NotYourAutomaton

My street had construction over the summer and Bell took the opportunity to run fiber lines through the neighborhood. We opted to have it brought up right to the house and it's been showing on the Bell website as available for over a month now but Teksavvy is not yet showing it. It is showing for two streets over that had the fiber put in a a bit earlier than us. How long does it take for TS to realize that I have the fiber option? Bell has been sending people to the house with Black Friday fiber internet sales happening this week and not sure if I should just go with them.

I work at a small/mid sized metal fab shop just 5 minutes outside Kitchener and it's getting harder and harder to find qualified candidates that can even make it in on time for a welding test. If you're looking for work or if you would like to be happier in a place with less politics and actual good people in management, dm me and I'll get you in touch with the right people. There seems to be a general labour shortage in manufacturing, are other shops feeling this as well?

This subreddit has proved invaluable in the setup and use of the 60 watt laser I purchased used several months ago. However I have come across a problem I can't seem to diagnose which has been a problem since purchase.

The power level of the laser significantly drops off the further the beam travels. See THIS IMAGE to see what I mean. I placed this plywood in the line of the horizontal beam, right before it enters the laser head and did a timed 3 second pulse at 17% power. The dark spot shows a fairly strong beam when the laser head is closest to the left side of the bed where the mirror #2 is stationed. The lighter spot is the mark when I move the laser h

I'm sure some of you have done this, but here is a replacement splash screen I whipped up.

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For windows users, download the two linked images and drop them in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC 2015\Support Files\Contents\Windows (or whatever your illustrator version is)

Remember to backup your original files

My wife and I are interested to experience VR first hand. The HTC Vive specifically. Is there anywhere in town where we could rent some time to use it?