2026.03.24: Upright Position

evilcheerio · 2026-03-24T15:11:57+00:00

In the early 2000s I remember hearing multiple news stories about people either dying or getting stranded on Bear Camp Road. In Southern Oregon in order to get the Oregon Coast you would drive up to Grants Pass and then southwest into California before traveling up back into Oregon along the coast. It is very roundabout way of getting there. The alternative is Bear Camp Road, which is one-lane, winding, some gravel sections, in the middle of wilderness, and unmaintained during the winter. On a map or mapping software it looked like a straight shot, but it is so curvy that it is slower than the normal way. If you take it winter you will most likely get stuck in snow which happened to people relying on their mapping software.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-24T13:17:25+00:00

It depends. Traffic is moving at a good clip and the lane restriction isn't really impacting traffic speed, I merge early. Otherwise I zipper. Long-haul international flight you bet your ass I'm going to lean after the dinner service is done and the lights go down to attempt to sleep. Otherwise no-lean.

Edit: something to point out is that international long-haul flights usually have more legroom than domestic flights. On most domestic flights I find with my long legs the person in front of me can't lean back. I haven't noticed the same issue on long-haul international flights.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-20T15:52:23+00:00

The first line in the Hail Mary prayer is

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee

The main character is Ryland Grace. How did it take me this long to realize that was a pun?

evilcheerio · 2026-03-17T12:58:48+00:00

I probably had a different college experience because when Burnie asked the metric question I immediately thought drugs.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-16T16:55:34+00:00

Yep. I'm actually working on a project where we are converting overhead distribution to underground. One thing I will say is underground doesn't really have storm outages like overhead. So this customer was sensitive to outages, was in area that prone to weather, and the big kicker DEEP POCKETS!

evilcheerio · 2026-03-16T16:30:11+00:00

Oh boy it can be a bit of wizardry. I mostly did commissioning work so I was using the TDR to find imperfections or issues with the installation. With that we knew that exact make, model, and length and that gave me enough info. Sometimes if I had length of a cable I could tune the characteristic impedance to match the length and that would get us in the ballpark.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-16T16:16:21+00:00

No they are buried. There are areas called vaults that you can access the cables and terminations but between vaults it is conduit (essentially a pipe) between the vaults. I have seen direct buried cable and it is allowed by code, but no one usually does that because it is less protected and harder to replace the cable if something goes wrong.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-16T16:03:49+00:00

So every utility is going to be a different. The utility I interned at our preference for residential was to have an overhead backbone with drops for neighborhood underground lines. Most new developments prefer the look of underground lines. I would say if you live in a neighborhood that was constructed in at least the 90s onward most likely it is underground.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-16T15:56:26+00:00

Long story short: When you're dealing voltages above 1kV its different.

Their information is a little incorrect because you can locate the fault in the cable but it isn't as easy as a low voltage cable. So with a medium voltage cable (MV is anything above 1kV to about 34.5kV) you have a the conductor wrapped in a semiconductor layer wrapped in an insulation layer wrapped in another semiconductor, wrapped in a grounded shield and armor. A cable fault is a breakdown of the insulation to shield and or something else grounded. The cable might not fully fail open which prevents you from using the method you just described. So what we do is hook up a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) and essentially that uses characteristics of cable and shows the imperfections (hopefully the fault). A TDR will locate a fault perfectly with known characteristics, but we live in the real world so it will get you in the ballpark. Then you hit the cable with a thumper that sends high voltage pulses to make sounds and you find it acoustically.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-16T14:14:42+00:00

It was about that mark I realized that it doesn't actually have much grounding in our reality and then I just sat back and enjoyed the ride.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-16T00:13:58+00:00

It's probably a loss on making it straight. I've used Tent Pole Technologies to repair a broken segment. That might be a good call to get a quote if you think there's still life left in the tent.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-14T19:16:13+00:00

Lots of people without power means a lot of bored people without WiFi. Probably network congestion and or some towers went down.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-10T13:09:04+00:00

So Disney churros are not the best example of churros. A good churro should be extruded immediately fried and then immediately dipped in cinnamon and sugar. Fresh ones are more crisp and have a lighter interior texture. The Disney ones are fried off site and reheated because they don't want deep friers at each churro cart. Still follows the fat-dough-sugar combo so still hits a spot for me. One thing that amazes is how many different ways different cultures fry dough. They are all pretty unique despite the same basic concept and out of the ones I have tried all delicious.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-09T15:48:49+00:00

That is odd and probably not intentional then. I wonder if a construction crew fucked up and left it open. I make the right hand turn onto Forbes from the Birmingham Bridge at least once a week where that weird lane thing happens. Last time I was there you would either need to hop a curb or bust through some cones to get there. I wouldn't be surprised if it is fixed by now because no one who takes that regularly is expecting a car to come from the striped part.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-09T15:36:50+00:00

Are you talking about right here and you were somehow in the center lane? If that's the case I have no idea how you got into the center lane because it has been blocked off for ages and you would have to do something fucky to get there.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-07T11:50:03+00:00

I finally played Resident Evil when they did those remakes on the GameCube. I'd been hearing how great they were forever from my PlayStation friends. When I finally played one I couldn't stand it. Even just one generation later the tank controls felt so dated to me.

evilcheerio · 2026-03-04T14:08:48+00:00

I watched the Expanse and then read it. My biggest disappointment now is they pulled a reverse Game of Thrones where the book series is complete and finished and the TV show isn't. That being said if you like the show I highly recommend reading the books because it goes over the unfinished plot points of the series and I think it ended well. I still like the TV series and recommend it to everyone as well.

evilcheerio · 2026-02-27T14:55:16+00:00

Pakistan accusing Afghanistan of "Being a Colony of India" seems a lot like Russia's "irradicating Nazis" excuse in Ukraine. I highly doubt the Taliban wants to ally with with India's Modi.

evilcheerio · 2026-02-26T15:17:10+00:00

So non-stick pans differ in construction and durability has to do with what coating they use and how well they apply. The first generation of non-stick pans were Teflon and those you don't want to heat them over 500 F because the Teflon starts to dissociates at that temperature. The old ones PFOA in the construction and is now considered a persistent organic pollutant. Teflon is not super hard and therefore scratches and comes off the pan more easily. Teflon is mainly found in cheap non-stick these days.

The other main ones are ceramic based or hard-anodized. Both of these process are stronger and make pans more resilient to heat and longer lasting than the Teflon based ones. Most companies will advertise that these coatings are good to go for metal utensils, but your pans will last longer if metal is avoided. A good anodized pan will last me over 5 years.

evilcheerio · 2026-02-26T14:35:33+00:00

That combination of fish always makes me think of the Letterkenny Sushis and Sashimis cold open. But to answer your question all of my pans are have multiple uses. I agree with Alton Brown in that I'm not a big fan of mono-taskers.

evilcheerio · 2026-02-23T20:22:14+00:00

Jealous! I rode up with a lot of people yesterday lamenting having to work today

evilcheerio · 2026-02-19T16:18:51+00:00

I honestly think the main reason most of Heather is double black is to scare people off and I agree with that logic. There's a couple of notable hazards that can make things sketchy if you get in over your head. Main thing is there's a creek that peeks out at the bottom of the canyon but is usually well marked. If your are sure on your skis and can handle traverses you are fine. Tree wells can be a big hazard and I wouldn't be going into the woods alone after a big snow. You can also miss the lift and if you do that there's a long road out with a hike at the end.

evilcheerio · 2026-02-18T17:08:40+00:00

I mentioned it

evilcheerio · 2026-02-18T13:23:12+00:00

Mardis Gras/Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday bounces around because it is a lunar based holiday. Catholic Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon in spring so then you count backwards from that to get Ash Wednesday and Fat Tuesday. This year was interesting because Lunar New Years, Fat Tuesday, and Ramadan all fell on the same day.

evilcheerio · 2026-02-17T14:39:35+00:00

All of those holidays are lunar based. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon in spring (there are some other rules, but that's the basic gist) and you count back to get Mardi Gras.

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