Vanamonde Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 A while back a fallen power line caused a terrible fire. In response, my regional power utility is going to shut off power to as many as 800,000 people for as much as 5 days, because the weather forecast calls for high winds. So because winds might cause a line to fall somewhere which could cause a possible fire, they are intentionally turning off the power to hundreds of thousands of people. And they've been vague about the exact borders of the affected areas, so right now I am one of many people just sitting around waiting to see if I will still have electricity in a couple of hours. And I don't even live out in the boondocks. I live in a large city, miles from anyplace where a wildfire could start. Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafni Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 36 minutes ago, Vanamonde said: A while back a fallen power line caused a terrible fire. In response, my regional power utility is going to shut off power to as many as 800,000 people for as much as 5 days, because the weather forecast calls for high winds. So because winds might cause a line to fall somewhere which could cause a possible fire, they are intentionally turning off the power to hundreds of thousands of people. And they've been vague about the exact borders of the affected areas, so right now I am one of many people just sitting around waiting to see if I will still have electricity in a couple of hours. And I don't even live out in the boondocks. I live in a large city, miles from anyplace where a wildfire could start. Unbelievable. Sounds like you are in the states. Good luck then! Hope you wont be affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: I have a ceiling fan that does this. Creepy as hell. At least, *it* is your fan, not enemy. Though... Does your fan always live on the ceiling? Do you talk with *it* in the night? Does *it* get down to the floor and walk around the home? 2 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Whatever you do, don’t go staring at your bathroom mirror. You're so kind... But what if the mirror keeps staring at you even when you'd turned around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 11 hours ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: Touch sensitive, must've been something that turned it on. But I heard it turn on, looked at it, and it then just turned off, so if something touched the buttons it probably would've just left it on.. Sorta creeped me out There's a really simple fix for that: Unplug the TV. If it still jumps on at night then you have good reasons to panic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Vanamonde said: A while back a fallen power line caused a terrible fire. In response, my regional power utility is going to shut off power to as many as 800,000 people for as much as 5 days, because the weather forecast calls for high winds. Time to invest in a gennie before the price gouging starts. ETA: oh dang, I just heard about this on the news, he wern’t kiddin! Not that I thought he was... What an incredible dangerous and short-sighted response. Edited October 9, 2019 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 The most creative promo action of lithium batteries evah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 13 hours ago, Vanamonde said: So because winds might cause a line to fall somewhere which could cause a possible fire, they are intentionally turning off the power to hundreds of thousands of people. This may be a novel idea, but like.. why don't they invest in their infrastructure so that this doesn't happen? That seems like a good idea. But seems really kinda dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 hours ago, qzgy said: This may be a novel idea, but like.. why don't they invest in their infrastructure so that this doesn't happen? That seems like a good idea. But seems really kinda dumb. I know, right? Still have power, so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 5 hours ago, qzgy said: This may be a novel idea, but like.. why don't they invest in their infrastructure so that this doesn't happen? That seems like a good idea. But seems really kinda dumb. "But, but... the MONEY! Think about the MONEY!" Seriously, energy companies can be the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 So my school had no internet up until about an hour ago, so most classes couldn't function, students were going crazy, basically just general chaos. So I'm in my religion and ethics class (basically the easy religion) and the room I am in is actually a larger room split in two for two classrooms. A guy from the other room opens the door at the side to ask me to get one of their friends. I looked inside their room, which was a study of religion class (hard religion where you have to do 1000 word essays and stuff), and found the following: Students dancing Students wearing religious attire for no reason Cringy music I thought that my class was stupid because we have to create picture books of religious texts...and this is in year 10, but I find the SOR class assessment is to reenact scenes from the bible in a multi modal presentation. Yes, this is what our school calls 'senior work' Another thing was that because we had no internet, people began creating their own networks, such as Skynet Global Defense Network Yell (swear) For Password I Broke The Net McDonalds WiFi NBN So now I'm looking forwards to my IT class which is just a complete meme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 So I ran my meet yesterday, and have great news! I'm going on to Regionals!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Best uncontrollable laughter extra ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbolExplorer Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 My raspberry pi 3 finnaly came!(they don't sell the 4 yet in canary islands) Spoiler I just need to buy a keyboard and a mouse and i'm set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Today I learned that not all hard drive clicking is bad. Sometimes the head's motion just makes a sound as it jumps from place to place. Otherwise I'd be quite shocked, considering it's the new drive that makes these noises occasionally. I really should have bought an SSD, though... They're a lot more expensive, but faster, more resistent and don't make any noises I could get paranoid about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Delay said: Today I learned that not all hard drive clicking is bad. Sometimes the head's motion just makes a sound as it jumps from place to place. You missed the old days when HD clicking would drown out your speaker. Could lay down some funky beats treble tracks tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 11 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: You missed the old days when HD clicking would drown out your speaker. Could lay down some funky beats treble tracks tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbMav Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 5:54 AM, CatastrophicFailure said: You missed the old days when HD clicking would drown out your ... Honestly ... i almost jump whenever i access the old HDD in my system to make room on my SSD for a new game ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 We have 0 ohm resistors in the rocket lab... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 29 minutes ago, cubinator said: We have 0 ohm resistors in the rocket lab... Wait until you realize that they are usually specced as +/- 5%. Find the -5% ones and get rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJ Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Shpaget said: Wait until you realize that they are usually specced as +/- 5%. Find the -5% ones and get rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) On 10/10/2019 at 11:40 AM, The_Cat_In_Space said: So my school had no internet up until about an hour ago, so most classes couldn't function, students were going crazy, basically just general chaos. So I'm in my religion and ethics class (basically the easy religion) and the room I am in is actually a larger room split in two for two classrooms. A guy from the other room opens the door at the side to ask me to get one of their friends. I looked inside their room, which was a study of religion class (hard religion where you have to do 1000 word essays and stuff), and found the following: Students dancing Students wearing religious attire for no reason Cringy music I thought that my class was stupid because we have to create picture books of religious texts...and this is in year 10, but I find the SOR class assessment is to reenact scenes from the bible in a multi modal presentation. Yes, this is what our school calls 'senior work' Not going to lie, sounds like a fun and easy A. Dancing around like an idiot with majestic, biblical music? Sign me [snip] up. Edited October 27, 2019 by James Kerman redacted by a moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, cubinator said: We have 0 ohm resistors in the rocket lab... It's called "short circuit". Or a "too rough measuring tool" Upd. Wait... 1 hour ago, cubinator said: in the rocket lab It starts sounding scary. 39 minutes ago, Kernel Kraken said: Dancing around like an idiot with majestic, biblical music? Maybe they impersonate ancient pagan tribes. Edited October 26, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 46 minutes ago, Kernel Kraken said: Not going to lie, sounds like a fun and easy A. Dancing around like an idiot with majestic, biblical music? Sign me the f up. Just don't let the Baptists know you're dancing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 2 hours ago, TheSaint said: Just don't let the Baptists know you're dancing.... I'm a Baptist myself. No one really cares unless they're in one of those 'be perfect or burn in hecc' ultra- far right churches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJ Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 My aquarium's population increased by at least 30 overnight. I had 3 pregnant Guppies.....not anymore. Glad I have a big aquarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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