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I think a piece is missing there. Without the hinge the base is supposed to look like this: or: there is that thin foil (with a wire...
Sep 30, 2025
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Did the power switch have a different feel to it than the other keys? And how did it operate? If it was my problem and I needed to get...
Sep 29, 2025
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I am looking at other photo of the Asus keyboard. It's not obvious from the photos exactly how the contact is made. For example, this...
Sep 29, 2025
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Looking at the part of the switch still connected to your machine, I see a metal plate about 15mm wide and 8 mm high. From the photo...
Sep 29, 2025
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I noticed something else. There appears to be a fiber at the 11:00 position of the button part still attached to your machine. If that...
Sep 29, 2025
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It is likely an electrical contact that needs to be in momentary contact with the metal that surrounds it. So, the paper clip needs to...
Sep 29, 2025
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First, use a wrist strap. In all likelihood, it is a momentary contact switch. I would try to "press" with a paper clip - shorting...
Sep 29, 2025
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Egg Drop Challenge! Need ideas for winning designs
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What I get from the OP: So, 3D printing is allowed. Any aerodynamic surface shape is OK so long as it does not "catch" air. So, I...
Sep 29, 2025
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Australian company Diraq is making 99+% accurate qubits in CMOS
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The Nature article "Industry-compatible silicon spin-qubit unit cells exceeding 99% fidelity" describes an industrial process used by...
Sep 28, 2025
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Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?
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The same people who were responsible before the AI "took over". If someone does their home work with AI assistance, it is still their...
Sep 26, 2025
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In the early days of electricity, they didn't have wall plugs
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Hello scientists, engineers, etc. I have not had any questions for you recently, so have not participated here. I was scanning some...
Sep 26, 2025
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Collapse of wave function and consciousness
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The notion that consciousness can cause a QM collapse and was described by Eugene Wigner in 1961 and was used by David Chalmers in his...
Sep 25, 2025
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Question about Parallel Transport
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To answer your question simply and directly, as a pilot, I would fly straight by keeping my wings level and applying and using the...
Sep 25, 2025
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I doubt this is what the OP was asking about. The OP's summary mentions "Chalmers' Hard Problem". Chalmer himself sets this "hard...
Sep 25, 2025
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Why is the plural for moose not meese?
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Of course it's not "meeses", it's "meeces"! As in "I hate those meeces to pieces" - to quote Mr. Jinks.
Sep 24, 2025
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