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    Man Fined $500 for Writing "I Am an Engineer" in Email to Oregon Engineering Board

    I am not sure about Canada. But in the US outside of Civil Engineering. The majority of Engineers do not work in a field/industry that requires a PE. Out of all of my professors in school only 3 in the EE dept have their PE and all of them have year of experience in their fields. And not to...
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    Man Fined $500 for Writing "I Am an Engineer" in Email to Oregon Engineering Board

    Getting a degree in engineering for an ABET accredited institution is usually enough to call one's self "Engineer". Most people even PhD engineers do not get any licensing because outside of a small fraction of engineers no one needs it.
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    AMD Ryzen 5 Reviewer's Kit Giveaway

    Posting hope I win.
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    40" Samsung UN40KU6290 4K $290 at Best Buy (or $265 with $25/$200 Amex offer)

    Can someone move this fucking thread out of here.
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    Mazda Claims There Is No Demand for Electric Vehicles

    I dislike them because they are a fucking disaster of a design. Who cares if its revs to 10k emissions/fuel consumption are a shitty balancing act on that engine. It is a poor design hence why it is not used anymore. If you would like to argue that we can compare any 2017 rotary powered car to...
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    Mazda Claims There Is No Demand for Electric Vehicles

    It was a joke, Rotary engines are shit, and Apex seals do not wear like piston rings, it was a joke that they are a wearing part, like brakes and tires. Hence why would they replace it? So glad they stopped making cars with Rotary engines.
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    Mazda Claims There Is No Demand for Electric Vehicles

    Weird how their warranty covered a wearing part like apex seals.
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    Tesla Will Start Preliminary Model 3 Production Later This Month

    Yeah 200 mile trips to see Robert Daltry I only do that once or twice a year. The rest of time I commute in the city so I could just rent, or maybe I could ask Robert to come see me.
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    Self-Driving Car Has Hard Time Detecting Stopped Vehicles

    Heated sensors boom done. Next question.
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    WD 250gb SSD $20 DEAD

    FUUUUCKKK I should have got one or 2 I really need one and I figured it would not ship damn it. Kyle will you sell me one?
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    Researchers Develop Super Accurate Lipreading Software

    Here is the thing, we have a hundred years worth of video now to show it. And we know what SHOULD be said. Then we also have show it millions of hours of youtube crap. A human can only read so many lips, a computer can be studying and improving 1% for every 1 million hours of lip reading...
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    Uber Driver Kidnapped, Assaulted Passenger

    Not the robots i'm makin.
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    Lyft Expects Self-Driving Cars To Handle Most Rides In 5 Years

    Lyft and Uber have been up front for a LONG time about this being their goal.
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    64GB OnePlus 2 GSM Unlocked Dual SIM Android Smartphone $240 @ eBay

    I have a One Plus One their first one. I love it comes with a base version of android so no crapware, runs fast and quality is great I drop mine all the time and the screen has yet to break. I came from a Galaxy S4 and wont be switching back.
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    eBay - Refurbished Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB $30 - Free 2 Day USPS Priority

    I just started here, but I just asked the Dell rep one day what do they do with the old stuff ( I wanted some for myself) and he said it goes back to Dell. He said it can be used still (not out of date) they go through it all and sell it. If not they send back what they can to manufacturers...
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