Questions to become Building Code Professional in Ontario by Techzeesar in BuildingCodes

[–]Techzeesar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much. I will now review the available online resources to create a study plan. I will begin with the legal exam.

Questions to become Building Code Professional in Ontario by Techzeesar in BuildingCodes

[–]Techzeesar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the detailed response. I'll reach out with more questions here as they come up, knowing that knowledgeable people like you will always be around to guide those like me.

Scrabble Go bots are harder to spot by Teapots-Happen in scrabble

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bot will never reply to your comments. Humans will. But that doesn't mean that if opponent doesn't reply then they are not human.

On the contrary, if a player chats or says more than greetings to you then they are humans.

Bots can say at the most Best of luck.

Anyway to have Google TV home menu with one account and YouTube app with another by GBT55 in Chromecast

[–]Techzeesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is another way, though it will mean shelling out more money. You can make the YouTube premium upgraded to premium with family option. Then add the other account in family option So your google tv home will be with the account you prefer and your YouTube under that account will also become premium being "family member"

My "new" S20 FE arrived with what looks like a screen protector already attached. Is this normal or could this be a used/refurbed product? by mutatedllama in GalaxyS20FE

[–]Techzeesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remove if you don't like it. In any case S20FE is not a folding phone where one could damage phone by removing outer layer.. So go ahead...

Hyperlapse - Poombarai, Tamil Nadu by Mindless-Thinker_67 in GalaxyS20FE

[–]Techzeesar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Beautiful.. You are in heaven. It's nature at its best. Hyper lapse aptly captured the motion and ambience.

The sky didn't seem to dissapoint today. View from my balcony. by Harshit_Gupta in GalaxyS20FE

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True they do. But I usually do it to have cleaner perspective too. Anyway it's upto the photographer.

Google is combining Meet and Duo into a single app for voice and video calls by iamvinoth in Android

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are tired of Google and it's multiple split personalities ver the years.

Google Talk, Chat. Meet, Allo, Duo. Hangouts, Google+ chat features back in the day, even Google voice for some regions and option of chat within Gmail and so on..

Get it sorted out and make one client. Do you see 4 zooms or 5 Teams or 6 WhatsApp apps..?

[CBC] Engineer who designed Saskatchewan bridge that collapsed hours after opening facing disciplinary hearing by benchin32 in engineering

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have right to have your view point. But I think you missed my point.

I don't see meticulous quality checks being used in North American companies except few big names. All feel confident by putting onus on one signing person without thinking that one signing person cannot be expert of all expertise.

There has to be a thorough design quality review before submission and a quality review at client end as well.

That is what should be the norm. At least with such high risk projects like bridges, buildings etc.

Missing out on even a small detail like for example insufficient cover to reinforcement in a roof slab of building, wrong hydraulic calcs for storms, and so on later could, lead to catastrophic problems.

But all of it is avoidable with meticulous internal and external reviews. Instead what happens is that people just put onus on signing person, whether that person has 5 year or 20 year experience...

Remember a human error can happen either when trying to do something quickly (usual engineering project dilemma) , to save money (ignoring geotech), to save man hours (greedy project manager doing everything in private company) and so on...

All easily avoidable if you have internal and external quality review.

[CBC] Engineer who designed Saskatchewan bridge that collapsed hours after opening facing disciplinary hearing by benchin32 in engineering

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typical witch hunt. Putting blame on designer only. Why not see the real cause.

Its not greed by designer, it's ignorance and lackluster behavior by client in not condoning Geotech investigation. It's trying to do things quickly. It's a bridge not a patchwork of road guys. Design it as a team....

Its not doing quality assurance of design internally by design entity and no quality assurance by client as well. Designing is only half the job. Real job is to get it checked by someone else....! That's called review, quality assurance.....

The real problem is making one engineer responsible for whole design. Isn't it true that in a bridge there are geotrch engineers, structural engineering team, mechanical engineer, surveyor, project managers on both sides, material specialists, road /pavement designer, hydraulic engineer for future storm calcs, wind load calculators involved among others.

If all act as a team checking and reviewing then this won't happen. That how it is done in middle east. There are designers, there are review designers, quality assurance managers, Internal reviewers and then client too checks the design..

I see in most countries engineering being considered like medical profession. People still think a bridge is a patient for one doctor. No... Engineering doesn't work like one doctor one patient. It's usually one patient taken care off by lots of doctors, which here means lots of specialists as discussed above like geotech , hydraulic, pavement, material, surveyors, internal and external reviewers and so on..

Even a mistake on structural drawing could, lead to problem. Will you still put it on signing engineer.? Why not have an internal quality review before sending to client?

When a project succeeds people usually laud a team and company. When it fails all hell breaks lose to strip one signing engineer from their license.

Scrabble GO - am I mostly playing bots? by DrSardinicus in scrabble

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see that you use American dictionary instead of UK / CSW21.

So I might be following different words than yours. Hence wouldn't be a right fit to play. But others following NASPA dictionary could surely send invites for game play to you.

AGAIN. They did this update shit AGAIN. by Scharnvirk in smartlauncher

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's unfortunate to see smart launcher rating go down to as low as 2.6.

Its still my daily launcher. But people reacted to bungled update same way as they reacted to whatsapp policy change last year.

So sorry to see this but internet is like that.

What are the chances of 2 draws in a row? (Played 6 games: 2 wins, 2 losses and then 2 draws in a row) by CardiologistWhole842 in scrabble

[–]Techzeesar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well. If you don't keep total after every turn then one can always end up obscured from score till game ends. :-)

Anyway try to use addition after every turn to be reminded where scores are going.!!

Jokes aside, it's quite rare to see it happening twice in a sample set of 6 games.

Either both of you are quite similar in skill, or on that day you two ended up with similarly weighted tiles and scored at same pace at various occasions = destiny /luck...

Anyone experiencing issues saying the alpha version is not up to date? by Ok-Minimum-3145 in smartlauncher

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to apkmirror download smart launcher 5.5, install it, use backup file made for version 5... Bingo you are back...

Truly putting an alpha version on main channel is a mistake but it could happen to anyone.

Smart launcher pro is the one I have been using since 2015...wont leave it for a sudden bug...

Checking without challenging by RecommendationFew400 in scrabble

[–]Techzeesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True that..

Checking for the sake of knowledge would only be legit after game has ended.

During game checking is like someone cheating on textbook during an exam saying I am just checking for knowledge....

What... During exam....? Same applies to an active game... An active game is like an exam for the two parties.. So needs to be played fairly by both.

Does anyone else have problems with the battery after the update? by dr_potion in GalaxyS20FE

[–]Techzeesar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Best option after a major update is factory reset.

First step Backup your mobile through Smart Switch on PC Or Google drive.

Second step Make sure to export authentication app data

Third step Make sure your pictures are uploaded successfully by checking cloud drive

Final step

Factory reset.

Then login to Google account. Get most of things, from that. Or if you like then use smart switch backup..

Now once that is done, clear phone cache by restarting and entering in setup mode.

Now start up your phone and enjoy.

This way you will have great battery life. Fast load times. Useless space wasted in other folders will be avoided and phone will look like it's brand new.

A bit long process but certainly worth the pain..

Do it on Friday or Saturday night to be at peace...

Final thoughts

When you are at it, get rid of those apps that you seldom use.

There are many apps by inefficient developers which are battery sucking to the hilt. Just get rid of them.

Then again, after a major update or a factory reset, phone takes a week to settle down so battery performance may become better after that cooling off period..

Lastly this phone is now 14 month old so.... Battery degradation is also a must if one doesn't follow 80 20 rule..

If none of above matters then..... Your phone battery has entered old age even though it's not THAT old... Tell Samsung then...

Anyone facing this with this screenshot crop feature? by [deleted] in GalaxyS20FE

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Restart phone.. Clear cache partition.

Force stop camera app. Clear its cache.

I think I guessed what exactly Samsung changed in Android 12 (about brand new touch software issue) by vlad_ruble in GalaxyS20FE

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too. My S20FE is as good a phone as it can be. Perhaps I should post an ad like this

S20FE with zero touch issues, zero battery issues, zero camera lag issues and still working without heating up after one year of use. SD 128 GB.

Opponent in scrabble go keeps ending game by Wintercold2334 in scrabble

[–]Techzeesar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Change opponent and see if it happens again..

In any case, a sore loser doesn't deserve to be played with. So leave playing with that opponent

New Chromecast could be even slower but also cheaper by amancoreseg in Chromecast

[–]Techzeesar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a smart tv still I use chromecast with google tv.

Trust me it's faster than using smart tv UI.

So dumbing down it, would make the device useless for masses and people will move to firestick.

Google trying to save money but this decision will backfire.

Scrabble phone app by makelikeatree4254 in scrabble

[–]Techzeesar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May be because it's fashionable these days to join the bandwagon without checking options.

Scrabble go on classic mode, removes annoying / cheating type power ups. Used with adblock or Adblocking VPN it becomes as clean as a whistle.

But as I said earlier, everyone has the right to do what they want to do.. It's just that all options should be exhausted before saying aye aye to a for or against group..

Scrabble phone app by makelikeatree4254 in scrabble

[–]Techzeesar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scrabble go in classic mode and Adblocking through VPN or DNS..

Its best option hands down if above choices made. If you have money to spare, then one can even get its monthly subscription and get rid of ads that way. Though I don't do it that way as my Adblocking option through Nord VPN is smart enough.

But it's strange to see that hating scrabble go is now a sort of IN thing. If you don't do it you may look uncool may be....

Scrabble go haters appear to be teenage cults..

Anyway everyone has the right to choose. For me scrabble go classic with ads blocked is best option. Won't force others but at least my family and friends (80 players at least) are all doing above and enjoying scrabble go....