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Automobile Oil Fumes

frontierzone — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 06:48:46 +0800

Have a situation where the neighbors constantly tinker with their cars at different times of the day. Unsure if they are storing petrol/diesel and topping up whenever they like, or its some sort of gear or used motor oils.
Either way, the hydrocarbon smell or fume is extremely smelly and when wind blows at the right direction all these fumes enter our house and pools on the upper floors smelling like a petrol station.

Ya we open the windows for good air circulation but we won't know when the neighbors will do this oil thing and when they do, the smelliness comes.

Any ideas how to prevent this?

Glaring Car Tint

frontierzone — Fri, 27 May 2022 15:20:45 +0800

May I know why there seems to be somany cars on the road now with tinting that can reflect the sun back onto the driver behind's eyes? is this type of tint even legal?

Question about Laggy Screen

frontierzone — Thu, 26 May 2022 19:54:35 +0800

So I have this Redmi Note 5A that comes with Snapdragon 425 that's a predecessor of Snapdragon 435 powering the Redmi 4X.

Note 5A was a real battery drainer and this Snapdragon 425 processor seems extremely inefficient and the battery drops like stone every 2-3 minutes drop 1 percent.

And the scrolling of apps or browser shows really lagging unsmooth scrolling, jerky and jumpy.

May I know is the cause of jumpy scrolling a sign of really inferior GPU?

On the other hand I had tried the Snapdragon 435 in Redmi 4X which is at least 10 times more efficient than Snapdragon 425. No laggy scrolling too.

Speaker Pops and Crackles

frontierzone — Tue, 10 May 2022 11:20:04 +0800

My old Sony HiFi set speakers are crackling and popping intermittently during FM radio mode. Unsure if other modes are similar. Had tried to attach a wire to the amtenna jack and hook it to an old TV antenna but no improvement. Had also recut the speaker wire ends to ensure clean connection to the audio jack/clips.
Still having pop issues. If the pop is too excessive the HiFi system will auto revert to Standby and lost all FM settings.

Any idea what's possibly wrong?

Waking Up Hungry

frontierzone — Thu, 05 May 2022 19:14:28 +0800

If a person always wakes up in the morning and becomes extremely cranky, "blur", clumsy, pessimistic, light-headed and very hungry /thirsty, until a breakfast is taken, is this a sign of something related to health or just normal?

Knowing OS besides Using User Agent

frontierzone — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 14:14:45 +0800

I deal with a financial website that for some reasons, using an older browser (Chrome Version X) will always trigger Outdated Browser error on my current OS.

However I discovered that by using a very old Windows OS, using the same Chrome Version X but with a very specific User Agent, it can fool the website to pass the check.

However back to using the more current Windows OS, same Chrome Version X, using that specific User Agent fail to bypass it.

Both Chromes are actually portable ones so they are clones on both OS. Similar Chrome version, similar User Agent, different OS but both are 32-bits.

So my question is how does one fail and one pass. Does web servers know more things than just user agent? Like our OS? Do browsers send OS info in HTTPRequests?

Getting a job without voice or face interview

frontierzone — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 08:38:19 +0800

If a person has a personality (something like autistic) that avoids facial or audio conversations, is it possible to get a job without any interview in audio or visual methods? (ie. no Zoom interviews). But the person is competent with technical IT and can sit for any technical exams. Most interviews would have at very least audio conversations with the interviewer, however in such unique circumstance are there any workaround solutions or "excuses" to use to avoid visual/audio interviews and probably just depend on the technical exam? The person however is able to handle "chatting" style of textual communication.

Courier Delivery Take Picture of You

frontierzone — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:21:24 +0800

Is this the new norm that parcel delivery guy snap pic of you the recipient instead of signing the form like last time?

Can you refuse to have your pictures taken without permission?

Cars with Front LED Strip

frontierzone — Sun, 19 May 2019 09:02:32 +0800

Nowadays why are there so many cars with front LED strips below the headlamp? Are they factory fitted or self fitted? It light up in bright sunlight environment and make such an annoying glare to other drivers. What's the purpose of this Led strip? I think Jpj should ban them.

Electric Expert come in, Aircond Not Turn On

frontierzone — Wed, 01 May 2019 21:16:05 +0800

My aircond cannot turn on now after Lightning strike. I unplugged all sockets but the lightning seem very near and I think it might have struck the outdoor unit.

Now I turn the remote it can't turn on at all as if no electricity.
The wall socket is Ok, plugged in something else it works.
Used another remote doesn't work either.
The manual button inside the aircond near the filter can't switch it on too.
What could have been spoilt?

Power Extension Cord

frontierzone — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 11:35:47 +0800

My power extension cord malfunction during after a lightning storm.
I opened up the socket, changed the fuse.
Still malfunction.
I open up the casing, nothing seems burned or melted.
I noticed there is resistor placed on every ground pin.
Possibly the resistor damaged?
Anything I can do to repair?

What to do with old CRT monitor?

frontierzone — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:29:41 +0800

What can be done? And where to dispose?

Do people offer you good jobs via LinkedIn?

frontierzone — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:02:46 +0800

If you have a very polished LinkedIn profile, do you get job invitations that doesn't exist on job portals (ie. exclusively offered to you via LinkedIn), and the likes?
Are the job offers via LinkedIn a lot better than say self submission of job application via JobStreet?

Solution Architect

frontierzone — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:17:21 +0800

Would like to know what does a solution architect do?
It seems very broad.
Are they programmers cum system integrators cum intermediary between management and vendors?

OpenText Developer

frontierzone — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:28:07 +0800

What's the career prospects of being an OpenText developer? Any future? Is it hot in demand?

External Hard Disk

frontierzone — Fri, 04 May 2018 22:06:28 +0800

Which brand of external hard disk and what capacity is most cost effective and reliable now?

Debit Vs Credit Card

frontierzone — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:02:53 +0800

Is it more hassle free to get credit card for credit card purchases (booking hotels etc online),
Or to call up the bank and do the necessary setting up of activating the existing Debit Card which is an ATM Card for the savings account we usually have?

Condominium Rental

frontierzone — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:32:06 +0800

For rental in a condominium room, is the air-cond essential?
Are high rise apartments less humid than landed properties?

Travel

frontierzone — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:03:17 +0800

If travel solo backpacking, should get 20 or 24 inch luggage size?
24 can go in Air Asia hand-carry?

Jobstreet 40 percent off courses

frontierzone — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:43:20 +0800

Kept seeing Jobstreet putting 40% discount for courses before merdeka.
Such as PMP, CAPM etc.
Anyone taking?
How cheap is it after discount?