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RatHat posted:Does this count? Yes, yes it does.
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Aug 20, 2017 03:26
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monkey see, monkey durrr
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Aug 20, 2017 03:26
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JFairfax posted:apparently welding visors goggles rated 13/14 work The last eclipse I saw - I used welders lenses (the replaceable type found in big helmets). Worked wonders with my DSLR. Just taped it over the camera lens.
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Aug 20, 2017 04:19
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:i have a point and shoot camera i got at the thrift store for 3 dollars Does anyone have that Hark! A Vagrant comic of her taking a photo of the moon? Because that.
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Aug 20, 2017 04:30
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`Nemesis posted:Bandsaw hitting metal embedded in a tree My grandfather lost sight in one eye thanks to a similar incident. Luckily he was young and healthy and was able to get to a hospital that could remove the slivers from his eye with a powerful magnet. Wear eye protection and don't nail poo poo into trees.
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Aug 20, 2017 05:33
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[quote="“`Nemesis”" post="“475544617”"] Bandsaw hitting metal embedded in a tree https://i.imgur.com/KAdFO2e.gifv [/quote]Reminds me of the time I popped your mom’s IUD out with my dick, which if you didn’t get from the analogy, is very big, and fully developed, and not “nice for a toddler”. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Aug 20, 2017 05:41
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Aug 20, 2017 08:23
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love the safety flip flops I mean, that's the least of his problems, but still
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Aug 20, 2017 08:29
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Memento posted:love the safety flip flops At least the hammer wasn't going to come down on him as you see it swing to his other side.
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Aug 20, 2017 13:54
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MF_James posted:At least the hammer wasn't going to come down on him as you see it swing to his other side. Ya, swings around to land first and he takes his energy to that handle with his liver or kidney.
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Aug 20, 2017 15:42
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JFairfax posted:apparently welding visors goggles rated 13/14 work If it's that dark it hardly seems worth looking at. Or going outside. Imma watch the NASA stream instead. https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive-info
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Aug 20, 2017 20:00
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Its supposed to be really hot, humid and threatening to storm tomorrow but my tiny town is still taking on 5-10x its population for the eclipse. Gonna be rough.
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Aug 20, 2017 20:15
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dis astranagant posted:Its supposed to be really hot, humid and threatening to storm tomorrow but my tiny town is still taking on 5-10x its population for the eclipse. Gonna be rough. I'm scared about the commute home at 7am. Just south of the totality line and the freeway home is one of the main routes north.
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Aug 20, 2017 20:28
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Mustached Demon posted:I'm scared about the commute home at 7am. Just south of the totality line and the freeway home is one of the main routes north. From everything I've heard it's not really before that's the problem, it's everybody trying to haul rear end out of town shortly after it's over.
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Aug 20, 2017 20:37
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Aug 20, 2017 20:45
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Effective-Disorder posted:
I'm so confused about who made this lol
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Aug 20, 2017 20:54
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This is not exactly OSHA, but I was discussing with a coworker today that there could be some significant impacts from the solar eclipse. A lot of the United States is going to have its photovoltaic systems all shaded and then unshaded within relatively small timeframe.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:00
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Three-Phase posted:This is not exactly OSHA, but I was discussing with a coworker today that there could be some significant impacts from the solar eclipse. A lot of the United States is going to have its photovoltaic systems all shaded and then unshaded within relatively small timeframe. I read an article in the past week discussing utilities already making plans for this. Of course some of the plans are telling their district to use less power but hey. My guess is they may also be rolling brownouts on large electricity usage industries for ~15 min a pop but the article didn't mention that.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:10
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Three-Phase posted:This is not exactly OSHA, but I was discussing with a coworker today that there could be some significant impacts from the solar eclipse. A lot of the United States is going to have its photovoltaic systems all shaded and then unshaded within relatively small timeframe. I'm having trouble seeing how the eclipse would be significantly different from a cloudy day, other than being predictable 1000 years in advance.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:19
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Deteriorata posted:I'm having trouble seeing how the eclipse would be significantly different from a cloudy day, other than being predictable 1000 years in advance. It's no different from a cloud a few thousands miles across travelling across the US in under two hours.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:30
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Lurking Haro posted:It's no different from a cloud a few thousands miles across travelling across the US in under two hours. And? Clouds come and go routinely. Clouds can cover hundreds of square miles at a time. Beyond that, PV is a small enough fraction of the total grid that I can't see any more than temporary local problems.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:33
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Deteriorata posted:And? Clouds come and go routinely. Clouds can cover hundreds of square miles at a time. Beyond that, PV is a small enough fraction of the total grid that I can't see any more than temporary local problems. Clouds of that scale don't appear and disappear in 15 minutes. Power plants have to fire up to compensate and then back down when the PV comes back up.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:37
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Lurking Haro posted:Clouds of that scale don't appear and disappear in 15 minutes. Everything I have read on it suggests that utilities are confident they will be able to handle it without any disruption of service. It's not really an issue.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:41
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I think you greatly overestimate how interconnected the country's electrical grid is
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Aug 20, 2017 21:44
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Managing power plant output is something that has to be done all the time anyway. It's really no different than there being a sudden spike in demand which happens all the time. This is probably easier to handle since it's known beforehand exactly when it will happen.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:49
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Deteriorata posted:Everything I have read on it suggests that utilities are confident they will be able to handle it without any disruption of service. It's not really an issue. It is still a lot more complex than a loving cloud.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:52
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tangy yet delightful posted:It is still a lot more complex than a loving cloud. Actually, it's a lot less complex because clouds are pretty random. The eclipse is quite predictable and easy to compensate for.
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Aug 20, 2017 21:53
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If some dipshit in a company with a solar focused mix doesn't want to pay an extra special high peak rate for gas turbine capacity there could be some brownouts. So given the penny pinching of electric utilities, there's probably going to be a brown out via stubbornness somewhere.
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Aug 20, 2017 22:02
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if anything power use will go down during the eclipse as tens of millions of people will be outside watching it
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Aug 20, 2017 22:42
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JFairfax posted:if anything power use will go down during the eclipse as tens of millions of people will be outside watching it No it will go up, because the sky will get dark and everyone indoors will have to turn their lights on to avoid stepping on the dog.
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Aug 20, 2017 23:32
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JFairfax posted:if anything power use will go down during the eclipse as tens of millions of people will be outside watching it Much like a sports event, water use will go up after due to everyone running inside and taking a poo poo of relief.
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Aug 20, 2017 23:42
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Much like a sports event, water use will go up after due to everyone running inside and taking a poo poo of relief. I really don't know what's going to happen, but yeah utilities are keeping an eye on the situation.  Also that's a real thing with electrical systems: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup "The largest ever pickup was on 4 July 1990, when a 2800 MW demand was imposed by the ending of the penalty shootout in the England v West Germany FIFA World Cup semi-final."
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Aug 20, 2017 23:49
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Facebook Aunt posted:No it will go up, because the sky will get dark and everyone indoors will have to turn their lights on to avoid stepping on the dog. Lights are cheap, a\c is expensive. The cooler temperatures will mean less power is being used.
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Aug 20, 2017 23:50
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Lurking Haro posted:Clouds of that scale don't appear and disappear in 15 minutes. have you heard of thunderstorms
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Aug 20, 2017 23:52
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If we have clouds and an eclipse it's going to be like super shady.
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Aug 20, 2017 23:55
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VectorSigma posted:have you heard of thunderstorms They don't develop and dissipate in 15 minutes. Three-Phase posted:If we have clouds and an eclipse it's going to be like super shady. Of course if it is already cloudy, there isn't that much of a difference.
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Aug 21, 2017 00:22
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It's like y2k all over again, gently caress we just finished rebuilding RIP our electricity
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Aug 21, 2017 00:42
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Lurking Haro posted:They don't develop and dissipate in 15 minutes. no, but they sometimes do move pretty fast. i've seen it go from sun to dark back to sun on that time scale on many occasions, sometimes multiple times within a single storm cluster.
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Aug 21, 2017 01:00
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Much like a sports event, water use will go up after due to everyone running inside and taking a poo poo of relief. in the Uk the power grid had to be ready for half time during England football matches during world cups and that because at half time everyone would put on the kettle for a cup of tea.
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Aug 21, 2017 01:15
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