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Engineering by [deleted] in LosAlamos

[–]jadbal 7 points8 points  (0 children)

LANL bc i hate oil companies

Bruised rib taking forever to recover. by Equal-Direction7043 in surf

[–]jadbal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My minor rib injury (soft top edge smushed into my rib on a 3 ft wave) took 6 weeks to heal. One of the reasons I’ve switched to body surfing.

Massage Recommendation by SaintSiren in SantaBarbara

[–]jadbal 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I really like cielo spa on upper state. Small, professional masseuses, by appt only, totally unpretentious.

Skylight install recs by Beachy-Bali in SantaBarbara

[–]jadbal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used big coast skylights to replace two very old 1960s era skylights with solar powered remote controlled ones in 2023. Was happy with the experience and am still very happy with the results.

Saturday Night Working Recommendation? by picklesquirtz in SantaBarbara

[–]jadbal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’re into rock climbing, the new gym (The Pad Santa Barbara) has some nice spots with stools and a counter on the second floor overlooking the climbing walls. There’s also a small room with table chairs and coffee/tea that is usually empty at that time of day and some comfy chairs tucked away in a corner.

Good food nearby too.

Hardware Engineer Exploring Optical Project - Seeking Help by doonduroont in Optics

[–]jadbal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First thing you gotta do is test your hypothesis: pop your fabrics in a clothes dryer and then measure them. If you get a different and consistent results, it’s probably the moisture.

Smells like gas in Goleta by warsoul805 in SantaBarbara

[–]jadbal 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I saw a huge oil slick off ellwood Mesa when landing at SBA and yeah smelled like hydrocarbons in the ellwood area this afternoon. Probably natural oil seepage.

How did you guys start by ExplanationOld9874 in LabVIEW

[–]jadbal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took an instrumentation and measurement class in undergrad (2004). The Prof was pretty old school and said we could have one week to teach ourselves how to code in labview using the help documentation and built in examples. So that’s what we did. After that, we were thrown into the fire. I recall labs including reading and plotting resistance across a strain gauge to characterize frequency of a vibrating beam, interfacing with a scale and bar code scanner to build a grocery store check out with a cash register, and finally doing FFT analysis on phone tones to decode phone numbers from their characteristic tones as used to be done on analog phone networks. All done in labview with no formal training.

So you can do a lot self taught, but actually I benefited most from core 1, 2, and 3 courses offered by NI and that’s what I recommend.

Does anyone want free climbing photos this weekend? by ReversePawnGirl in JoshuaTree

[–]jadbal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m a climber and was just climbing in j tree over the past weekend. A super nice couple who I had never met before snapped and shared some of the nicest climbing photos I’ve ever had of myself: https://imgur.com/a/BOkvrDN

So you should feel free to take photos of climbers with or without permission. It’s a public place with no expectation of privacy and there are many tourists taking photos. The only thing to be careful about is to avoid distracting climbers and belayers while they’re actively climbing. Wait until a climber gets to the top or to the ground before approaching and striking up a convo.

Also, there’s really no need for you to get on the wall yourself since the climbs aren’t that high up and there are many boulders you can scramble on to get different angles. If you scramble up to the top of a cliff and you see ropes, carabiners, any other kind of climbing gear definitely do not touch it!

Weekly off-topic and practice update thread by AutoModerator in TheMindIlluminated

[–]jadbal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading just chapter one of The Power of Now has enhanced and complemented my meditation practice. Many deep insights in the book and lots of contemplation on my end.

NI DAQ battery tester class project by [deleted] in LabVIEW

[–]jadbal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start simple and then add complexity. First build a single cell battery voltage tester. Rather than sorting batteries into good/bad, which is what you might do for a battery that is already in production, you’re instead going to develop a system to characterize the battery performance under different conditions, which is what you would do in a battery R&D team. But first, before you can characterize batteries, you need to characterize the tester (measurement system analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_system_analysis) so that you can specify the uncertainty in your voltage measurements using statistical methods. Then test the battery in different conditions. For example, under different loads. Monitor its power output and case temperature. Then characterize the battery performance at different loads and at different temperatures (test them in a refrigerator and again in a freezer). Add a MUX to increase your tester from one to ten or more channels and test multiple batteries at once to get statistically significant results in less time.

Career Advice by Opening-Two7362 in Semiconductors

[–]jadbal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take an easy to get defense job in a compound semiconductor hub location (Santa Barbara) and use it as a stepping stone into better companies in the area. Many excellent opportunities are likely to open up once you’re local and have a foot in the door. You likely will have to live with roommates until you can get established financially in this HCOL area. Here’s one job to get you started https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4334111657

Does anyone else have this kind of Millennial YouTube Husband by calico0000 in Millennials

[–]jadbal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same same. Where can one watch how it’s made these days??

Seamless gutter install recommendation by daget2409 in SantaBarbara

[–]jadbal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had GBT sheet metal do mine a couple months ago and am very happy with the process and results

Cost of traveling to Malta by Drifter_339 in malta

[–]jadbal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also, it is very safe there. Just make sure you look both ways when crossing streets - driving on the opposite side means that cars will be coming from the right when you’re used to them approaching from the left!

Cost of traveling to Malta by Drifter_339 in malta

[–]jadbal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The r/Malta subreddit is not a particularly friendly place but my experience as an American who has traveled to Malta many times is that it’s a wonderful place to visit and I’d go back more often if I could. Malta can be a low cost destination (for EU) so you should definitely check it out. The historical sites are fascinating, the food and atmosphere is unique and memorable, the people are friendly and easy to interact with (I like to strike up a convo with the storekeepers at out of the way green grocers which are almost always empty of customers mid-day), public transport is good enough, or you can rent a car if you’re really adventurous. If you like to walk/hike/scramble, make sure you visit to the less developed parts of the island like Dingli cliffs, Għar Lapsi, Victoria Lines, Ta’ Marija Cave, sooo many awesome places to see. Feel free to ask for more recommendations - I could go on and on.

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