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  1. Was not successful exploiting this bug, but you can modify the "Add to cart" element to enable it, which allows you to place the item into your cart. Had a card in my cart ready to go, 9am refresh, checkout, as it was processing the payment the card sold out. They went super quick in Canada.
  2. Review of pen screens, like the Wacom, but also other brands available on Amazon as they will probably be hot items for educators with school being online this year.
  3. LMG Staff needs to get some trigger ghosting lessons from Garand Thumb
  4. Mil-spec build series, go through MIL-STD-810 and building a PC to pass each test incrementally (not retesting when making modifications for the next requirement). Would push Alex's engineering know how, possibly on site visits to testing labs, costs associated with developing aerospace/defence hardware and shed light on how "rugged/military" marketing claims can be misleading.
  5. Looking around the university campus, I noticed an increase in people wearing socks and sandals. It's no longer white socks and athletic flip flops, but legit socks and sandals. Linus was ahead of his time by not carrying about the times.
  6. Folders that I have located in my C:\Users\(login)\ directory keep changing to ready only. This includes folders in AppData, my Anaconda3 directory etc. Makes updating sw packages a PIA. This problem started a month ago, and it's not anitvirus sw because I have the problem across two PCs and only one is protected. Has anyone else experienced this, and if so how to resolve the problem? Windows 10 Pro Version 1903 OS build 18362.295 Thanks,
  7. With your cats you might want to put Velcro under the sound bar, cause does it bounce.
  8. Hi All, I'm trying to figure out why my laptop, Lenovo Yoga 370, is displaying colors off true. I primarily notice it in Chrome with gmail/hangouts the blues and greens are over saturated. I've tried different color profiles but I can't find one that is consistent under different ambient conditions. I have disabled blue light filter and brightness adjustment. I can't figure out a pattern to the problem. Thanks,
  9. Awesome new toy. +1 on the other comment suggesting a vacuum table to secure parts. Depending on the max cutting height, you guys might be able to make molds for composite parts. Glue a few layers of MDF with a ball nose, or flat head with a tone of sanding. Then seal at least the inside surface of the mold and you are go to go. When it comes to safety, be careful, laws are different in Canada then the US where a lot of equipment comes from. Also some maker equipment as soon as it enters into a workplace magically becomes unsafe. There doesn't appear to be any light curtains, at a minimum I would put up guarding as a keep out region some safe distance away. Also, when switching tools press the ESTOP, if wired properly, this should disable the enable on the drives, machines like to move unexpectedly. If BC law is anything like Ontario law, you will need training records before employees can use the equipment. These can be employer created and administered, but you need a formal "don't hurt yourself by doing any of the following stupid things" instruction and sign off that the employee received, but not required in all cases that they understand, the training. Linus might not want to give his employees coffee breaks, but he doesn't seem to care about safety. I'm just waiting for him to start wearing steal toe sandals.
  10. What tech or infrastructure gaps needs to be closed before remote/streamed game play on lower end hardware can become mainstream.
  11. 2 Zelda Rupees of advice. The question you should ask yourself is what do you want to do, and what is your back up. I have found that the education system does not do a good job explaining different career paths and how education can help you get there. It doesn't help that the same title job has vastly different pay and responsibilities making things hard to decipher. The commoditization of a bachelor/undergrad degree hasn't helped the situation and has created an unnecessarily barrier to entry in some cases. There are career paths that require a degree, primarily professional careers such as engineering, lawyer, doctor etc. Economic theory would suggest that employers use degrees as a signal of the candidates type/quality. I have had a love-hate relationship with school. My original plan after high school was to become a mechanic, I really enjoyed working on cars, but I was a "smart" kid so my parents and their friends convinced me to go to university. Debated between CS, Phys/Math but then stumbled upon Mechanical Engineering. I truly had no idea what engineering was about, I just knew that my school had an FSAE team which was my primary driver in going. I really enjoyed it, and enjoyed my life as an engineer. I did do an MBA part time, and currently working through a PhD because I am a gluten for punishment. Back when I was trying to make a decision, guidance councilors still had a bit of a notion that our career choices are like trades, you do CS to become a computer person. But then what is computer engineering, electrical engineer, wtf hardware engineering. I've met a lot of sr. managers with physics degrees, and programmers with pure math degrees. Then there is wall/bay street that love these people who have never taken a finance class ever. What you do in school is not necessarily going to define you for the rest of your life. There are soft skills you will develop which are just as critical as the knowledge you gain. There are some majors which are "useless", especially if you don't seek Masters or Doctoral levels. That is not to say you can't take that as a minor, or couple it with something else for example, psychology and business or "data science". Find something that you enjoy learning. Its a different environment, with a lot less structure and freedom to explore rather then being forced to learn about the war of 1812 unless history is your thing. Its at a much more challenging level also, and you will feel the smartest or dumbest ever in your life. When it comes to pay, you need to be realistic with any option you choose. I know techs that make a shit ton of money, and MBAs who have a hard time finding a job. The reality is that every choice has some cap, and you will hear stories of A making X just ignore it and live within your means and save for retirement. You'll be laughing in the long run. In summary: - What do you want to do, or what do I like to learn about? - Does the industry/job require a degree? Does said degree open other doors just encase things don't work out? - What soft skills do I need, what am I good at?
  12. My wife and I have a similar experience with the S6 that her's has noticeably less battery life but I cannot figure out the cause. I just have the following observations: - I habitually close apps, and will force stop Facebook/Messenger. She uses Facebook regularly. - Her phone is constantly bouncing off the capacity limit, where mine hovers around 2GB free. We just found that this also causes bluetooth connectivity issues with my car. - Her antenna switches more frequently due to signal strength issues at her place of work.
  13. The age old question, which is even more confounded with all the choice in languages and leads to decision paralysis. Need to take a step back and ask the difference between programming and a programming language. My advice would be don't get too hung on picking the right language, but rather start by dipping a toe into the pool first, then walking in and as you learn to swim, go in the direction that interests you. It's a vast pool and don't think you can become an expert at everything, but that is not you say you can't try as it will help guide your interests. The biggest hurdle in learning to program is understanding logic and that the computer can't think, it can only execute. So pick a language with a low barrier to entry that is somewhat versatile, like Python, and remember that you aren't married to it. Even Excel VBA is fine at this point. There are online resources, like wikis, Coursera, edx, datacamp which allow to take some courses at no cost which will guide you through the basics. Even getting a "for dummies" book from Amazon or the library is a great start. Once you have the basics down, then ask yourself "what project/problem interests me" and then go try to solve it. Keep it realistic, don't try to program the next Fortnite at first, but maybe a command prompt version of Scrabble. Sometimes you can find an online reference guide which will give you step by step instructions, other times you will get stuck, frustrated but if you know what you want to do you can usually find an example that's close enough that you can stretch it to work. That's why learning the logic is important because it will allow you to formulate your question properly. StackExchange will become your lifejacket. After that moving from language to language becomes simpler, but not without upfront cost, like the time investment in learning the syntax and libraries/API so that you can efficiently program.
  14. I would agree, a used manual mill with a digital readout and a simple used lathe (with a spindle bore) is a good base for fabshop. If you aren't trying to hit tight tolerances and don't care too much about surface finish (can always polish matting faces) you can get away with a drill press (that can get down to 400 RPM) and a translating table off amazon for hobby materials (plastic, AL, wood, etc) in place an actual mill. Just a cheap bandsaw, desk grinder would have made the fab of your last heat skin much more pleasant to watch. My previous life as a mech eng I can feel the struggle trying to build something like that without the "proper" equipment. Speaking of heat sinks, if you are accepting ideas: Ice bucket water cooler, Peltier heatsink stack, and last one, sleeved cylindrical fin extrusion hooked up to the dyson (inlet at the at bottom, exhaust out the dyson).
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