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Other than Fuchs (who is the current UF president), everyone you listed is a MD.
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I switched to Key2 (currently on third...too many oopsies) after burning through two Priv, but I still know at least one serious Priv holdout locally (SWE wife of a EE friend) for strictly keypad reasons. The S8 did somewhat interest me due
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I'm on my third Key2, having previously churned through two Priv (first true Android smartphone). The Priv had a superior hardware UX while it lasted; compute and software maintenance eventually caught up to it though. Before that, sev
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5y ago
If the author is lurking, § 3.2.2.1 Passive Components [1] table headers are listed in English; § 3.2.2.2 Active Components [2] are listed in Spanish. I'm clearly not the target audience here, but I'd be lying if there wasn'
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5y ago
Cite? Prevailing building code design criteria[1][2] suggests otherwise. [1] https://cdn-codes-pdf.iccsafe.org/bundles/document/new_docum... 2017 Florida Residential Code Fig 301.2(4) Ultimate Design Wind Speeds
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5y ago
Nope[1], e.g. DC locality is capped by statute to $175.2k base at Step 7. [1] https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries...
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5y ago
Thanks for the clarification.
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What AT&T service compels consumer SSN disclosure to begin with?
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Cherry-picking wearable consumer electronics as a class that intrinsically suffers from diminishing returns with respect to repairability doesn't negate the fact that there's a crapton of other classes in a common household whose
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Why keep insisting it's Acer's this, that and the other? I'm certainly under no illusion that Framework fab'd every piecepart in its laptop design, but it's logistically of little to no relevance. If Framework contr
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I fail to see the merits of your argument based on some handwaving interpretation of "exactly the same". Merely speculating that FFC interconnect is "probably just a USB-C" says absolutely nothing of the fact that Acer&#
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Had to see for myself[1][2]. Seriously...what are you guys smoking? - topside (primary servicing end) ...and then there's: - frontside (replaceable bezel, magnetic retention) - underside (venting pattern, 6 less securing screws) - keyb
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Nor did I say it did either. The proper term "Technical Order" is indeed salient to the Air Force, but the notional concept of a "technical order" is precisely what the parent describes and exists in all branches of serv
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Huh?? That's just entry-level base pay specifically for the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas, NM locality with 3 additional levels of opportunity above that[1], and you'd be getting paid the entire time to train towards a CDL + sm
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5y ago
Apparently, variants abound. I grew up on a small island in the Pacific and played something similar[1] called chongka' as a kid as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asian_mancala
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Link to the AT&T 3G whitelist[1][2] that the blog alludes to. I was one these longtime AT&T customers that jumped ship a month ago; I have several unlocked BlackBerry Key2 and essentially don't use data (roughly 1 GiB on any gi
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> This was made worse by there being at least four hardware revisions (despite the company saying there were only two) with only some parts compatible across revisions. To be completely honest, this sounds like a classic case of confla
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> You can't field-update software which has to pass a hardware-enforced integrity check. This is by design, and is very much a feature (for further reading, look into anti-tamper). The suggested notion that anti-tamper integration
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> Software is something which is relatively easy to change - I'm a software guy - and it has this property and advantage over hardware. Ha...you've clearly never been a software engineer in the encumbered world of fielded def
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The parent appears to conflate general orders with technical orders; your interpretation of the second scenario appears to do the same as well.
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In the US, you'd be conflating general orders (punishable by Article 92 of the UCMJ applicable to uniformed personnel) and technical orders (something completely different and more akin to a commercial service manual). Despite seemingl
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The underlying issues are far more nuanced than that. In fact, it has little (if any) to do with manual labor competence and/or liability risk; if you can be trained then you can be summarily replaced, and the risk is hardly a suppor
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With respect to aviation, the O-level maintenance activity you would have encountered is largely unapplicable here. You'd have to step into the depot bowels of e.g. Corpus Christi, Tobyhanna, etc. to get a feel for the real behind-the-
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It's a DSO first and foremost which just happens to be equipped with a certain $809 option[1] supporting a very specific application. If you cared about digital decode only, and had confidence in both the SI of your interface and too
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> This magazine from 1995 had a CD full of stock images for sale for $18.98 ..."for 100 stunning photos on each CD-ROM. $18.98 each" [1], just in case anyone else wanted to square the comparison in proper context. [1] https:
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A bit tangential, but can anyone in the know of UPS inner workings explain why the applicable tracking number[1] would reflect a "Shipped" status 3 minutes before "Label Created"? https://www.ups.com/tr
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5y ago
At 1:42 mark of the news broadcast[1], a snapshot of order details shows Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC for both a $398 memory card and $6,498 camera. [1] https://youtu.be/N-boHgrQ6QQ?t=102
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You're probing for an easy answer because you think one exists that'll be as easy as handling the commodity 100mil interconnect you've been playing with. But the fact is a minimal satisfactory answer resides in the 2nd level
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Not trying to be unhelpful, but if the assertion was not immediately evident, then you're missing a huge chunk of basic undergrad EE theory that cannot be dismissed as merely academic. I'd recommend reading the spec (it's onl
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