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That was for putting back the farm claims along the Nile. Professional rope stretchers did that.

This was paced.

Assuming GP is talking RTK GNSS[0] it can be down to cm accurate with good techniques.

GNSS can technically get down to mm accuracy but that typically requires static sites with lots of data.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_kinematic_position...

Would you consider the product you provide a BIM product?

I think what is fascinating about this space is that the tech is there for full 3d models, machine control, and BIM smart design.

It's all just so expensive, only the huge companies get deep into all of it. As a PLS, we've been delivering site topos for decades with full 3d surfaces, only to deliver those to the engineers and after design they print out a plan set.

FYI. If you're talking about the stuff in the big round trucks that final product is concrete. Cement is an ingredient in concrete, a chemical binder.

Normally for "sidewalk concrete" that binder is an ingredient called "Portland cement", and the final product is "Portland cement concrete" or P.C.C. Probably the stuff your friend is working with.

For road paving, often referred to as black-top, the binder is Asphalt, and that is called "Asphaltic Concrete," or A.C.

And of course these terms might be local as well, this is what we call them in Southern California.

But the fact that the smaller company doesn't computer control and errs on the side of caution is a great illustration of the difficulty of working in this space. And that 10 miles can make a difference. I believe it!

For large road projects in the boonies they typically have to build concrete mixing plants on site! The look like a collection of huge round tank-style trailers tilted upright and assembled all together.

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Why is this? Does power interfere with the fiber?

Someone below posted about the Catherine project. It sounds like something like that, although the reading list is certainly not as thorough.

https://catherineproject.org/

Who are those competitors? The subject company is tho only one I know of like this. But I am not really active in the creative space so I'm ignorant.

I've been meaning to read that. How does it compare to Capital?

Or buy real estate.

The new M-PAGES software by NGS is written in C++, with a bit of python tooling as well.

This is to replace the original PAGES software, which was written in Fortran. M-PAGES is able to process GNSS baselines using all the new satellite systems, as opposed to only GPS.

Edit - my understanding is they chose that language for good extensibility.

Not sure what exactly you mean by scan, but Land Surveyors use drone photogrammetry (and lidar when appropriate) to create TIN surface models of bare earth, yes.

But if it's a smaller area typically it's not worth using a drone and we'd use a terrestrial scanner like a Faro.

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2600 is still in print, but they did have some major distribution issues during COVID. I believe they have worked them all out by now.

They've been digitizing the collection as well, coming out the with annual digests.

If you still like paper a lifetime subscription is surprisingly reasonable. I subscribed about 20 years ago and have definitely gotten my money's worth.

What first piqued my interest in them was a watch and clock show in my town. I remember really thinking they were marvelous engineering, but I also remember that number of $1000 as an average for a working one.

However it's kinda iffy buying one that you can't actually test first. It's been too long since I've purchased anything on eBay so I don't know what the return policies are.

The guy at the show mentioned "always test the _one_ slider. Those go first"

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Great article and great job on the software!

Do you know if there's any of these calculators still around and available to purchase? I've always wanted to get my hands on a curta but One of these would be awesome too.

>What I want to talk about here is how the type of behavior that makes us look smart in the moment (i.e. penny pinching) ends up not being smart in the long run.

Well said. I disagree with the article title, due to my experience with delivering pizza.

We all certainly knew the non-tippers. And they almost always were in the wealthiest neighborhoods. So once you go to a house 3 or 4 times, and get stiffed (or hear about it from the other drivers), they become your lowest priority.

Working class and poor neighborhoods almost always got better service and faster food delivery from us because we knew they tipped more often. The non tippers typically ended up with cold pizza and dropped 2 liters cause we didn't give a crap.

The issue is the warming planet isn't only causing a change in weather for various areas. Yeah for example the Arctic is getting a bit warmer. Which sounds like a good thing.

But the warming up of the sea and atmosphere is giving more energy potential to our weather systems. So every hurricane season, tornado season, fire season, monsoonal season, etc is getting worse and worse. And there's no such thing as isolated climate. That extra energy in the system is world wide, which is really bad for most of us.

There may be places that have slight benefits, sure. But the worldwide negative effects cancel those out IMO.

Hydrogen as a fuel is one of the biggest cases of successful astroturfing in modern times. It is not an ecologically friendly fuel, and currently the most popular source of hydrogen is crude oil.

Amen.

A great example in my life is sailing. I love it, but it's definitely not the best way to travel around our local islands. It's slow, uncomfortable, and kinda difficult.

But, I'd take a sailboat over a motorboat most days. It's enjoyable to "trick" the wind to bring you where you want to go. You're continuing a tradition of boating that goes back around the dawn of civilization. But is it the fastest? Hell no.

Do they both like tri-tip and beer? Boom. Bbq time.

I've had this game in my list to pick up ever since I got a ps4. However I only ever buy discs, so maybe this is a good sign that it will finally be available in my local store.

Go on....

I wasn't referring to 9 pregnant women working one month to birth a child. There are a few cases where that book's core idea does make a lot of sense.

I was referring to my 40 hours ending on Friday at 5, and not returning to work until Monday morning. If management expects more from me then they need to hire more people or lower their retirement or delivery expectations.

I work in a union in the USA and I love it. 40 hrs every week. Paid vacation. Paid medical dental and vision. A real pension.

And CS Lewis is no expert. He's a preacher.

>I know people that connect everyday from home to the office network to work one or two hours (extra) otherwise it's impossible to keep up with the workload.

Then the work doesn't get completed on time! That's bad management not hiring enough people, not the fault of the employee. SMH y'all IT people need a union.

Or they were told that if they logged in early then they would automatically get OT and that's not allowed. That happened to a friend who works for the state.

Amen. We've got a couple local music instrument stores here too.

But I feel for my buddies that make electronic music. They loved GC since they could try out the synthizers and drum machines before they bought.

The new hummer ev is a step in the right direction. The original hummers had a pickup style so hopefully that's next.

Edit- I've always missed the true small trucks like the 90's era rangers and b2000's. I feel like that's an excellent place for a new ev truck startup to begin. The new rangers and colorados are as big as the old f-150's.

And all of those convoluted rules are why CA is forcing ADU's. It's the legislature basically telling towns to get it together or zoning goes bye bye.

Yeah the existing infrastructure is the biggie. In the US anyway, we already have a backbone of natural gas pipelines that go to most areas of the country.

And CNG is already being used on busses, trash trucks, and tractor trailers every day. I had a CNH civic that was a great little car, and basically identical to the gasoline version except for range. Honda stopped making them due to lack of demand. Bummer.

If California was a country, it would be the fifth largest economy in the world. 118 months of consecutive job growth as of the last state of the state address. Our problems pale in comparison to our achievements. We're managing world class first rate economy, while other states suck up our tax money.