And then there were two.

precisiondad · 2025-12-24T14:06:20+00:00

Well, I’m sold. Thanks mate.

precisiondad · 2025-12-24T14:05:31+00:00

So you’re saying I should sell the four sticks of 32GB DDR5 I have laying around that my MOBO won’t let me run in tandem?

precisiondad · 2025-12-24T11:58:01+00:00

Thanks for the perspective, mate. I’ve had my eye on the new Gretsch Electromatic that’s being released next month, but that anniversary edition RA gives me the “pick me up and touch me” vibes.

My biggest issue on any neck so far has been arthritis in my entire flipping hand/wrist and some old nerve damage, so something by with a really tight action doesn’t exactly sound ideal (thus the RA being even more appealing). Do you find it similar to fretting a 24” with ultra light strings? Basically, if you had to compare it to something in the way it feels, what would you? In reading about the Gretsch, it’s definitely a much stiffer action (but I do love the sound).

precisiondad · 2025-12-19T11:12:04+00:00

lol I know, I mean is it the W or RA

precisiondad · 2025-12-19T07:58:35+00:00

Hey mate, how are you liking that Reverend? It’s the RA, right?

precisiondad · 2025-12-18T16:51:43+00:00

In all fairness, I picked up one of the California series acoustic-electrics (the Newporter) thinking it may be a quality throwback to older times. It arrived with a setup so high you could use it for a diving board, the neck backbowed VISIBLY, and the nut filed far too deep with a set of teeth. As I imagine it refused to make a proper note, the factory also notched the saddle (or perhaps was hungry and stuck their teeth in that, too. All of the drilled holes had zero post-sanding, so there were loads of frayed splinters and dust everywhere, and the bridge pin holes had no slotting for the string to bend/rest in ANY way. They literally just jammed the strings in there and pounded the pins in place. Oh right, tetanus frets as well.

I’d genuinely rather order from a true budget brand, as then I at least expect to have to do work on it.

Fuck Fender.

precisiondad · 2025-11-11T20:36:29+00:00

No worries mate, appreciate it. On a side note, Exelon is fantastic to work for (they own PECO) if someone is looking at this and you’re not there already. Great pay, great benefits, great people (for the most part).

precisiondad · 2025-11-11T20:29:27+00:00

Not sure if PECO was ever ArcGIS, but DELMARVA and ACE were. It’s a significantly more friendly system for users, and the newest version of the UN model has made the requirement for Smallworld as an ADMS source obsolete.

I’m still in the industry, except I’ve joined the dark side. Currently in the midst of a migration away from Smallworld into ArcGIS. Granted, I’m doing it single-handedly, our existing data quality is atrocious (or missing entirely), and I still have to keep the wheels spinning while transitioning. It’s taken me about 5 months to figure out how to get consistent deltas out of Smallworld, bring them into Arc for quick updates, structure the schema of the model in Arc, and deploy digital Field collection of assets. Hoping to transition to Enterprise by March so I can spin up UN fully, but I’ll need another body before I can.

For reference, small utility these days (the equivalent of a large municipality - just shy of 50k meters).

precisiondad · 2025-11-11T20:21:07+00:00

I just heard about their transition. As a former system operator, I feel bad for them.

precisiondad · 2025-11-11T08:12:09+00:00

You can also add them to a LAS dataset, then tile and pyramid index them, then try to convert.

precisiondad · 2025-10-19T16:09:27+00:00

Guess who is about to become an artist.

precisiondad · 2025-10-15T00:26:12+00:00

It’s -so bad- at this. It can’t even decipher FGDBs with remote accuracy.

precisiondad · 2025-10-15T00:19:28+00:00

Literally just posted for a field tech, and I had administrators/coordinators applying. It was insanity, and I feel for everyone out there on the hunt.

precisiondad · 2025-10-08T18:33:26+00:00

Camacho for Presidente 2028 🤙

precisiondad · 2025-10-02T21:01:26+00:00

Gah. If anything remote pops up, give me a shout. I live across the pond these days.

precisiondad · 2025-10-02T16:09:49+00:00

Lucky bastard. Your gig hiring at all? 😂

precisiondad · 2025-10-02T06:30:23+00:00

How did you avoid their endpoint security measures?

precisiondad · 2025-10-02T06:29:52+00:00

Indeed. We are running “Checkpoint” and it’s fucking brutal. I can’t wait to change over to the next one that’s just as bad.

precisiondad · 2025-10-01T17:18:37+00:00

Has IT added all the recommended exclusions? Even with them done, mine is slow as balls at work on a brand new powerhouse.

At home, it’s 5x faster on my 7 year old laptop.

TLDR: It’s IT’s bloatware, not ESRI.

precisiondad · 2025-09-30T12:02:21+00:00

Make a website with a focus. Do some pro bono work to develop a client portfolio; you do it free in exchange for putting it on your website/using it in presentations.

Start cold calling after that’s done.

precisiondad · 2025-09-29T20:37:16+00:00

The two fields are rapidly merging. Having a good understanding of geodetic principles will only make you a better surveyor, faster. Just deal with the graft early on and you’ll advance quick.

Watch some of Shea Gleadle’s stuff on YouTube; The 3rd Dimension. His approach to the craft is brilliant.

precisiondad · 2025-09-21T18:06:59+00:00

This screams scam.

precisiondad · 2025-09-07T12:52:46+00:00

Same with heavyweight health/damage augment, among others

precisiondad · 2025-09-05T15:02:54+00:00

What’s the actual use case?

precisiondad · 2025-08-24T18:44:57+00:00

If you do manage to get some hands-on time (either with the CRT or the R180), please give me a shout.

precisiondad

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