How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
11-24-2020, 03:58 PM
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Dammit, now I've got Chelsea Dagger (the goal song) stuck in my head.
I've never tried it, but my understand is that, if it uses signed integers, the horn will actually wrap around past "loud" and actually start to consume sound.
I've never tried it, but my understand is that, if it uses signed integers, the horn will actually wrap around past "loud" and actually start to consume sound.
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11-24-2020, 04:11 PM
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I'm searching Digikey right now for a compact alarm to use in a power supply.
Under "type," they have useless things like "continuous, warbling, two-tone, etc."
I need this sound to be instantly recognizable, in a room full of things that beep. What I want is a search option for "makes a noise like a dying giraffe," or "sounds like a leopard with its tail caught in a bicycle chain."
Under "type," they have useless things like "continuous, warbling, two-tone, etc."
I need this sound to be instantly recognizable, in a room full of things that beep. What I want is a search option for "makes a noise like a dying giraffe," or "sounds like a leopard with its tail caught in a bicycle chain."
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11-24-2020, 04:29 PM
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It wasn't actually meant to be a serious question. The "sound of a dying giraffe" quote floated through my head while filtering results, and I kinda wanted to make a little joke about it here.
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11-24-2020, 07:00 PM
^ hahaha. Maybe a little overkill for this application.
Of course, I could go the other way, and steal the Blackhawks' goal horn from the United Center arena. It is a maritime horn, like from a ship. "There are no louder horns on earth used in any sort of commercial service," according to the manufacturer, Kahlenberg Air Horns.
It is noticeable.
Of course, I could go the other way, and steal the Blackhawks' goal horn from the United Center arena. It is a maritime horn, like from a ship. "There are no louder horns on earth used in any sort of commercial service," according to the manufacturer, Kahlenberg Air Horns.
It is noticeable.
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11-27-2020, 04:23 PM
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Hunting buddy tested positive for Covid. Wife, son and I are all sick, or at least were. Wife and I are well on our way to recovery, but son is just getting started. Wife went to get tested (they said only one of us needs to go) and I'm guessing quarantine is in the works.
Worst symptoms for me and the wife were the aches. I felt like my knees had been smashed with a club. I'm mostly over it, but only time will tell.
Worst symptoms for me and the wife were the aches. I felt like my knees had been smashed with a club. I'm mostly over it, but only time will tell.
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11-27-2020, 04:50 PM
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Been a lot of that going around.
One of my guys at work tested positive last weekend. It was one of those deals where he does side-gigs (sporting events and such, which use mostly per-diem crews) and everyone working those crews has to get a negative test before each event.
Thankfully, doesn't seem to have been any secondary transmission in our shop, which honestly surprises me, given the number of shared tools.
One of my guys at work tested positive last weekend. It was one of those deals where he does side-gigs (sporting events and such, which use mostly per-diem crews) and everyone working those crews has to get a negative test before each event.
Thankfully, doesn't seem to have been any secondary transmission in our shop, which honestly surprises me, given the number of shared tools.
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11-27-2020, 05:24 PM
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11-27-2020, 05:37 PM
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A total of about 8 people share the construction dept. office throughout the course of a typical day, and this individual spends a lot of time in the tool room, the wire room, and the rack rooms as well. Probably comes into contact with about 30 people on a given shift.
This is only the second case in my department so far. The first one passed it on to his parents, both in their 80s, who subsequently died. That was early in the year.
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11-27-2020, 05:58 PM
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My sister tested positive about a week ago, and was "ordered to stay home" per the law over here.
She was very sick, and woke up perfectly fine on the morning of day 5.
That is exactly what happened to me as well, although I never bothered to get tested.
She was very sick, and woke up perfectly fine on the morning of day 5.
That is exactly what happened to me as well, although I never bothered to get tested.
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11-27-2020, 11:17 PM
Someone on my production line died from the rona early this spring. Other than that, no fatalities in the building. But last time someone dropped a deuce in the stairwell, it only took a VP like 5 days to get someone to clean it up, so I'm pretty sure it's a total clean room now. Someone really made a savy call by converting the biggest building on earth to trouble-ticket only janitorial service.
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12-06-2020, 12:37 PM
Congrats @gesso!
Also, I quite enjoy Brutalist architecture. It pleases me that the designer didn't try to soften this building with rounded edges, but rather embraces the fact that inside this building, humans will judge other humans, often harshly, and as such the gravity of the building reflects the gravity of the situation.
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Photo credit: @photographnic
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