iFixit Teardowns Near The EEVblog Lab - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2017, 05:24:31 am
content: I didn't know that iFixit did their iPhone teardowns within walking distance of the EEVblog lab!https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7x4wxx/ifixit-iphone-x-teardown-behind-the-scenes

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2017, 05:32:07 am
content: Video or perhaps an Amp-Hour with them?

author: mairo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2017, 07:39:45 pm
content: From the article above:"...a circuit board manufacturer in an office park in suburban Sydney that owns one of Australia's only electronics X-Ray machines..."advertising bullshit, I know myself over half a dozen places that own an x-ray inspection machines in AU

author: chriswebb
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 04, 2017, 07:47:32 pm
content: Quote from: mairo on November 04, 2017, 07:39:45 pmMaybe they mean that they own one of the only electronics x-ray machines produced by Australia? As opposed to other countries?but that statement is a bit bullshit anyway "one of Australia's only" usually one of implies theres more than one which directly contradicts only. So maybe they do mean ones produced by Australia?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2017, 09:29:28 pm
content: Probably the only one who is willing to let the machine be used by outside parties without too much hassle. There might be many machines, but most users of them would be not too keen to have anybody just using it, and would likely also have a lot of hassle in doing so, seeing as this would be interfering with the regular money earning workflow.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2017, 09:41:26 pm
content: Teardown artist? Does that mean I'm a sandwich artist?Nevertheless, pretty cool.

author: Dr. Frank
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2017, 09:53:21 pm
content: And who else, other than ifixit, in fact did invent the teardown?It's him, this crazy Aussi: "Don't turn it on, take it apaaart"

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2017, 01:52:57 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on November 04, 2017, 08:04:26 pmThere's thatonlyin the middle, in a context where it implies singularity. Grammatically it's a mess. Is it "Australia's only electronics X-Ray machine" or is it "one of Australia's  electronics X-Ray machines"?

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2017, 03:34:58 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on November 05, 2017, 03:24:50 amIt would be "one of Australia's few" in that case.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 05, 2017, 03:52:27 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on November 05, 2017, 03:34:58 amWhile that is certainly valid, it is not necessarily the only way to express the idea.This response clearly stated the point:Quote from: blueskull on November 04, 2017, 08:04:26 pmUse of the word "only" was never intended to signify the singular. Although the word is commonly used as such, it has nomandatory associationwith the singular.What it has been used to describe - and quite validly - is thesmall numberof such devices ... typically in comparison with (in this case) other parts of the world.This is pedanticism at its least attractive. Let's not get entangled any further. It does nothing constructive for the discussion.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2017, 04:13:02 am
content: Agreed on the pedantry. There's plenty of worthwhile stuff to discuss.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2017, 10:16:14 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on November 05, 2017, 03:24:50 amAgreed, that sounds fine. That's using only in the same sense as in "No you can't have a doughnut, I have only 3 left and I need those to bribe the policemen". It's just when only stands on its own that it carries a strong implication of singularity, as in the mathematical formalism "if and only if". That's the beauty and curse of the English language, a word can mean many things differentiated only by context. Trust me, the original construction just sounds wrong to a native English speaker, but I can totally get how the subtlety of the usage is difficult to grasp.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2017, 10:33:43 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on November 05, 2017, 04:13:02 amWhatever do you mean Sir? Pedantry is the core, the very lifeblood of the Internet.Sometimes it's pedantry, sometimes it's remembering that we've a lot of non-native English speakers on here and if someone calls "Bullshit!" based on the language of something, sometimes it takes a bit of explaining why someone thinks it sounds like horse-pucky.Given that 99.9999% of native English speakers can perfectly use, but don't really formally understand, their own language this can take time.Personally, I count myself lucky that this forum is in English, not French, German, Spanish or Chinese; I'd be buggered. Sometimes it can be confusing enough when someone's writing in 'merican.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2017, 08:00:33 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 04, 2017, 05:24:31 amYou just gave them out the location of your magic dumpster. Someone may start stealing your teardown materials