eltrain123
@eltrain123@lemmy.world
- Comment on They wouldn't let my comfort dog on the plane 3 weeks ago:
To me, it looks like a combination between the camera zooming in and her turning her hand a little, both making it seem to get larger. I don’t think it’s ai made, but I’m not an expert.
- Comment on How are roundabouts made? 5 weeks ago:
I used to be a surveyor! The tripods have different tools you can put on top.
A ‘level’ is used to look at rod (some distance away) with measurement gradations on it, like a ruler, to add or subtract height from its current position to determine elevation. You can transfer measurements long distances by leap-frogging positions of the level and the rod. If you start or end at a known USGS monument, you can tie into historicity known elevations. This is how elevations were mapped before GPS (but the survey markers are still used today). They have some really fancy auto-levels that read a qr-style barcode and can measure down to very precise heights.
A ‘thedolite’ is a robot-style machine that uses triangulation to determine elevation, distance, and angle. You benchmark it in place so it knows its location, then uses a rod with a prism it can follow. It calculates degrees it turns horizontally and pivots vertically to calculate where you are with the prism. It will automatically guide you to pre-programmed points to lay out very precise locations. Or you can use it to capture really precise points that are in the field. I haven’t been a surveyor in 20years, but they could easily layout points to millimeter accuracy when I was in the game.
We also used lidar scanners to capture ‘as-built’ maps or calculate volumes of material. A lidar scanner shoots out a laser a few 100,000 times a second as the s amber turns on the tripod. When it bounces off an object, it returns a x,y,z coordinate and a color of the object it bounces off of. When you get a few million returned, you get a point cloud that represents the physical area you are mapping. When you move the scanner and repeat the process, you can map out large areas to a pretty high degree of accuracy. We once used a scan of a statue that was built in the 1800s to compare against the weight of construction materials so we could calculate the crane load expected to move it. Pretty cool stuff!
- Comment on Been holding it in 2 months ago:
No creepy and/or murdery reason your date is digging around in his trunk after you’re in the car…
- Comment on How is my bedroom being heated? 2 months ago:
Oooohhhh… no. It was in the flight path for O’hare and very… not nice. Also, I’m from the south and know nothing of building techniques in cold climates. It wasn’t expensive, but didn’t feel unsafe.
- Comment on How is my bedroom being heated? 3 months ago:
I had heated floors in a Chicago apartment. I would lay tomorrow’s clothes on the floor at night and they were toasty warm when I put them on in the morning. Then, I’d put my blanket on the floor when I left for work and it would be nice and warm when I was ready to jump into bed at night.
- Comment on I hate that that happens 7 months ago:
Pig and and, and and whistle.
- Comment on Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates — A quarter admit forcing staff back into the office was meant to make them quit 7 months ago:
I’m good with maximizing company KPIs, as long as they balance out to a positive benefit for me in the long run. Otherwise, what are we doing here?
- Comment on Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates — A quarter admit forcing staff back into the office was meant to make them quit 7 months ago:
You can maximize profits, or, you can create sustainable value. That’s on you, brother …
- Comment on Business execs just said the quiet part out loud on RTO mandates — A quarter admit forcing staff back into the office was meant to make them quit 7 months ago:
I’d be hesitant to work for a company that has a reputation of calling remote employees to RTO. At least, I’d factor that in when deciding to take the job and need a much higher salary for the reduced job security.
- Comment on Rap Video rule 7 months ago:
… is what we’re livin’ in……
- Comment on Mark Cuban: "The Mainstream Media Truly Leans Right" 8 months ago:
What the hell is with this article? This source doesn’t seem like a legitimate publication house.
- Comment on The current state of auto insurance: shit that belongs on a shady Kickstarter from 2013 1 year ago:
Insurance companies give people discounts based on driving habits, like speeding and hard braking… which can be determined by gps. They also charge more for people that drive more miles per year because it exposes the vehicle to more possibilities of being involved in accidents.
It’s not unreasonable for them to ask for access to your gps data… it is definitely unreasonable for you to give them access to your gps data.
- Comment on Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon? 1 year ago:
Might be a reasonable argument if you didn’t have 76 years of his rotten behavior as precedent in processing the decision made by a jury of his peers…
- Comment on Wednesday, my dudes. 1 year ago:
What about that dick-vein?!
- Comment on Check mate, creationists 1 year ago:
Reooooowwwwrrrr…
- Comment on NASA has some explaining to do 1 year ago:
(3) …Christianity or basic foundational education…
- Comment on Holiday Decoration 2024 1 year ago:
Ain’t nobody paying for that electricity!
- Comment on How to remove smell from lunch box? 1 year ago:
Same same. I had a thermos I accidentally left hot cocoa (made with milk) in for about 6 months when it fell behind my car seat. I thought I was going to have to throw it out because it smelled so horribly rancid. I booked some water and flushed it out and used white vinegar for a few overnight soaks and it got the smell out. Like a brand new thermos…
- Comment on i made a speadsheet to get through my backlog a while ago and today i hit my milestone for the year. 1 year ago:
It was on sale for 12 wing wangs last week. May still be on sale… check it if you want
- Comment on i made a speadsheet to get through my backlog a while ago and today i hit my milestone for the year. 1 year ago:
Based on the games in your list, you should check out Horizon: zero dawn and the sequel, Forbidden West. They’re great.
- Comment on What do overnight shift workers do when the clocks change? 1 year ago:
Yes.
I was in operations working the DuPont schedule for over a decade. Concerning DST, you work an extra hour, with pay, or work a shift that is one hour less, depending on which direction the clock is moving
When we worked the 11 hour shift (normally 12), as clocks spring forward, you would be compensated a full paycheck if you had no overtime hours, as the company was forced to pay you a full 2 weeks of wage for the pay period. If you had any overtime hours in that check, your pay would reflect 1 hour less to cover the shortage due to the time change.