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901.
by Wistar 7y ago
I suspect you are correct. I looked it up and, on the 2020 Q7, the fob itself is ~$350 and the Audi-dealer required re-programming is $150, so, at least $450 to replace a fob.
902.
by Wistar 7y ago
The two Audi smart key fobs together weighs too much for a pants or light jacket pocket, especially on that steel cable. A day or so after I removed the battery from one fob, I stopped at a Home Depot and used a bolt cutter to cut the cable
903.
by Wistar 7y ago
This past January, I rented an Audi Q7. It was brand new and had the Audi Virtual Cockpit which took me a full two days to grasp to the point where I could use it safely and required me to pull over several times to figure something out. Wo
904.
by Wistar 7y ago
Interesting. I have had my V10 for about 16 months and, short-battery life aside, it has been flawless. I also have a bagged Miele and the Dyson vacuums circles around it, extracting far more dirt from carpeting. Night and day difference. I
905.
by Wistar 7y ago
Was not a fan until I bought their V10 vac. It is quite amazing at cleaning, performing much (much) better than any other vac I have ever owned although with the downside of an insufficient battery.
906.
by Wistar 7y ago
I am starting to see it referred to as "C-19," or "C19."
907.
by Wistar 7y ago
WA-state. When I registered a new (to me) car three years ago, the privately-owned licensing agency misspelled my name. I began to receive junk mail to my address with the misspelled name within a week or two and which continues to this day
908.
by Wistar 7y ago
Do you know how long it takes to appear on the map? I used google maps as I was reading the story and didn't see anything on Ryan Island.
909.
by Wistar 7y ago
Plus skyhigh product liability premiums.
910.
by Wistar 7y ago
I remember going to a Linux meetup in downtown Seattle in about the spring of 1993. I was surprised at the large number who attended, probably a couple hundred.
911.
by Wistar 7y ago
I have more than twice that in my garage for image/video/3D rendering.
912.
by Wistar 7y ago
The Verge: "Medical company threatens to sue volunteers that 3D-printed valves for life-saving coronavirus treatments" In this case IP might mean Intolerable Pricks. https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17&#x2
913.
by Wistar 7y ago
Jalopnik does a deep dive into the engineering of the entire Gemera drivetrain but plenty about the 3-cyl engine. https://jalopnik.com/a-detailed-look-at-the-koenigsegg-gemer...
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by Wistar 7y ago
I dug around and found vaccines.gov which says that there are four vaccine types: • Live-attenuated vaccines: these use a weakened (or attenuated) form of the germ that causes a disease. • Inactivated vaccines: these use the killed version
915.
by Wistar 7y ago
Klee is the poster child for works that often, at a glance, look simple but upon a deep look reveals itself to be incredibly sophisticated.
916.
by Wistar 7y ago
Aren't viral vaccinations typically a "dead" strain of the virus? Although I don't really understand what, exactly, that means.
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by Wistar 7y ago
Last night's Fresh Air interview with WaPo's Greg Miller about the Crypto AG case. 37 minute run time. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/812499752
918.
by Wistar 7y ago
Good lord.
919.
by Wistar 7y ago
Twit large.
920.
by Wistar 7y ago
I bought a box of 10 3M N95 valved masks three days ago at Ace Hardware for $24.95.
921.
by Wistar 7y ago
"… an awful lot of accounts that are <6 months old …" For clarity, where are you seeing these accounts, here?
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by Wistar 7y ago
Rapid Reboot makes compression (peristaltic?) massaging boots and the like for athletes. Maybe something similar but heated, massaging sleeves, can be developed to help with keyboard RSI? https://rapidreboot.com/?gclid=EAIaI
923.
by Wistar 7y ago
... or, some numbers in the PIN require being pressed some random number of times until the key graphically indicates it is accepted. 1-8-1-4-5 might need to be entered as 1-1-8-1-4-4-4-5-5 with the repeat number differing each time. Or the
924.
by Wistar 7y ago
Perhaps randomly changing the layout? Sometimes the keys are presented in a circular format, another in a figure-8, zigzag, odd numbers at the top of the screen, even at the bottom, etc. Another tactic might be to have randomized extra keys
925.
by Wistar 7y ago
It was explained to me as a difference in the way certain arithmetic calculation were made in the actual hardware. The render engine was mental ray. It was really only apparent if there were atmospherics, such as volumetric lighting, in the
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by Wistar 7y ago
The animation studio I worked for in the mid-late 90s was a Softimage shop using SGI Indigo and Intel pentium workstations with a 20-30 machine Alpha (NT) render farm. It was a very good setup with one weird issue: depending on the type of
927.
by Wistar 7y ago
Grass Valley Group used quaternions in their Kaleidoscope real-time digital effects system which was launched in late 1987. It was a fabulous machine.
928.
by Wistar 7y ago
I KNOW for a first-person fact that Comcast periodically calls their broadband customers, at least their business customers, just to "check in and make sure you are happy," etc.
929.
by Wistar 7y ago
My brother and I once toyed with the idea to build a website that explored, compared and offered sources for commercial, or at least, higher-grade alternatives to consumer-level fixtures, valves, switches, HVAC and appliances. A site aimed
930.
by Wistar 7y ago
... especially while locked out.

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