Kortuk

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♦ Community moderator on Electrical Engineering.

I have three years of experience at a small start-up company which I would not suggest to everyone, but for those willing to teach themselves, it is an excellent opportunity.

I currently work in medical proton therapy as a systems engineer. Both the details of a functioning particle accelerator and the beam physics I work with keep me interested in the day to day of my job.

I am also currently pursuing a masters degree in electrical engineering.

I do not speak on behalf of my company, all views I express are my own.

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Nov 26	awarded	Caucus
Sep 22	awarded	Yearling
Sep 11	comment	Although I was told to charge my Android device before first use, it was already charged. Have I been given a phone rejected by someone else? Standard for giving the batteries best life is 40% charge during storage, so often a charge of 40% is kept on the batteries until you receive them.
Jun 8	awarded	Constituent
Jun 8	awarded	Caucus
Nov 14	comment	How does the GPS work on Android phones? @Doliveras, I may be mistaken, but you do not need to pay a subscription on the design side either to use the GPS satellites. I have worked with GPS before and even worked on our own receivers and there was not such cost.
Oct 13	awarded	Enlightened
Oct 13	awarded	Nice Answer
Sep 23	awarded	Yearling
Feb 10	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Feb 8	awarded	Nice Answer
Jan 26	comment	Blocks all calls not going through Google Voice? I would be interested in the same thing, but for text messages.
Jan 24	comment	Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? @jeffAtwood, No offense was taken, and now that it is community wiki you lost the rep! I will try to drop in and edit it tomorrow if time permits.
Jan 23	comment	Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? @JeffAtwood, I have seen battery monitors that need this to stay 100% accurate, but it is a trade-off between battery life and knowing exactly charge left. Most people will chose to know their charge left, I just suggest that you note to people that this does age the battery significantly. You are not wrong, I just think it needs a disclaimer.
Jan 23	comment	Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? @JeffAtwood, yes I do, my answer about charging cellphones elsewhere on this site discusses it. Also, to link directly to a source, scroll down to the bottom and read the "Simple Guidlines". I have also worked with lithium batteries a lot in a professional capacity at the last start-up I worked at, and these sources are backing for me, not the source of my knowledge.
Jan 23	comment	Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone? @jeff, I have never seen an answer from you off of meta, but I must add a comment, "Although constant charging cannot hurt, it looks like you may want to periodically run the battery all the way down so the digital circuits can correctly calibrate:" is not good advice. This strains the battery, if your charging circuit has a light error on showing how much charge you have left is a minor detail, but stressing your battery can cause problems.
Dec 17	revised	Do I have to charge my phone before I use it the first time? added a plugged in all the time answer.
Dec 14	comment	Do any phones other than the Samsung S have gyroscope capabilities? so the iphone4 is 2.3 compliant, awesome.
Dec 14	comment	Do any phones other than the Samsung S have gyroscope capabilities? You actually need a gyroscope and an accellerometer to fully sense motion.
Nov 28	comment	What's the differences between the different processors available in the current lineup of devices? You cannot assume they are all 1GHz. Some processors run at 1GHz and have a 5 stage pipeline with wait states. Another might run at 800MHz and have a 5 stage pipeline with operand forwarding, removing wait states, giving it an advantage in certain cases, not in others. If they both had 1GHz then the comparison would be that the one without wait states is always better.