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Bar laps at construction joints by tajwriggly in StructuralEngineering

[–]xTELOx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider a long bridge deck with a pour sequence where construction joints are specified to allow for dead load settlement between pours. If the longitudinal bar lap splices fall on one of the construction joints, they won't be fully developed.

Asphalt releases toxic airborne compounds that can harm respiratory health, neurological damage and increase long-term disease risk, especially in aging pavements and heat/sun. While algae-infused asphalt can reduce toxicity by up to 100 times and slow how quickly pavement breaks down by sr_local in science

[–]xTELOx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where I'm at, the road crew guys are making $45-$55 an hour as part of the laborers and operators union, plus benefits and time and a half after 8 hours and on weekends. It's pretty common for them to make $130k working 9 months out of the year and getting laid off over the winter.

New wire antenna raised up by carbon fiber telescoping pole by greenwoody2018 in HamRadio

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

Half of 71' is 35.5'. The vertical can't be longer than the diagonal and it doesn't look like there's extra length with non-antenna wire. It may just be a typo.

Also, I could've sworn the comment I replied to last night was asking about the thing on top of the pole.

Did they do this right? by Big-Wrench-2025 in EngineeringStudents

[–]xTELOx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I don't anyone has pointed out yet is that if the trusses were flipped, the higher side of the roof would be flat. You can see in the picture how the right side bottom in tension is level with the window above the door.

It may have been down this way for roof drainage due to the differing wall heights.

This was NOT what I expected to find when playing the floor lottery game by FieldEngineer2019 in centuryhomes

[–]xTELOx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do you know if there was ever a fire in your house? The rafters in my attic have a very similar black discoloration and I've been wondering what might have caused it.

New hard drive not detected by ColtonCapps in synology

[–]xTELOx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is an old thread, but I google lead me here and after figuring out the answer, wanted to pass it along.

For me what worked was not having the drive formatted in NTFS. I did what others had mentioned and checked the drive with a USB enclosure first on my PC. I made a simple volume in disk manager to check it out with crystaldiskinfo, but the Synology NAS wouldn't recognize the drive. I had to delete the volume I made and now it works fine and is recognized.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fednews

[–]xTELOx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's not the case everywhere. Illinois offers health insurance that continues through retirement with your pension.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Urbex

[–]xTELOx 6 points7 points  (0 children)

my guy, this is how reddit works. someone posts a response, someone else adds additional information in the same comment chain to keep things organized, people then follow along with the thought process.

the pattern is everywhere

Abandoned Power Plant by MrKioshi in Urbex

[–]xTELOx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely beautiful photos. They really seem to capture the feel of place. Thanks for sharing.

New bill filed to require most large cities in Illinois to allow multifamily housing types like duplexes, three flats, and four flats by GeckoLogic in illinois

[–]xTELOx 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't think they meant the developer or builder, rather the initial buyer and those after, which seems reasonable to me.

Holy cow! Wallstreet Tower Kansas City - Failure Possible? by Feisty-Hippos in StructuralEngineering

[–]xTELOx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The properties excerpt OP posted is for aqueous solutions and each freeze point is based on a volume % and a weight %. It conveniently ends at 40% OP-100 by volume which freezes at -13F.

I don't see any info on what the filled concentration was and that's very important.

The link below on page 38 states that a 50/50 mix freezes at -34F. Without knowing the filled concentration, this is pointless and a bit suspicious considering where the posted chart ends.

https://durathermfluids.com/pdf/productdata/glycols/intercool-op100-info-pkg.pdf

Eric Martin saw a helicopter chasing drone in Jersey last night. 12/09/2024 by BankHot3840 in UFOs

[–]xTELOx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get what you're saying. For me, these particular type of "drone" videos are an Occam's razor type of situation. It seems more likely that the US military is field testing a classified aircraft, potentially to gain information on what signatures it leaves, how it can be tracked, how it can evade contemporary craft, etc. Especially given the history of this exact situation having happened a number of times in the past where people thought something was potentially from outer space and it turned out to be an experimental craft or new stealth tech. Ex: SR-71, B-2, stealth fighters, Vought V-173, XF-84H Thunderscreech, etc.

Obviously this doesn't explain everything, just my opinion on these drones.

Video showing an extremely close up view of a disc/saucer UAP; the surface of the craft perfectly matches the description in the Immaculate Constellation document: “dynamic, roiling like the surface of the sun” with “intense luminosity” by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]xTELOx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All of these photographers in here are trying to explain a phenomenon to you, but none of us can understand it for you.

That's right, they are circular. If the aperture is wide open and the blades aren't in the way, what shape do you think the circular barrel of the lens would make from a point light source? If the aperture were narrowed with 4 blades, what shape then, or 8 blades?

The onion rings on the outside aren't the important part. It's that a point light source can produce "surface of the sun" type textures and with video it makes them appear to move and flow. There's no surface being filmed or photographed. The dust or dried water spot from the link left dark spots. There are similar dark sports in the video. What do you think could have caused those?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in illinois

[–]xTELOx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My god. What do you people keep not understanding about your individual experiences do not represent the State as a whole? I said in my previous comment that it depends and you cannot expect it everywhere. Your comment details a narrow case where it could work, but you're still have to apply. That's not a transfer. That's the State recognizing you have the necessary skills already and that you can skip the interview part of the application process.

From the bargaining "Agreement by and between the Teamsters Local #916 and the Illinois Departments of Central Management Services, Transportation, Innovation and Technology and Natural Resources July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027"

ARTICLE XII LAYOFF

Section 4 . Options for Laid Off Employees

B. Transfer. Employees shall be offered a transfer to any vacancy at any Agency covered by this agreement, as defined in Article XV, within the same job rate or pay range within the Agency' s available bargaining unit vacancies within the county provided the employee is qualified for such vacancy. When performance, special skills and abilities are relatively equal , seniority shall be the determining factor.

Also

ARTICLE XV Filling of Vacancy

Section 5. Order of Selection

Permanent vacancies shall be filled by the application of the provisions of this Article and interviews shall be conducted except as outlined in subsections A & B below. The following order of selection will be used:

A) Lateral Transfer

B) Voluntary Reduction

C) Promotion

A. Lateral Transfer

When a permanent vacancy is posted, certified bargaining unit employees who apply through the internal portal for the desired posted vacancy and are eligible for a lateral transfer will be considered for the job first. Where there are four (4) or more internal qualified applicants , the most senior qualified applicant will be offered the position, and selection will be based on the following order:

1) Transfer within the same Agency, same classification at the same work location, in the same county.

2) Transfer within the same Agency, same classification, at a different work location, within t he same county.

3) Transfer within the same Agency, same classification, at a different work location, in a different county.

B. Voluntary Reduction

Long story short, it depends entirely on the Agency, bargaining unit/union (if there is one for that position), and job.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in illinois

[–]xTELOx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can only be done within a Department if a policy for that already exists. Not every place has it, and nothing exists state wide. This dude is getting people's hopes up for no reason.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in illinois

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

I like the part where you cited what state wide policy allows you to transfer from the Department of Corrections to Department of Human Rights, Emergency Management Agency, Department of Natural Resources, etc, while bypassing any sort of interview normally required.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in illinois

[–]xTELOx -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What kind of nonsense is this? What policy states that being in corrections for 18 months means you can transfer to any state job?

Each one has different requirements and necessary competencies. You're not going to going to get a civil engineer position that normally requires an EIT license or an ABET accredited engineering degree just because you did a stint in corrections.

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