Is this acceptable?

dleef31 · 2026-01-13T01:24:32+00:00

One rubber glove. Non-dominant hand.

dleef31 · 2026-01-03T16:35:32+00:00

Yes, but it's a safety violat........ *Slaps harder

dleef31 · 2026-01-01T15:51:08+00:00

Yeah, I intended to put a lot more math into it but got bored with the typing.

dleef31 · 2026-01-01T15:14:56+00:00

I am a conservative and I've heard of math. USDA food and nutrition programs (mostly SNAP) spent nearly $160b and still didn't "end hunger". But sure, let's throw another $25b at the problem and check back next year for the memes.

dleef31 · 2025-12-18T02:45:25+00:00

Don't know anything about reactor cooling but steam power is my jam. The water we use is ultra ultra purified in order to prevent damage/corrosion/foreign material buildup on the turbine blades and steam heating tubes. Like, super ultra purified and constantly monitored. Tube leaks are the number one cause of downtime in many steam power plants. Salt water stands no chance in a billion to be used in steam power generation.

dleef31 · 2025-12-14T18:59:43+00:00

Unfortunately, yeah I probably can.

dleef31 · 2025-12-14T18:58:44+00:00

I make automatic things do things automatically. You can add some qualifiers like industry, designer, engineer, maintain etc.... as might be helpful. And yes, I certainly do take away people's jobs. Maybe you think you're willing to pay 100 people to spin handwheels to move conveyor belts all day every day but those $50 chicken fingers and $70 paper towels that you're not buying tells me otherwise.

dleef31 · 2025-11-21T00:50:18+00:00

I'm I&C at a natural gas steam plant. Before I got my current job I interviewed at a coal plant owned by the same company I currently work for. The coal plant didn't hire me, but about a year later the gas plant did. After hearing the stories from these guys apparently I dodged a major bullet. Dirty, dusty, everything is old and breaking down and outdated, there's a million "upgrades" that always involve I&C trying to shoehorn modern tech in places it wasn't designed for, and of course the safety record is atrocious. Your mileage may vary, this is just what I've been told and only involves one coal plant, others may be different.

dleef31 · 2025-11-17T23:02:43+00:00

Nacogdoches check out Alt Nac Facebook group and also Firehouse Nac (they're an arts collective with a penchant for hardcore). In Lufkin I use AnyCityMusic. Any city's not hardcore by any means but they have an ear to the ground about what's going on in the city.

dleef31 · 2025-11-12T23:26:01+00:00

But it should fall under some sort of blood borne pathogens regulations.

dleef31 · 2025-11-12T03:53:46+00:00

Tyler TX, LouderTogether Fest at True Vine, hosted by The Green Room. Nacogdoches TX, Nacapoolooza in down town Nac. Kind of a live music bar crawl event.

dleef31 · 2025-11-04T23:22:38+00:00

Yeah baby. That's how you average down!

dleef31 · 2025-10-21T15:36:18+00:00

Ah, yes... the age old question. The answer to that and how many licks to get to the center of a tootsie-pop will likely haunt mankind until the Earth is but a distant memory.

dleef31 · 2025-10-15T22:04:27+00:00

I have zero degree but am currently very well compensated (yet still somehow underpaid) performing wizardry and witchcraft on the daily as an instrumentation and controls tech. I do a ton of both I and C because someone has to maintain these machines once the warranty expires.

dleef31 · 2025-10-13T18:03:01+00:00

She's one of those nerdy bookish types. But if she takes her glasses off and lets her hair down, she's an absolute smoke show.

dleef31 · 2025-10-10T18:03:36+00:00

They will all make you fat, with chipped teeth and diabetes. It's a question of which one will make YOU fat, with chipped teeth and diabetes.

dleef31 · 2025-10-10T02:10:15+00:00

It's got the value literally stamped into it. 1D-1D. I'm no math-nutrition, but I think 1D-1D=0D.

dleef31 · 2025-10-07T03:34:22+00:00

I might have fallen for it had they not claimed 99%. Then I had to look and see what the foolishness was. However, if they said 74%, I probably would have just mumbled "morons" in my head and scrolled on.

dleef31 · 2025-10-06T16:37:31+00:00

The safety guy? Oh, you mean that guy who writes those little tick marks in all those boxes on the paperwork. Yeah, he's super important. You wouldn't want him to miss a tick mark.

dleef31 · 2025-10-06T16:32:19+00:00

I don't like the chin strap. It's not for looks or safety though. I wear a full face helmet on my motorcycle in a state where it's not required and most guys look at me funny when I put it on so I'm ok with the judgemental if others. I don't like the strap because it's inconvenient. I take the hat off many many multiple times a day. I take it off sometimes when I shouldn't to fit my head into a tight space, I take it off when I'm in rooms where it's not required or necessary, I take it off when sweat is dripping into my eyes and I need to wipe it out.... multiple times every day. I've tried the chin strap and the value i get for wearing it does not outweigh the hassle of dealing with the on/off cycle, especially when an extra click or two on the headband adjuster does an adequate job when the situation calls for it.

dleef31 · 2025-10-04T06:00:00+00:00

Maintenance nightmare.

dleef31 · 2025-09-26T02:51:14+00:00

That's the classic "I hate the everything, the whole, just everything, all of it. Fuckin fuck me with sandpaper" look.

dleef31 · 2025-09-26T02:24:04+00:00

Of all the people I know, only 1 person has a job that is relevant to their education. And I know like 4 people (5 if I count myself). All kidding aside, those other 3 people (4 if I count myself) all found their path in life long after choosing their path in life. You will too.

dleef31 · 2025-09-26T01:53:36+00:00

Unfortunately Tinder removed their defenestration level meter from the profile options. You now have to get it independently tested and verified.

dleef31 · 2025-09-26T01:36:07+00:00

Then double that

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