WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[fatclue_98]

I understand all too well the idea of fitting everything in a shoe box then wondering why it didn't fit as expected...

My favourite has to be the over engineering I've seen. It's a new trend. Not sure it's strong enough add 10% , still not sure? 20%

No idea where that came from. Seen it all over the place.

Oddly the current project I'm on is a weird combination. Over engineered structure (huge footings and beams, like 1970s style), under engineered concrete floor. I kid you not. This floor is holding several hundred tonnes of equipment as well.

The building is a right pain too for an electrical building. Haven't seen anything like it since the 1970s... The company who designed it has no concept of modern concrete design. Especially in industrial design.

Don't get me started on why we're using concrete...

Post-tensioned concrete is all we know in South Florida - hurricanes you know. Based on what I've seen in the last decade or so, monolithic slabs are a thing of the past on buildings less than 5 stories. Big-*** footers, ginormous grade beams and no room for underground piping. I'm talking 1'6" from bottom of slab to top of pile caps yet Florida Power & Light requires no less than 4' depth for all mains coming in or out of electrical rooms. Underground storm drains are usually 12-16" diameter on even mid-rise buildings with 40,000 sq. ft. roofs. That's stuffing 20 lbs. of s**t in a 5 lb. bag.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Meanwhile, my Charge2 display called it quits. Must be getting wet once too many times with all these frequent cleaning of hands and using sanitisers.
I gather its not worth repairing. Am in no rush to upgrade. But any suggestions is welcomed. What's decent around US$300, max???

Charge 3 or 4?

If you want to go Smartwatch there's all sorts of suggestions I could make.

 

[Rose640]

Exactly what I was going for. So much of the IT "passes" as engineering, but not much of it is, since IT is a vast term.

Cost savings is something they've been teaching us from the get go. Managing quality, quantity and the overall expenses of everything. As one of my professors would say: "We're not here to make the perfect product that would cost a fortune, but a good enough one that's economically acceptable"
Basically, we're chasing the optimum amount of everything.

 

[Rose640]

Meanwhile, my Charge2 display called it quits. Must be getting wet once too many times with all these frequent cleaning of hands and using sanitisers.
I gather its not worth repairing. Am in no rush to upgrade. But any suggestions is welcomed. What's decent around US$300, max???

I have a Xiaomi Amazfit Stratos. I've had it for almost two years now, no issues except that the small plastic part that covers up heart rate sensor fell off (I really don't know if this compromises it's water resistance), but apart from that, it's been perfect.

It's water resistant up to 50m (fresh water), battery holds around 7 days, it has a built in GPS that accurate enough, heart rate sensor and a bunch of workout modes and what not.

It's a really nice what for what I've paid for it, around 200$. It should be even cheaper now.

 

[fatclue_98]

Meanwhile, my Charge2 display called it quits. Must be getting wet once too many times with all these frequent cleaning of hands and using sanitisers.
I gather its not worth repairing. Am in no rush to upgrade. But any suggestions is welcomed. What's decent around US$300, max???

If you want to stay in the Fitbit realm, I can't recommend any of the Charge models over the Versa 2 considering the small price difference. The Versa is usually on sale somewhere for about $150. Even at full price ($200) it's a better deal than a Charge 3/4 which go for about $170 at full price.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

If you want to stay in the Fitbit realm, I can't recommend any of the Charge models over the Versa 2 considering the small price difference. The Versa is usually on sale somewhere for about $150. Even at full price ($200) it's a better deal than a Charge 3/4 which go for about $170 at full price.

I agree with you there. But a charge 3 at $100 is a different animal...

 

[fatclue_98]

I agree with you there. But a charge 3 at $100 is a different animal...

I keep forgetting I bought the wife the Charge 3 SE.

 

[fatclue_98]

Cranked up the Acer Primo tonight purely for gits and shiggles. Excel, Word, One Note and MyTube were the only Store apps that updated. It's depressing how good this OS feels to this day. I'm typing this on the Acer and I can't help but still admire the Windows keyboard. Oh well, back to the drawer where you belong old friend.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Cranked up the Acer Primo tonight purely for gits and shiggles. Excel, Word, One Note and MyTube were the only Store apps that updated. It's depressing how good this OS feels to this day. I'm typing this on the Acer and I can't help but still admire the Windows keyboard. Oh well, back to the drawer where you belong old friend.

This summarizes how I'm feeling about WP right now.

https://youtu.be/izGwDsrQ1eQ

 

[MSFTisMIA]

The in hand feel of the Pixel 3XL is growing on me. This skin I added, except for how it looks on the corners, has added a nice grip to it. The cameras work, great auto mode, loud speakers are nice and it plays OK with this USB-C I have lying around. If it was a 128GB version, I'd like it even more. I think the best feature I like about it was the price I paid for it.

On the flip side, V50 still feels...weird. In-hand feel wise - the case I have, I like. The phone itself, I like. Both together feel "meh". Phone feels a little bit more balancing act one handed. That's a bit odd. Plus, I don't like the accessories I have with it. The screen protector visually is nice and covers the entire screen but drops inputs periodically and covers the proximity sensor, messing with both the GPS and power button to unlock the phone. The armor shield back cover feels tacky as F. Finally found a skin - black carbon fiber - and will have to go to the notch cutout style tempered glass to address those issues. Still, very please with the V50. Battery life has been very good for me.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

https://www.phonearena.com/news/google-pixel-4-sales-key-executives-quit_id124608

So I see the article making the rounds and I'm sad - but not surprised. As a Pixel 3XL owner, it confirmed what I thought - this was a nice phone but not at what Google was asking for it. Same for the Pixel 4. I think I would have liked the in-hand feel better on the 4XL than the 3XL.

OG Pixel was interesting. Pixel 2 was a nice follow up. The Pixel 3 is good, but outside of refining the materials and adding wireless charging it is missing something. The Pixel 4 felt good still but was a beta. They got the price to value ratio wrong for both the 3 and 4 and are getting punished for it. They didn't address certain issues - battery life and being stingy with storage (including pulling unlimited Google photos at full resolution).

I agree with Google going to the upper mid range. The 4A is a mistake. I wished the 4 was a last big swing before going into the upper mid range.

 

[worldspy99]

Cranked up the Acer Primo tonight purely for gits and shiggles. Excel, Word, One Note and MyTube were the only Store apps that updated. It's depressing how good this OS feels to this day. I'm typing this on the Acer and I can't help but still admire the Windows keyboard. Oh well, back to the drawer where you belong old friend.

I'm going to keep using the 925 once a week just for grins and giggles.

 

[worldspy99]

https://www.phonearena.com/news/google-pixel-4-sales-key-executives-quit_id124608

So I see the article making the rounds and I'm sad - but not surprised. As a Pixel 3XL owner, it confirmed what I thought - this was a nice phone but not at what Google was asking for it. Same for the Pixel 4. I think I would have liked the in-hand feel better on the 4XL than the 3XL.

OG Pixel was interesting. Pixel 2 was a nice follow up. The Pixel 3 is good, but outside of refining the materials and adding wireless charging it is missing something. The Pixel 4 felt good still but was a beta. They got the price to value ratio wrong for both the 3 and 4 and are getting punished for it. They didn't address certain issues - battery life and being stingy with storage (including pulling unlimited Google photos at full resolution).

I agree with Google going to the upper mid range. The 4A is a mistake. I wished the 4 was a last big swing before going into the upper mid range.

Having owned OG Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2XL, Pixel 3XL, Pixel 3a and Pixel 4XL I would say my favorite devices are

Pixel 2XL, OG Pixel and Pixel 3a.
The other devices were good but had one or other compromise.

 

[raycpl]

If you want to stay in the Fitbit realm, I can't recommend any of the Charge models over the Versa 2 considering the small price difference. The Versa is usually on sale somewhere for about $150. Even at full price ($200) it's a better deal than a Charge 3/4 which go for about $170 at full price.

I'm keeping an open mind on Fitbit Charge4, esp it has builtin GPS. Let's see what it sells for here.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Good thing this pandemic isn’t Avian Flu. Gotta love Miami sometimes.

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Where did the chicken and the peacock come from?

 

[raycpl]

Where did the chicken and the peacock come from?

They came after across the road, I presume there were eggs involved before this happened !!
There animals are having a grandtime. Monkeys in the swimming pools, dolphins by the beach. In Singapore, otters were running along the hospital corridors, frolicking in the fountain pools.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Post-tensioned concrete is all we know in South Florida - hurricanes you know. Based on what I've seen in the last decade or so, monolithic slabs are a thing of the past on buildings less than 5 stories. Big-*** footers, ginormous grade beams and no room for underground piping. I'm talking 1'6" from bottom of slab to top of pile caps yet Florida Power & Light requires no less than 4' depth for all mains coming in or out of electrical rooms. Underground storm drains are usually 12-16" diameter on even mid-rise buildings with 40,000 sq. ft. roofs. That's stuffing 20 lbs. of s**t in a 5 lb. bag.

Post tensioning is what I would expect these days. Especially for industrial electrical buildings if you're going to make them out of concrete.

This building... It's a two story building....

I'll have to use metric here... Sorry.

20 X 600x600mm columns spaced 6 metres apart.

6 X 600x600 columns spaced 6 metres apart. Except for one section that's 3 metres.

Footings for each column is 3.7m square by 1m high. I assume they wanted it to float?

Beams are a mix of sizes but for the floor with the equipment it's 600x600 mostly.

First floor is 3.7. high, this is the cable basement. Second floor is equipment, 6.3m high. So not a tall building.

Needless to say this is not a building that's been designed for purpose. I can only assume these guys have only ever built apartment buildings before. This design makes no sense.

The guy before me was not impressed. Neither am I.

 

[fatclue_98]

Where did the chicken and the peacock come from?

The peacocks are everywhere especially near Biscayne Bay. They’re semi-native now like us Cubans. The chickens, well let’s just say the community doesn’t give a fat baby’s a$$ about the county’s farm animal restrictions. They are ALL OVER THE PLACE. In light of the egg price gouging, they’re even more prevalent now. Like Checker’s says “hey, ya gotta eat”.

 

[fatclue_98]

Post tensioning is what I would expect these days. Especially for industrial electrical buildings if you're going to make them out of concrete.

This building... It's a two story building....

I'll have to use metric here... Sorry.

20 X 600x600mm columns spaced 6 metres apart.

6 X 600x600 columns spaced 6 metres apart. Except for one section that's 3 metres.

Footings for each column is 3.7m square by 1m high. I assume they wanted it to float?

Beams are a mix of sizes but for the floor with the equipment it's 600x600 mostly.

First floor is 3.7. high, this is the cable basement. Second floor is equipment, 6.3m high. So not a tall building.

Needless to say this is not a building that's been designed for purpose. I can only assume these guys have only ever built apartment buildings before. This design makes no sense.

The guy before me was not impressed. Neither am I.

Sounds like you’re building a fallout shelter.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Need a day off. The last time I put in for one, I ended up in the office working a half day.