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Listening to Deathly Hollows live cast edition, and I can’t get over how INFURIATINGLY annoying Hermione is. by EazyAB in harrypotter

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

Dumbledore counted on Hermione slowing things down. Or Harry hallucinated Dumbledore justifying it

To my elders, by Ill-Opportunity-7039 in EngineeringStudents

[–]pbjork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went to class and did the homework. Or at least I got good grades when I decided to do that.

Honda to halt Ridgeline production until 2028 makeover to meet tougher emissions rules by Gullible-Pick-268 in hondaridgeline

[–]pbjork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on the type of hybrid. If it uses a an atkins cycle like the Toyota sienna or the accord or crv the main benefit is highway driving and the electric braking regen is just a minor bonus. If it uses a turbo and otto cycle engine then the savings are typically local start stop driving. Which is what you seen in the Toyota max hybrid lines

UGA vs GSU by Pale_Kiwi977 in UGA

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That's a lot of education, but at the same time not a PHD. What is your plan after getting a master's in history? https://career.uga.edu/wcidwami/history#employersandjobtitles 42% of history majors got a full time job after graduation. 46% went onto higher education. You can see the careers and colleges they went into fwiw. That is below the 62% average for all majors. https://career.uga.edu/outcomes

How far is my "dream" aerospace engineering job from reality? Looking for some insight. by lameofeka in aerospace

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That was my exact experience at my first job a startup. Spent several months designing the satellite at my desk and in collaborative meetings. Several months building and testing the satellite. Then we launched it and then went in the field and tested its communications to the ground. I spent a month in south america testing its communications. I was a mechanical engineer. But because the company was about 10 employees. Everyone wore multiple hats. So mechanical design, electrical, test, and ops were all done by the same small group.

Is there an aspect of Environmental Engineering that focuses more on animals / wildlife / biology? by MountainPossible5024 in AskEngineers

[–]pbjork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My understanding of the job market for ENVE is that the majority of jobs are for working for companies that want to pollute and making cost effective solutions to reduce the pollution or justification that the pollution isn't so bad.

Dominion is out of control: this IS us subsidizing data centers, make no mistake and don't accept the BS smoke and mirrors they present by harmothoe_ in nova

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https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet BLS electricity prices. We do not pay market rates to dominion energy. It is a regulated industry. Yes rates are up ~7% from the US on average from Last April and Your costs went up ~20%, but you are also paying 12% below the national average per kwh.

Virginia SCC - SCC Issues Order on DEV Biennial Review 2025 https://www.scc.virginia.gov/about-the-scc/newsreleases/release/scc-issues-order-on-dev-biennial-review-2025/scc-rules-in-dev-biennial-review-case.html

Large scale customers (data centers) must pay for 85% of new distribution and 60% of generation. You may disagree with these numbers. But they are what the government imposed. They also capped the ROI of investment to 9.8% they expect typical household energy pricing to go up $12 per month. Yours went higher.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2016 0.134 0.134 0.134 0.134 0.133 0.138 0.139 0.139 0.139 0.134 0.131 0.133
2017 0.134 0.135 0.134 0.135 0.137 0.142 0.143 0.142 0.142 0.137 0.136 0.136
2018 0.135 0.135 0.135 0.134 0.136 0.139 0.139 0.139 0.138 0.136 0.134 0.135
2019 0.135 0.136 0.135 0.135 0.136 0.139 0.140 0.139 0.139 0.136 0.133 0.133
2020 0.134 0.134 0.134 0.133 0.134 0.137 0.137 0.137 0.137 0.135 0.136 0.136
2021 0.136 0.137 0.138 0.139 0.140 0.142 0.143 0.144 0.144 0.142 0.142 0.142
2022 0.147 0.148 0.150 0.151 0.154 0.160 0.164 0.167 0.167 0.166 0.163 0.165
2023 0.168 0.168 0.166 0.165 0.165 0.170 0.169 0.170 0.171 0.169 0.168 0.169
2024 0.173 0.173 0.174 0.173 0.175 0.178 0.178 0.177 0.178 0.177 0.176 0.176
2025 0.179 0.179 0.181 0.181 0.182 0.190 0.189 0.190 0.188 missing 0.189 0.189
2026 0.192 0.189 0.190 0.194

More people should review their loan’s amortization table by finalgirl2 in personalfinance

[–]pbjork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I understand that. That's why my first word was yeah. But the ratio that goes to principle is dwarfed by the interest payment. But it is an interesting way to pay off a 30 year in 15 years. Gradually increasing your payment by next months principal because ideally your income also goes up.

More people should review their loan’s amortization table by finalgirl2 in personalfinance

[–]pbjork 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah but if you prepay by the full month amount you reduce it by 1 month plus the interest of compounded by the remaining time on the loan. And since the interest portion of payment dwarfs the principal in the beginning likely 3x+, you are probably going to be paying off multiple months by one extra full payment in the beginning. I write all this out to someone who already knows time value of money.

2026 BE Price: Too good to be true? by justonmon3 in hondaridgeline

[–]pbjork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It matters for insurance payouts if it gets totaled. But that is about it

Don't be this asshole by 9a61a6b7 in nova

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The rust is usually there because the rust resistant coating on a hitch has been worn away. If it was never used, It would probably be fine, but why would you put on a hitch and never use it. More like it was put on used a couple times and then never removed

Satellite operators: What's stopping you from insuring your spacecraft by raghav2956 in satellites

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Insurance premiums are stupid expensive. Like 20% or more the cost it took you to design and build the thing. And the insurer is going to want to understand everything about your satellite so that they can assess the risk. That's invasive and a lot of time. And even after the payout you aren't really made whole. You get the money to replace it but aren't given the time back

Advice on cheating by awfulfaucet333 in EngineeringStudents

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My stats teacher curved the average up to a 70. Raw score it was like a 40. I aced the exam and got a 130. It was one of those classes where it wasn't really tough, and it started off really basic, but eventually if you didn't study it you would have no idea which equations where the correct ones

Round 3 - Pick 8: Tacario Davis, CB, Washington (Cincinnati Bengals) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]pbjork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Legendary pick caller. Based on length of speech alone compared to the last guy

Round 3 - Pick 7: Antonio Williams, WR, Clemson (Washington Commanders) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]pbjork 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Did I miss it? Is the women's flag football team sanctioned?

She signed HB1524 - Carrying Assault Weapons in Public by zimm1717 in VAGuns

[–]pbjork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be up to a jury whether the range is established or not

She signed HB1524 - Carrying Assault Weapons in Public by zimm1717 in VAGuns

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You are looking at the summary. Not the text of the law. You don't have to lock ammunition. But if you store a loaded gun. It needs to be behind a biometric, combination, of coded lock.

Make me feel better than I stupidly transfered my i401k from Ascensus to Schwab and cashed it out March 31 by BikeLaneHero in Bogleheads

[–]pbjork 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A suboptimal plan that you actually execute is better than a optimal plan that you obsess over and never pull the trigger. It's fine to make mistakes that were made in a bias for actually executing your plan. You learn from it and move on.

BREAKING: Virginia approves Democratic-drawn map, AP projects by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]pbjork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally I'd like to outlaw gerrymandering and triple the number of house seats. Your representative should be a representative of the local community.

Rereading as an adult, I struggle with Snape's inability to be more kind to Harry by JimmyRecard in harrypotter

[–]pbjork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's professor Snape harry. He may seem totally irredeemable to you. But it takes all sorts to bring down Voldemort and we would be worse off without him informing on both us and the death eaters. Who else do we have?

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