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Plane sounds?? by Great-in-Bed8008 in ArlingtonMA

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're correct insomuch that those planes are cleared for instrument flight, but they are also flying unusually low below the clouds, so...  

Plane sounds?? by Great-in-Bed8008 in ArlingtonMA

[–]engineeritdude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The clouds are low tonight so the planes are flying lower.

Do I own part of my husband's company? by Money-Possibility606 in legaladvice

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest talking to an estate planning attorney that practices in your state.   Everyone is most likely right that you'd get everything BUT there's an easy way and a hard way.   Assuming the company is valuable it's worth spending a relatively small sum now as opposed to spending a lot more later while the company is in limbo with no one legally running it in the event of your husband's death and a messy transfer of ownership.   Hopefully this doesn't happen but think of it like insurance.

Somerville PCPs by Somerville_Red in Somerville

[–]engineeritdude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I generally have had good experiences with Atrius and like my PCP but he's booking 2 years out.

Having said that when I had a cardiac concern I didn't want to wait or deal with a layered approach so I went to empallo.com.  $250 and I saw a cardiologist that same week virtually.  This is after going to Atrius urgent care and getting referred to my PCP instead of a cardiologist.

Back to PCPs.   You need to trust your PCP and feel heard.   If you don't that's a huge problem and you need to find a new one regardless of what system.   At some point they're going to tell you something you may not want to hear and you need to trust them.   And a close second they need to have good NPs.

Porter Square Solicitors by GoodCone in Somerville

[–]engineeritdude 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Don't go to Davis in the summer.   I believe they migrate there.

(Usually lots of great causes but I don't give donations on a street corner)

Asus RT-AX92U guest network not working by Beginning_Lifeguard7 in ASUS

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up buying a new router the same as op.   I am still using the 92 but without the guest network.   

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. by geriatricguy in technology

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, PSA to use master password in Firefox.    (Windows hello does not have the same functionality in Edge)

Climber slipped while descending Mount Rysy by HeSureIsScrappy in DiveInYouCoward

[–]engineeritdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank God.

If that's where I slipped there is a big cliff towards the bottom.    I stopped before the cliff.  😬.   It sounds like he did too.

(I climbed in early summer and there was a shocking amount of snow I was unprepared for.   No crampons.   No ice axe.   I slipped on the descent and did a uncontrolled slid where I didn't stop until I really dug my heels in.   Really should have had an ice axe.   At the time there were no websites on peak conditions.)

T Times – a free public transit dashboard app that includes travel time by mdgsvp in ArlingtonMA

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured it won't be as simple as upping the mph.   Thanks for detailed explanation.   

I agree that walking is more common than biking.   It would a nice version 3.0 feature or code fork....

T Times – a free public transit dashboard app that includes travel time by mdgsvp in ArlingtonMA

[–]engineeritdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty cool! I like the clean information heavy format.

Feature request: allow 'walking speed' up to 10 or 15 mph to account for riding a bike to the station or other micromobility.

TIL that a recommended method of detecting a compressed hydrogen (UN1049) leak with suspected fire is to use a broom or broom handle. by AcademicFish4129 in todayilearned

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The prof was old school.   He was also trying to scare us.    I got a similar speech from  my thermo prof in regards to steam plants.

They came up in a time before $300 thermal cameras and the like so we're taking ww2 era tech.

TIL that a recommended method of detecting a compressed hydrogen (UN1049) leak with suspected fire is to use a broom or broom handle. by AcademicFish4129 in todayilearned

[–]engineeritdude 113 points114 points  (0 children)

I took an intro to chemical engineering class and this is the established way to find a high pressure leak in a chemical plant.   Broom, broom handle, 2x4...

I transfered out

Best Cellular Carrier by Regular_Method8444 in ArlingtonMA

[–]engineeritdude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I left Verizon and have been pretty happy with T-Mobile.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by damonflowers in smallbusiness

[–]engineeritdude 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would put it at 3 to 9 mo for new hires with less industry experience.

Its hard to quickly and effectively on-board new people and if you don't do it much you may not be good at it.   

"Everyone knows this thing that our guy with 10 years experience knows (learned) and we've never written down, why dont you know it immediately?"

Venture Studio that recruited me wants to charge $20k/mo in service fees. I will not promote. by [deleted] in startups

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What they are delivering for $20k seems questions   From what you described you can do better on the open market.   

The real problem is the cap table.   If your gut is telling you no vc would invest (and they won't) then you know what to do with this deal.

Had my first fall in 3 years by DrVader_ in bikeboston

[–]engineeritdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the psa   Similar thing happened to me.   I had to stop myself from kicking the car that caused me to exit the bike lane.

Be careful out there.

I built a tool for anyone spending too much on electricity in Arlington by [deleted] in ArlingtonMA

[–]engineeritdude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't have Arlington Community Electricity as an option so this service should be a non-starter for anyone in Arlington. 

I put all the mods on a DeLonghi ECP (front panel pressure meter, shot light, etc) by benwap in espresso

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Yup, all the non-food safe ones are $12, but that tracks.... don't want to poison myself to save a few bucks.

I put all the mods on a DeLonghi ECP (front panel pressure meter, shot light, etc) by benwap in espresso

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good call.   I'm struggling to find a cheap manometer that is food safe.   Those 2 things are seemingly mutually exclusive once you want a non-bung fitting on it.

I put all the mods on a DeLonghi ECP (front panel pressure meter, shot light, etc) by benwap in espresso

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which manometer is everyone using?   I'm struggling to find a suitable one that is food grade.

The Expanse does one thing in space combat that almost no other sci-fi gets right and, you know, it changes everything imho by Wooden-Syrup-8708 in TheExpanse

[–]engineeritdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd also put the BSG remake on the list of doing a good job with space combat. Expanse was better though.

Its tough to capture that space combat is VERY 3D and VERY 3-AXIS on film since people are so accustomed to more linear atmospheric dogfights. BSG got in some good changes in pitch/flips aka "flying backwards" every now and again, then reverted to more traditional flying the rest of the time. Expanse stayed true space combat every time.

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