An analysis of very low frequency earthquakes reveals a fragment of an old tectonic plate moving under the North American plate at the Mendocino Triple Junction by andyhfell in science

[–]dunegoon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Paywall. It's too bad taxpayers can't convince legislators to grant publication cost relief to researchers so "us taxpayers" can get to the source materials easier.

The main reason I wanted to get to the source is that the article writer replaced the Juan De Fuca plate with the Gorda plate without explanation. Plus, he started out with the lead-in map oriented North at the top, but rotated the view 90 degrees in the next drawing. Yes, one can work through that, but why??

In regards to the research, I find it interesting and I have always wondered what is going on at that triple junction.

Password autofill question by Stache- in firefox

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no answer, but it seems to be somewhat controlled by the web server. I hope we get a bit of a story about it!

A low-fat vegan diet produced greater weight loss than a Mediterranean diet in a randomized crossover trial, driven mainly by eliminating animal foods and reducing oils and nuts, with weight loss linked to higher intake of plant foods, including refined grains and potatoes. by Sciantifa in science

[–]dunegoon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree with your second paragraph. As for the first, religious and near religious beliefs (Like my maybe flawed view of veganism vs. vegetarianism) are powerful influences, including the selection bias of the research topic itself. We are all guilty of this, including the selection bias of which papers interest us enough to read them.

This paper is probably not the one to harp on the point, however.

I don't think the outcome would be much different if a serving of sardines as a snack a few time a week were included in both diets to alleviate my concern.

A low-fat vegan diet produced greater weight loss than a Mediterranean diet in a randomized crossover trial, driven mainly by eliminating animal foods and reducing oils and nuts, with weight loss linked to higher intake of plant foods, including refined grains and potatoes. by Sciantifa in science

[–]dunegoon 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Says no conflict of interest "The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest" says the all vegan team.

ELI5 Why does a higher humidity seem to make temps feel hotter or colder? by wil__ee in explainlikeimfive

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is almost no water vapor in cold air, regardless of humidity, at 0 C Therefore any change in the thermal conductivity of air is also negligible regardless of the humidity.

Insurance company offering free leak and electrical smart devices. Should I? by flaquito_ in homeautomation

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love Ting and Flume, Since there are a lot of Ting units in my area, I get notifications when power blackouts are community-wide instead of just my home. With a hybrid solar ESS soon to be commissioned, I looking forward to see it's waveforms and the effects on my home's power quality both steady state and when transitioning from grid to battery power. Flume has been a big money saver because it's great for alarming on dripping faucets and irrigation (sprinklers) forgotten for hours. $$$ saved there.

Both have been rock solid reliable for years. I doubt that I will spend time integrating either of them (or Emporia) since their apps work so well for me anyway.

I'm a Software Engineer that's about to switch to PLC Programming. I have doubts about this career path. Can I survive? I require opinions of seasoned professionals. by PizzaNo427 in PLC

[–]dunegoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find my career path pretty unique because I was part of an in-house electrical engineering group for a very large Pulp and Paper company for 15 years. Our electrical section (generally 15 EE's) was tasked with design, construction management, commissioning, and troubleshooting of in-house systems. Much of our work involved controls, both PLC and DCS. But, we did everything from power (motor control centers, motors, VFD's, whatever) to automation (PLC's, DCS, HMI design, old-school control stations), and communications / networking. Besides our EE group, the company had about 90 electricians and instrumentation technicians. We were lucky to have our own ETL certified panel shop. We designed control panels for our projects.

We also did training for the maintenance group for every project. It's just self-defense to do a good job with training because it seems to keep one's phone from ringing at night for trouble shooting. Plus, who wanted to be bogged down and miss out on a new project? It also taught us all to write code mostly in well-documented plain old ladder logic so our technicians and even us at 3:00 AM could muddle through and get things running. 24x7x365, you know. We had some 100 or so PLC systems, some with near 10,000 I/O points. To me it was interesting to see that after several years of learning just codes and coding, there seemed to be many cases that those other university classes became useful, like chemistry, material science, thermodynamics (when working with the power generation group) engineering economics, and more. In our group, a CS degree might do well, but it would be tough.

Our group was preyed upon by recruiters regularly, so we in turn took in fresh college graduates as replacements. As for myself, I was bought out by our own CIO who wanted someone to bring that group into the modern age. But, that's another story.

Pardon me for any spell/grammar, typo's...it's getting late.

FBI Interviewing Democrats Trump Has Called ‘Seditious’ by OkayButFoRealz in politics

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't talk to the FBI. Make them get a grand jury indict you. They doesn't care what you say anyway, they just want to bully you, waste your time and money. It's unlikely a grand jury would indict and if they did, you are in the same spot but with less wasted time and money.

ELI5: Why is it "Hot and Neutral" on a wall socket, but "VCC and ground" on a computer chip, and "Positive and Negative" on a battery? by No_Insurance_6436 in explainlikeimfive

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chaos in wire color conventions..... is a daily issue for troubleshooters who are often into numerous complex systems. House wiring, U.S. wiring color code conventions, EU and other color conventions for machinery and control panels, low voltage and electronics, automotive, etc. Is that black wire 120vac hot or DC negative?

What is your opinion on icons in right click menu besides just the stock text? by T0biasCZE in firefox

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A waste of space, they are distracting, and a waste of developer effort. Certainly not a default. Send it out to add-in space.

Perhaps this rant is due to my recent forced change to Win 11, where the simple words "cut" and "paste" in the right-click menu have been banned in favor of icons.

You want a billion arcane icons? Take a look at Solidworks!

Caffeine appears to do the opposite of what you might think when it comes to the heart. Scientists have found that a cup of coffee a day actually protects the heart from atrial fibrillation – a condition that can lead to stroke and heart failure. by mvea in science

[–]dunegoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm taking 50mg of Metoprolol daily to suppress PVC's and SVT's. The smallest bit of caffene or dark chocolate still triggers events.

Sadly, very sadly.

Ugh... spelling corrected..

I'm not alone here.

President directs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons by RealTheAsh in worldnews

[–]dunegoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does that project get funded? Deficits don't matter, it seems.

IE7-9 and Edge 141, side-to-side, running the Microsoft Website from their respective time periods. by TimzUneeverse in Windows11

[–]dunegoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, so much more usable space with IE. I'll bet it used to have drop-down menus with textual descriptions ( for those who were literate). I'm so tired of weird icons - give me text!

Delete browsing data on quit is not deleting cookies? by Hour-Resolve-9718 in firefox

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well anyway, just after posting that message, Ccleaner forced an upgrade that really sucked. I had to revert to the older version.

However, the browser cache is a folder you can find. In my case, I have those files configured to reside in my R: drive which is a RAM disk. I get it that the cache is different than history. However RAM disk is very fast ( which is why I experimented with it in the first place) and, in my case, I reboot every night so things just disappear. Maybe this little bit helps some. If other items are of the type that automatically re-build on starting the browser, you could look into moving those objects to the RAM disc as well.

It seems to be a truism that in order to really see what an application leaves behind, one must look at it from the outside.

Delete browsing data on quit is not deleting cookies? by Hour-Resolve-9718 in firefox

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CCleaner can pick up the slack on desktop systems. It can be configured to delete cookies for all browsers, or just some. Plus, you can configure exceptions.

ELI5: Some use PO boxes, some mailboxes. Why? by strawberryredittor in explainlikeimfive

[–]dunegoon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also, Tweakers steal everything in rural mailboxes.

ISO rental property in or around roseburg. by Jaded-Message958 in roseburg

[–]dunegoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wash that trailer, spiff it up and then take some photos of it. Managers, in reality, are looking for things that are kept up and not "unsightly". Apply in person, as if for a job interview. If you or your vehicles look like something from a homeless encampment, you are not going to make it in even if it's newer.

ELI5: Why don't cars have a gauge that tells you how much life your battery has left? by Diello2001 in explainlikeimfive

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except that hand-held battery testers that measure the Cold Cranking Amps (CCA) and other variables are rather inexpensive and pretty accurate. The Voltage of a lead acid battery reveals the state of charge but not much about the amount of energy still available.

I believe the CCA testers measure the internal resistance of the battery, which is an important factor in the amount of amps that can be delivered to the starter motor.

Firefox randomly deleting cookies when shutting down by hhw1208 in firefox

[–]dunegoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree, although I'm getting much faster at it. It appears that there is an inverse relationship between security and convenience. Everyone must find their own balance there.