Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

How fast was traffic/ were you going?

Not sure bout the back, but me & front car were full stop. All 4 cars are drivable, so I’m assuming not crazy fast.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Let's try again in the proper place:


OK, so yesterday I had a battle with a guy that refused to wear his safety equipment and felt that since he was a "sovereign citizen" we had no right to fire him for it.
I had never heard of this before so after he delivered a long, incomprehensible speech and I called the police to remove him from the property (at which time he delivered an even longer speech) I watched some videos on the subject.


OH MY GOD!!!! These people exist all over and I am pretty sure their only purpose is to make the flat earthers look good in comparison. The attempt to use old laws that have been horribly distorted (but officer I was traveling not driving") is bad enough for Americans but this dude is in Canada so that makes it even worse.
I think next year at tax time I am going to evoke my rights under the Magna Carta and refuse to pay taxes since it restricts feudal payments to the Crown.

Tcoat on the job -


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Got rear ended today. Not a simple 2 car wreck, but 4 cars wrecks. I think, that’s a rec in my book. this is 2nd rear ended in my BRZ. Am I upset? Lil bit... am I think it’s a “curse”? Far from it. Just a youngster wasn’t pay attention and hit the front car, which hit my car and my car pushed the car in the front. No one was injured and still driveable, so I’m good. Annoyed a bit, but I’ll get over it.

/rant

Well, that's too damn bad -

I hope you are OK, and stay OK.

Hopefully your car will fix up to be just fine -


humfrz

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

It may be the rum talking but...

In IT I've learned that there is a particular type of non-IT employee who is rather annoying. This is the person who reads some random cnet article on quantum computing and then suddenly thinks that they're an expert on all things computer. They then call random people in IT asking obscure questions that are completely irrelevant, and determine that they're better than everyone else because they know the answer while the person they call doesn't. I usually refer to these people as those who "don't even know enough to know how little they know." Sovereign Citizens are like that, but with laws and politics. It often doesn't end well for them. While most IT people are both overworked and unarmed, cops have tasers.

Technician: I am having problem X and there's no procedure to solve it.

Engineer1: Ok, standby and let me find a solution.

Engineers together: Well, there's two possible solutions. A is easier to explain, but has a high risk of [really, really bad thing]. Let's write up a detailed procedure and recommend B.

Engineer1 to tech: We came up with A and B, and we recommend B because ... Here's a procedure for B.

Technician: Well I looked online and someone on a forum said A solves the problem so I did A. We are up and running again. Not sure why we would ever need B to solve something so simple.

SMH.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Technician: I am having problem X and there's no procedure to solve it.

Engineer1: Ok, standby and let me find a solution.

Engineers together: Well, there's two possible solutions. A is easier to explain, but has a high risk of [really, really bad thing]. Let's write up a detailed procedure and recommend B.

Engineer1 to tech: We came up with A and B, and we recommend B because ... Here's a procedure for B.

Technician: Well I looked online and someone on a forum said A solves the problem so I did A. We are up and running again. Not sure why we would ever need B to solve something so simple.

SMH.

Keeping engineers grounded in the real world is another part of my job!
"Do we really need that $120K super, ultra duty, magnetic, hyperdive, NASA controlled door interlock or can a $2 latch and a cap screw do the same job?"

[cjd]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

I usually refer to these people as those who "don't even know enough to know how little they know." .

You've never heard of Dunning-Kruger?

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, that's too damn bad -

I hope you are OK, and stay OK.

Hopefully your car will fix up to be just fine -


humfrz

Thanks, neck is lil bit more sore than I’ve expected, but I’ll be fine. Both bumpers are banged up, but repaint will fix it... but trying to figure out this hung called “Diminish Value Claim” thingy. Not trying to get all the money I can get, but losing the resale value does “mentally” hurt.

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by cjd

You've never heard of Dunning-Kruger?

First I heard of that one. While I acknowledge that I can be an elitist jerk at times, publishing a report titled "Why People Fail to Recognize Their Own Incompetence" takes it to a whole new level. Should be some interesting reading.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

First I heard of that one. While I acknowledge that I can be an elitist jerk at times, publishing a report titled "Why People Fail to Recognize Their Own Incompetence" takes it to a whole new level. Should be some interesting reading.

Be ironic if the ones that did the study actually did not recognize their own inability.

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Be ironic if the ones that did the study actually did not recognize their own inability.

Publishing a full study on it may have been doubling down on just that.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Technician: I am having problem X and there's no procedure to solve it.

Engineer1: Ok, standby and let me find a solution.

Engineers together: Well, there's two possible solutions. A is easier to explain, but has a high risk of [really, really bad thing]. Let's write up a detailed procedure and recommend B.

Engineer1 to tech: We came up with A and B, and we recommend B because ... Here's a procedure for B.

Technician: Well I looked online and someone on a forum said A solves the problem so I did A. We are up and running again. Not sure why we would ever need B to solve something so simple.

SMH.

Basically everyday for me.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Keeping engineers grounded in the real world is another part of my job!
"Do we really need that $120K super, ultra duty, magnetic, hyperdive, NASA controlled door interlock or can a $2 latch and a cap screw do the same job?"

True, engineers can get stuck up their own @$$es most of the time, but more often than not, the reasoning is usually based on the "ideal" outcome/result, with budget being considered last (specially if you work in the Govt/Military industry)


It drives me nuts when a so called "tuning company" happens to draw something on 3D CAD, make an exact billet copy of an existing component and then sell it as an "upgrade" or "superior" component, with little to no consideration of the actual function of said component.

[ichitaka05]

Just came back from body shop for estimate repair... came out to be +$2600. I thought it was a minor damages, but rear frame is bent, so need to straighten it. More lovely news...

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Just came back from body shop for estimate repair... came out to be +$2600. I thought it was a minor damages, but rear frame is bent, so need to straighten it. More lovely news...

Well DANG!

I reckon there isn't such a thing as a minor accident anymore -


humfrz

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well DANG!

I reckon there isn't such a thing as a minor accident anymore -


humfrz

Yeah seriously. After reading several fb & forum repair estimate prices, I'm more surprised that, my repair ended up costing this much. (in a good way)