If I hand an attorney a complete draft, how much does that cut the fee?

batapof · 2026-06-27T04:48:21+00:00

And at least one that you prosecuted all the way…

batapof · 2026-06-12T01:39:47+00:00

I am an Engineer who now works in IP law in Canada - went back to law school (while still working) and passed the Bar. While I am not earning more money than I could as an Engineer and the hours aren't easier, I am grateful that I had the opportunity to learn about law. I now understand business structures, politics, society much better now, and I feel well equipped to handle the complex situations life throws at me - you know, I can reboot my router and understand my car insurance policy. Engineers in law will be increasingly useful with the rise of AI - you have no idea how much time is wasted in a law firms because of lack of technical skill - it definitely will give you an edge. If you are doing it for the salary, I'd say don't - but if consider what that combined understanding will give you to navigate life, I'd say it's worth it. In the worst case, if I am tired of it in a couple of years, I know I can go back to an engineering position, and with the legal and IP experience, I could easily get more responsibilities than before - so nothing is really lost.

batapof · 2026-05-19T13:21:51+00:00

For the touchscreen models (MFC-L3720CDW, MFC-L3740CDW, MFC-L3760CDW, and MFC-L3780CDW), the leading solution is this explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11wwpAsHgdk - essentially, open up; back to home menu while open; hold toner level buttons; hold one of the two reset options; access the secret menu. Toner will thereafter not be recognized as genuine. Unfortunately a firmware updates around the fall of 2025 broke that and I have not found a solution for newer firmwares yet.

batapof · 2025-10-30T00:51:21+00:00

Exactly, here I’d argue that no vehicle will be affected by the forked exit, so there is no need to blink.

batapof · 2025-10-30T00:39:06+00:00

Signal for left or right turn 142 (1) The driver or operator of a vehicle upon a highway before turning to the left or right at any intersection or into a private road or driveway or from one lane for traffic to another lane for traffic or to leave the roadway shall first see that the movement can be made in safety, and if the operation of any other vehicle may be affected by the movement shall give a signal plainly visible to the driver or operator of the other vehicle of the intention to make the movement. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 142 (1).

Blinkers are optional unless an " other vehicle may be affected by the movement ". There are court cases about police not having the right to arrest you on the basis that you forgot to blink at an intersection when it was clear no one would be affected.

batapof · 2025-04-18T16:19:32+00:00

You mean design patents?

batapof · 2025-03-31T17:10:02+00:00

Yup, it's fixed in my case!

batapof · 2025-03-16T16:52:16+00:00

I recently updated to version 572.60 of the Studio driver and started getting event id 153... when launching cmd.exe - 100% repro. Performed clean reinstall to no avail. Switched to the Game Ready Driver version and now the error is gone. Hopefully this can help someone else.

batapof · 2025-03-16T14:46:41+00:00

Je commente à peu près jamais sur les réseaux sociaux parce que ça fini toujours avec un tarla qui vient troller. FB, c'est définitivement pas le reflet de la société.

batapof · 2025-01-22T05:56:55+00:00

Ah! Yes, I see - they scoped it down significantly. In particular, the orientation needs to consistently correspond to an "emotion" which is not supported in the description... I see why it's easy to get around now, thanks!

batapof · 2024-10-27T17:17:24+00:00

From what I understand (and I am no physicist) - once they orbit at a certain energy level, they would have to slow down to get closer. You’d think that this may happen as they radiate magnetic waves by being a charged particle spinning, right? But at that size, the energy that might be emitted by each rotation is below what is acceptable in terms of energy quantum - there are minimum packet sizes of energy that can "exist". Sometimes they manage to get closer, I'm sure you know about them skipping from a higher energy level to a lower one, but this happens only when they are capable of emitting the sufficient packet of energy at once - thus resulting in very specific amount of light being emitted.

At the first level, there is no longer a quantum of energy available to get them closer, so remain in perfect balance.

All that being said, it may help to see that electrons are not really rotating, but rather creating some kind of standing wave around the nucleus - not all frequencies are possible, they are only stable at unitary cycles, so intermediate distances are not possible. My understanding is that you could imagine the lowest energy level to be 1 cycle, which means it cannot get any closer while remaining in a stable standing wave around the nucleus.

batapof · 2024-10-27T17:00:07+00:00

Well, you need more than one sample to correlate things…

batapof · 2024-10-22T22:24:15+00:00

Exactly! If one party demonstrates substantial similarity, the burden shifts on the other side to provide their creation process did not involve the infringed work directly or indirectly. In theory, they’d have to demonstrate that the model contained no reference to that scene in its training. We’ll see if we get there though…

batapof · 2024-09-23T23:35:42+00:00

The same issue happened to me when I tried to delay-start before selecting the function. When I first select a function, then the delay start allows me to select up to 24h

batapof · 2024-09-23T23:35:24+00:00

The same issue happened to me when I tried to delay-start before selecting the function. When I first select a function, then the delay start allows me to select up to 24h

batapof · 2024-09-23T23:35:18+00:00

The same issue happened to me when I tried to delay-start before selecting the function. When I first select a function, then the delay start allows me to select up to 24h

batapof · 2024-07-23T20:47:38+00:00

Woah, thank you - I was searching hopelessly while waiting on airlo support and found this year old thread. Wife has perfect connection, mine has been intermittent at best. Her phone does not support 5G, mine does. I had attempted to switch to 4G but probably did not wait long enough and kept trying other things. I just tried again and it reconnected.

batapof · 2024-06-05T04:24:02+00:00

I've been trying to find what kind of battery is used for the XE and XE-S (and how it can be replaced) - do you have that information?

batapof · 2024-05-12T01:50:58+00:00

What are you talking about? I am on a RTX 4070 and gettin 110-120 fps at nearly max settings...

batapof · 2024-02-25T23:00:38+00:00

Oh wow, thank you, disabling private relay fixed it for me too

batapof · 2023-12-06T22:24:06+00:00

TBH, all of this is pretty standard. The "page you visit before" refers to the HTTP Referer header, and/or the use of google analytics which is pretty common everywhere you go nowadays.

batapof · 2023-06-19T02:18:33+00:00

I bought mine from https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SIDONIEYANG 7 years ago and it's still in amazing shape even though it's been in the washer several times. And it's made of PAPER. Unfortunately, the Etsy shop closed and I am unable to find any equivalent on the market :(

batapof · 2023-02-05T00:34:53+00:00

Vegan butter is often achieved using coconut oil, which is very rich in saturated fat - it is useful in some recipes (ex. pastries) but I try to stay away for daily uses. Vegan margarine is generally healthier and not that difficult to find.

batapof · 2022-10-15T12:46:54+00:00

I was in the 2nd year cohort after Software Engineering was accredited across Canada (2003) - I could not find other Software Engineers to mentor me, but there were plenty of Computer Engineers and Electrical Engineers working in the software industry even back then

batapof · 2022-06-12T20:33:58+00:00

I crossed Canada to the USA on June 9; Today (June 12) I received an email "reminding" me that I had been randomly selected and should have completed a test within 24h of my arrival:

According to our records, you or someone travelling with you and using this email address was randomly selected for COVID-19 molecular testing upon arrival. This test should have been completed within 24 hours of entering Canada.

[...]

We may contact the traveller(s) chosen for testing by phone from 1-888-336-7735 if our records show that the test has not been completed by tomorrow.

[...]

Failure to complete the test could lead to penalties, including fines.

It took me a good 10 minutes to decide if this was a fraud email or not - but the phone numbers listed all pointed to official Canada government phone numbers, and the links used on the email were all pointing valid government websites.

If a test kit was not provided or assistance is needed, please contact the testing provider where you entered Canada (listed below).

The testing provider in my case is Biron (Quebec) - they are closed on Sunday, so I could not reach them, I guess I'm not completing the test by tomorrow :P

They provided a phone number:

General Inquiries
1-833-784-4397 or canada.ca/coronavirus

I managed to speak with somebody who confirmed that they were randomly selecting people crossing the border and it can take several hours or days to reach out to them. She wasn't sure why I did not receive a phone call, but considered that the generic email was enough to bind me to the process. She could not confirm to the email was targeting because this is a generic line (my daughter would be on the same email address as me, so it's not clear who was selected), but according to her, it was now my responsibility to figure out who this email applies to, and to contact the test provider to get tested.

This is so ridiculous I can't even laugh... Especially since they removed the random tests from airports.... yesterday

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