Info Tell me something that will make me go "Wow!"

[igor_kavinski]

Making my good married friend in UK uncomfortable while she's on her way to Disneyland Paris:

 

[pete6032]

You can fit all the planets in the solar system between the Earth and the Moon.

Lotta empty space out there folks. Enjoy the existential dread.

No wows for you. See post #133.

 

[Red Squirrel]

TIL there is an abandoned mansion only a few hours from where I live.

Peter Grant Mansion in Haileybury - Canada's Largest Mansion

Exploring Canada's largest mansion, the Peter Grant Mansion in Haileybury.

www.talkingwallsphoto.com

If that was an unorganized township it would be a pretty awesome place to buy and fix up.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm sitting in the office on night shift and it's a quiet night so I counted the light fixtures in the main office area.

There are about 338 double T12 fixtures. A T12 bulb is 40 watts, so this comes up to 27kw of lighting. I'm going to round down to 24kw to account for burnt bulbs, or any that may have been retro fitted with T8 or maybe even LED. Some may also only have one bulb installed. Most have covers on them so I only based my info on a few that were visible but I assume that are all the same fixtures. I have a feeling most are T12 and never been changed to something else.

24kw is also equivalent to an entire residential 100 amp service being run at 100% capacity (100a x 240v). So it's a nice round figure to work with.

It just so happens that the off peak hydro rate of 7.4c/kwh is exactly between 7pm and 7am which is also the same time a night shift falls in so that makes the cost easy to calculate.

(24kw x 7.4c x 12h) / 100 comes up to $21.312 per day, or $639.36/month.

That's how much money they could save if they let us work at least our night shifts from home as typically the lights in this building are turned off if nobody is in here but now that we got moved here that changes. At the other building our office area had maybe a dozen fixtures and they were LED.

Things get more interesting during the day because of mid peak and on peak. Mid peak is 10.2c/kwh and on peak is 15.1kwh. On peak constitutes 6 hours while mid peak constitutes the other 6. It's split up but that's irrelevant for the calculations.

(24kw x 10.2c x 6h) / 100 comes up to $14.688 per day for mid peak hours.

(24kw x 15.1c x 6h) / 100 comes up to $21.744 per day for on peak hours.

So 12h day shift costs $36.388 per day, or $1,091.64/month.

In total, to keep the lights on for 24h in the office costs $1,731 per month!

That's just in the office area, I did not count the garage or bathroom or lunch room.

It's safe to say that if the company let everyone work from home full time they would save quite a lot in hydro.

God forbid we want to expense a box of pens though.


EDIT a few months later: Heard a rumour they are looking into replacing all the fixtures with LEDs.

 

[igor_kavinski]

In total, to keep the lights on for 24h in the office costs $1,731 per month!

Nah. Instead they will fire a few people, put pressure on the remaining ones by overloading them with work and when that proves horrible for productivity, they will hire a few. Few months later, rinse, repeat.

 

[sdifox]

I'm sitting in the office on night shift and it's a quiet night so I counted the light fixtures in the main office area.

There are about 338 double T12 fixtures. A T12 bulb is 40 watts, so this comes up to 27kw of lighting. I'm going to round down to 24kw to account for burnt bulbs, or any that may have been retro fitted with T8 or maybe even LED. Some may also only have one bulb installed. Most have covers on them so I only based my info on a few that were visible but I assume that are all the same fixtures. I have a feeling most are T12 and never been changed to something else.

24kw is also equivalent to an entire residential 100 amp service being run at 100% capacity (100a x 240v). So it's a nice round figure to work with.

It just so happens that the off peak hydro rate of 7.4c/kwh is exactly between 7pm and 7am which is also the same time a night shift falls in so that makes the cost easy to calculate.

(24kw x 7.4c x 12h) / 100 comes up to $21.312 per day, or $639.36/month.

That's how much money they could save if they let us work at least our night shifts from home as typically the lights in this building are turned off if nobody is in here but now that we got moved here that changes. At the other building our office area had maybe a dozen fixtures and they were LED.

Things get more interesting during the day because of mid peak and on peak. Mid peak is 10.2c/kwh and on peak is 15.1kwh. On peak constitutes 6 hours while mid peak constitutes the other 6. It's split up but that's irrelevant for the calculations.

(24kw x 10.2c x 6h) / 100 comes up to $14.688 per day for mid peak hours.

(24kw x 15.1c x 6h) / 100 comes up to $21.744 per day for on peak hours.

So 12h day shift costs $36.388 per day, or $1,091.64/month.

In total, to keep the lights on for 24h in the office costs $1,731 per month!

That's just in the office area, I did not count the garage or bathroom or lunch room.

It's safe to say that if the company let everyone work from home full time they would save quite a lot in hydro.

God forbid we want to expense a box of pens though.

Industrial rate <> residential rate.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Used to talk to this fun Ethiopian gal in my office. She told me that her favorite food is raw meat. Her voice was filled with so much glee when she was telling me that. Later on, I came to know that cannibalism is not that uncommon in Africa since people disappear all the time and no one gives an F

 

[HomerJS]

One lake in Russia contains 20% of the earth’s fresh water. More then all the Great Lakes combined

 

[igor_kavinski]

One lake in Russia contains 20% of the earth’s fresh water. More then all the Great Lakes combined

NO. Not Russia! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[HomerJS]

I can show you something to make you go WOW!!

 

[HomerJS]

This will make you go Wow! Give a listen

 

[brianmanahan]

I can show you something to make you go WOW!!

 

[Kaido]

This will make you go Wow! Give a listen

Later in that guy's career:

 

[Shmee]

The pee is stored in the balls!

 

[brianmanahan]

The pee is stored in the balls!

 

[igor_kavinski]

Next time you want to remember something, write it all out on a piece of paper with your weak hand.

 

[Captante]

Q: What is the most widely accepted acronym for the MMOG "World of Warcraft" ??

 

[Red Squirrel]

I was reading up on LTO tapes. The tape is divided in tracks, when it gets to the end, it moves on to the next track, and then goes the other way and so on. Because of this, writting a full tape leaves it in a state where it doesn't need to be rewinded.

Had no idea!

 

[brianmanahan]

Q: What is the most widely accepted acronym for the MMOG "World of Warcraft" ??

 

[TXHokie]

Human share 60% of DNA with fruit fly and 50% with a banana.

 

[IronWing]

Human share 60% of DNA with fruit fly and 50% with a banana.

I don't share my DNA with anybody!

 

[Ajay]

I don't share my DNA with anybody!

No Kids?

 

[highland145]

No Kids?

incel

 

[Mai72]

According to the Buddha and Buddhist theology you are not YOU.

And so, Who are YOU? Life or what we think about life is illusionary.

 

[Mai72]

Human share 60% of DNA with fruit fly and 50% with a banana.

The banana has more dna than a human, but the huge difference is our dna is impermenant.Its not static and changes within the changes of the environment.