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Marxalot posted:Starting to think this is an lolaustin event. HEB here was entirely stocked and basically empty of people. I've got all my non-appliance electronics on UPSs that have a run time of around 120-160 minutes. So I may freeze, but I'll freeze in front of my desktop.
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Marxalot posted:Starting to think this is an lolaustin event. HEB here was entirely stocked and basically empty of people. Where is "here" - I'm in Houston and was going to try HEB later today once I'm done with work. Good call on the powerbank though, forgot about that.
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IT BURNS posted:This is more or less what's happening in the Valley now. The ISDs are shedding students by the hundreds for IDEA and other charter schools while closing/consolidating elementary and middle schools,. They vocally pin their decisions on "people didn't gently caress enough 14-18 years ago" but recent statements from IDEA and school board members indicate otherwise.
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Marxalot posted:Starting to think this is an lolaustin event. HEB here was entirely stocked and basically empty of people. There's freezing rain and very gusty winds forecast for the hill country and from New Braunfels north along I-35. Significant accumulations are expected from Austin up. I doubt we'll have any grid-level problems but freezing rain plus wind is a recipe for local power outages, especially if you've got a lot of trees with dead branches in them like we do after last year's freeze. Charging up the power banks is a very good idea.
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i say swears online posted:I've applied at IDEA schools in the valley to get closer to my dad. they seem like pretty bad places to work lol Finally moving to south Austin
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Shooting Blanks posted:Where is "here" - I'm in Houston and was going to try HEB later today once I'm done with work. Also Houston. But in fairness to terrified TropicalCoke posted:https://twitter.com/AlexMealer4HCTX/status/1488232445027786758/ They're finally gonna put their feet down and make crime illegal
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TropicalCoke posted:https://twitter.com/AlexMealer4HCTX/status/1488232445027786758/ It was better for everyone when Mattress Mack was doing hurricane relief and giving away free couches when the Astros win.
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Texas governor asks crypto miners to shut down if power grid appears to fail. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/texas-crypto-mining-power-grid-b2004745.html Good luck Greg!
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JosefStalinator posted:It's gone be 7 degrees up in Amarillo this weekend, and we'll all be cranking our heating smugly on our superior power grid. In Cancun with Ted?
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jokes posted:The butterflies are SOCIALISTS Their biological species is caterpillar. No matter what they may want, theyre not butterflies
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Well they're definitely not social butterflies now. 
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JosefStalinator posted:It's gone be 7 degrees up in Amarillo this weekend, and we'll all be cranking our heating smugly on our superior power grid. Amarillo is not on the ERCOT grid. You’re on the eastern US grid.
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zoux posted:This guy's got some fuckin grapes huh lol the man is evil
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Mr. Nice! posted:Amarillo is not on the ERCOT grid. You’re on the eastern US grid. That's why I said we're on the better one, silly. And the governor is gonna be up here in Amarillo, safe and warm on said grid.
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zoux posted:"I'm harassing a butterfly sanctuary" should be a real are we the baddies moment Being a baddie isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. Hitler was a baddie and everyone remembers him.
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i say swears online posted:I've applied at IDEA schools in the valley to get closer to my dad. they seem like pretty bad places to work lol As an anecdote, I taught at a charter (Life School) for four years, and it was basically the same experience as an ISD.
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zoux posted:Every state in the union does accountability testing and I think it was a requirement of NCLB. Texas started accountability exams in '79. I guess I must've taken some in school, though I don't remember them nor do I remember them being a major issue. Maybe the stakes are higher? The ones that most of us took in school were benchmark (diagnostic) exams, intended to give your teachers some kind of data about your ability that they could then parse and do whatever with. The old TAKS and now the STAAR tests will actually stop you from being able to graduate if you don't pass them. There are workarounds like IGC projects, but its a big pain in the rear end for everyone involved. Now, the thing is, these are minimum-skills tests. To pass the English exams, you realistically need to be on something like a 7th or 8th grade skill level. This isn't really a problem for most native speakers, especially given the insane emphasis on these tests in the public schools, as well as the number of times you end up taking them if you don't pass. Kids with IEP's (special education) can often take "modified" forms of the test that function essentially as waivers for the requirements. The only group that really gets hosed up by these tests are non-native speakers that either have not had the time or simply have not picked up more than very basic English reading and writing skills. There isn't a huge amount of political will to get rid of this poo poo because the people most impacted are politically very weak.
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Zil posted:That committed power drop that just happened is concerning right? it looks like it's supposed to be following from a predicted drop in demand as people turn in for the night
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Nerds, terrified, listeners to newsmen who aren't the weather man: I am going to die Me, enlightened coastal elite, guy who commutes on a motorcycle most days: I guess I'll pack some thermals. Is my earbud case fully charged? Marxalot fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Feb 3, 2022 |
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