@evcricket@mastodon.social
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

evcricket

@evcricket@mastodon.social

Electricity, fermented vegetables and cricket. Recent football (soccer) convert. Works in electric vehicle charging
Darug and Gundungurra country, sometimes called Glorious Blue Mountains

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

Funny how things develop.

I'm reviewing a property agreement on behalf of a [third party] which they have received from [EV charging company]. They want to build a charger on their land.
I crossed paths with [charging company] in 2017 and shared this licence with them, it's the same document I shared back then.
I got it from [Larger Charging Company] 4 years before. THEY got it when one of the engineers downloaded it from a random property site on Reddit.

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

There's a new business kicking around that I should contact in some way. I looked up their website, saw their The Team page and the profiles listed and experienced genuine dread and a feeling of falling into an abyss. Closed the window and crossed that one off the list.

I think I've become sensitized to corporate bullshit. Or perhaps radicalized against.

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

I'm always fascinated when I look into a business sector for the first time and find that despite appearances it too is full of possums and spiderwebs and lots of people with no idea what they're doing.

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

I'm writing a piece of strategy advice for a big council on EV charging and realising I'm an economic rationalist. Lots of "Council should only do this if no one in the private sector wants to" type advice.

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

I'm suddenly in a team for a 100MW battery project

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

Good meeting today with a client. Starting to get more comfortable with being a consultant. The practical example of that is getting better at saying "yes I can do that you will have to pay me money to do that though"
Reflecting now, I think those conversations are easier now that I genuinely believe that I should be paid for work.

evcricket,
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

Yes I know that sounds dumb. But if I really listen, that part of the brain that creates Imposter Syndrome also goes on to say "since you're an imposter you don't deserve to get paid for this". It's only a whisper. But it's there. It manifests in that moment when I'm about to say my fee and the number sounds too big.

Anyway I rooted that shit out and just look people in the eye and say outrageous numbers these days.

evcricket,
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

How did I move between those two places? Like a lot of things I think it's just confidence. I would normally say Confidence is the difference between skill and performance. Between how good you can be at something and how good you actually are. I don't think there's a short-cut for confidence, it's just exposure and repetition.

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

Exercise news: I've added kettlebell swings to my exercise regime, basically on the strength of this video https://youtu.be/m1-GFjahKhI?si=_sKEfRoIu0MkDEMC
That guy's a bit full-on, but his content is useful.
But I have experienced what he describes. There's something about the exercise that gives you more power in ways you're not expecting. I'm sprinting faster. Moving side to side better. My front delts have doubled in size. I can see my hamstring muscles through tracksuit pants.

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

I'm thinking about lamb right now. Maybe a rack? Is that insane? Maybe just a roast shoulder because everyone loves it?

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

13 years ago today I was a public servant working in the Federal Department of Energy, doing "engineering" (anything that required a calculator).
We did a site visit to a big coal generator in Queensland, sort of a favour to us to learn about the sector.

evcricket,
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

My boss was a small, middle aged Italian man. The Italian part is relevant because when we were making coffee their big complicated coffee machine stopped working. My boss says "as an Italian and engineer I will take it upon myself to fix this machine!"

Mentioning his size is just an unnecessary drive-by.

evcricket,
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

In many ways becoming an engineer is like acquiring a brain-insult that makes you think you Smart. In the same way that computer engineers think they understand any topic they can write an algorithm for, mechanical engineers think they can fix anything

evcricket, to random
@evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

Unrelated, I'm picking up a free drum kit today

decryption, to random
@decryption@aus.social avatar

deleted_by_author

    •
    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    @decryption Hey have you heard about the Model S key thing? There's some safety thing on the actual key fob and they're not allowed to sell them in Australia. So if your key breaks you're stuck with the app only. Which is flakey

    Edent, to random
    @Edent@mastodon.social avatar

    Wondering what the world would look like if we implemented "Universal Basic Website".

    Entitle everyone to their own domain, a few GB of space, the ability to run simple apps / blogs / etc.

    What does the world look like if people aren't beholden to Flickr / Facebook / Google Photos to share their family albums?

    #UBI

    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    @Edent I've heard this idea somewhere else and I really like it. Almost like a postal address, issued and managed by the Post Office. Old people get X hours of help each year with theirs

    decryption, to random
    @decryption@aus.social avatar

    deleted_by_author

    •
    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    @franksting @decryption WAIT. COnsider just getting a plain stainless tank with electric immersion element, then put it on a timer. Heat pumps can be a bit painful, noisy etc, and very expensive up front. Stainless tank and element will last 25 years

    evcricket, to random
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    It's official I have lost all my phone contacts. It's a blessing in many ways. If you have my number and can send me a text with your name that would be great. Kevin I've got yours already.

    evcricket, to random
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    It appears that:

    1. My phone contacts app disconnected from my contacts list
    2. My phone backed up my contacts automatically and replaced the old list of 600 with the phone list of 4
    3. I restored my contacts from the backup and closed the loop.
      Does my contacts list exist still?

    I'm sure there's a place with a list of backup files over time but I can only find the most recent

    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    For better or worse it appears that Google Contacts keeps a shadow list of everyone you contact everywhere and stores their details. I can filter that by those with phone numbers and I'm back in business.

    geordie, to random
    @geordie@aus.social avatar

    There's an entire thing on TikTok at the moment about Americans don't realise that you can just eat fruit off trees, and also a backlash against non-Americans laughing at them for having no geography knowledge and I'm just like...

    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    @geordie There's maybe a less cynical angle about people being divorced from food production these days, but there's a 90% part of my brain going "yeah but Americans are fucking dumb as anything all the time"

    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    @decryption Did you know that food just grows on some trees!

    evcricket, to random
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    Old man football (soccer): we're in preseason, with the season starting in about 5 weeks. I'm coming back from surgery and a bit ginger on the pitch, treating our sunday games as warm-up/shake downs. It's usually very fun.

    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    I make a shrug like "yeah, we'll see". and he screams at me "no, next time you'll pass it faster!"
    I say nothing. My knees a bit stiff so I wander off for a breather for a sec. I'm off for two minutes and old mate lets two goals straight through him. Absolute turnstile stuff. I continue saying nothing.

    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    The thing that gets me about these blokes is that this shit fundamentally doesn't work. If you want to win, and someone on your team makes a mistake, you want them to not make that mistake again. You get that by supporting them to play better in future, not shouting at them about the mistake. This is team sports 101 for Christs's sake.

    evcricket,
    @evcricket@mastodon.social avatar

    Because when you chip someone in your own team it changes everyone's psychology. In that moment I went from wanting to share success with this guy to wanting to see him fail in a humiliating fashion. Which is clearly not aligned with my goals!
    I've learned it over and over again, but the environment has a huge impact on individual performance.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • provamag3
  • rosin
  • thenastyranch
  • ethstaker
  • InstantRegret
  • osvaldo12
  • DreamBathrooms
  • Durango
  • magazineikmin
  • khanakhh
  • Youngstown
  • everett
  • slotface
  • kavyap
  • JUstTest
  • mdbf
  • ngwrru68w68
  • tacticalgear
  • cubers
  • GTA5RPClips
  • modclub
  • Leos
  • tester
  • megavids
  • cisconetworking
  • normalnudes
  • anitta
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •