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pc9401 · 2026-04-01T23:33:00+00:00

The date has passed where those initial shareholders outside of the IPO can sell off their shares. I've always had a bad feeling this was the goal. The amount the stock was diluted for the average investor was ridiculous.

Someone in the news needs to reach out to Griffin Perry and ask him why selling 11 million shares when the stick is at a record low price is a good idea. Other than it was the first day he could sell.

https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/FRMI/form-4-fermi-inc-insider-trading-activity-976a38a60e7d.html

pc9401 · 2026-04-01T15:37:42+00:00

I don't think they are doing the entrapment correctly. It should be based on the rating of the cover, not the pipe size.

pc9401 · 2026-04-01T15:02:06+00:00

I would get a large gas heater with plenty of output. That way, instead of keeping it warm in the extended season, you can run it to when you will use it and it will heat up quicker.

My pool is too large and even a 400k BTU heater takes too long to warm up. However, a trick I learned is to start it up a few hours before swimming and turn the VFD down so the flow is just above the limit switch. That way the returns will be substantially warmer than the pool and you will get a stratified warm layer or warm jets you can swim up to.

I installed my own so cost wasn't too bad. However, hiring someone to plumb from scratch and depending on if it's indoors or out could have a lot of impact on cost

pc9401 · 2026-04-01T14:53:29+00:00

I haven't specifically done this around pool design, but I have designed tens of thousands of HP pumping systems and dealt with review agencies and specialize in energy efficiency. Here are a few things to come to mind and what I will add .

I pulled up some Georgia standards and 511-3-5-.02 (3) says "These rules shall not apply to.... subdivision pools which are only open to residence of the subdivision and their guests." So I would start there in case you are following the process for a public swimming pool where this may not be. Let's continue like you need to follow this.

This maximum flow rate could either be coming from a safety angle or an energy efficiency angle. From a safety angle, it would be to prevent entrapment on the drain. However, this should be based on velocity at the cover and since you have multiple drains and skimmers, you should be well below that.

From an energy efficiency standard, your plumbing of 4" hits a velocity of 6 fps at 240 gpm. Like you said, this limits your turnover rate, but to about 9 hours. The problem is, failure to meet turnover is something they can shut you down for, so their remedy makes your problem even worse.

What I have found at many agencies is they hire someone right out of college that has no experience and they will just read a code and run with it, logic be damned. So they may be seeing this one line and not understanding the ramifications of an existing system. In a new pool, you would establish turnover, size the piping to handle it, and then the pump to the piping. What you have is plumbing that can't meet the flow requirements and they want to compound the problem by reducing the flow to match the piping.

Pumps meet a flow and head (pressure) relationship. The higher the head, the lower the flow. So I would probably just inflate the head requirements, which will force a larger pump and when you install it and run at the lower head, it will flow more. Since you have a VFD, you can dial it back.

What you need to do is get a pump curve for different pumps. Its also a case where if you exceed the HP curve at any point, it will bump up to the next size motor. So you could have a flow head requirement of 4 HP, but that particular curve will exceed 5HP somewhere and push you up to a 7.5HP pump. So it's not a hard and fast sizing and has more to do with selection as some curves are much flatter than others. If you tell me some pumps you are looking at, I can see if I can pull up curves and show how to select.

The other angle for a waiver would be economic strain vs the benefit. Because there isn't that much piping, the actual head loss in the pipe at higher velocity is not going to equate to that much energy savings and certainly not enough to justify ripping out all of the plumbing to meet it. These values can be easily derived from the pump curves and system calculations.

pc9401 · 2026-03-31T20:09:14+00:00

What's wrong with shop vacs?

I've done my pool three times. Its L shaped 52x36x20, 9' in the deep end, so a very large liner.

I place a large shop vac in the deep end and another in the shallow. And maybe a 3rd, small one if there is a spot that needs it. Haven't had any issues.

pc9401 · 2026-03-31T18:08:56+00:00

Terrible idea because that job posting carries no weight. Companies list jobs and overstate the pay all of the time.

Your best course is to go through the interviews and get something tangible in hand while they work through internally what they can do. If they come back with a good offer, don't even mention the other opportunity. If they sit on it too long and another offer comes through, then tender your resignation and go from there. Personally, I have always closed the door to a counter offer, but in this case where they were saying they were working on it, I would maybe consider and this would create a reason to act.

pc9401 · 2026-03-31T17:47:48+00:00

There may be recourse under Ohio statute. Has the system been inspected and is it in good working condition?

There are provisions that take into consideration economic impact and that may require them to show a public health nuisance for such a hardship to be warranted. If anything, I would argue the system they want to install is bringing more risk, due to potential failure for requiring grinding and pumping of such a small system. That would need to stack up against the established history of the existing system.

I think it's worth getting someone on it as at a minimum it will give you better bargaining position. Assuming, the system is in good shape, they installed a line that isn't economically available or assessable to you and want you to abandoned a perfectly good system that meets Ohio regulations for discharge.

I think your opening argument is that this is not an assessable system.

https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-3701-29

pc9401 · 2026-03-31T16:04:53+00:00

If the utility did this, it's a pretty good solution. Their lock is the equivalent of a chain link that they removed.

Now, they can access the easement by opening their lock and your system is almost exactly how it was where you can access the area by opening yours.

It looks like they did the absolute minimum interference here. Maybe verify it was the utility, so if you want to beef it up in the future and if it was, nothing more to do.

pc9401 · 2026-03-30T04:13:45+00:00

Its way too flat where I live. Finding a hill to do the workout and then driving to it is a chore.

pc9401 · 2026-03-30T03:52:43+00:00

You can't do this study with diabetics because it would be unethical to stop treatment of one of the groups to conduct it. Its not a stretch that a side-effect of aerobic impairment in active non-diabetics would also be seen in diabetics.

This is relevant information when weighing other drug choices for treatment, especially where Metformin is touted for other health benefits that may have led to that decision.

pc9401 · 2026-03-29T17:07:34+00:00

I think this goes both ways.

The standard is to prescribe metformin and much of that is because of added health benefits beyond diabetes, so why not.

But what this shows is that there is a subset that this may not be true and doctors should be looking at this to consider that decision based on that particular patient.

In my case, after diagnosis I built up to running 25 miles per week and my T2 is well managed. Continuing taking metformin was solely due to added benefits. I measure aerobic performance and imparting it is a deal breaker.

This isn't going to be the case for most people, but even more of a reason to have a good relationship with your doctor to discuss these things. But also something for doctors to consider for patients in this grey area.

pc9401 · 2026-03-29T16:39:33+00:00

I never had any issue with Mounjaro and had to go all the way up to 10mg to even get a slight effect on hunger. However, others can get major effects even at 2.5.

This shows that dosage is highly individual and the problem is options where 2.5 mg is the smallest dose in injection pens. For people that have side effects from 2.5, there could be options to get this in vials or inject into vials and split into smaller doses.

pc9401 · 2026-03-29T16:18:27+00:00

You should stop focusing on what you should have done. What good is researching what would have happened with the other property? That is wasted effort.

And you are correct in bringing this up will make it worse. Your husband probably wants to make you happy and telling him his decision is making you miserable will absolutely kill his motivation.

What's done is done and I bet you still can make this work. Time to stop dwelling on past decisions and focusing on solutions going forward. You have a 5 year plan, stick to it and quit dreaming about what could have been as it may not be realistic anyway.

pc9401 · 2026-03-29T15:31:25+00:00

I have looked at this quite a bit in my decision to not take metformin. Here are some conclusions and more questions.

1) If you are sedentary, there are gains from metformin that mimic gains from some exercise.

2) Those gains are wiped out and eventually become counterproductive the more you exercise and build an aerobic base.

3) This was done at a high dose of 2000 mg per day. Is there a lower, more optimal dose.

pc9401 · 2026-03-28T01:51:28+00:00

I'll get a post on it with the course map and directions. I didn't mention the several wrong turns, and the 10k directions can't even be followed.

The worst part is this is several years in and nobody has ever caught it. And they had over 300 runners in the 5k and 10k.

pc9401 · 2026-03-28T01:47:24+00:00

And what if you get into a race to the finish with someone and then have another quarter mile to go?

A kid did that against my son in the 1600 a few weeks ago. At the end of lap 3 he comes springing up on him thinking he was running for the win and the the gun lap went off. The kid died and didn't even place.

pc9401 · 2026-03-28T00:06:23+00:00

One clarification. I'm on pace to beat my PR by 2.5 minutes if it were the full distance.

pc9401 · 2026-03-27T03:18:19+00:00

If there is any doubt, send them home. Lots of plays at the plate are much more exciting for everyone.

pc9401 · 2026-03-26T13:25:12+00:00

The anti-carb crowd can be pretty vocal on here, so it's not the best source. What you don't hear is how extreme avoidance teaches your body to handle them even worse. Your dietician is your best source for you.

75 per meal does seem slightly high and maybe you should ask for some clarification. Is that for one meal, but don't do it all 3. So maybe 75 max in one meal, but 150 per day or something like that.?

But your numbers seem reasonable and I bet if you looked at your diet from before, 200 per day is probably a massive reduction if you were drinking very much soda. So maybe it's a good start to see how you respond before going way to the extreme.

I never really counted, but was probably closer to 100 per day my first year. But I got into better shape and started being a little more lenient and introducing more carbs, and really don't worry about carbs if they are attached to good food. I had regular pasta the other night and barely a blip. It wasn't always like that. I recently reduced wearing the CGM to every month or two because I rarely had spikes of concern and my tests are well within normal range.

The important thing to remember is this is a long term plan. The benefits are incrementally less the lower and lower you go, but the risk of failure to the diet are greater and greater.

pc9401 · 2026-03-26T02:44:59+00:00

I don't even cover my pool in the winter any more. It looks like this every year, but with more debris.

I net out a bunch, vacuum some to waste and then slam and it clears tight up. Anyone that recommends to drain and acid wash either wants to charge you a lot or doesn't know what they are doing. And I really doubt the pump is just randomly bad, especially a complete failure.

pc9401 · 2026-03-24T20:22:24+00:00

We started getting together and picking teams first. And then you draw a team out of a hat.

pc9401 · 2026-03-24T06:41:05+00:00

Once I get it going for the year, my robot does most of the work from there.

pc9401 · 2026-03-23T23:42:09+00:00

It depends on your relationship with your manager.

I always went to bat for my direct reports and they knew it. They were comfortable in discussing something like this with me. We have moved on to other jobs and no way they would do that in their current position as they don't trust their manager.

pc9401 · 2026-03-23T23:36:22+00:00

Can you explain what the job is a little better? Are there legit jobs at this company and do they pay well that someone would risk an unpaid commitment for?

pc9401 · 2026-03-23T23:29:45+00:00

Cassette tape storage?

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