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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: jobs
« on: March 16, 2017, 12:42:24 PM »Or woman. I'm so sexist.
Last I checked I had the appropriate male parts.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: jobs
« on: March 15, 2017, 01:57:57 PM »congratsPhone interview I'm 20 minutes and I'm going to kick it straight in the face!eff yeah. Face to face interview Tuesday at 930!
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: jobs
« on: March 15, 2017, 01:56:31 PM »
Yes, our eventual goal will be to get in one of the Washburn Rural/Seaman/Heights school districts. The oldest will be attending Montessori preschool this coming year and either K or pre-K the year after and the youngest still has a couple years until preschool, so not overly concerned about our school district right now. In a one month turnaround I just rented a small house, so once we get settled I can start looking for vacant land and/or houses in an area we'd like to move out to.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: jobs
« on: March 15, 2017, 11:42:56 AM »Topeka is fine. You just have to pick a nice neighborhood. I'd suggest the west side. That's where I live and just stay on Wanamaker and use the interstate.
we'll eventually try to find some land on the outskirts of town.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves
« on: March 15, 2017, 11:39:27 AM »
Incorrect usage of Irony (I actually almost never see it used correctly) and the overuse of literally. pronouncing hamburger as hambooger, and pronouncing wolf as woof.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: jobs
« on: March 14, 2017, 01:00:55 PM »
Living outside of Shawnee county isn't an option for us unfortunately or a commute would be a possibility. (even though I despise driving). I am excited to take the oldest boy to his first cats game though. (and my first in 4 years)
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: jobs
« on: March 14, 2017, 09:41:01 AM »
I've accepted a position in Topeka and am moving my family back to Kansas in a few weeks. Anything good going on in Topeka?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: March 13, 2017, 03:48:11 PM »Just spitballing here, aside from CO2, has anyone considered that maybe all the heat we are making is making things warmer?Yes
And?
The dynamic of a greenhouse gas is the heat radiated from the earth that they capture and then emit back to the earth. 99.9% of this energy comes from the sun.( I don't know the exact percentage off the top of my head, but it is the vast majority). Without it, well, the earth would be a pretty cold place and we wouldn't be here. So any heat generated by us on top of what the sun gives and what the earth itself generates is either captured by a greenhouse gas and emitted back to us, or escapes into space. Water Vapor, CO2, Methane, etc.. CO2 has a relatively small wavelength window in which it acts as a greenhouse gas.
None of that can be argued. That's the general science behind why life as we know it is even possible here. I think the dissenting arguments fall on three lines of thought, "I don't believe in global warming" < just don't know how earth cycles work "That CO2 isn't coming from humans and we can't affect our planet like that" < not heard as much anymore, since those not in group 1 probably now realize that we do contribute to increased CO2 in the atmosphere even if they disagree on the amount. And the more common, "So what, we don't believe that the increase in temperature is anything to really worry about, or don't think it is as much as the scientists say" < can actually be argued.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Recent motion picture viewing - Add your own!
« on: March 12, 2017, 11:44:47 PM »
Just watched Arrival. I enjoyed it, but it definitely felt like a rehash of Contact with the twist of interstellar intermixed ever so slightly.
Also watched fantastic beasts. Enjoyed that one as well.
Also watched fantastic beasts. Enjoyed that one as well.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: PS Vue/Sling TV
« on: March 06, 2017, 10:51:46 AM »YouTube Tv is launching soon with a similar format as PSvue in a few months. All the competition in this space is fantastic.
Yes it is.
And man those Cox people are relentless when you cut something. First they put you on hold for 20-30 minutes, then they talk to you, put you on hold again, give you a new "deal" and finally will do what you ask. Its annoying.
In the future, just go to the store. You have to return the cable box anyway and they seriously don't hassle you at all. I think they know people try to game the retention department for better rates so they make the phone as difficult as possible.
A guy I lived next to up here worked for TWC in the retention department. His base pay was pretty meager but he got a very nice bonus for every person he talked into staying with TWC. Somewhere in the realm of 20-30K/year in bonuses. So at least for TWC, how much they want to make depends on it as well. He was required to go through the whole spiel even if both parties know the end-game is basically the same package/cost as they previously had.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: jobs
« on: March 03, 2017, 11:27:51 AM »
I did a video interview a couple weeks ago. Their camera fell off the wall so I was staring at the floor for a couple minutes. Back in college looking for my first job out of school I did a phone interview with a company in Atlanta. They allowed dogs in the office apparently and every 20 seconds a dog would start barking.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 26, 2017, 09:48:01 PM »Or any other dry land crop? I guess i should ask what's your point?Aquifers and irrigation for the western areas. same as western Kansas. Half of Mexico is in the tropics and the Sierra Madre range provides an agricultural region in northern mexico in the same way the Sierra Nevadas provide for the Central Valley.What does the Kansas is a wasteland argument have to do with anything?
It was in the context of desertification and shifting growing zones. As temperatures rise and rainfall patterns become more sporadic/intense, large areas of kansas will essentially become fringe desert. That coupled with a likely northward shift of growing zones, much of the heartland will no longer be fertile cropland. I believe ag scientists at k-state have been looking at crop yields based on rising temperatures actually. Just did a search and found this article which I read a couple years ago. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb15/climatewheat21815.html
Really makes you wonder how states like Texas and Oklahoma have any agriculture at all really. Or rough ridin' Mexico.
Do you even dry land wheat bro?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 24, 2017, 12:22:46 PM »Aquifers and irrigation for the western areas. same as western Kansas. Half of Mexico is in the tropics and the Sierra Madre range provides an agricultural region in northern mexico in the same way the Sierra Nevadas provide for the Central Valley.What does the Kansas is a wasteland argument have to do with anything?
It was in the context of desertification and shifting growing zones. As temperatures rise and rainfall patterns become more sporadic/intense, large areas of kansas will essentially become fringe desert. That coupled with a likely northward shift of growing zones, much of the heartland will no longer be fertile cropland. I believe ag scientists at k-state have been looking at crop yields based on rising temperatures actually. Just did a search and found this article which I read a couple years ago. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb15/climatewheat21815.html
Really makes you wonder how states like Texas and Oklahoma have any agriculture at all really. Or rough ridin' Mexico.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 24, 2017, 10:52:04 AM »I guess you missed my reference to the aquifer being the only reason they weren't deserts already...SW and NW Kansas will be deserts because the Ogallala and Dakota aquifers will be pumped dry in 30 years, not because of whatever climate stuff you're claiming.What does the Kansas is a wasteland argument have to do with anything?
It was in the context of desertification and shifting growing zones. As temperatures rise and rainfall patterns become more sporadic/intense, large areas of kansas will essentially become fringe desert. That coupled with a likely northward shift of growing zones, much of the heartland will no longer be fertile cropland. I believe ag scientists at k-state have been looking at crop yields based on rising temperatures actually. Just did a search and found this article which I read a couple years ago. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb15/climatewheat21815.html
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 24, 2017, 10:48:59 AM »You know you've been whipped when your 1000-word novela attempting to clarify and restate your position could have just as easily been summarized in three words: yeah, you're rightDo you always tuck your tail like a scared dog? Or just in your virtual presence?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 24, 2017, 10:29:40 AM »What does the Kansas is a wasteland argument have to do with anything?
It was in the context of desertification and shifting growing zones. As temperatures rise and rainfall patterns become more sporadic/intense, large areas of kansas will essentially become fringe desert. That coupled with a likely northward shift of growing zones, much of the heartland will no longer be fertile cropland. I believe ag scientists at k-state have been looking at crop yields based on rising temperatures actually. Just did a search and found this article which I read a couple years ago. http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/feb15/climatewheat21815.html
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 24, 2017, 06:39:03 AM »If there's one thing we know for sure, the o&g industry has gotten uber rich spending billions of dollars exploring miles beneath the ground for a commodity just so they can hurry up and dump it down the drain and pay fines. They don't call it black gold for a reason, that's for sure.
I still don't know if you are deliberately obtuse or if you really do struggle to grasp simple concepts.
You're the dumbass who basically stated the industry prefers to pay fines than implement reasonable controls. That's lol absurd and inaccurate. Negligence is how these guys get laid with exemplary damages and there's hundreds of well funded environmental groups laying in waiting to pounce. What you've described is an extreme exception and anything but ordinary course.
You probably shouldn't accuse me, or anybody, for throwing out extreme exceptions given that is the very basis of almost every argument I've seen you try to make. Unless you like kicking your own feet out from under you. Secondly, your construction of straw-men is tiring. I mean, I get it, why waste brain power to actually try and articulate a cognitive response when you can just act boorish and wildly misinterpret anything disagreeing with your beliefs.
And, while my example may be an extreme one of the total shitstorm that can happen when companies are reckless and negligent, it doesnt negate the fact that it is way more common than you play it out to be. For the record, my client is an oil company, not the EPA. I don't think they are going out there just thinking of ways to spill their oil, but we've already gone over your penchant for that argumentative style. I also do actually believe that at least their environmental team does care about keeping spills to a minimum because of the environmental impact. That said, minimum is the key word here. Spills happen, and they will continue happening regardless of how many checks are put in place. There were checks in place here, and some dudley-do-wrong behind a switchboard decided the computer telling him there was a problem ignored it and kept opening the shutoff valves. Pretending an oil company can just put checks in place and everything is hunky dory is assinine. If you don't realize they put in spill contingency plans, budget billions for cleanup and fines, weigh risk/rewards for where they pipe product, etc.. then I'm at a loss. It's simple economics, that black gold is worth nothing if they can't send it to market. They'll stuff money into any politicians g-string if they can ensure that happens, and they'll accept some risks such as losing millions in product and paying hefty fines if it means trillions in profit. They don't want the spill to happen of course, but they'll also cut corners to ensure the green keeps flowing.
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This right here.
This isn't some Sierra Club tree-hugging leftist shill. This guy works in the industry, is on the front lines, and sees things first hand... And yet he can see the bigger picture. It would serve us all well to listen to him.
We aren't going to shut off the valves or pipelines over night, cars and the grid aren't going to be converted to be 100% "clean" in an instant, but there does need to be a regulatory agency tasked with enforcing policy and penalizing polluters.
As well we should be quickly using all our focus and urgency to expand alternative energy sources, generation, and storage. Going to extreme lengths, at all costs, with wanton disregard for the long term consequences to extract dirty finite fuels is a recipe for disaster and insensitive to the future of the planet for life as we know it.
Clean water and air should not be a political issue.
Let's be clear, I am definitely egalitarian-communitarian, or "liberal" as it were. Climate change is happening regardless of what we do but we do have a hand in speeding up the process. This is scientific theory and until someone can actually prove the hypothesis wrong, that is what it is. Larger impacts than the dreaded "sea-level rise" are ocean acidification, desertification, and shifting growing zones. Let's be honest, without the Aquifer half of Kansas would be a freaking wasteland(some may argue it already is) and it is only going to get worse. But, I'm just as large a proponent of emerging from the fossil fuel age because, well why not? The future is available right now and newer cleaner technologies which can lessen our dependence on a finite commodity can only be a good thing. Not to mention provide many more permanent jobs than any pipeline will ever create. The largest hurdle is, and probably always will be, a better battery. Invest there. I find it odd that a country which has long prided itself on being innovative, taking charge, a world leader, etc.. is now just content with sitting back on its haunches while the rest of the world is actively thinking about and building the future.
As for the EPA, I think anyone that has worked alongside them long enough will tell you it becomes a love-hate relationship. It is an integral agency that is built on a solid foundation. The problems often come with overreach and ever-shifting criteria. I can't count the amount of times where we thought a section was done, met all guidelines, criteria were good, and then all of the sudden a new directive is in place, new criteria, new tests, etc..
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 23, 2017, 07:21:52 PM »If there's one thing we know for sure, the o&g industry has gotten uber rich spending billions of dollars exploring miles beneath the ground for a commodity just so they can hurry up and dump it down the drain and pay fines. They don't call it black gold for a reason, that's for sure.
I still don't know if you are deliberately obtuse or if you really do struggle to grasp simple concepts.
You're the dumbass who basically stated the industry prefers to pay fines than implement reasonable controls. That's lol absurd and inaccurate. Negligence is how these guys get laid with exemplary damages and there's hundreds of well funded environmental groups laying in waiting to pounce. What you've described is an extreme exception and anything but ordinary course.
You probably shouldn't accuse me, or anybody, for throwing out extreme exceptions given that is the very basis of almost every argument I've seen you try to make. Unless you like kicking your own feet out from under you. Secondly, your construction of straw-men is tiring. I mean, I get it, why waste brain power to actually try and articulate a cognitive response when you can just act boorish and wildly misinterpret anything disagreeing with your beliefs.
And, while my example may be an extreme one of the total shitstorm that can happen when companies are reckless and negligent, it doesnt negate the fact that it is way more common than you play it out to be. For the record, my client is an oil company, not the EPA. I don't think they are going out there just thinking of ways to spill their oil, but we've already gone over your penchant for that argumentative style. I also do actually believe that at least their environmental team does care about keeping spills to a minimum because of the environmental impact. That said, minimum is the key word here. Spills happen, and they will continue happening regardless of how many checks are put in place. There were checks in place here, and some dudley-do-wrong behind a switchboard decided the computer telling him there was a problem ignored it and kept opening the shutoff valves. Pretending an oil company can just put checks in place and everything is hunky dory is assinine. If you don't realize they put in spill contingency plans, budget billions for cleanup and fines, weigh risk/rewards for where they pipe product, etc.. then I'm at a loss. It's simple economics, that black gold is worth nothing if they can't send it to market. They'll stuff money into any politicians g-string if they can ensure that happens, and they'll accept some risks such as losing millions in product and paying hefty fines if it means trillions in profit. They don't want the spill to happen of course, but they'll also cut corners to ensure the green keeps flowing.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 23, 2017, 04:07:40 PM »If there's one thing we know for sure, the o&g industry has gotten uber rich spending billions of dollars exploring miles beneath the ground for a commodity just so they can hurry up and dump it down the drain and pay fines. They don't call it black gold for a reason, that's for sure.
I still don't know if you are deliberately obtuse or if you really do struggle to grasp simple concepts.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 23, 2017, 02:22:05 PM »
I hate the oil/coal industry, but in reality, I should probably thank them. They've kept me busy working on spill cleanup for the past 6 years. Million gallons of oil and billions in cleanup money (hey don't feel sorry for them, insurance covered the first 750 mil) later and we're still at it, although not quite the 70 hr work weeks I used to put in. Even developed some methods to identify at-risk rivers and strategic locations for recovery implementation in case of another riverine spill due to failing pipelines and negligence. But lets be honest, the strategic part is just so they can tell the EPA they have a plan and will be compliant. They fully know that if one of their pipes bursts under the great lakes the plans will mean jack. They're prepared to pay the costs and fines because the money running through those pipes is far greater than any fine they'll ever pay.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: facebook posts/tweets from people from your hometown
« on: February 22, 2017, 11:15:02 AM »Today I received a LinkedIn connection request from someone I went to high school with. Or it could have been from his wife because it's a joint LinkedIn account.
I wonder if they do job interviews as a team?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« on: February 20, 2017, 07:46:55 AM »In the end, if we truly believe what we are doing is bad for Mother Earth, then we need to consume less and consume more efficiently. That's a tough pill to swallow for almost everyone alive.
This. In reality, we have to first solve the problem of how much we waste before we can tackle the how much we consume problem.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: I can't wait to drink a drink
« on: February 18, 2017, 02:15:27 AM »
Enjoyed some lakefront brews along with a plethora of free shots via bar dice. My wife is proud...
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Software thread(computer related)
« on: February 17, 2017, 10:00:29 AM »just cobble some crap together in excel like a normal person
i want it to look pretty and all the data i want to recall is in a txt doc and i don't know how to do that with excel
These examples aren't pretty, but they're functional. You can basically make excel look as non-excel like as you want with a little vba in the background. And you'd read in non-delimited text basically like you would with any other program. I make a lot of dashboards for a variety of projects to track or report and they all pull in data from a database or text files. But, since I don't know what you are wanting to do, this may or may not be helpful.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: BFD(Breakfast for dinner)
« on: February 07, 2017, 07:04:29 PM »
Growing up, I never had pancakes or waffles for breakfast. Always for dinner.