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You would think so. I was working on an oil rig and they made a big deal about ‘management by walking about.’ So the heads of each of the departments were supposed to go and check …

There is a book, “how to ace calculus, the streetwise guide” that sounds a little gimmicky but is actually a bit entertaining to read. Looks like it can be had on thrift books or e…

From working on controls on ships. Measuring the current using a CT (current transformer) or Rogowski coil to measure the current is a fairly standard way to monitor if something a…

As someone that works on a boat in the middle of the ocean, I welcome more accessibility. Being able to talk to my wife and kids while at work is so much better than being cut off.…

I’m gonna have to go with SAP on this one. I know that it’s possible to have a customized polished front end but that costs lots and my company was cheap. I understand that an ERP …

It may not be sabotage necessarily. I’ve talked to MIT professors and they said one of the things they do at Sloan is emphasize gaining and holding a monopoly. Patents, trade secre…

If I remember correctly, you also couldn’t moderate on posts that you had commented on so it prevented using downvoting as extra signaling that others agreed with you in an argumen…

It probably is one. There’s nothing particularly special about the hole in the ground. It’s what you are trying to suck out. The oil industry has lots of knowledge about making hol…

I’m a marine engineer who is currently specializing as an electronics technician on a ship. So I guess I get to have a Steady Eddie job all over the map. I was always interested in…

They also have a two part course on Coursera I think. It helped clarify some things that I didn’t quite understand in the book and help keeper me on pace. For full disclosure, I’ve…

ABC++ [1] is a cute book that my wife, fourth/fifth grade teacher even takes to her school for ‘hour of code’ each year to show that there are different programming languages. The …

I’ll repeat the see and eye doctor bit because it’s important but I’ve also found they seem worse if I’m dehydrated and drinking more water seems to make a noticeable difference.

Ok, I glanced at the article and as another engineer, yes it looks sketchy and probably isn’t safe (applying the rule from rigging of: if something doesn’t look right it probably i…

The real fun is when you have to go from Gimpo to Inchon on a short connection because your company’s travel agents don’t know.

How old is she? Lauren Ipsum from NoStarch press was a good read if you are interested in the topics. I think they also sell Python flash cards, don’t know how much experience you’…

I use compositions books. They are mostly used for strengthening my short term memory. At work I take a lot of electrical readings. Some of my coworkers are able to rattle off a bu…

[edit] Sorry, meant to reply to root, but my app on my phone has issues with that apparently.

Land of lisp by Conrad barski is a pretty great book too.

Since you called out working on a container ship, a lot of these have a nautical bent but that’s an area of my personal interest as well. Looking for a ship, John McPhee, Book abou…

I don’t take it myself but our 17 year old dog takes a dog version in the morning and night and there is a noticeable difference in her stiffness and being able to navigate the sta…

I took a weekend skin-on-frame canoe building class at Yestermorrow in VT [1]. Also, I’ve been working on wood carving with Mary May’s online school of wood carving. [2] It works b…

My four year old daughter loves books. I have been buying her books since she was born about math and science and engineering. [1] There are a lot of good children’s books now [2] …

I don't know if it's what you're looking for but there was a recent comment on another thread that mentioned ProjectWren [1] which is a PBC backed by YCombinator. While researching…

I think that you pretty much hit on the gist of the post. Professor needs to practice to draw cartoons, students need to practice to draw graphs, he shouldn’t be frustrated with st…

On the one hand that would assist with the immediate problem but might cause another problem down the line. Most small refrigerated appliances use hermetically sealed compressors a…