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Apologies, but as a loyal member of the Commonwealth, I must needs root for Canada...
Yeah, get your eyes checked.
I was waiting in a chemist for my prescription and was inveigled by a tall, slinky redhead to take a free eye test.
They found a about-to-be aneurysm in a blood vessel at the back of the eye. They sent me off to an ophthalmologist who started me on a series of injections.
It's been a year now, and it is almost completely resolved. That eye test has stopped me from losing the sight in one eye.
Slinky redheads or not, get your eyes checked...
It’s fascinating to learn how Apple developed specialized tools for service providers to replace parts or fix issues in early Macs. I’ve never opened up a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch, but I’ve spent the past eleven years researching various Apple topics, including troubleshooting. The only exception to wearing ESD straps is dealing with CRTs, which the biggest part is that you have to follow strict safety precautions and the instructions provided. The video I sent you earlier shows a technician repairing and caring for a Macintosh color classic, a CRT Mac that was popular in the 90s. The technician didn’t have the discharge tools you mentioned in the video, as LCDs, less bulky OLEDs, and now Liquid Retina displays have become more common. That tool became depreciated later on. Instead, that guy had to use the traditional alligator clip and screwdriver method, which is considered a last resort in this manual. Did you get a chance to watch the video I sent tho?
That's started has it? I will have to catch up on it. Ok just checked Canada beat Sweden in the opening, lost to the US
, beat Finland and are facing off against the US for the final.4 Nations Faceoff
Thursday is the day we will win. Time to squash the orange.
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During the official ASMT training, Apple strongly emphasized the importance of ESD tools, and that really stuck with me. It has made such an impact that I now use them for every PC build I do.
Many people assume that since components are designed to better withstand ESD, precautions are no longer necessary. However, this is a misconception. A component could fail a week, a month, or even years later due to exposure to ESD.
My first job as an Air Force officer was as a reliability engineer for the Electronic Warfare SPO (radar/infrared jammers, targeting, etc) and, while I never worked directly on electronic boxes, was trained quite a bit in ESD (grounding wrist-straps, anti-static gowns, hairnets/facemasks, and booties).
A couple decades later, I was a Munitions tech in the Reserves, and we had solid copper "slap-bars" ringing all our shops, that we needed to touch on occasion to discharge any ES buildup, while we worked on bombs up to 2,000-lb explosive weight; we took ESD even more seriously then!
Just watched an episode of The Scottish Isles on Youtube. They visit an old fort, which has the magazine, which used to be full, literally, of tons of gunpowder. The doors and all metal fittings were copper or brass. Not so much for ESD, but no steel for sparks. It was built in the 1760s.
That’s why it’s crucial to touch a metal plate or surface somewhere before starting to disassemble an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch. ⌚️ The reason you all use special blue mats to repair iPhones, and the black sticks you use instead of lifting up connectors from your nails allow you to use the flat end to pry out or flatten components.
Have you also used kapton tape? It’s that orange-looking tape that insulates components due to its thermal resistance.
Yea too old fashioned for that
If you visit HMS Victory the magazine is similarly interesting as it's lined with copper too. I think it was standard practice. They also tried to make it completely rat proof... Apparently you don't want spontaneously combusting rats running around on a wooden warship or leaving trails of powder back to the magazine...
Plenty on my mind. Not going to write about what I’m thinking though.
Hint. The news today.
Worrying times.
Hint. The news today.
Worrying times.
What's on my mind? Among other things, this thread itself..... It seems to be veering into technical realms an awful lot lately, and it is my understanding that this was not the intent of the thread in the first place. After all, it is in the general, (presumably meant to be) non-technical "Community Discussion" area.....
There are many, many other subforums and threads all around MR for discussion of more technically oriented material. Obviously most of us are interested in Apple and its technology or we wouldn't even be here. However, while we may love and enjoy Apple's products and derive benefits from the many electronics and technologies available to us these days, not all of us are computer techies, electronics wizards, engineers, etc.
Actually, Gutwrench, the originator of this thread, wrote in the very first post starting out this thread:
"I thought there might be some value in a general topic-less thread to share random thoughts, ideas, and personal news that aren’t otherwise thread-worthy."
There are many, many other subforums and threads all around MR for discussion of more technically oriented material. Obviously most of us are interested in Apple and its technology or we wouldn't even be here. However, while we may love and enjoy Apple's products and derive benefits from the many electronics and technologies available to us these days, not all of us are computer techies, electronics wizards, engineers, etc.
Actually, Gutwrench, the originator of this thread, wrote in the very first post starting out this thread:
"I thought there might be some value in a general topic-less thread to share random thoughts, ideas, and personal news that aren’t otherwise thread-worthy."
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Teeth straightening using clear plastic parts that go over your teeth and you swap them out every week or so until your teeth have been straightened.
I see. Well good luck with that. My teeth have been pretty straight since birth, so I never had to worry about that sort of thing.
Good luck to you and from what I understand, Invisalign is really so much more pleasant an experience than the grim metal bands around each tooth, wires and hooks connecting the teeth, plus accessories such as rubber/gum bands and headgear that many of us suffered through years ago! I used to absolutely dread going to the orthodontist each month and having those wires tightened.....
You are lucky. One of my front teeth is extremely bent and it has been a problem for a very long time.
I have an overbite as well, but that can only be fixed through jaw surgery. I can't afford that at the moment, but if I was able to, I would want that done. I also at some point would like my jaw shaved down as well because there are some issues there, but for now, having the teeth aligned would make the most difference.
Same here besides the 16e release Apple put on video today.
Back to school from winter break. Long day yesterday. Tomorrow’s another day of classes but not too long.
SilverSpooned: I hope you realize that there may be limits as to how much difference using Invisalign can actually make, given that you apparently have other jaw issues as well...... That said, certainly this approach is something worth trying for starters, anyway!
Indeed. Nor can everyone become an engineer, developer, etc. Not saying that's the issue here, but important to reiterate.
Definitely some truth here! Some of us may be really interested in specific fields but just not have the ability for various reasons to enter one of those fields as our lifelong profession. I for one always have been very interested in the medical field and from childhood on would have loved to have been able to embark upon a career in allopathic medicine as a physician, but alas, that was just not going to happen for me. Among other potential obstacles, Math and science really are not my skill sets! Instead, I found something else which really suited me and also as a tangent touched upon the field of medicine as well, and that worked......
Hmmm . . . I'm in the middle of my Winter Break . . . I'm in (what remains of) the US Pub. School System.
Six more weeks, then Spring Break.
The two Quats really had a good time being out in the yard with the Starling Invasion of 2025
Helps distract me from thinking about how glad I am to have already visited so many National Parks over the years...
Helps distract me from thinking about how glad I am to have already visited so many National Parks over the years...
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My spring break isn’t until mid April.
So @Clix Pix you are interested in biology, medicine and natural sciences?
We're middle of week 7/10 here. Honestly this term just needs to be done already. I'm taking a 24-unit course load (6 more than normal 18 units), plus my campus job, which is way too much. Very difficult to get things done on time (I've managed to do so for the most part, but it ain't easy). I've learned my lesson... I'm never doing this much again.