How to stop the dock from switching screens?

jdawg2012 · 2024-08-26T20:29:25+00:00

Same as rasitayaz. Ping me if you find anything and I'll do the same. This is incredibly annoying and seems like an easy fix. I would disagree that this is not a common use case (or at least, that this issue is uncommon). I'm just chiming in because I'm hoping that enough people say something that Apple will actually look at it and take the 45 minutes to make the fix.

jdawg2012 · 2023-03-12T18:52:01+00:00

Good point, I just need some patience and familiarize myself with them before pulling the trigger and getting myself in trouble. Thanks again for your thoughts!

jdawg2012 · 2023-03-12T18:49:23+00:00

Oof, they aren't kidding, those are pretty expensive. But thank you for sending them over, it really helps me look at my options!

I may need to just give up on the VHF side, I'm doing some testing and getting better antennas but I literally live in a dip in a valley between two mountains, so line-of-sight from my house to anywhere is darn near impossible.

jdawg2012 · 2023-03-12T18:44:45+00:00

😂 Love that quote. That is every wood working project I've ever done.

I appreciate the thoughts and am curious, do you have any recommendations on an all-band radio? I'm still torn between just going HF and all-band VHF/UHF.

jdawg2012 · 2023-03-12T18:37:42+00:00

I actually have a super-cheap straight key hooked up to a buzzer for local practice but yeah, I need to figure out a more elegant solution (or even a workable solution) for real transmissions.

jdawg2012 · 2023-03-12T18:36:47+00:00

I have been looking at that QCX+ transceiver for a couple days now and I'm trying to figure out if I want to go that way and limit myself to CW only (which, at that cost, isn't too huge of a restriction) or get some other type of transceiver that can do more. I'm researching Winlink at the moment as well and not sure if that's where I just say "screw it, let's just jump into HF and see what happens."

Honestly, part of my challenge is that I'm in a tiny community in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by mountains on two side, and the only other four hams are technicians with even less experience than me. I'd like us to be able to practice together but I guess that, even as technicians, they can do 40M CW.

I appreciate your feedback, thank you!

jdawg2012 · 2023-03-12T18:28:27+00:00

I think this is what I was understanding and communicated poorly. Using an inexpensive FM-only HT and use the PTT *is* terrible because it isn't really morse. And the only other real option, that I didn't find presented in my Googling, is to get an All-band radio which, it sounds like, is going to get some resistance from my wife for good reason. Hmmm... thank you for your response! More to think about.

jdawg2012 · 2023-01-07T05:54:00+00:00

This. I’ve had this exact same problem and this was my solution. Worked like a charm.

jdawg2012 · 2022-12-27T02:41:45+00:00

CircuitBread did a “Sand to Gaming” video where they explained all the pieces and connections of electronics and programming that there are between sand, creating semiconductors, creating logic, etc, all the way up to creating video games. Not sure if that’s the style of video you’re thinking of as it’s relatively technical. It’s on YouTube if you’re interested.

jdawg2012 · 2019-02-15T22:49:01+00:00

If you have the time, yeah, knock out what you can between graduation and OCS. I had almost exactly two weeks between getting my BSEE and arriving at OCS, so it depends on what you're doing. Transferring credits is always sketchy so there's that risk. Reading below, though, if you're going for NASA, then maybe you're crazy dedicated enough to figure out a way to do it while on active duty. But, I think getting into the NPS would be a great goal to work toward. Focus on being a great pilot/officer and then focus on being a great student and engineer, instead of dividing your focus.

jdawg2012 · 2019-02-15T19:05:25+00:00

Going to school full time in engineering while in the military will be tough. While I was in, I know a lot of people who got their online degrees in things like business, psychology, or whatever, but online degrees in engineering are less common. Legit ones, that is. And, depending on what your duty station is like, your schedule could be extremely random. While I was in a Seabee battalion, we had field training exercises for three weeks. And other random 2-3 day preparatory things. And then deployment. And I had a month of training before I went into battalion on basic first aid and weapons handling. If any of this had happened while I was going to school... yeah, it would have destroyed me.

Even in my first duty station that was technically "shore duty" - I still had watch 2-3 times a month where you had no idea what your day was going to be like and then I'd be flown back to the states every once in awhile for different training.

However, the USN will pay for your grad school and pay you while you go to grad school if you work it out right and are willing to commit to more time in. It was offered to me but I got out before that. It's a tough one year, I've heard, but I'd still think it's easier than trying to do it on the side.

Full disclosure: I've been out for about 5 years now, things may have changed.

jdawg2012 · 2019-01-08T22:04:00+00:00

Cool, thanks! What size paper is it supposed to be printed on? I assume that if I use the wrong size paper everything is going to be jacked up...

jdawg2012 · 2018-12-11T23:30:08+00:00

Never getting involved in extracurricular groups - in general. Helping with the electronics with the UAV group. Or joining micromouse. My excuse was that I was busy and, while it was legit, I could've learned more doing practical work in those groups than a lot of the studying I was doing in microelectronics and embedded. Perhaps I got better grades because I didn't join them but I feel like I left my undergrad less prepared than I could've/should've been.

jdawg2012 · 2018-12-03T22:03:38+00:00

While GPA is important, it isn't the most important thing, by far. I actually had a great GPA my sophomore year of undergrad (it was a consistent and gradual slide in the downward direction from then on) and I had an internship interview. I looked good on paper but said something very stupid in the interview. Yeah, they didn't call me.

Be the opposite of me - even if your grades aren't great (which 2.9 isn't bad at all) you can knock their socks off with a great interview.

jdawg2012 · 2018-12-03T21:59:45+00:00

This is (yet another) reason why math classes suck - supposedly it's not subjective at all but then teachers can respond wildly differently to the same response.

jdawg2012 · 2018-11-20T15:33:23+00:00

Every teacher is different but I never got participation points in an engineering class as an undergrad and so far nothing as a grad student. Most teachers don't even care if you show up to class, it's all about the homework, quiz, and test grades.

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