The proposed Pro Codes Act would strip ASME and IEEE of this vital revenue and undermine their ability to advance science, technology, and the public interest.
I urge you to vote against the Pro Codes Act and urge your colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same. end
The revenue from these standards is vital to organizations like ASME and IEEE to support the publication of independent peer reviewed journals, and conduct important conferences and meetings which advance science and technology. 4/3
These standards are a product of voluntary effort by people like me and are conducted in public and overseen by governing bodies like ANSI (American National Standards Organization) which assures that the Code or Standard has been developed in accordance with the public interest. 3/3
The development of consensus standards by private interested parties (public, industry, insurance, engineers, etc.) has been a long standing practice in the U.S, beginning with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code more than a century ago, which has saved countless lives and property damage. 2/3
@lofgren.house.gov Please oppose the PRO CODES ACT which would put Codes and Standards into the public domain, resulting in a loss of revenue to organizations such as the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).1/3
727? I think your finger slipped on the numeric keypad.
Included in this gift link article is a picture of the Diablo Canyon control room simulator. I remember the paint chip battle with @westinghouse1.bsky.social to match the color and gloss of the real plant's panels. Turned out the paint just needed to age. www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/02/c...
Wouldn't another pandemic get oil prices under control? Where's the Wuhan lab when you need it? </snark>
Thx. Quite interesting and I like the simplification as even an ME can get it. Point of interest re: Iberian incident: maybe protection modeling challenges drove/influenced use of constant power factor operating mode? But trips seem to have been OV, which I haven't found in the paper yet.
What could possibly go wrong with surrendering your autonomy to AI as @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social talks about in today's @nytimes.com? I think tort reform is needed to pierce the corporate shield and make AI developers and owners PERSONALLY LIABLE for harm.
www.wmconlon.com?p=2148
Looks like we found a candidate for ICE.
Another move to destroy Constitutional Government.
I think that's a fair assessment, but it was also "fan abuse." And I didn't even get into the gambling -- Prizepicks on K counter. I don't want to hear any more "integrity of the game" bs about Barry Bonds. If a steroid would let me hit major league pitching, I'd bend over and hand you the syringe.
Opening Day yesterday at @sfgiants.com was so disappointing that I had to write a blog post to get it out of my system. #OpeningDay #MLB #baseball www.wmconlon.com?p=2140
Trying to understand the Iberian Grid Incident. p. 42. Fig 2-12 shows 3 load oscillations of "no known cause." Yet Fig 2-15 shows voltage oscillation (unfortunately different time scale). Assuming load impedance is constant, wouldn't the Voltage oscillation be a cause? tinyurl.com/53ce58h8
Immigrants from the so-called "Global South" come to America, overstay their visas, help themselves to taxpayer money, have grotesque numbers of children, become drug addicts, and descend into extremism.
by Elon Musk
Today the USPTO issued Patent No 12,584,424 for START-UP AND CONTROL OF LIQUID SALT ENERGY STORAGE COMBINED CYCLE SYSTEMS. I have assigned this invention to @pintailpower.com.
So much winning. [By Russia, Iran, China]
It's just another enumerate power to be ignored.
This is why Bibi rushed us into war -- a deal with Iran would undermine his power. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
This curve reminded by of what I recall Dr. Rudolf Slovacek called a "Dews plot" (blame my faulty memory or the beer we were drinking at the time) of Estimated Time to Completion vs. Time. If you extrapolate projections you get two endpoints: never happens or already happened. I wish them luck.
Good perspective on the lack of respect shown by the U.S. for even "friendly" parties. www.dw.com/en/us-strike...
RIP. Slava Ukraini.
Since MAGA was opposed in principle to the Trump wars, I hope to see some red hats at the next #NoKings rally.
Whose boots?
Since Trump invariably lies and leaks, he was undoubtedly just given a TOP SECRET briefing on munitions logistics and decided to bluff the world about looming shortfalls, as if people can't count.
Translation: we’re running short
