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JohnJBurnsIII

@JohnJBurnsIII@kzoo.to

Visual Basic & SQL Server

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Former PT instructor: Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

EN2, CCDG2, CV-66, LCC 20

Be quality outlier for good! Abhor stereotypes.

Abled: for now.
Woke - a long time ago. The word is not the negative a small % of world believes it to be.

Location: 1123 6536 5321

If my postings have issues with grammar, or misspellings - and I recognize that... I will edit. If I miss it: ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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When you watch those shoot'em up movies ... where they hook a character up to a car battery to torture them...

Remember. It's acting!

https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/mobile/2013/11/01/why-is-a-12-volt-household-battery-harmless-but-the-shock-from-a-12-volt-car-battery-will-kill-you/

notsle, to diy
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I’m on an energy saving kick.
So far this month between the hours of midnight and 8am we are averaging 1.2kWh per hour of use.
I can only account for a max of 400Wh/hr and even that is a high estimate.

No ac on. All computers shutdown.
The only thing running is about 200w of network gear, refrigerator and freezer. And some phone chargers.

Something is drawing power that shouldn’t be 🧐

#diy #energysaving
#electricity

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@notsle

And a pretty significant amount.... too.

That's more than "a vampire load"...

Have you checked for outside extension cords to neighbors?

Can you flip breaker on outside sockets overnight - maybe someone is hooking up their EV...?

🤔

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@notsle @motoridersd

I get the electrical mess... 1918 house - w/remodel in early 80's. I don't think the electrical was via actual electrician.

I've changed all sockets out over time and they all had old-style metal crimps around wires and they were all loose. 🤯

If you have a sump pump - is it running all of the time? Probably would burn out or throw a breaker by itself.

Our panel map had 2 or 3 handwriting of circuits. I collected info and put it all in spreadsheet and taped to panel.

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@motoridersd @notsle

WOW - something is happening at 1am... that's a lot of pink.

Do you have any overnight local to cloud backups happening that kick off at that point? That still seems like not enough load to create that spike...

It will be interesting to know the cause...

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@motoridersd @notsle

No neutrals. Interesting. So hot and grounds only. They must have just replace wiring from a knob & tube system - and not gone to 3-wire.

Unfortunately - good electrical revamp is not a small task (time & $$).

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@motoridersd @notsle

HA... got the AM & PM confused... I thought it was AM overnight... :)

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@motoridersd @notsle

Oh ugh.

I looked at the Vue - and it appears to be DIY possible. Was that your plan - or were you going to get electrician in?

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@notsle @motoridersd

Reminds me of some network & pbx closets in the 90's...

I've hesitated at opening mine...

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Migrants Crossing Border Without Being Caught Isn't as High as We Thought https://www.newsweek.com/mirants-crossing-border-numbers-cbp-1901107?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@realTuckFrumper

Of course it wasn't... but the "say it enough and it is law" crowd don't care.

lauren, to random
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The newly revealed official portrait of King Charles is, uh ... eh ... hmm. Unusual.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@lauren

My comment when I saw it:

https://kzoo.to/@JohnJBurnsIII/112446053446506101

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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I'm getting all sorts of Carbonite feels from this portrait...

See images in article:

Why the face & hands are in positive Z direction - compared to everything else in shades of red...

🤔

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/king-charles-iii-divides-fans-004304576.html

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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I so...so...so

...want a "DID you order a code red" moment!!

And I do believe he wants to do it... above the law and all.

But the team won't let him.

🤪

lauren, to Youtube
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A box office failure that gradually attained cult status (especially initially in the USSR, as it happens), is the much underrated 1985 film "Enemy Mine" starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. During an interstellar war a human soldier and a reptilian soldier of the opposing forces are stranded together on an inhospitable planet. The majority of the film consists of only those two actors -- it has often been said that it almost is a stage play in that respect until later in the plot. It just popped up free in the U.S. on Movies and TV. I do definitely recommend it. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y58-H9JHDs

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@lauren

👍

I liked it when first saw it.

Like it more - each time I see it.

ai6yr, to random

BBC: Crew trapped on Baltimore ship, seven weeks after bridge collapse... "The crew, made up of 20 Indians and a Sri Lankan national, has been unable to disembark because of visa restrictions, a lack of required shore passes and parallel ongoing investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FBI. " https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69011124

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@ai6yr

Multiple months in transit. So this is only a story because they are in sight of land.

mattferrell, to random
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Do you think that DAWTs have a place?

Check out our video on it, here: https://youtu.be/SGQTwcq0UIY

Or check out the page on our website, here: https://undecidedmf.com/is-this-rooftop-turbine-the-future-of-energy-or-an-old-idea/

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@mattferrell

Matt.
Why not have many of these kinds of devices which are easier to blend into society, instead of the monster 3 blade devices that are dangerous...take up a lot of land, and have spectacular failures.

These large units are just one company trying to outdo another company- bigger, faster, more $$$.

The smaller units are more friendly to maintaining, easier to introduce new models while old still provide power.

Bigel111, to random
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https://gizmodo.com/raw-milk-sales-up-bird-flu-h5n1-tiktok-usda-cdc-fda-1851476916?utm_source=vip

Once again the movie Idiocracy was prophetic

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@Bigel111

I'd say - to not discourage them...

But they'd turn around when it all goes sour (pun intended) for them and want others to pay their medical bills.

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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Cracks me up when people are comparing fuel costs against the prices in 2020 & parts of 2021...

You know... during lock down, when people weren't driving.

Apples & Oranges folks.

Compare today's prices to 2017 through 2019...

12thRITS, to random
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The orcas have recognized that the strait of Gibraltar is a strategic chokepoint and are focusing their anti-oligarchic activities there. Good. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmm330y6d2qo

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@12thRITS

The boats that are being "played with" & sunk - are not billionaire boats...

Billionaires have boats of those sizes (40-60ft) - craned aboard their ships of >300 ft.

Big Difference...

mike, to random
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Is there a stupider error in the world than "The document XYZ.jpg can't be opened because it's in the Bin"?

How the heck is it the OS's prerogative to tell me I can't look inside the bin?

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@mike

This muppet:

dabertime, to random
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A 55 year old friend just quit his job, sold his house, and all his worldly possessions that can't be carried in his backpack, and headed to the airport.
He may or may not be back in a year.

Would you do this if you could? 🤔

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@dabertime

Yes.

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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What is the scientific basis for pulled apart vs. Cut open Thomas "English" Muffins?

I don't taste any difference, especially when I slather on some sort of topping.

What I do know is depending on the knife used - there are more crumbs from the sawing action.

But really - other than that - what does it matter?

🤔

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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Key Bridge demolition charges complete.

This link starts quite close to the ignition of the charges.

https://youtu.be/SAUL1Z1owbU?t=1068

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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What a great episode...

https://detroithistorypodcast.com/podcast/how-the-dia-turned-from-a-private-art-collection-into-a-world-renowned-museum/

fredbrooker, to random Czech
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https://youtu.be/X0C3DHp36zc

PG

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@fredbrooker

HA!

I took that as a "rating" value for the video.

Clicked to find... well - stop reading my post and click the link to give a listen to some great music.

😎

astronomerritt, to random
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Actually managed to have a successful pair-coding session today with a grad student.

I find pair-coding really difficult because I don't process linearly. My thought process sees a problem as a big tree: I hop about from branch to branch very quickly and get a good understanding of the whole tree that way. I can't stand back from the tree and see it all at once, then take it branch-by-branch sequentially.

This makes me very annoying to pair code with. But I managed to restrain myself today.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@astronomerritt

I found that very interesting.

The two levels you note - for me highlight two distinct steps in how I go about doing any project.

I have to learn things about the subject first - then formulate it into a structure...

So bottom up first (brainstorm/mind-map), then top-down.

Unless I knew enough about the subject - there is no way I could do the top-down method - as that feels like a way to "spin my wheels" a whole lot until I can get traction on the subject.

Thank you.

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