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[Dorkeaux]

I've finished up on my last project before Crimbo.
Ate lots of mince pies and cheese, just back from a week skiing.
Now starting to look for a contract.

Lots of contact and phantom roles from agents, a few interviews.
I feel the agents and hiring managers are trying, but...

[Dorkeaux]

Whew.. well, if it works, it works.
I use electrolytic caps around those values and voltages all the time in power supplies and valve audio amplifiers. They cost little, but are polarised.
Maybe for your application the poly film caps would be a better choice. If you google it, you can...

[Dorkeaux]

Yes, all true.

Tulipy electrolytic caps are the bane of my life.
I keep a stockpile around to recap things that fail, but of course they age even if they aren't installed, soo..

My modest generator has an inverter, and all my computer gear runs off a UPS which hopefully...

[Dorkeaux]

Don't take it too hard.
Unreasonable to ask interviewees to solve LeetCode 'hard' problems without reference material IMO.
I think they are testing the wrong skills.

I worked with Reuters for many years, I don't recall anyone being required to code a topological sort from memory....

[Dorkeaux]

My family and cohort of mates are just back from France, absolutely no issues with EES delays.
Clearing immigration and customs took a minute or two.

This was a mixture of London City airport and the channel tunnel.

We weren't part of the percentage that are subjected...

[Dorkeaux]

Sure, if your car isn't over-sophisticated.

For charging a battery I would think even the cheapest, nastiest generator would do a better job, though....

[Dorkeaux]

I agree with Cojak and Courtg9000.
From my own experience and what I have observed in many other cases, I've never known this to work out well.

Even if the hiring party seems straight, showers you with legal documentation and contracts and perhaps evan has a personal relationship...

[Dorkeaux]

Well, then I guess it's:
1) Big generator sized to deal with your demand
2) Buy and install a more efficient soft-start pumping system, with a relatively small generator
3) A cistern (I have an open system with a cistern in my loft. Works great for flushing toilets and such.)
...

[Dorkeaux]

Some good advice from the other posters.

I have a modest regulated electric start generator feeding a commando socket outside the house to a row of six standard mains sockets inside the house.

You need to consider grounding. You can float like I do, but in retrospect it would...

[Dorkeaux]

Groaann..
Watching Jules Holland on New Year's Eve is a hellish tradition my wife and friends observe every year.
You can't save us. We're done for.

HIs cod stride / boogie-woogie piano stylings trigger my PTSD....

[Dorkeaux]

Good recipe, but Lillet Blanc isn't Vermouth....

[Dorkeaux]

I have friends who work for Delta that describe the "Airway Jesus" phenomenon.
Declaring you need transport, wheelchairs etc. bypasses much of the queueing.
It isn't tested. You just say you need it and you get it.
Yet it incurs a delay getting off the plane, so a large...

[Dorkeaux]

It's very possible that the client doesn't care if you show up on site or not beyond the first one or two visits.
That's my experience, contract terms or not.

Beyond that, I'd reconsider public transit. Agro to be sure, but safer and you might even get a nap in.

Not...

[Dorkeaux]

Me as well.

I'm a senior guy, but have no problem adjusting my rate to what the market will bear at the time.
I don't understand contractors who believe "I am worth X!", as if they can move the market with the sheer force of their will.

We are all trying to...

[Dorkeaux]

That's it. Well found.
Might be a good option for managing mobility and pain while waiting for a knee replacement on the NHS....

[Dorkeaux]

Indeed, this.
A close colleague of mine was diagnosed years ago. Very fit otherwise, but can barely walk. Both knees need replacing.
Hasn't got a surgery date yet.

But stick your hand in your pocket, you can get it done immediately. Probably by the same surgeon as the NHS....

[Dorkeaux]

Mary Fishmas, All.
Also a Herpe New Year.

[Dorkeaux]

Agree with the Dyson cordless.
They do an "Animal" version with optimal accessories for pet hair.

I like the modular nature of the Dyson.
You have to learn how to clean the filters, and keep the vacuum itself clean.
Lots of third-party spares, useful to have...

[Dorkeaux]

I doubt the ClientCo HR blacklist lists the one-man limited company name.
It will be the contractor name that is blacklisted.

Also, ClientCo isn't wringing their hands over being on your one man band tulip list. No one cares.
On the other hand, ClientCos that have a greater...

[Dorkeaux]

Not. The agents are neuro-linguistically programmed to say this....