Sometimes you have to leave a job. It isn’t a good fit, or it isn’t fulfilling, or you’re just ready to move on. Sometimes you have to escape a job. It’s toxic, you have to spend your first hour home just decompressing from your work day, and you set up imaginary scenarios for when you…Read more »
Author: nikki
We’re KILLERS.
In case you haven’t heard, millennials are out for the kill. I challenge you to Google nearly any commodity, service or dearly-held American tradition alongside the term “millennials.” You might find something like the above photo. Football, f/k/a America or ‘Merica, if you had to find a single cultural symbol of our nation –…Read more »
Accept Shame
When the allegations of sexual assault came out against Harvey Weinstein, I wasn’t personally affected. I didn’t have a deep, personal connection to Hollywood culture. Of course, I stand by the right for women to speak out against treatment, and I am glad that Weinstein is facing real consequences to his actions, but I don’t…Read more »
There’s Too Much Spaghetti Sauce.
For much of the past 10 years, I’ve been told that I need to start making decisions about life. “Hey kid, you need to pick a college and to do that, you better know what career field you’re interested in.” “Now it’s time to pick a major – you’re deciding your future here!” The weird…Read more »
HERE I AM.
I’ve come to a slight realization over the past few months. Actually, I’ve come to many realizations – who knew the year after graduation would be one of such change and growth?! Anyway, I’m going to focus on just one of those realizations: I am a pretty okay writer, or at least I edit like…Read more »
System Domain 6: Paper Making Process
The paper making process varies by mill and company, but the basic process is relatively uniform, as it has been for many years. Technology has simply made the process more efficient over time. The first, and likely most obvious, step is to harvest the trees. In the modern process, paper mills oftentimes have their own…Read more »
System Domain 5: Elevator Call Mechanism
While not every elevator system has a unified algorithm, a popular system is the Nearest Elevator or Nearest Car (NC) algorithm. When a call button is pressed, each elevator (if more than one), or one elevator (calculated if more than one call is present) calculates the FS (figure of suitability) score. If the elevator is…Read more »