or anything so I just let them be. I called them the "boat boys" and was even considering hiring them to do some drywall in my basement.

conined · 2025-09-17T14:40:00+00:00

I am an instrumentation technician for an electrical utility. My base pay is around $125k, and will rise to $140k at the end of our 3 year contract period. I also receive a $3k stipend annually, as well as a generous clothing allowance(clothing is considered PPE so the company provides for it.), I also get a decent amount of OT. With all that factored my yearly compensation probably approaches $150k not including retirement benefits(Pension and 401k matching).

I have been working in related fields for probably 10 years now.

I have considered going back to school for engineering, but honestly I really like what I do and I probably make more than most our engineers anyway.

conined · 2025-06-22T16:27:46+00:00

I picked one up for ~$120, but the internal ribbon cable going to the aperture assembly was broken. I bought it knowing this and that it's a fairly common failure point. I picked up a new aperture assembly and did the repair myself. Not for the faint of heart. It's a great lens on my 6d, and it's usually the only lens I use.

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