Don't mess with the sea levels bro

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[–]chickenz 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Video south Florida rising sea levels

https://youtu.be/-JbzypWJk64

[–]tiny-brown-mug 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

OK, so, storm surge is not the same as uniformly rising sea levels. What we're seeing is advanced erosion thanks to especially powerful storms, as well as storm surge in cases like Hurricane Sandy, and other events. What we are not seeing is the kind of dramatic and universal changes in global ocean levels that they told us would be here by now. I grew up with pictures of Manhattan being half-submerged. We were told entire island nations and archipelagos would have vanished by now.

What we are seeing is incredibly intense weather, but not the kind of changes that were predicted 30, 40 years ago. Cape Cod is still here, and so is Venice, Italy, and the Florida Keys.

[–]zyxzevn🐈‍⬛ 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think Chick knows the difference between a storm plus lunar cycle, and the rise of the sea level.
Probably he does not live near the sea like the politicians who moved there after they after they scared everyone about rising sea levels.

[–]chickenz 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

When I used to work as a computer programmer, my time estimates regarding how long it would take me to complete a project was always short of what it would actually take.

For example, back around 2000 year, I had a client that wanted his own email web service, similar to Hotmail, and I somehow thought that I could code the entire backend in three weeks... But three weeks arrived and I was maybe 40% finished.. my client was upset, and it took me two solid months of twelve hour days to deliver that code.

Anyways, south Florida is now feeling the squeeze of rising sea levels and some residents have already been pushed out of their homes.

Video: planning for rising sea levels, south Florida.

https://youtu.be/RkAwIQaLnYQ

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

When I used to work as a computer programmer, my time estimates regarding how long it would take me to complete a project was always short of what it would actually take.

But three weeks arrived and I was maybe 40% finished..

I definitely have this problem... and I never seem to learn my lesson or get better at estimating how long something is gonna take 😞

[–]chickenz 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Looking back, I wish that I had taken up a career as a plumber or perhaps as an air conditioner repairman.

Some people have the programming skill AND the business acumen to operate a successful programming business, but I do not possess all of those attributes.

I would always underestimate the time duration that would be required to complete or the most foolish mistake I frequently made was to allow them to say that they were going to pay me $X for Y weeks, and if it took me more time I had to bite the bullet.

One time, it took me five months full time coding to earn $3k.. no worries, I finished it.. piece of cake.. but again, I sincerely wish that I had pursued a career as a plumber or ac repair or other marketable trade.

These MF clients, they saw me coming, they took advantage of me and cheated me on almost every programming job I took on.. I much more enjoy writing code for myself because of this.

My latest fascination is large supercapacitors and electric forklift motors.

Video: electric forklift motor

https://youtu.be/hIshNVQ9M2s

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

You ever read The Mythical Man-Month?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No, I have not, but it sounds great from a quick search