It took 35 days, but I got my toilet fixed this morning.

A plumber came by and said my toilet was leaking into the apartment below.

As he worked, I thought back to five weeks ago. I submitted an online "maintenance request to stop the water from running in my toilet nonstop. In the meantime," I added, "I have shut the water off halfway."
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Management called me immediately (within 15 minutes). I also called management to remind them of my request a week later. A one-week wait turned into three, and three weeks into five.

At least it did for my request.

I called management a few hours after the plumber left. The representative said she found out yesterday about the leak he fixed today.

The lack of follow-through to my requests started with my first one -- for management to review surveillance footage of mail theft. Ultimately, I was in the middle of 21 days of no mail received. And ultimately, I received no confirmation; negation; or declination to that request. Or two more similar ones.

My maintenance request was ironic, because I opted for a plumber on my own dime a few days before. He arrived the next day, after 6 p.m., but found no parking downtown to keep him close to the tools in his truck.

I was hiring him because the submission form on the apartment manager's site generated error messages. The voice mail, on the other hand, said to call back during the workweek.

My first year as tenant, the building underwent three management companies -- including the owning company now. Regardless of future management, I notified the owning company two weeks ago that I won't renew a third year.

P.S.  The plumber had great customer service. He didn't bang on the door. He waited for me to answer. He apologized for waking me up. (And I had a long night completing two weeks of manual data backup.) He asked if he should knock when returning. And he asked if I wanted him to lock the door when leaving.​

Related: Alert, II
​Related: Alert
​Related: "Race for Profit" (2020)
Related: New Management (2019)

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Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, tweeted that Natanz expected uranium enriched to 60% in a week. 

That was in April. 

Recall that the International Atomic Energy Agency cited only 4.5% purity at Natanz less than a year ago. (Weapons-grade uranium has 90% purity, by the way.) Tehran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Gharibabadi's tweet noted uranium enriched to 60% "will improve significantly... the quality and quantity of radiopharmaceutical products." [Emphasis mine.]
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USP describes itself as a scientific nonprofit that works for the global availability of safe and useful medicine. It notes the use of radiopharmaceuticals (radioactive drugs) in medical treatment, therapy, and diagnoses.

On the question of nuclear weapons, nine confirmed nations have them, including Iran's nemeses the United States and Israel. I don't support nuclear weapons for any nation. Nor do I support the ambition to develop them. In Dark Cities, geopolitical scientist Daniel Deudney describes the human death toll if one were deployed: 
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"One nuclear weapon, an object roughly the size of a... household refrigerator, can obliterate a large city and kill millions of people." 

Altogether, Russia and the United States have more than 11,000 of these refrigerators.
I'm not sure if Iran has nuclear ambitions. However, I'm wary until I get more perspective. For instance:

What's the average level of enrichment of radiopharmaceuticals? And if 60% purity will enhance "significantly" its radiopharmaceuticals, why then did Iran sacrifice production to just 4 percent (3.67) under the nuclear deal?

A comment on "Iran Hopes to Get 60% Uranium Next Week, Envoy in Vienna Says"  (G. Arancibia).​

Related: "Cybersecurity and Cyberwar" (2020)
Related: International Law
Related: "The Incendiaries" (2019)
Related: Global Recession (2020)

My husband and I have been the subject of repeat and persistent mail theft for 13 months. There's no indication that the other tenants have been subjected to such theft. The building has only 10 residential units -- half of them occupied. It's also equipped with video surveillance. The residence is <Redacted> | Harrisburg, PA | XXXXX. Known incidents and categories of mail are as follows:

Sometime between April 27, 2020 and April 28, 2020 (Tuesday)
Before 9 a.m. on April 28

• U.S. Treasury

February 19, 2021 to March 10, 2021 (Daily)

• IRS
• USPS
• PA Revenue Department
• Banking
• Insurance
• Nonprofit organizations
• Political Party
• Library
• Legal
• Etc.

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​OneTrust Certified Privacy Professional

... I don't believe it's a violation of data privacy. ... IP addresses are assigned to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and large networks -- not individuals like you and me. They, in turn, grant us these addresses so we can get online. However, IP addresses aren't unique to our computers or mobile phones. The address changes when we use a different network, such as an internet cafe; a university; or a workplace.​

A reply to a response in "Looking up IP Addresses" (coursera.org).

Related: "Cybersecurity and Cyberwar" (2020)
Related: OneTrust Privacy Professional (Notes)
Related: "Weapons of Math Destruction" (2020)
Related: Digital Divide

[IPv4] may limit new Web-based services (i.e. SaaS, PaaS, and email) available to current Netizens, businesses, and governments. That might drive up the prices of these services and discourage innovation among their providers. I think it also limits new Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and new, localized resources (i.e. online bulletins and provincial government websites) for future Netizens in rural and remote communities. By comparison, limitless IP addresses can extend opportunities for communication, competition, and development to millions more people.​

A response to "Limits of the Internet" (coursera.org).

Related: Satellite Constellations (2021)
Related: "Cybersecurity and Cyberwar" (2020)
Related: "Permanent Record" (2020)
Related: Computer Networking, 2 (Notes)