In 1959, 5 yrs after its construction, the Malpassant Dam regulating the Reyran river, catastrophically collapsed. A 4m high wave rushed at a speed of 70km/h through the area, destroying 2 villages.
Even if I don't consider myself a #vegan I find this is the easiest way for me. Easy to store easy to cook. That's enough for 4 meals. Saves me the time of #cooking for the next 3 days.
I don't like the term but I would even consider this as #healthy 😀
@paul_ipv6 posted about #project managers, fanciful #schedules, and his response involving a Magic 8-Ball. It reminded me of a story I've told about one place I worked. I've never told it here.
I was working at a small-to-medium-sized IT/#software company that had a few internal products, but mostly did outsourced R&D work for a behemoth company - one of the largest on the planet at the time.
It was classic #waterfall planning. HugeCo's R&D department would send us a high-level #spec.
The project would eventually grind to completion 6 weeks late, and with a lot of stuff only half-assed-done. But it would be finished.
And the dance would start over again.
HugeCo went out of business, and sent #shockwaves through the industry. Top-heavy, committee-driven, glacially slow - it was no wonder they couldn't compete.
The company I worked for #shrivelled and #died after HugeCo collapsed. They had been 75% of the company's revenue, and it just disappeared.
I'm going to have a bit of a #tech#rant (less charitable people might say #whine) here. If you just want jokes and cute bunny pictures, feel free to skip this one.
Object of my #ire this week? #Furnaces. I'm not even going to rant about their main control boards; most of that's been said better than I could say it, by others with more knowledge than I.
Of course, if my furnaces today used that design, I wouldn't be #ranting.
I have two #furnaces - at the time this home was built, it was the style here to put in two furnaces, one for the upstairs, and one for the main floor and basement. Kind of like a really #janky#zone system. I replaced both of them when I bought this #house.
Well, last #winter, the blower motor in one #died. It's kind of nice having two; the house was #chilly but #livable while I was getting it #fixed.