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I've read up a little bit about that. They have their own USMLE kinda analog which is called NZREX. It's most similar to Step 2 I believe and some say it's easier ^^ Though you need to have a medical degree completed before you can take it.

No you can't. That doesn't exist here, it's too childish for those looking to become staff members.

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I wouldn't recommend trying that. It wouldn't end well for you, as I have had plenty of training in defeating some vile bugs.

If it's an internationally recognized degree and medical certification then yes there are specially immigration processes and stuff you have to do for our medical counsel etc.

I think @RorzNZ or @leadeater can help you with that

Illuminati confirmed: @Crunchy Dragon is a an itamae who breathes fire instead of using the stove when cooking and uses a katana to cut sushi servings.

Crunchy Dragon is served in a Japanese restaurant 

I’m probably alone with this but I think Microsoft makes better apps for other platforms 

Next step- BSOD ads. 

Microsoft has been caught trying to shove Advertisements into Windows 10's Mail App .
 
Microsoft claims that this was a small scale experiment which was never intended to be tested broadly but news outlets and users on Twitter seem to disagree.
 
 
 
The plan to shove ads all over the Windows 10 Mail App was so well thought out that Microsoft had figured out pricing and decided to require an Office 365 subscription to remove the ADs.
 
 

 
I'm honestly shocked they had the balls to do that and I will be recommending people I know who use it to switch to an alternative solution.
There is no excuse, especially considering Windows 10 is a paid-for product.

Source:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/16/18098855/microsoft-windows-10-email-mail-app-advertising-pilot-program

No 7000 series Aluminum? 

It wasnt as sophisticated as this but I know for a fact that while they were being yelled at on the phone, NCIX CSRs would be busy poking around in the customer's history to see if they're a pain in the ass or generallyh a good customer. 
 
And it would absolutely affect whether you could get the rules bent for you. 

I read into the 2nd source since the first requires signing into WSJ to read fully.
 
Based on what I've read of the 2nd source, I now feel confident that a company I used to buy from probably used CLV based on my experiences with them.
 
Honestly, I think that CLVs should be regulated just like Credit Scores and consumers should be able to find out their score from each company using it.

More and more companies, are using a system called the Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) score, to provide preferential services to customers that the company evaluates as more valuable over others. This means, that if you have a low score, and you call for support, you may be waiting for an extra long time on the phone to get someone from the company, while a high score customer may get first in line service when they call, free extras and more.
 
What is the CLV that some growing companies uses?
Well, based on the price you pay a companies service, how willing or not in getting extras, how you shop for their service, and more is all monitored, proceeded and digested to a score. Based on the score you can have varying quality of service.
 
A person that seeks the lowest rates, complains a lot, do warranty repairs a lot, are all things that may reduce this score. And reverse hold true for gaining a higher score. Joining their loyalty program, big customer, using often their service? Score will increase.
 
The Wall Street Journal reports:
 
In other words and a big visual example of CLV in action are air lines. If you travel often with the same airlines, get the fancier seats all the time, get extras, and join their loyalty club, good chances that if you miss your flight one day, you'll get an excellent alternative flight, maybe even get upgraded. Go cheap and be cheap often then probably you will be told that there is no room and that there is nothing they can do, and maybe just maybe the next flight might have room for you... Now you know why some people get free first class/business class upgrade for free when they ask, and others the answer is no all the time.
 
Source (paywall): https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-hold-for-45-minutes-it-might-be-your-secret-customer-score-1541084656
MSN news to the rescue: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/on-hold-for-45-minutes-it-might-be-your-secret-customer-score/ar-BBPdiSD?ocid=ob-fb-enus-894
 
 
What do you think with the ever growing number of companies that uses CLV score?
In a way, one can say that, no everyone has the luxury to get fancy service, and already getting the basic service is a stretch to them, so already for the company to get this as a customer, while profit margins are small, it adds up, and is of course, better than nothing. While I understand companies wanting to ensure that their big customers doesn't go to their competitors, and brings a lot of money to the company, that they deserve the best service. Should a law be imposed by the government forcing companies to be able to give preferential treatment to customers?
 

true. It took me a couple of times to upgrade to high sierra. and there are a few times it gives me issue AFTER I upgrade to it. (screen glitching/animation acting funny and such) nothing a OS reinstall won't fix. But I heard people complain that they failed to install high sierra, then they tried to revert back to sierra using time machine, but their time machine drive is in the old format, and their laptop had already been converted to APFS... I don't know how they solved their issues. But that's sounds like a problem... 

After upgrading to a SSD and adding more RAM, I still can’t use my Dell Inspiron 13 as a regular tablet (it has a hinge that folds into a tablet). The UWP equivalents of the apps I use aren’t on par as the iPad versions like Complete Anatomy. The software keyboard in Windows 10 is a mixed bag. Their word suggestions is better than iOS but it’s slow to bring up when typing in forms and in browsers that aren’t Microsoft Edge. 
 
Also, I don’t think a software engineer, app developer or even a pro video editor would ever want a touchscreen alone just to use it. Heck, even in my uni most students have no problems of carrying a thin laptop and an iPad. 

That’s realistically only because of the exposure to TouchScreens on laptops. 
 
I see touchscreen laptops as an excuse to keep putting terrible trackpads in computers. I guarantee most people would much rather have a MacBook quality trackpad in their laptops than a touchscreen. 
 
I happen to still agree with Steve’s “gorilla arm” criticism. 

I think that’s probably the reason why Apple is in the fence of making a macOS/iOS hybrid even though they use the same kernel even though they admitted that they’ve done a ton of tests with Macs with touchscreens. (play at 11:29)
 

banned for plugging own topic thread ?
I don't think Microsoft has great marketing, Apple are clearly the leader in that department, you could argue Apple has the best marketing in the world. That and the McDonalds corporation.
 
I think Microsoft has good ideas, but they have trouble executing them properly. They have trouble converting them from ideas to actual functionality.

high sierra is "okay" only. compares to the old days, it is not a stable version. 
but then again... apple's software and hardware had gone downhill. 
I heard someone said it in their youtube video, (and he is not a tech reviewer,he's a programmer) and he said apple's profit had gone up, but the devices they sold had gone down. he said he think that after 10 years or something like that, this apple trend is gonna die off. and I somewhat agree with him.... had a ton of OS / hardware issues with my 2017 macbook pro. and giving the price apple charges, I don't see myself spend that much money on a mac any time soon. 

I love how the word "pro" is being given extreme attention. 
 
This is the issue when devices are relying on the adhesive and screen for durability. Also, shouldn't there be some girdering done to the alum to reinforce it? 

Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/77481-apple-shiny-new-ipad-pro-has-set-new.html
It's bendgate all over again, you'd think they would have learned their lesson by now.
 
Even worse, this is happening on their new "pro" device.

Ya boi is back wit sum AMD news
 
Fresh from the salt pit that is WCCFTech
Here's the original tweet they mention by someone called APISAK
The actual Entry in Userbenchmark
 
And as you probably could tell already it's a notebook chip.
 
 
Is it Picasso yet?
ugh, no...
 
 -_____-
 
 
Desktop 3000 series is definitely gonna be Zen 2 though so we will just have to wait a little more before we can get excited.