Re: This doesn't smell right to me

2018-03-08 Thread Steve Meyers
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:16 PM, Barry Roberts wrote: > I don't know if I've ever owned a clock that would act like that. > Maybe some really old clock with an AC motor. But they talk about the > clock on a microwave, and show a digital clock on a stove. Those all > have

Re: This doesn't smell right to me

2018-03-08 Thread mike
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018, at 9:16 PM, Barry Roberts wrote: > It's not Linux-related, but I'm curious what other nerds think. I was > listening to KUER on the way home from work tonight, and they were > talking about this: >

Re: This doesn't smell right to me

2018-03-08 Thread Andrew Rafferty
I’m not an expert and just spitballing, but are you sure they all rely on crystal oscillators? I wouldn’t be the least surprised if they didn’t. I bet you save a few cents by not including the quartz in the device. Also, don’t quartz crystals change frequency based on temperature? Seems less

This doesn't smell right to me

2018-03-08 Thread Barry Roberts
It's not Linux-related, but I'm curious what other nerds think. I was listening to KUER on the way home from work tonight, and they were talking about this: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17095440/europe-clocks-running-slow-electricity-frequency-kosovo-serbia I don't know if I've ever owned a

Re: How's the job market?

2018-03-08 Thread Merrill Oveson
Look on dice.com. Be willing to work any where. I know a while back there was a LAMP job in SandPoint, ID. It stayed on the job boards forever. I guess no one was willing to move to SandPoint, ID. Right? On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Alpheus Madsen wrote: > I've

Re: How's the job market?

2018-03-08 Thread Brian J. Rogers
I don't think PHP is in a downward trend at all right now, but more so that it is shifting towards frameworks. So you may not find a job listing that says PHP in it, but it has a framework name several times. I didn't notice any mention of those in your original email. Do you know any? Laravel

Re: How's the job market?

2018-03-08 Thread Robert Merrill
I may be able to help if you’re Interested. On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 6:06 PM Alpheus Madsen wrote: > > Perhaps part of it is my skillset -- PHP, MySQL and JavaScript, some > Python. I have the impression that PHP is being phased out (I'd like to > say "good riddance",

How's the job market?

2018-03-08 Thread Alpheus Madsen
I've been looking for work for a few months now. In times past, I have been able to readily find plenty of positions to apply to; this time around, I've felt like I've had to struggle to find positions to apply to; some weeks, I feel like I'm scraping the bottom of a barrel. Perhaps part of it

Re: looking for someone to terminate fiber

2018-03-08 Thread Doug Hales
SC and LC connectors don't have anything to do with the signal. They are just different connector types, and both are used with single mode and multi mode fiber. APC (with SC or LC) connectors have angled ends to reduce the reflection of light causing signal degradation or interference. You don't