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For most EV drivers in the US, EV charging couldn't be more convenient. One can plug into a regular 110V 20A electric outlet to charge an EV overnight when the vehicle is not used and the electricity rate is the lowest. The challenge may arise…

Many generic Ni-MH rechargeabel bateries are claimed to have very high capacities (e.g. 1800 mAh, 1350 mAh) that are grossly exagerated. It is not easy to test a battery's capacity quickly, but there are many ways to do it. The easiest way is using an electronic gadget…

The standard installation/uninstallation feature of Windows is unreliable, especially for uninstallation which may require files that do not exist anymore. Microsoft installation/uninstallation troubleshooter is a handy tool to fix these problem.

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Ultra Mobile 30 Day Wireless Prepaid SIM Card Kit, 40GB Plan with 15GB Hotspot More than enough for a phone + a laptop connected to the phone for internet access during travel.

Get appraisal from Cargurus and dealers interested in the car. $11,725 Submit a request to Harbro Auto. Get an offer from Carvana. $11,600 Post a listing on Facebook Marketplace Post a listing on Craigslist Most responses to the ads on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist are…

Ever popular 4K monitors require a video card with at least 4 GB RAM. GTX 1050 with 2 GB is not sufficient because it often has to resort to slower system RAM. RX 570 should be sufficient.

Nissan Stanza (Brown) (bought for $200 in Graduate School) Mercury Topaz (Maroon). Chevy Lumina (White) Mercury Sable 1993 (Green) Mercury Sable 1997 (Silver) Mercury Sable 2001 (White) (never sent to a garage for repair) Mercury Sable 2005 (Gray) (never sent to a garage for repair)…

President Carter has met Xi Jinping 3 times, and will meet the future leaders of China next month. He has enjoyed high respect from the Chinese government since he normalized the Sino-US relationship in 1978. Following the meeting with Chinese leaders next month, President Carter…

It is done by filing I90 - APPLICATION TO REPLACE PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD online. The instructions are good. The filing can be done in less than 30 minutes. The filing fee is $450. The receipt notice is sent out immediately upon the filing. Another notice to…

Some EDID problem may cause a monitor unable to use the correct resolution. For example, Acer AL2416W is detected by Windows 7 as a generic monitor. The best resolution (the only appropriate resolution, in my opinion), 1920x1200, is not on the available resolution list. To remedy…

RTSP/RTP over TCP can address UDP blocking problem, but it has both the overhead disadvantage of RTSP over HTTP and requiring a port that may be often blocked. RTSP over HTTP almost guarantees firewall traversal. RTSP/RTP over TCP has no advantage over HTTP tunneled RTSP.

In light the current Palestinian bid for the UN membership, I repost this review originally published on Amazon.com in 2007. The Israel- Palestine mess is heartbreaking and frustrating for people who care for both peoples. It is also very complicated - so much history and…

This review was originally published on Amazon.com in 2009. Anyone who has any interest in contemporary Chinese history or current state of China should read it. Even those who have no interest in China can benefit from reading this book (I will explain this later).

12 States: MA-CT- NY-PA-OH-IN-IL-MO-IA-NE-IA-MN-WI-IL-IN-OH-PA-NY-MA 6068.9km 08-16 8:00 FRI Nouria Convenience Store, Worcester Crowley Nissan, Hartford Tom Hesser Nissan, Scranton Bald Eagle State Park, Howard, PA 08-17 8:00 SAT Keystone State Park, PA Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburg Baker's Motel, Norwich, OH 08-18 8:26 SUN…

A highly readable quick guide for those who want to make a positive difference to Greater Boston.

ISO/IEC 14496-12:2015(E) has details for MP4 including fragmented MP4 (fMP4) MP4 file is a popular multimedia container format. Many video and audio files are in this format. It should not be confused with the codec method MPEG-4. It is an instance of the more general…

Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is the best choice for what it is designed for - streaming. To the contrary of what it may appear to be, RTSP plays only a small, nevertheless important role in streaming. The bulk of the work is done by…

Android Jeally Bean and later (API Level 16 and above) support MediaCodec thatn can handle H.264 encoded video. There are some samples using this feature. To use MediaCodec display H.264 encode video streamed using RTSP over HTTP: This blog has a good explanation of codec specific data. MediaCodec is…