#general-chat | adafruit | Page 177

dusk oracle Jul 24, 2021, 8:33 PM

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https://hackaday.com/2021/07/23/arm-researchers-announce-the-plasticarm/

Hackaday

Chris Lott

If the Cortex family of embedded microprocessors aren’t flexible enough for your designs, an article published this week (click here for the PDF version) in the journal Nature might be of int…

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truly were in a amazing era for tech

late fulcrum Jul 24, 2021, 9:41 PM

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If they can get the speed up to 32kHz and add some registers (both seem feasible), that could be pretty useful.

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On the other hand, it can't be that expensive to put a CPU on silicon, there are some truly cheap CPUs out there like the PMS150C at 3 cents apiece

zealous ermine Jul 24, 2021, 10:14 PM

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Turns out my motorcycle repair adventures aren't over yet

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The oil filter plug started leaking again :(

tardy badger Jul 24, 2021, 10:15 PM

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If you viewed Catholic Church goers as military members, the Vatican would have the largest occupying force of any country in the world

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Lol

tardy badger Jul 24, 2021, 10:16 PM

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zealous ermine The oil filter plug started leaking again :(

Nooooo

zealous ermine Jul 24, 2021, 10:17 PM

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Yeah i think i know why

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It was fine at first, then i had to take it off to adjust the oil filter

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So the o-ring seal got compressed and didnt mate to the sealing surface after i re installed it

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Plus i found a sizeable dent on it

tardy badger Jul 24, 2021, 10:18 PM

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Oh no

zealous ermine Jul 24, 2021, 10:19 PM

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Yeah its not ideal

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The threads on the engine block look good though. The first few are a bit chewed up but the rest look excellent

late fulcrum Jul 24, 2021, 10:27 PM

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Sometimes a few wraps of teflon tape helps

delicate stream Jul 24, 2021, 10:38 PM

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Just use Flex Tape, that'll fix anything

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https://tenor.com/view/flex-tape-flextape-gif-9341697

Tenor

real falcon Jul 24, 2021, 10:50 PM

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flex tape and bailing wire to make a boat heh

delicate stream Jul 24, 2021, 10:50 PM

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Might be able to make it entirely out of flex tape

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Just need a few layers

real falcon Jul 24, 2021, 10:52 PM

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15 usd for 5 feet x 4 inch wide

delicate stream Jul 24, 2021, 10:52 PM

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That's a small boat

real falcon Jul 24, 2021, 10:53 PM

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so that boat thing look like they taped both sides. thats $30 repair for that boat heh

delicate stream Jul 24, 2021, 10:54 PM

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Better than hundreds to buy a new boat!

median viper Jul 24, 2021, 10:55 PM

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tardy badger If you viewed Catholic Church goers as military members, the Vatican would have ...

Sooo off topic lol

tardy badger Jul 24, 2021, 10:55 PM

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It was a funny thought I had reading about how the Vatican made huge disclosures about their finances

median viper Jul 24, 2021, 10:56 PM

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tardy badger It was a funny thought I had reading about how the Vatican made huge disclosures...

I will go read

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“Only 14% of its properties in Italy were rented at market prices, while the rest were rented at reduced prices, many of them to employees of the church. About 40% were institutional buildings, such as schools, convents, and hospitals.”

tardy badger Jul 24, 2021, 10:59 PM

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I just think about how the Vatican has more influence than any single person on the planet

median viper Jul 24, 2021, 11:02 PM

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@tardy badger According to the teachers in my personal religion (I have a personal religion). The Vatican is becoming or is the “one world religion” spoken of in the apocalypse and while my cousin is a devout Catholic I think he relies on the priests too much where I think for myself.

delicate stream Jul 24, 2021, 11:03 PM

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I wonder if Taco Tuesday is popular in Australia

tardy badger Jul 24, 2021, 11:03 PM

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delicate stream I wonder if Taco Tuesday is popular in Australia

Good question

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Maybe some of our Australian folks could answer that lol

delicate stream Jul 24, 2021, 11:04 PM

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I dunno who's from down under other than Xenia, lol

tardy badger Jul 24, 2021, 11:05 PM

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median viper <@728676724522352733> According to the teachers in my personal religion (I have ...

Yeah, I’ll probably just end the conversation there so we don’t get too deep and go against community guidelines. But feel free to DM me if you want to discuss further

median viper Jul 24, 2021, 11:05 PM

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Oh I have no need to say anything further lol

hasty quarry Jul 24, 2021, 11:57 PM

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https://youtu.be/s50vvwTystA

YouTube

Lee Walters

Cute Lamb Needs Attention

Cute lamb needs attention,
Normally they run around and play. But This one stopped and wanted me to pet him for some time..
So i did 😂

Instagram- leewalters35

▶ Play video

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 12:41 AM

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I wonder if I'm allergic to lambs...

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 1:22 AM

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A bit of mint sauce should fix that..

orchid zephyr Jul 25, 2021, 1:26 AM

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could I perhaps use a gearbox to use my cnc wood router as a steel mill?

late fulcrum Jul 25, 2021, 1:27 AM

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Presumably the frame isn't rigid enough for the forces involved, so it might not give very good accuracy.

orchid zephyr Jul 25, 2021, 1:27 AM

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One sec

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It’s not mine, but I’m allowed to use it so I don’t want to damage it.

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sick adder Jul 25, 2021, 1:39 AM

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https://github.com/Athari/CssGitHubWindows

GitHub

GitHub - Athari/CssGitHubWindows: (UserStyle) GitHub Windows Editio...

(UserStyle) GitHub Windows Edition [MIT]. Contribute to Athari/CssGitHubWindows development by creating an account on GitHub.

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Athari/CssGitHubWindows/master/Images/Screenshots/YaLinqo.png

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 2:33 AM

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hasty quarry https://youtu.be/s50vvwTystA

This is so cute.

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 2:43 AM

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I ordered my Pi screen with the case

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To build a Pi touchpad

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Should be here Thursday

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 2:45 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/party-parrot-parrot-jump-gif-20376226

Tenor

dull mirage Jul 25, 2021, 2:45 AM

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the post dance! :3

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 2:57 AM

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tardy badger I just think about how the Vatican has more influence than any single person on ...

I liked my classes in school about Jesus and etc... It was pretty nice. I only took good grades about this (I have tosurelly check. Like 97% of assurance). I still remember the good smell of my clothes, the feeling of being there in school. Pretty great.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 2:58 AM

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I’m not really talking about the religious aspects of Catholicism, just the raw numbers of followers and social and potential political influence

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There’s 1.3 billion Catholics in the world

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The Vatican wields more influence than the CCP

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Not to mentioned the influence over Lutheran followers and some Protestants. Their influence is greater than any single person in the world

late fulcrum Jul 25, 2021, 3:01 AM

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There are lots of institutions with more influence than any single person

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:02 AM

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Lots and lots

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:02 AM

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I was just saying the one at the top is the Vatican

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Not from a religious standpoint

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Just raw influence, reach, monetary resources

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:05 AM

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I think some institutions uses their speach every week.

late fulcrum Jul 25, 2021, 3:05 AM

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Not the Illuminati?

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:06 AM

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They put in the YouTube channel a subject and churches talks about the same thing as they did.

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I checked.

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I wached Vatican videos in the past.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:06 AM

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late fulcrum Not the Illuminati?

I mean obviously they control all, but from the shadows, so they don't count

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:06 AM

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late fulcrum Not the Illuminati?

I imagine the Vatican has a lot to do with the Illuminati

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:06 AM

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tardy badger Just raw influence, reach, monetary resources

China?

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:06 AM

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And the church I went talked the same subject as they did.

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...

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It was not a coincidence.

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My city is small and "unimportant"

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And we are nowhere.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:08 AM

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delicate stream China?

Nah, China deals with upheaval and foreign thought all the time. Plus look at what’s happening with China tech right now

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:08 AM

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tardy badger Nah, China deals with upheaval and foreign thought all the time. Plus look at wh...

hmmmm

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:08 AM

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jovial path And the church I went talked the same subject as they did.

I do not go to this church anymore.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:09 AM

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I need to find a good online or hybrid church 'cuz I don't think I'm going to be comfortable with in-person services for a long while

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:09 AM

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The rise of nationalism too around the world has weakened China’s appeal as well

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:19 AM

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tardy badger The rise of nationalism too around the world has weakened China’s appeal as well

I do not like companies monopoly. It is undesirable.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:20 AM

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Nationalism isn’t necessarily promoting monopolies, it’s this idea that you promote and favor manufacturing and product design/development in your own country vs off shoring

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It promotes the love of a strong national identity usually at the expense of people who are not from that country

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:21 AM

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tardy badger Nationalism isn’t necessarily promoting monopolies, it’s this idea that you prom...

I am not saying Nationalist is promoting monopolies. But China can be or can not.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:21 AM

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China does want things consolidated but there is a reason for this

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They are a collectivist society, and for a long time there has been a lot of effort put into promoting “one China” this idea that they all share the same identity

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:22 AM

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tardy badger It promotes the love of a strong national identity usually at the expense of peo...

Sounds like communism.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:23 AM

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Resistance is futile!

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:23 AM

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Nah, communism is different than collectivism

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:23 AM

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jovial path Sounds like communism.

False equivalence

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:23 AM

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tardy badger Nah, communism is different than collectivism

National coletivism sounds like communism.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:23 AM

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Nope

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:23 AM

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It’s not the same

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:24 AM

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Not even close.

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:24 AM

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We learnt from different books.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:24 AM

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China while it has a “communist party” is an Autocratic Collectivist society

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:24 AM

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blissful roost Not even close.

Several dozen parsecs away from each other at least

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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And that distinction is important

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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I do not like communism.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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Communism isn’t inherently bad

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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But, but... Communism Bad!

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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But the way you say looks like communism.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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Nope

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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The Amish for instance are theocratic communist

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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Again, false equivalence.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:25 AM

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The do everything for the good of the community but they value individuality and their faith

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:26 AM

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tardy badger The do everything for the good of the community but they value individuality and...

Communism?

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:26 AM

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Actual communism would be like that.

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:26 AM

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...

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:26 AM

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Not fascism, which seems more like what you're thinking of.

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

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Never read this worked in real life in any government.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

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Because no-one ever did.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

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Right, Autocracy and Fascism get confused for Socialism and Communism but they are not the same

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

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Indeed

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

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Somebody always gets greedy and it falls apart

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

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And there's never been a Communist State.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:27 AM

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The Soviet Union was an oligarchy

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:28 AM

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Still is..

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:28 AM

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Yup lol

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:28 AM

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Underground

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:29 AM

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But anyway, our world has become sensitive to things because we were told what things were without actually getting a chance to decide for ourselves

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:29 AM

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It is nice how old Greece influenced everyone with their democracy.

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Pretty great.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:29 AM

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Of course.. Joe Bloggs doesn't have any actual choice.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:30 AM

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Democracy is a fun topic too because it’s mob rule at the end of the day

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:30 AM

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I made the choice to get the CircuitPython Purple USB-C cables and do not regret it

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:30 AM

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Ohhh they have those

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:30 AM

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Yiss!

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:30 AM

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I have a nice lime green usb c cable

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:30 AM

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jovial path It is nice how old Greece influenced everyone with their democracy.

They were very smart...

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:30 AM

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http://adafru.it/5044

Pink and Purple Woven USB A to USB C Cable - 2 meters long

This cable is not only super-fashionable, with a woven pink and purple Blinka-like pattern, it's also made for USB C for our modernized breakout boards, Feathers and more. If you ...

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:31 AM

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I’ll need to order one… or ten

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:31 AM

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Soooo good feeling on the weave

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I started with 2, lol

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And it has aluminium on the ends

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:31 AM

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jovial path They were very smart...

Greece was far from a great example and in fact much of what’s taught in schools is not even close to what actually happened

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:31 AM

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Imagine if the US was a full democracy

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:32 AM

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Gosh that sounds deadly

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:32 AM

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Yeah

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:32 AM

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tardy badger Greece was far from a great example and in fact much of what’s taught in schools...

If it is not languages and STEM it is pretty much 95% of what we learnt. Acually let me correct. "Even close" is too strong to what I wrote.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:33 AM

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Consider education to be a formulated set of instructions to promote national identity and minimize the ability to freely seek

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Even college and university is very much like this

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It’s not always bad

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:35 AM

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tardy badger Consider education to be a formulated set of instructions to promote national id...

I don't think you were educated in school to think like this.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:35 AM

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I didn’t do well in school

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:35 AM

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For me it is a divergent thinking.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:35 AM

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Schools are intended to produce obedient workers.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:36 AM

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I didn’t particularly like the US public education as system because they gave you enough information to have an ideal but not enough to be able to make a good decisions on the information but still forced you to have a view point on it regardless

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:36 AM

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For me schools are one of the best things in life.

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If not the best.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:37 AM

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blissful roost Schools are intended to produce obedient workers.

And to such ends, the school year gets longer, hours get closer to regular work hours, and childhood begins to evaporate...

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:37 AM

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One of my teachers described me as "the least compliant student ever!" and "an absolute pleasure to do battle with". 😂

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:38 AM

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tardy badger I didn’t particularly like the US public education as system because they gave y...

They also teach you a craptonne of history [and while history is important, it can be learned in less detail in many places] but don't touch on important modern daily things like how to do taxes and bills and y'know, generally take care of yourself when you finish college

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:38 AM

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delicate stream They also teach you a craptonne of history [and while history is important, it c...

Yeah, completely agree

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:38 AM

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Thankfully, my father taught me all the useful things.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:39 AM

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Honestly I feel like most of school was a waste of time

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:39 AM

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If you fit into the mold of the education system you will really like it

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:40 AM

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blissful roost Thankfully, my father taught me all the useful things.

They always do. Learn the good things from your father and your mother!

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:40 AM

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I never liked school or university

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It was a necessary evil for me

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And it’s a necessary evil for a lot of people. Mostly because the education system at least in the US is rigged towards preparing students for an economy and social economic system that just doesn’t exist anymore

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:42 AM

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I have severe test anxiety and had a lot of issues in school, despite knowing the material... I hated school

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:43 AM

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I have kids and I dread their experience in public schools

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My son starts in the public schools this year, next month actually

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:43 AM

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I might consider home schooling if I have get to have kids...

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:44 AM

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I wish I had the resources to home school

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:44 AM

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I wouldn't let kids near public school here

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Private schools often aren't totally safe -- I went to a Roman Catholic school and a private Lutheran school, and a Roman Catholic high school, and bullying was a problem in all of them

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The Lutheran school wasn't as bad... it was tiny, so I only had 12 people to worry about instead of 40 in my class

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:46 AM

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My son has a speech impediment and can’t talk very clearly even after 2 years of speech therapy so I feel like he’s going to get bullied

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:46 AM

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Glad my parents didn't push religion

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:46 AM

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Ugh, that's the worst... It sucks you can't be there and like,
brats that make fun of him

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I don't think there's really much to be done to prevent bullying, at least not completely... but how you care for the emotional wounds bullying creates is probably the best thing you can do when it happens

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:49 AM

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blissful roost Glad my parents didn't push religion

They knew what is better for you for sure.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:50 AM

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Yes.

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My family has never been overly religious anyway.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:50 AM

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Parents who are hyper-strict and forceful about anything are scary

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:51 AM

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My wife was a "subscribed" Christian.. if that's an appropriate term.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:51 AM

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?

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:51 AM

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My parents were/are

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:51 AM

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She still believes in God, but she's not committed to the dogma.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:51 AM

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Ah

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If she doesn't subscribe to a particular denomination, then she's a nondenominational Christian

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Well, if she follows the Bible at all

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:52 AM

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That's probably the right term.

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She has a lot of problems with the Bible.. especially the parts about slavery.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 AM

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If she doesn't believe in the Bible but just in God in general, I guess she's a theist?

dusk oracle Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 AM

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i recently got called and labeled a incel on another server.
And it shocked me to read up and find where ever they got this dolar store idea was the most inaccurate description of me I have ever seen.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 AM

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Ohh, I've been called a "Chad" before.. 😂

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 AM

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I've been called many things

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 AM

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Same

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 AM

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Oh, same.

dusk oracle Jul 25, 2021, 3:54 AM

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Here i am, a calm engineer with knowledge and i'm suddenly a incel

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just confusing

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:55 AM

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Sometimes you do nothing and then you're a target because you're not agreeing

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:55 AM

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It happens. I was in the middle of my computer engineering and got roasted by EEs for not knowing how to do something I was trying to learn how to do

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Then I found this community

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:56 AM

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The other day I was just walking with my headphones on and these girls basically verbally assaulted me

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:56 AM

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tardy badger It happens. I was in the middle of my computer engineering and got roasted by EE...

-> professors and tutors. Office hours and tutoring.

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Do not ask help to students.

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It is a waste of time.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:57 AM

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Asking professors/tutors for help?

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:57 AM

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Sometimes fellow students can and will help you, but some people are just doodooheads

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:57 AM

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I tutored for Circuit Analysis while I’m school

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:58 AM

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delicate stream Sometimes fellow students can and will help you, but some people are just doodoo...

This uncertainty is like the opposity of good.

dusk oracle Jul 25, 2021, 3:58 AM

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delicate stream Sometimes you do nothing and then you're a target because you're not agreeing

so true, especially when you present facts no one comprehend or have

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:58 AM

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jovial path This uncertainty is like the opposity of good.

It is a risk no one should take.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:58 AM

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I did a lot of helping in school

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:58 AM

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And most of what I was trying to do my professors deferred me to grad students and online forums because they hadn’t done it in years

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:58 AM

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Gotta love when the professors can't help you with what they're teaching...

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 3:59 AM

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Well, in undergrad they don’t teach you PCB design and circuit design in general

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That stuff is saved for grad school and industry

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:59 AM

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I wish I had actually been taught

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 3:59 AM

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tardy badger And most of what I was trying to do my professors deferred me to grad students a...

You nedded to write a lot of precise questions, this obligates then to answer.

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Like, go prepared.

dusk oracle Jul 25, 2021, 3:59 AM

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my one teacher hated me, said i have crazy idea's and made fun of me, end of the school term i was the only one to pass.

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🤣

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:00 AM

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jovial path You nedded to write a lot of precise questions, this obligates then to answer.

With very very small details.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:00 AM

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dusk oracle my one teacher hated me, said i have crazy idea's and made fun of me, end of the...

how the tables have turned

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:00 AM

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Never go to office hours without anything in hands or unprepared.

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Professors hates this.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 4:00 AM

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I was more than prepared with what I was trying to do, my professors simply didn’t have the knowledge to give me and they conceded this

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 4:00 AM

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dusk oracle Here i am, a calm engineer with knowledge and i'm suddenly a incel

Ohh, being called a "Chad" was in response to me simply being married...

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:01 AM

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I had a few professors who had open office hours and you could just come hang out and ask random questions and it was whatever

dusk oracle Jul 25, 2021, 4:01 AM

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blissful roost Ohh, being called a "Chad" was in response to me simply being married...

depends on the context

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 4:01 AM

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Professors won’t know everything and you have good professors if they concede to not having all the answers

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 4:01 AM

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dusk oracle depends on the context

I am a "traitor", and a "slave" to the p*** 😂

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So, yeah... Toxic AF.

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Banhammers r gud.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 4:02 AM

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And the funny thing is, many of the professors I went to for answered said they would one day love for me to show them how to do what I learned

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:02 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/ban-hammer-cinzou-ban-banido-look-gif-17786909

Tenor

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 4:02 AM

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Donkings. 👍

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:03 AM

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I haven't banned anyone in a while

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 4:03 AM

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I need to cook bacon tomorrow.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:03 AM

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I want bacon

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 4:03 AM

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❤️❤️❤️🥓

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:03 AM

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tardy badger And the funny thing is, many of the professors I went to for answered said they ...

This professor didn't went to school?

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Probabily not.

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Or had no parents or anything similar to this.

blissful roost Jul 25, 2021, 4:04 AM

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I have back bacon, bagels, cream cheese and apple sauce.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 4:04 AM

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They were Ph.Ds

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:04 AM

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jovial path This professor didn't went to school?

Or they just... didn't learn that particular thing? Nobody can learn everything

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:04 AM

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tardy badger They were Ph.Ds

This is not a good shield to me.

dusk oracle Jul 25, 2021, 4:04 AM

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blissful roost I am a "traitor", and a "slave" to the p*** 😂

i'm nothing like that

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:05 AM

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delicate stream Or they just... didn't learn that particular thing? Nobody can learn *everything...

The professor offended him to ask questions. This is very bad.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 4:05 AM

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Ph.ds are focused in their studies it’s impossible for them to have all the answers

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:05 AM

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jovial path The professor offended him to ask questions. This is very bad.

He said they wanted him to teach them what he learned when he did find the answer to the question they couldn't answer, which doesn't mean they didn't go to school or something

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 4:06 AM

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Menial tasks like PCB design most professors delegate to grad students

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:06 AM

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tardy badger And the funny thing is, many of the professors I went to for answered said they ...

What does this love means in this context?

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 4:06 AM

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“Love” in this context means they would be delighted

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:07 AM

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I see. I completelly misunderstood. I tought you wrote a non grammatically correct phrase and you tried to write a very bad thing your professor said

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:08 AM

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~~grammatically incorrect~~

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:09 AM

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Wait. I tought he wrote a non grammatically correct text.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:10 AM

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Nope, he was grammatically correct

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:10 AM

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tardy badger And the funny thing is, many of the professors I went to for answered said they ...

Here, like a very unapropriate thing to a professor say with the word "love"

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Sorry @tardy badger your professors did go to school and did have parents.

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I misunderstood the text.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:11 AM

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The focus of "love" was on the idea of being taught the answer to his question

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:11 AM

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I tought the professor offended you deeply

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:13 AM

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I mean, a professor could say they love you and you could be not offended by that, lol

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Particularly if it's in a platonic context

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:13 AM

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delicate stream I mean, a professor could say they love you and you could be not offended by tha...

... It was not this type of love and I am afraid I can not talk about this.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:14 AM

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I know what you mean, I just dunno why your brain went there, lol

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:14 AM

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Sometimes when you speak other languages you force phrases to make sense to you.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 4:14 AM

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Fair

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Communication hard

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Waaaay past my bedtime, need sleep... night kids

jovial path Jul 25, 2021, 4:15 AM

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jovial path Sometimes when you speak other languages you force phrases to make sense to you.

When they are not well organized, with slangs, etc... This happens a lot.

honest jolt Jul 25, 2021, 1:30 PM

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Haha thanks all
Also the power buses are running at 5v cause all the devices are powered by 5v but the esp32 pins are only 3.3v
So all it takes is one wrong pin connection and sparky goes the esp32

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:48 PM

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Remember when to use a credit card, the cashier would put it on a thing and go KURCHNK and write stuff down?

scenic oak Jul 25, 2021, 3:51 PM

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oh, the joy of the dark ages.

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:51 PM

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lol

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I kinda miss that sound

scenic oak Jul 25, 2021, 3:52 PM

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much less secure though

ancient kindle Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 PM

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I mean yeah

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you're literally writing down the entire card

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in plain ink

delicate stream Jul 25, 2021, 3:53 PM

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Yeah, no idea if the card is valid until later, lol

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:26 PM

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@tardy badger my schools have no circuit design I have a degree in computer science knew nothing about electricity I took automotive classes to learn about electricity

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I am T-TEN certified with Toyota now

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:27 PM

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My program was computer engineering so I took circuit analysis and whatnot but circuit analysis doesn’t tell you what you need to know about circuit design

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I was told if you wanted to learn circuit design, you either learn in industry or in grad school

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So I learned on my own outside of industry and whatnot

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:28 PM

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Now I am back at it in the computer science department again

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I am learning computer science

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Doing artificial intelligence

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:28 PM

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I do embedded software engineering and whatnot

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Mostly developing stuff around Linux installers

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:28 PM

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There are no “jobs” where I live lol for jr developers

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I don’t care

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:29 PM

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Apply for remote jobs?

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:29 PM

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The only place you will work on the computers for is farm and automobiles

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Yeah I did a test for sales force the other day but I ran out of time and they ghosted me

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I don’t care

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:30 PM

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Ive had recruiters reach out to me a lot lately but most end up ghosting me when I ask about salary range before wasting my time applying

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:30 PM

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I am getting data science AI engineering certificates through department of labor

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And Nc state through US government grant

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:30 PM

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Nice, AI and data science are good fields

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:31 PM

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Yeah it’s cool

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I am going to try to use algorithms for my open source electronics

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But I don’t sit there and go crazy making stuff like you guys I like better kits

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:32 PM

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Nice, algorithms are a lot less common in practice than I thought they would be

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:32 PM

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Algorithms can solve a lot of problem

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:32 PM

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Sure

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:32 PM

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I used algorithms even working at the tire store for unloading the truck

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I use it for work lol

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:33 PM

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I’m just saying in practice the algorithms they stress in school are far less common than they make it out to be

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:33 PM

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Unless you have a FAANG interview

polar bloom Jul 25, 2021, 8:33 PM

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Not really. You just don't have to implement them yourself.

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:33 PM

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Divide and conquer for example

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Like store stocking shelves working at stores

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Use algorithms

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:34 PM

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polar bloom Not really. You just don't have to implement them yourself.

I mean, my team and I have been using Dijkstra’s recently

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:34 PM

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What are you doing with dijsktra

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:34 PM

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But we are forbidden from using recursive algorithms in our work

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Network topology stuff

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:35 PM

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Oh to lower routes by time?

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:35 PM

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Sort of

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:35 PM

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What is your edge weight

polar bloom Jul 25, 2021, 8:36 PM

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It depends a little bit on how niche you go. The more niche, the more algorithm stuff.

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:36 PM

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I can’t really talk too much about it, just high levels for this isn’t because I don’t understand it, it’s just the nature of my job and what we do

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:36 PM

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Algorithms are great for robots

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I think I am going to make an orchard

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I will try to build robots and use data for my orchard

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:38 PM

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That would be cool

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:39 PM

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Because hiring workers in a pain in the butt and I don’t want to pick an entire orchard myself

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Fruit picking and fruit packing

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Counts per treee average sizes

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Up in Michigan though probably do apples

tardy badger Jul 25, 2021, 8:42 PM

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Nice

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I want to have some land and a bunch of fruit trees one day

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 8:43 PM

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My dad doesn’t want to deal with animals

median viper Jul 25, 2021, 11:23 PM

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O.o he lecturing on evolutionary algorithms

jovial path Jul 26, 2021, 1:35 AM

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I made a project to show in a display data from a SD card.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 1:38 AM

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Mmmm, Nokia 5110 screen...

jovial path Jul 26, 2021, 1:40 AM

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Yes.

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 1:43 AM

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I got one of those for a project.. still not powered it up. Lol

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 1:45 AM

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I have one I got like... 15 years ago from Sparkfun? Never actually used it in a project, lol

jovial path Jul 26, 2021, 1:46 AM

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In the BAJA SAE project I worked, we were working in a project to save the position of the car in a SD card.

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In real time, but this wasn't my job there, I worked in the velocimeter, Android App, fuel sensors, website, speech to kids from schools, I also worked doing mechanical jobs, like help with iron parts, mechanical engineering devices, etc...

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 1:53 AM

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I should use one for my Arduino fan controller.

lusty axle Jul 26, 2021, 2:26 AM

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so the adafruit blog had an article a while back about bypassing firmware protection on apple airtags

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https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/05/09/airtag-hacked-and-reprogrammed-by-security-researcher-ghidraninja/

Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

AirTag hacked and reprogrammed by security researcher @ghidraninja

AirTag hacked and reprogrammed by security researcher | AppleInsider – German security researcher “stacksmashing” revealed on Twitter that they were able to “break…

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Anybody tried it yet? I gave it a shot and am pretty sure I have it working! But this is kinda my first foray into reverse engineering

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a really cool project to learn about hardware security though, I can't believe it works!

slim shard Jul 26, 2021, 4:42 AM

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macropad is going up in price about as fast as bitcoin

burnt tendon Jul 26, 2021, 5:23 AM

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Clearly a macro-economic problem.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 11:43 AM

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burnt tendon Clearly a macro-economic problem.

I'm not sure if I should be mad or impressed

burnt tendon Jul 26, 2021, 3:44 PM

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I mean, both can coexist

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 3:46 PM

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shakes fist angerly and nods approvingly

scenic oak Jul 26, 2021, 4:04 PM

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oh hey, Microchip seems to have bumped up the timeframe for my entire order

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I was looking at getting some next week, and some in April

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 4:05 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/hopping-jumping-bird-parrot-funny-animal-gif-14834517

Tenor

scenic oak Jul 26, 2021, 4:06 PM

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getting 'em all next week now

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 4:18 PM

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Yeet!

tardy badger Jul 26, 2021, 4:29 PM

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Niceeeee

burnt tendon Jul 26, 2021, 4:31 PM

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I suspect the panic buying and panic-related not-buying is doing a real number on their lead time and stocking algorythms.

jovial path Jul 26, 2021, 4:46 PM

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I wish they sell this calculator. I want it so much... But I can not have everything....

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 4:54 PM

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HP calculators are still sold, but not the classic ones like that. Swiss Micro also offers some very nice HP clones.

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 5:03 PM

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Ok, the mfr website does have a "spare parts" page that includes that stand on its own. Given that Amazon is their USA distributor, I asked if they're able to make a separate Amazon product for the stand, we'll see what they say.

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But dang, their most basic soldering iron is a 60W, temperature controlled iron that is pretty well rated. It looks more convenient than my $20 BEST-102C, since the on/off switch and temp controls are right on the pen rather than in the middle of the power cord. That iron plus the stand are currently going for $11.89.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:21 PM

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looks at USB soldering iron and wet napkin "soldering kit"

static flare Jul 26, 2021, 5:28 PM

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Honestly I think a USB soldering iron sounds cool

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:28 PM

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Very handy

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But only 8W

static flare Jul 26, 2021, 5:28 PM

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I have a very bulky setup, I kinda want to get one with a battery for portability

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:29 PM

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Portability good

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I have a little lunchbox that's my emergency electronics "medkit"

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 5:32 PM

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You can get a stand on its own from AdaFruit, but not as cheap (in either sense of the word): https://www.adafruit.com/product/150

Soldering iron stand

A real stand with sponge and solidly-built sheet metal holder prevents your iron from 'rolling away' or burning a hole in the table. If you're starting out and have a 'pen ...

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I ended up buying this one, which holds the solder and the iron: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1154

Deluxe Solder Stand with Solder Roll Holder

This is such a sweet soldering stand, we had to carry it in the shop. It comes with a nice heavy metal frame, a double-wrapped soldering iron tube to keep your hands safe, a removable sponge ...

static flare Jul 26, 2021, 5:34 PM

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I bought the solder roll holder version (just the solder) and it's been terribly useful, would buy again

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 5:36 PM

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late fulcrum You can get a stand on its own from AdaFruit, but not as cheap (in either sense ...

That is the one I have, and I think the fact that it does not weigh itself down renders it basically DOA until you put an appropriately shaped paperweight in the sponge slot

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 5:36 PM

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You can see it in the corner of my (crowded but productive) workbench here

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I find a 1# roll of solder keeps it in place nicely, but you could attach a weight/clamp to it for more stability.

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 5:38 PM

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The solder holding one absolutely - I was referring to the model that just has the sponge slot

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Hm - do you not find yourself wanting to have the solder spool on the left so that you can bring in the solder wire from that side while you hold the iron in your right hand (assuming you're right handed)?

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 5:41 PM

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That is an occasional problem. Sometimes I'll have a second stand to the left (you can see the Hakko and Weller soldering iron power supplies in the back, I'll sometimes have two irons in use)

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:44 PM

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This is my "solder dispenser"

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 5:44 PM

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what are those little white squares on the table? Storage compartments?

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:44 PM

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Mine or his? XD

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 5:45 PM

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His - yours are living in the Matrix so I know not to ask

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 5:45 PM

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Looks like a ferrite loopstick

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The white squares are a Lectron set: each one is a clear block with a component inside, the schematic symbol on top, and contacts on the edges. When you arrange the blocks to form a schematic, you have built that circuit. It's great for learning/experimenting. Here's a clearer view

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:50 PM

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late fulcrum Looks like a ferrite loopstick

It's actually the tube from a can of air that I wrapped solder around XD a bit of tape on the end held the start of it on. Didn't want to carry a 2lbs spool in my kit

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:52 PM

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late fulcrum The white squares are a Lectron set: each one is a clear block with a component...

Where did you get those, anyway? You're the only person I've seen with that exact thing, most others I've seen are like, button snap together kits

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 5:52 PM

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Radio Shack used to sell pocket tubes of solder that were portable like that.

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I got the original ones at Toys R Us, but bought more from the actual supplier in Germany: http://www.lectron.de/

Lectron

lectron

Startseite

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:53 PM

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late fulcrum Radio Shack used to sell pocket tubes of solder that were portable like that.

I actually have one of those tubes! But it's a precious artifact now, I wouldn't dare take it outside

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 5:54 PM

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There are a few other versions out there, Gakken makes an electronic blocks set, and there's Brick R Knowledge. And of course the older "100 in one" kits with the Fahnestock clips or bendy springs. And Snap Circuits are available from AdaFruit.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:55 PM

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I have a giant 500 in one kit I never played with, lol

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 5:55 PM

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Oh yeah, there's also LittleBits!

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 5:56 PM

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I've thought about playing with all the other things, but they feel too much like toys... Your kit looks like it's purely about laying out the circuit visually

static flare Jul 26, 2021, 5:56 PM

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our local electronics shop sells 3 of those style for like $5AUD

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 6:01 PM

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I tend to agree. Snap Circuits can teach some basic circuit theory, and LittleBits hides a lot of the details, it's aimed more at artists than electronics teaching, while Lectron has a bewildering variety of blocks available for building up whatever circuit you like from the ground up. There are even vacuum tube blocks, and a little voltage tripler module to power them safely.

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 6:02 PM

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late fulcrum The white squares are a Lectron set: each one is a clear block with a component...

Oh wow that's dope

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 6:02 PM

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So jelly

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 6:03 PM

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There are even integrated circuit blocks available. I used those, as well as tubes and discrete component blocks to build this over-the-top hybrid dual-band AM/FM radio once.

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At that level of complexity, you can begin to see the limitation of a basically 2D layout: almost 2/3 of the blocks in use are just wire connections.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 6:13 PM

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But it looks cool

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 6:29 PM

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late fulcrum At that level of complexity, you can begin to see the limitation of a basically ...

Also relies on the circuit topology bring a planar graph, it seems

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Oh I guess there could be a "cross wires without touching" block

dusk oracle Jul 26, 2021, 6:36 PM

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@delicate stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmyAUIo79EU

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now this.. i wish was common place.

stoic mesa Jul 26, 2021, 6:39 PM

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wooden schooner Oh I guess there could be a "cross wires without touching" block

There is

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 6:43 PM

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There are a few styles of "cross wires without touching" blocks, two of which are visible here.

static flare Jul 26, 2021, 6:50 PM

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is that an astable multivibrator?

jovial path Jul 26, 2021, 6:51 PM

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late fulcrum You can see it in the corner of my (crowded but productive) workbench here

There is everything in there.

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 6:51 PM

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static flare is that an astable multivibrator?

Yes, well spotted!

static flare Jul 26, 2021, 6:52 PM

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First ever circuit I designed, it's burned into my memory

stoic mesa Jul 26, 2021, 6:52 PM

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pretty advanced for first circuit

static flare Jul 26, 2021, 6:53 PM

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I mean, before that it was a LED thing where the layout was already given

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Then after that we went to do H-bridges

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that was fun

late fulcrum Jul 26, 2021, 6:57 PM

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That Abraham-Bloch / Eccles-Jordan circuit goes WAY back. https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/recreating-the-first-flipflop

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I'm trying to build a vacuum tube version of it with Lectron. The astable one works well, but the bistable one is tricky at the low (safe) plate voltage available.

jovial path Jul 26, 2021, 7:12 PM

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(My smartphone sent the GIF in my pocket, sorry)

jovial path Jul 26, 2021, 7:12 PM

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late fulcrum I'm trying to build a vacuum tube version of it with Lectron. The astable one w...

Nice, it will work very well for sure.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 7:51 PM

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dusk oracle <@!381566293368897537> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmyAUIo79EU

Yeah, I saw that on iFixit's YouTube. If only that were the standard design ethos, and they had AMD versions

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 9:11 PM

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tardy badger Jul 26, 2021, 9:11 PM

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That’s pretty cool

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 9:11 PM

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😁

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I've got loads more on the way.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 9:13 PM

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Haha

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 11:04 PM

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real falcon Jul 26, 2021, 11:05 PM

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that bun have skill to hold it without grasping it at all

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 11:05 PM

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No opposable thumbs.. right?

real falcon Jul 26, 2021, 11:08 PM

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yep, basically domain of monkeys

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 11:08 PM

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Also known as; why cats can't rule the earth.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 11:09 PM

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I can pick things up without thumbs

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Just gotta have long digits and SKILL

blissful roost Jul 26, 2021, 11:10 PM

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But we have a finer motor skill with fingers and thumb.

delicate stream Jul 26, 2021, 11:13 PM

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This is true

wooden schooner Jul 26, 2021, 11:45 PM

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My posterior chain hurts just looking at that bunny

honest jolt Jul 26, 2021, 11:54 PM

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late fulcrum I tend to agree. Snap Circuits can teach some basic circuit theory, and LittleB...

Snap circuits are fun. They also sell parts which have spring sockets so you can put your own resistors, capacitors, etc (literally any 2/3 pin device as long as you don't mind bending the pins) and also a version for an 8-pin IC
Except it's pretty expensive and they are really big which is good for learning but also gets pretty annoying cause snapping and unsnapping stuff is kinda hard lol

late fulcrum Jul 27, 2021, 12:49 AM

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Oh, I have nothing against Snap Circuits, I quite like them, and they're good for hands-on electronics learning, and come with well-written explanatory material. I just prefer Lectron for faster manipulation (the magnetic blocks are quick and easy to rearrange) and more esoteric circuits and components.

stoic mesa Jul 27, 2021, 1:17 AM

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How expensive is Lectron?

late fulcrum Jul 27, 2021, 1:23 AM

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Alas, it's pretty expensive 😦

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 1:59 AM

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Lucas, why are you sitting on the floor like that? You have a perfectly good chair right there, and you're gonna hurt your back

honest jolt Jul 27, 2021, 2:34 AM

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late fulcrum Oh, I have nothing against Snap Circuits, I quite like them, and they're good fo...

Sorry, that came across as a bit harsh 😦

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 2:39 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLbaOLWjpc

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blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 2:46 AM

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Well, not an American yet... 😄

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My wife is.

burnt tendon Jul 27, 2021, 4:08 AM

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I guess it goes to show that you shouldn't be Russian to conclusions.

median viper Jul 27, 2021, 4:32 AM

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Bah it’s just Cyrillic did you know they use Cyrillic in Mongolia also?

drowsy zephyr Jul 27, 2021, 4:36 AM

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alright guys, i need some last minute tips
right now im waiting to face my final test
any tips on facing lecturers?

crystal ore Jul 27, 2021, 4:44 AM

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drowsy zephyr alright guys, i need some last minute tips right now im waiting to face my final...

Need a bit more context, I think. What kind of test is this, and what do you mean by "facing lecturers"? Is this some sort of oral exam?

drowsy zephyr Jul 27, 2021, 4:57 AM

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yes

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i have to present my final project in front of 3 lecturers that would test me

pearl zodiac Jul 27, 2021, 4:58 AM

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So where is everyone at?

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Im in Mobile, AL

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USA

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Earth

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'The Solar System'

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The Milky Way

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The Local Group

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and then idk

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everywhere

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I know it sounds weird for a stranger to ask where you are.. but its NOT weird for a stranger to ask where you are from, right?

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But I have no interest in where people were like

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born

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So thats why I frame the question that way, js

crystal ore Jul 27, 2021, 5:01 AM

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California here: the good old Silicon Valley area.

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:15 AM

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I'm wondering if I should go that way, instead of East coast..

crystal ore Jul 27, 2021, 5:18 AM

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I prefer it, after going to school around Boston, but obviously there's a lot of differences of opinion.

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:22 AM

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I've spent the most time in northern New Jersey.

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Been to NYC, DC and Maryland.

median viper Jul 27, 2021, 5:57 AM

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I am from Sactown CA but I live out in the country in Nc

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 11:05 AM

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East coast best coast

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Look, a Type C Pico! https://www.hackster.io/news/get-usb-c-with-this-raspberry-pi-pico-clone-de58e5b06fdb

Hackster.io

Get USB-C with this Raspberry Pi Pico Clone

Redditor EnviousMedia designed this Pico clone to practice PCB design and replaced the micro USB port with a USB-C port.

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 11:07 AM

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Oh, from the same guy who first shared his pico-based mechanical keyboard...

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 11:08 AM

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Busy person

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I'm thinking about making my own QT Py type of RP2040 board

dusk oracle Jul 27, 2021, 11:26 AM

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sucks that you can only get the pizero chips from salvaging one off a board

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 11:27 AM

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I'm hoping Adafruit will stock them soon

mighty sphinx Jul 27, 2021, 11:29 AM

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Imagine your board size being bottlenecked by the number of headers you need to fit

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Take that pro mini

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~~I still love both~~

dusk oracle Jul 27, 2021, 11:42 AM

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i agree the pi zero could be way smaller with smaller headers or even versions without headers

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 11:49 AM

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Pi -1

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 12:37 PM

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Replace the headers with a 40-pin connector, and call it the Pi Zero Compute

ancient kindle Jul 27, 2021, 3:00 PM

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dusk oracle sucks that you can only get the pizero chips from salvaging one off a board

Digikey has the rp2040 in stock

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:01 PM

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ancient kindle Digikey has the rp2040 in stock

Pi Zero, not Pi Pico.

ancient kindle Jul 27, 2021, 3:01 PM

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Ah

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Confusing topic change

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:02 PM

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Though I appreciate the stock update; those things do go fast, after all.

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Not that I'm ready to buy any myself...

ancient kindle Jul 27, 2021, 3:02 PM

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The (7) version is in stock, but the (13) version isn’t

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No idea the difference

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:02 PM

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Versions?

wooden schooner Jul 27, 2021, 3:02 PM

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There is nothing better or more significant than this. Do you realize that the item fits into the slot?

ancient kindle Jul 27, 2021, 3:03 PM

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thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:03 PM

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Yeah, there's actually only like 2 left if you click on it

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Those go REALLY fast.

ancient kindle Jul 27, 2021, 3:04 PM

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lol

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Someone bought them all in the last 3 minutes

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:04 PM

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Pretty sure only difference is the size of the reel

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(13) is like 3400, (7) is like 500

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Not sure the meaning of the numbers in correlation, but it's packaging-related.

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:05 PM

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wooden schooner There is nothing better or more significant than this. Do you realize that _the...

Tip tinner?

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Oh, cleaner

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Hey, that's pretty nice

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If I ever manage to get my own dedicated electronics space, maybe I'll get one of these

wooden schooner Jul 27, 2021, 3:12 PM

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Yeah, the brass sponge fitting into the circle is good, but I was mostly referring to the fish-shaped iron holder fitting into a purpose-built indentation in the mat!!

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This also takes care of the "stand needs to be weighed down" issue from yesterday, I think/hope

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:13 PM

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Nice, only thing I would miss is a place for a standard sponge...

wooden schooner Jul 27, 2021, 3:13 PM

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Ah yeah. They gave me a normal sponge too, but yeah only one slot.

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When is a normal sponge needed over a brass one?

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:14 PM

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It's really personal preference, you won't really need both at the same time.

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The water is a pain for most electronics stations, but it's slightly better for the longevity of your tips.

wooden schooner Jul 27, 2021, 3:15 PM

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Ah. Well then I'm sticking to brass so I don't have to worry about rusting my iron or, worse, setting things on fire

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Ah did not know that

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:15 PM

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Brass sponge is a bit more abrasive, but is way more convenient and flexible.

wooden schooner Jul 27, 2021, 3:16 PM

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I did not realize water had anything going for it, thanks for letting me know

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 3:16 PM

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I mean, if you're not really trying to scrape your tips in the brass sponge, the difference is negligible, but the sponge is better at getting that burnt flux off your tips

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I've only switched to sponge recently myself, and that's only because I overdid it on the brass...

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The iron is one thing, but I overscraped so much my sponge was falling apart...

wooden schooner Jul 27, 2021, 3:22 PM

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In a way that a kitchen sponge wouldn't?

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I've had to snip off the top few hairs of my brass sponge a bunch of times as they got soldery, and was planning to replace it for $5 when it goes bald

jovial path Jul 27, 2021, 3:29 PM

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@late fulcrum In my birthday party classical musics will be played. You're invited.

dusk oracle Jul 27, 2021, 3:42 PM

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ancient kindle Digikey has the rp2040 in stock

@ancient kindle i got one already

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thanks any way

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 4:41 PM

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delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 4:59 PM

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So I found one of these https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Intel-Altera/EPM7064LC84-12?qs=jblrfmjbeiH1EXpmW8c07g%3D%3D in my stuff, is it something worth using, if it's usable, assuming it even works?

Mouser Electronics

EPM7064LC84-12 Intel / Altera | Mouser

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 5:01 PM

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wonder how hard the toolchain is to get

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:02 PM

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Sell both arms and one leg to obtain.

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:02 PM

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lol

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Perfectly fine leaving it on the shelf as an art piece if it's not something I can use

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Or if it'll be like a month of research and development and/or learning to make it do something a cheap modern MCU can do

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:06 PM

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I actually think I have the blaster for it lying around

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:07 PM

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Blaster? As in Sound Blaster?

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:07 PM

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No, like a programmer cable

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:07 PM

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Ohhh

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:07 PM

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Never used it before though haha

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:09 PM

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Lol

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Do you know anything about programming it?

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:10 PM

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Very little?

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:10 PM

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Better than nothing XD

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:10 PM

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My company settled on Xilinx FPGAs before I joined, so I never really played with Alteras

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:11 PM

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Ah. Yeah, looking at the Intel sheet for it, it sounds like it's basically an FPGA with a different lable?

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:12 PM

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I've got a Cyclone II around somewhere, but never made use of it.

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:12 PM

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Basically. There are technical differences, but it's essentially the same use on a slightly smaller scale?

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:12 PM

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Makes sense

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:13 PM

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CPLDs and FPGAs often times get placed into the same subcategory on supplier databases

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:13 PM

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Is there any practical use for it? Or would I be better off getting a modern device instead of one that's 20-30 years old?

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Never used FPGAs

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Or CPLDs

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:14 PM

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They're still plenty useful. The older ones usually have less logic cells, but are more than enough for most DIY applications.

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 5:14 PM

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if you want to experiment with a FPGA, it might make more sense to get one of the Lattice iCE40s though

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:14 PM

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Think Pi Pico's PIO system, but stretched across a lot more pins

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 5:14 PM

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instead of trying to use an ancient one

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:15 PM

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Yeah, that's a fair point. I don't think it's easy to get started with a random chip off your shelf haha

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:15 PM

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Yeah XD

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:15 PM

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If it came with a board and some programming headers....

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 5:15 PM

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and I'm suggesting the iCE40 because of the fully open source toolchain

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:15 PM

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I have a lot of random crap

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:16 PM

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If you have the programming adapter, it's worth playing with, but that one is probably long obsolete

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 5:16 PM

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thick wind If you have the programming adapter, it's worth playing with, but that one is pr...

my concern is can one even still get the toolchain for it

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 5:19 PM

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Or will I need to do 1337 haX0r stuff to make it work and start from scratch

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:22 PM

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I think Altera's toolchain is still available, but knowing their monetization, your free functionality is probably not going to take you very far?

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It's probably easier to get a Xilinx dev-board and play with that instead.

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:23 PM

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..and I'm still trying to decide between Arduino and Pi Pico for a fan controller. 😂

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:24 PM

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blissful roost ..and I'm still trying to decide between Arduino and Pi Pico for a fan controlle...

Pi pico is definitely cheaper, but some arduino variants handle 5V logic if your fan needs it

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:26 PM

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TL;DR..

PWM fans regulated according to temp sensors.

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:27 PM

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What voltage does the fan run at?

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What kind of fan is it?

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:27 PM

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Standard PC fans.

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 5:30 PM

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I mean I'd probably not use something as heavy as either of those

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:40 PM

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Isn't PWM taken at 3.3 or 5v, as it's just a control signal?
The +12v is separate..

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:47 PM

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blissful roost Isn't PWM taken at 3.3 or 5v, as it's just a control signal? The +12v is separat...

The PWM is a 5V signal. If you use a 3V3 MCU to send the PWM, you might not reach full speed with your fan.

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:48 PM

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Ok, fair.

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 5:50 PM

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I'm not sure which makes more sense, a 5v-capable Arduino, or a Pi Pico with a level shifter. The Arduino is probably more beginner-friendly since you do a lot more direct wiring, but the Pico has much better frequency control and supports CP

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For your particular purpose, either would work, though I think the Pico is cheaper even with the level shifter.

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 5:56 PM

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The Uno should do 5v PWM, right.. ?

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Rev 3

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:00 PM

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I think so

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:01 PM

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Already got an Uno.. and 2x Pico.

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 6:01 PM

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Yes, Uno R3 is supplied with 5V at Vcc.

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:02 PM

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So... I guess I should order some thermal probes of some kind.. and a bunch of PWM fans.

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:04 PM

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Uno as logic level shifter for Pico????

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:05 PM

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Lol

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Seems overkill..... The best kind of kill.

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But, nah... That would be wasteful.

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:09 PM

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But it'll be fun

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:10 PM

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It's a temp-sensing PWM fan controller... It's already fun! \o/

lusty axle Jul 27, 2021, 6:11 PM

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scenic oak and I'm suggesting the iCE40 because of the fully open source toolchain

I got a tinyfpga BX, which uses ice40

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:11 PM

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Ohh! It should totally have a little LCD for displaying stats.

thick wind Jul 27, 2021, 6:13 PM

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All you need left is buttons or a dial to adjust your setpoint

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:15 PM

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That would be nice....

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Rotary encoder with a push button to cycle the fans.

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I'd definitely need some help with codey-things. Lol

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:22 PM

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Still debating if I should put an OLED inside my case

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:22 PM

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Yes.

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Not even asking why, just... Yes!

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:22 PM

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But thermals

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:23 PM

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Wassat?

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😂

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:23 PM

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When things melt and/or catch fire

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:23 PM

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Ahhh, yeah....

You want masonry nails for that.

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:24 PM

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The OLED on my one motherboard has mostly died, I assume due to overheating...

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:24 PM

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Oof

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:24 PM

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Masonry nails don't deflect heat XD

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 6:24 PM

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😁

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:24 PM

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Lol

wary herald Jul 27, 2021, 6:25 PM

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delicate stream The OLED on my one motherboard has mostly died, I assume due to overheating...

Oof

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:25 PM

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I should check the spec sheets for these OLEDs to see if they can take it...

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 6:26 PM

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wary herald Oof

Yeah. I should see if it's actually I2C and something I can DIY replace

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Soon™️

wary herald Jul 27, 2021, 6:35 PM

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🙂

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:02 PM

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My Ender Pro 3 says it's 41C in my room right now

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 7:10 PM

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Oof

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:12 PM

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Sometimes I wonder if I have too much computing power in one spot

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 7:12 PM

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Possibly....

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:16 PM

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Need more AC

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And a nuclear reactor

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 7:19 PM

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please do not melt and/or combust

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 7:25 PM

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I need an A64FX machine..

scenic oak Jul 27, 2021, 7:27 PM

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I had too much compute power in my office for a while (but the machine has since been moved to work's datacenter rack)

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64 cores/128 threads, 512GB of RAM, 32TB of NVMe storage

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:29 PM

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scenic oak please do not melt and/or combust

Too late, I'm on fire

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:29 PM

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scenic oak 64 cores/128 threads, 512GB of RAM, 32TB of NVMe storage

Sadly I only have a fraction of that

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But still 1100W weeeeeee

tardy badger Jul 27, 2021, 7:34 PM

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No one:
Absolutely no one:
Random company in my company email spam folder: “do you need extra batteries for your wall lift chairs”

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🥸

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:43 PM

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I need a mobility scooter and $1000

tardy badger Jul 27, 2021, 7:44 PM

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I could definitely use the $1000 part

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Maybe a mobility scooter for my brain

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:44 PM

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Ha

spice moss Jul 27, 2021, 7:45 PM

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mobility helmet for my brain what cool it too

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 7:48 PM

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XD

static flare Jul 27, 2021, 8:37 PM

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delicate stream I need a mobility scooter and $1000

Saaame

slim shard Jul 27, 2021, 8:38 PM

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last I heard OLEDs fade over time or such

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 8:38 PM

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static flare Saaame

Wait, why do YOU need a mobility scooter? XD

static flare Jul 27, 2021, 8:38 PM

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Or at the worst, just a motor attachment for my wheelchair

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Oh, I have mobility issues! It's never come up so I've never mentioned it before

slim shard Jul 27, 2021, 8:38 PM

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I figured you needed a place to mount the cardboard missile tubes

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 8:39 PM

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slim shard last I heard OLEDs fade over time or such

Yes, they do. Individual pixels will lose brightness over time -- this is most noticeable in older displays in the form of burn-in, but can still be a problem with constant high contrast images being on an OLED display

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 8:39 PM

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static flare Oh, I have mobility issues! It's never come up so I've never mentioned it before

Ahh... I had a mad science idea

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If I have the opportunity to have a free mobility scooter shipped anywhere, I'll have it sent to you, you ened it more

static flare Jul 27, 2021, 8:41 PM

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Hopefully I'll get enough in disability consumables from the government in my next disability funding plan to get one

delicate stream Jul 27, 2021, 8:42 PM

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I'm just fearful that my arthritis will get bad enough that I can't type

blissful roost Jul 27, 2021, 9:18 PM

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Another addition to the collection. 😎

static flare Jul 27, 2021, 9:28 PM

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delicate stream I'm just fearful that my arthritis will get bad enough that I can't type

I can understand that!

jovial path Jul 27, 2021, 11:53 PM

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Today studying was intense. But it wasn't 15h of studying, it was 13h. I think the server summed with some study that I did yesterday in their timezone or something like this.

static flare Jul 28, 2021, 2:58 AM

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Moved today!

velvet pelican Jul 28, 2021, 5:02 AM

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delicate stream I'm just fearful that my arthritis will get bad enough that I can't type

At the speed you type i don’t think arthritis is the thing you need to worry about. Carpal tunnel on the other hand is a very valid concern. Its the fun one i deal with anyways...

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:11 AM

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velvet pelican At the speed you type i don’t think arthritis is the thing you need to worry abo...

Unfortunately it's already bad enough that some days I can barely move my hands DX today it just feels like there's sand in my joints, slowing me down... My max typing speed has dropped pretty significantly, as well as my average -- my max used to be nearly 130wpm and my average was about 100, but now my max is about 90, average about 80, and over the course of a few hours it can drop as low as 60...

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 11:36 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/435399429617483787/869888833024561182/PXL_20210728_102626405.jpg

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:37 AM

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doctor wonder if you can do 2 finger typing to high enough speed

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:37 AM

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I think I could still hit 20wpm with 2 fingers...

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I know I can type about 80% as fast on a phone as I can on a keyboard

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For bursts

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:38 AM

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i guess its arthitis. not fun 😦

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:40 AM

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Very not fun

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Been dealing with it for about a decade now

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Storms make it worse... and it's getting worse as we speak...

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you know what that means

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:41 AM

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i just hope i never get em on hands

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i use em to talk after all, as well as do stuff

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:41 AM

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This is why I'm working on robotic replacements

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If they get bad enough I just chop 'em off and put on robot hands, problem solved

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:45 AM

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high end

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:47 AM

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If I built them out of the materials I wanted, it would cost more than 10 college degrees XD

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:48 AM

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🙂

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hard part is nerve interface

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:49 AM

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Mhmm

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:49 AM

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and force and touch senses

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:49 AM

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Yeah

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Nerves are the really really hard part

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I have a design in mind for force/touch, which involves artificial skin

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:54 AM

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cool 🙂

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id design it to be swappable because metal dont heal

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:55 AM

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Mhmm

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:56 AM

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as backup, probably have disconnects inside arm

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so its easier to swap wires if damaged there too

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:57 AM

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I have an interconnect design to make it swappable but not easily disconnected, and would probably try to minimize actual wires inside

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 11:59 AM

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yeah easily disconnectable is eh. easily swappable but not disconnectable

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 12:01 PM

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It can be hard to make something you can disconnect quickly, but not accidentally

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 12:03 PM

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probably 2 stage, remove cover, then button inside

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powered disconnect. however in case of no power left has manual way

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 12:09 PM

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Telekenisis!

real falcon Jul 28, 2021, 12:10 PM

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even better, rocket hands 😛

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 12:28 PM

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lol

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 1:07 PM

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Printing in translucent blue TPU... watching the spool crawl is mesmerizing

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Just a subtle shimmer and sparkle...

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 1:50 PM

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Mmm TPU

tardy badger Jul 28, 2021, 2:05 PM

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Ohhh

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:07 PM

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Fun stuff

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Gonna use it to make a case and strap for my ruined watch

wooden schooner Jul 28, 2021, 2:19 PM

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I usually feel strain in my thumb from using my phone one-handed - I hold the phone in my palm and use my thumb on the same hand to swipe, type, etc. This seems like an ergonomic disaster and a recipe for injury. Does anyone else have this problem or know of a solution?

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Or even, a group of people who take this program seriously and are also interested in finding solutions. I haven't even heard others talk about this

median viper Jul 28, 2021, 2:23 PM

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Have you guys seen those new Lamborghini yachts?

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Their really nice

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:25 PM

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wooden schooner I usually feel strain in my thumb from using my phone one-handed - I hold the ph...

I remember seeing a very strange keyboard that reduced the motion area to a tiny piece of the screen -- basically the area you'd see for a "stick" on a mobile game. There was a learning curve to use it, but it allowed you to make pretty tiny movements... sadly I forget what it was called, and that was years ago

median viper Jul 28, 2021, 2:25 PM

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Hrm interesting

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:26 PM

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wooden schooner I usually feel strain in my thumb from using my phone one-handed - I hold the ph...

I have to do everything 2-handed, coz Pixel 4 XL is a bit big. Lol

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:26 PM

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I'm a giant and using my Pixel 2 XL one handed isn't a huge problem XD

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:27 PM

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The 4 XL is a tad bigger... My wife's iPony 12 Pro Max is even bigger. (With a lower res screen)

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:28 PM

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I have an iPhone 8 too, and that feels like a toy

supple surge Jul 28, 2021, 2:31 PM

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delicate stream Mmm TPU

WHOAAAAA SPRINGY SPARKLY 🤩🤩

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:31 PM

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I'm printing an Eevee from it now

supple surge Jul 28, 2021, 2:33 PM

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delicate stream I'm printing an Eevee from it now

Oh yeah!! I’m sure the tail and details will come out great, those curves look amazing!

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:33 PM

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This printer is certainly happy to do 15mm/s XD

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:38 PM

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Where did you find an Eevee model? I ask because a kid has a Raichu with a missing leg and I'm wondering if I'll have to model it myself to print a replacement.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:38 PM

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Thingiverse, it's a low-poly version

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:39 PM

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delicate stream I have an iPhone 8 too, and that feels like a toy

I'm hoping we'll get the Pixel 6 XL, so there's a worthwhile upgrade for me.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:40 PM

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wooden schooner I usually feel strain in my thumb from using my phone one-handed - I hold the ph...

So in my research, I didn't find the one I was originally talking about, but I found something that looks similar and could be squeezed to one corner of your screen https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exideas.mekb

MessagEase Keyboard - Apps on Google Play

MessagEase: the smartest keyboard for Android!

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:40 PM

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I'm fine with the default keyboard

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:41 PM

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I found the Sidekick 3 to be pretty ergonomic for two-handed use, but a little awkward for one hand.

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:41 PM

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But on the subject of 3D printing... I really want to get some new buttons made for my OGA.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:41 PM

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blissful roost I'm hoping we'll get the Pixel 6 XL, so there's a worthwhile upgrade for me.

Hoping for the 6 Pro/XL to really be a flagship this time... I hate the all-screen with the cutout camera, but I don't have any choice, that's what everyone is doing... Might get the Pixel Passport/Fold/whatever they call it

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:41 PM

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Yeahno. 😂

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:41 PM

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I love the idea of a folding phone

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:42 PM

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Fragile.

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:42 PM

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I was quite fond of the slider phones, but they're uncommon these days.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:42 PM

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I'll wait and see, lol. They might have it figured out

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:42 PM

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I won't bet on it...

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:43 PM

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Time will tell

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That's assuming it happens at all

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:43 PM

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The iPhone 6 would fold. Once. And not work afterward.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:43 PM

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lol

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You're savage

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:44 PM

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😂

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:44 PM

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The entire internet was savage on that one

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:44 PM

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Deserved

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:44 PM

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Yeah XD

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Indeed

blissful roost Jul 28, 2021, 2:44 PM

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Just like Samsung's phone goes POP!

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:44 PM

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I only saw one end-slider phone, but it was particularly nice, as it worked well one handed or two.

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The more common side-sliders (like the HTC MyTouch Slide) had nicer keyboards but only for two-handed use.

tardy badger Jul 28, 2021, 2:47 PM

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One of my favorite phones of all times was the Samsung FlipShot

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https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1312

Phone Scoop

Samsung FlipShot SCH-U900

This update to the A990 is smaller and lighter, but keeps the same feature list and unique twisting-display form factor. This high-end CDMA phone sports 3 megapixel auto-focus camera, QVGA display, EVDO data, memory card slot, business card reader, TV output, and music player. Bluetooth has been upgraded to support stereo audio.

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It was a pretty cool phone

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It had games, a 3MP camera and whatnot

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It was a fun phone for a teenager

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:50 PM

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I'm not a fan of CDMA but that does look like a winner

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:51 PM

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I kinda miss physical keyboards on phones

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:52 PM

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I still enjoy mine

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:53 PM

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:O

tardy badger Jul 28, 2021, 2:53 PM

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late fulcrum I'm not a fan of CDMA but that does look like a winner

Any particular reason?

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:54 PM

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CDMA poo

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 2:54 PM

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CDMA does not fail gracefully when signal quality varies

thick wind Jul 28, 2021, 2:55 PM

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I still miss my old Nokia 6810

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Don't care what anyone says, that thing had the best mobile-sized physical keyboard of all time

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 2:56 PM

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pats Nokia 3310

spice moss Jul 28, 2021, 2:58 PM

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the new version coming

tardy badger Jul 28, 2021, 2:59 PM

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late fulcrum CDMA does not fail gracefully when signal quality varies

I had a different experience with CDMA, my friends who had AT&T supported service usually had worse cell coverage than me where I was in Wyoming.

spice moss Jul 28, 2021, 3:00 PM

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the retro version of Nokia 3310 coming also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lis0OlvaB8U&

YouTube

Nokia Mobile

Nokia XR20: The #ToughestTest featuring Roberto Carlos and Lisa Zim...

World class footballers Roberto Carlos and Lisa Zimouche tried out the #NokiaXR20 to see how durable our latest device really is.

Find out more: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/nokia-xr-20#overview?sku=VMA750Y9FI1CN0

▶ Play video

supple surge Jul 28, 2021, 3:00 PM

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late fulcrum The iPhone 6 would fold. Once. And not work afterward.

My car door and my loose pocket were way ahead of their time I guess 😂 ⭐️CRUNCH⭐️ 😅

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It had multiple screens after alright- about 645 of em 🤣

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 3:02 PM

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oof

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I've never had to replace my own screen

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Some stringing, ears aren't quite straight, but...

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 3:13 PM

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:o jelly

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 3:14 PM

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Go to Micro Center and get some TPU, and Thiniverse for the model, and you can have your own XD

supple surge Jul 28, 2021, 3:14 PM

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Holo-Eevee from the third dimension!

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 3:15 PM

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Hehehehe

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Squishy, too

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 3:24 PM

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Squisheevee

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 3:31 PM

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Ha

jovial path Jul 28, 2021, 5:09 PM

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I studied about 32h this week. I like it :)

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7th place is great :). I like it.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:17 PM

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That a looot of studying

pearl zodiac Jul 28, 2021, 5:20 PM

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finally organized my desktawp

jovial path Jul 28, 2021, 5:31 PM

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My mother told me to make an engineering project every week and show in Show and Tell every week.

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I accepted.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:33 PM

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Meanwhile, on my junky 2-in-1

jovial path Jul 28, 2021, 5:47 PM

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jovial path I accepted.

Today I can not do it because I have a test tomorrow.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:49 PM

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I wish 16TB drives were cheap

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 5:51 PM

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4 4TB drives are cheap, and faster than 1 16TB drive

thick wind Jul 28, 2021, 5:51 PM

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Cheap is relative

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:51 PM

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But I already have 8 4TB drives and need more capacity in the same slots

thick wind Jul 28, 2021, 5:52 PM

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delicate stream But I already have 8 4TB drives and need more capacity in the same slots

Sounds like you need a server rack.

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 5:52 PM

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It is true that cheap is relative. An 8TB drive costs about what an 88kB floppy drive used to.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:52 PM

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thick wind Sounds like you need a server rack.

I already have a rack XD focusing on the main server

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 5:52 PM

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You can use Synoptix or ThunderBay to get more slots hung off a Thunderbolt or network cable.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:52 PM

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A 16TB HDD now is still less money than the first 1GB drive

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:53 PM

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late fulcrum You can use Synoptix or ThunderBay to get more slots hung off a Thunderbolt or n...

No Thunderbolt, and I'm running unRAID, needs to be internal

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 5:56 PM

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I finally took my 340MB Microdrive to pieces. I should have put a size reference, the platters are about the size of a US nickel, and the entire thing is the size of a CF card (and fits and works in a CF card slot)

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:57 PM

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P... Please tell me... It was already dead...

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 5:57 PM

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Oh yes, quite dead.

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Even when it worked, it was painfully slow.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 5:58 PM

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Still would have been sad to kill it

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I hate to see functional tech die needlessly

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 6:02 PM

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I know that feel

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 6:03 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/adventure-time-jake-the-dog-it-hurts-hurt-painful-gif-16342245

Tenor

scenic oak Jul 28, 2021, 6:13 PM

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my chips are now in "OPERATIONAL DELAY" according to Fedex

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 6:16 PM

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My AdaBox had a label made

scenic oak Jul 28, 2021, 6:16 PM

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\o

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 6:17 PM

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o/

late fulcrum Jul 28, 2021, 7:36 PM

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I think those are called rambutans in the United States.

median viper Jul 28, 2021, 8:45 PM

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@jovial path I am getting kit parts for my birthday and electronics tools, hopefuilly I can build something with it.

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my internet is flat out not working right now

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 8:57 PM

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F

median viper Jul 28, 2021, 8:57 PM

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my pi tablet kit is supposed to be here tomorrow

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:05 PM

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Ohhhh, you can mark messages unread now!

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:06 PM

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delicate stream Ohhhh, you can mark messages unread now!

Uhhhh...I think this feature is pretty old now? I have been using it for quite a while (if we are talking about the same thing)

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Do you mean this?

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:07 PM

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Yeah, maybe I'm just blind and never noticed it, lol

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Can you ping me? I want to see if it shows ping count if you mark a ping unread

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:07 PM

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lol that happens to me too much

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it does

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@delicate stream

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:07 PM

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Noice

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:07 PM

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~~I think~~ you can ping yourself and it will do the same thing

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:08 PM

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I have a message to 'unread' in audio XD

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:08 PM

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@honest jolt

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lol

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you can also hold the down the Alt key and click on a message to mark it unread

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:09 PM

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Noice

stray wind Jul 28, 2021, 9:14 PM

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honest jolt you can also hold the down the `Alt` key and click on a message to mark it unrea...

mind == blown. Thanks for this tip! Going to save me a lot of right clicking in the future.

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:15 PM

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I tried on my iPhone and it didn't work :P

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:15 PM

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stray wind mind == blown. Thanks for this tip! Going to save me a lot of right clicking in ...

lol i learned it from those discord start up tips XD

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:15 PM

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delicate stream I tried on my iPhone and it didn't work :P

yea i don't see a way to do it on moblie 😦

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:16 PM

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Just press and hold

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Maybe it's NEW on mobile

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:16 PM

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lol

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oh wait i've been testing it on my messages >.>

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:17 PM

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XD

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:17 PM

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When I hold on my messages

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When I hold on someone elses

stray wind Jul 28, 2021, 9:19 PM

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honest jolt lol i learned it from those discord start up tips XD

Those go by too quickly for me to read the entire thing, most of the time 😄

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 9:21 PM

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Start... Up? You mean you close Discord?

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 9:22 PM

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No, cause when I log in to my desktop, a billion things start before discord gets started (it starts on boot) so I get to deal with the window popping up

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And I only close discord when I'm doing a test / restarting it lol

velvet pelican Jul 28, 2021, 10:07 PM

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delicate stream Unfortunately it's already bad enough that some days I can barely move my hands ...

Well i can’t tell youve slowed down. Anyone that types as fast as you I would put in their 30-40s but I hope your not that young with those issues though

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:48 PM

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honest jolt No, cause when I log in to my desktop, a billion things start before discord get...

Imagine shutting down your computer

honest jolt Jul 28, 2021, 11:48 PM

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Couldn't be me 😂

delicate stream Jul 28, 2021, 11:49 PM

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velvet pelican Well i can’t tell youve slowed down. Anyone that types as fast as you I would pu...

I've had arthritis since I was like... 14

drowsy zephyr Jul 29, 2021, 4:13 AM

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guys, question, if you have a small prototype of a contraption and you're tasked to do a some sort of estimate on the cost of the contraption if it were upscaled and implemented irl, how do you do that?

crystal ore Jul 29, 2021, 4:23 AM

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I'd start with the per-reel prices of the major chips, since that's likely to put a floor on the cost.

wary herald Jul 29, 2021, 5:17 AM

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How do I put a up arrow keycode in the Macropad macros files?

drowsy zephyr Jul 29, 2021, 5:35 AM

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Guys, i wanna ask, does any of you ever worked with a professional research team before? Is there a specific role for report making? because man, during my final project, i can't bring myself to liking making my final reports. I dont like administration stuff, does anyone feel the same way?

late fulcrum Jul 29, 2021, 11:45 AM

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@wary herald Are you looking for the keycode for up arrow (decimal 38) or how to modify the macros?

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Or are you looking for the USB scan code (which would be hex 0x52)? There's a useful list here: https://gist.github.com/MightyPork/6da26e382a7ad91b5496ee55fdc73db2

tardy badger Jul 29, 2021, 12:14 PM

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drowsy zephyr Guys, i wanna ask, does any of you ever worked with a professional research team...

I was an undergrad researcher on a project my last semester of my program. We had to do some summarizing but most of it was handled by the principal investigator

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For senior design, everyone in the project was responsible for documentation

jovial path Jul 29, 2021, 12:31 PM

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late fulcrum I think those are called rambutans in the United States.

Yes. Someone told me the name of the fruit is Rabumtan.

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In portuguese it is the same name as in USA.

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portuguese shares a lot of words with english: banana,hospital,ok,shopping...

delicate stream Jul 29, 2021, 1:16 PM

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99 bugs in the code on the wall, 99 bugs in the code; take one down, pass it around, 103 bugs in the code on the wall!

lament obsidian Jul 29, 2021, 2:14 PM

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I've been playing around with the macropad and using the sample code that has paginated macros. I was wondering if its possible to have any of those macros actually call python code to perform another function. More than just a letter or a keyboard shortcut.

jovial path Jul 29, 2021, 5:13 PM

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My name will be on a rocket that will go to space. :)

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From NASA.

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I signed my name on the website (saying this so I will not look completelly amazing)

jovial path Jul 29, 2021, 6:17 PM

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supple surge Jul 29, 2021, 7:02 PM

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lament obsidian I've been playing around with the macropad and using the sample code that has pa...

I’m a noob at python 🐍 still so if I’m thinking “out of bracket” I’m sure there’s another easy way, but hopefully you can replace things like line 22 with the part where it calls your py script, list, function etc, instead of as it is now, calling a key press event ☺️ https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MacroPad/blob/main/examples/macropad_keyboard_mouse.py

GitHub

Adafruit_CircuitPython_MacroPad/macropad_keyboard_mouse.py at main ...

A helper library for the Adafruit MacroPad RP2040. Contribute to adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MacroPad development by creating an account on GitHub.

supple surge Jul 29, 2021, 7:12 PM

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lament obsidian I've been playing around with the macropad and using the sample code that has pa...

Here’s an example from the circuit py HID library, you can have your computer watch for these events if that’s where you wanna run the scripts ☺️ https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_HID

GitHub

GitHub - adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_HID: USB Human Interface D...

USB Human Interface Device drivers. Contribute to adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_HID development by creating an account on GitHub.

lament obsidian Jul 29, 2021, 7:18 PM

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supple surge I’m a noob at python 🐍 still so if I’m thinking “out of bracket” I’m sure there...

I'm using the paginated version of the macropad script. Where it has prebuilt keyboard shortcuts for different applications. I would love to be able to use this structure but be able to call other python scripts from those paginated macros. (if that makes sense). I love the structure of that demo

jovial path Jul 29, 2021, 7:51 PM

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"Brazillian's corn dog" with André Marie Amperé.

jovial path Jul 29, 2021, 8:16 PM

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Thank you. This is very kind.

mighty laurel Jul 29, 2021, 8:43 PM

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I kinda left the Adafruit discord server, only to come back so I can rant about annoying coding can be sometimes.

late fulcrum Jul 29, 2021, 9:44 PM

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Yes, we can sympathize with that!

median viper Jul 29, 2021, 10:47 PM

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It’s running miniconda with vs code

jovial path Jul 29, 2021, 11:36 PM

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this company is like paradise.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:45 AM

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I've realized Blue switches are a little too noisey for the MacroPad, you can't really hear sound from the speaker over the clicking XD

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Uhoh... I'm short a red!

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#feelsweirdman

late fulcrum Jul 30, 2021, 1:09 AM

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I noticed switches come in batches of 10, which doesn't quite work out, so I'll probably have a mix too. However, I can put oddball keycaps on the non-matching switches

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 1:10 AM

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I got 11

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They do sell batches of 10 and 12, but the ones this came with weren't in a labeled bag

late fulcrum Jul 30, 2021, 1:12 AM

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I must have missed the 12s, I just saw 10s and 1s and was weirdly resistant to the notion of buying two 1s.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 1:17 AM

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Hmmmm

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I would just buy another 10

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So I don't plan to use the reds long-term anyway, just want to hear the beep boops -- need to find a very tactile, but quiet switch....

late fulcrum Jul 30, 2021, 1:18 AM

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For what? Body art?

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 1:18 AM

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What XD

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Keys will be used on other things, lol... doesn't hurt to have extras

scenic oak Jul 30, 2021, 1:28 AM

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@delicate stream did your Adabox short you?

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 1:28 AM

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scenic oak <@!381566293368897537> did your Adabox short you?

Mhmm

scenic oak Jul 30, 2021, 1:28 AM

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rude 😦

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 1:28 AM

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Indeed

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 4:29 AM

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delicate stream So I don't plan to use the reds long-term anyway, just want to hear the beep boo...

The kailh box browns would've been perfect if adafruit had any left in stock...

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Wait, they are in stock..... gus

idle iron Jul 30, 2021, 6:39 AM

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IDK how those olympic athletes can handle the humidity, I'm fine 40c and like less then 20% RH, but 35c and 30% RH I'm dying

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 11:16 AM

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thick wind The kailh box browns would've been perfect if adafruit had any left in stock...

Ahh, yes, browns! Now, just the debate of if I should mention my missing red to support or not... Do I want more reds laying around? XD

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I wonder if they could send browns instead...

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 11:18 AM

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I have this temptation to just order a bunch of random keys witches from China and have them arrive next year when I least expect it...

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 11:44 AM

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blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 11:54 AM

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thick wind I have this temptation to just order a bunch of random keys witches from China a...

Why not get key wizards instead?

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.....sorry 😛

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 12:04 PM

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blissful roost Why not get key wizards instead?

...I have no idea what that is.

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OH

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wow

blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 12:04 PM

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It's a joke, Sir. 😄

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 12:05 PM

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Didn't even notice.

blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 12:05 PM

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hehe

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:05 PM

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Hem is a Sir? :O

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 12:05 PM

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Lucky guess.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:06 PM

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When were you knighted?!

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 12:06 PM

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Kek

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:06 PM

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I greatly desire nap

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 12:06 PM

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Same.

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Except it's only 8am...

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:07 PM

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Same

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 12:07 PM

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I've been awake since midnight...

blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 12:07 PM

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delicate stream Hem is a Sir? :O

Standard formality.. Respect the man, not the title.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:08 PM

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blissful roost Standard formality.. Respect the man, not the title.

I respect only potatoes

blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 12:08 PM

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Mmmmmm.... chips...

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:09 PM

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Although by standard you only capitalize 'sir' in the middle of a sentence if you're referring to a knight or if you're a butler/maid referring to the Master of the House, lol

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Actually even the latter you usually wouldn't

blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 12:09 PM

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No. "Sir" should always start with the upper case letter, as it's a formal title.

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Same with Mr/Mrs/Miss/etc.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:10 PM

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Hmmmmm.... Where do you live again?

blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 12:10 PM

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England.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 12:10 PM

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wait

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wait

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wait a second

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.... I was thinking about something else entirely, my brain is borked

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Need naaaaaap

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https://tenor.com/view/tired-head-slam-anime-sleepy-exhausted-gif-15803365

Tenor

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https://hackaday.com/2021/07/29/3d-printer-add-on-makes-sharpie-colors/

Hackaday

Al Williams

3D Printer Add On Makes Sharp(ie) Colors

We’ve all seen 3D printed jigs that use a permanent marker to color filament as it goes into the hot end. [Sakati84] has a completely different idea. A holder on the print head can pick up on…

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 1:05 PM

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I am developing( thinking ) an engineering project of a national "deposit" of house's insects. So people will not have to kill any insects at their houses, they will be alive and taken to a safe place. But I have to think in something that will make people not touch the insects because we think it is discosting. It must be way easier than trowing the insect at the window.

blissful roost Jul 30, 2021, 1:40 PM

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Well..... if you throw an insect at a window, it will either bounce off or stick.

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 1:45 PM

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Assuming it's not alive with wings, in which case it might not even reach the window.

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What, however, would be the benefit of the centralized collection of live insects?

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 2:09 PM

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thick wind What, however, would be the benefit of the centralized collection of live insect...

It could create new university courses and more jobs.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 2:11 PM

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But what would you do with all those bugs? Universities don't need tens of thousands of common house spiders and mosquitoes and flies

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 2:26 PM

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delicate stream But what would you *do* with all those bugs? Universities don't need tens of tho...

They would not be in the universities. It could have new engineering courses about this.

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 2:28 PM

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jovial path It could create new university courses and more jobs.

In order for you to be able to make jobs, the work put into the job has to generate enough revenue to make the job sustainable. How does one profit from the collection of live bugs?

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 2:33 PM

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thick wind In order for you to be able to make jobs, the work put into the job has to gener...

It is science and engineering. It always generate revenue.

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It is like investing in the ISS or in language courses, or literature courses.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 2:48 PM

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Collecting tens of thousands of bugs isn't going to make any revenue if there's nothing to do with them

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Engineers do study bugs, but you only need so many

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 2:57 PM

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jovial path It is science and engineering. It always generate revenue.

The exodus of US space exploration R&D to the private sector is a prime counterexample to your statement. Nobody ever questioned NASA until it left a burning hole in the national budget...

crystal ore Jul 30, 2021, 2:59 PM

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/air-conditioning-military-cost-nasa_n_881828

HuffPost

Air Conditioning The Military Costs More Than NASA's Entire Budget

NASA's annual budget is dwarfed by a lot of other programs, but this may be the most incredible.
It costs $1 billion more than NASA's budget just t...

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 3:00 PM

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Academic pursuit does not always result in revenue. Only when you can propose reasonable evidence of profitability will you begin to get investment.

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 3:01 PM

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crystal ore https://www.huffpost.com/entry/air-conditioning-military-cost-nasa_n_881828

Yes, I do admit the US has a problem with justifying every possible expense if it's even remotely related to military.

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I don't think NASA was beyond affordable, but if nobody important sees the benefit, it's not getting funded.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:05 PM

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thick wind Academic pursuit does not always result in revenue. Only when you can propose re...

Sometimes it's science for the pure sake of science, sometimes researches get lucky and can use it for something useful

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:09 PM

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I’d argue that a vast majority of innovations that brought us to where we are now started with MASA R&D

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:10 PM

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Microwaves came from Roswell

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:10 PM

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NASA gives out massive sums of money through SBIRs (I was on a project funded through a NASA SBIR)

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And thanks to that funding and the knowledge gained, that project has evolved into a business venture. Though now separate from the NASA SBIR program

stoic mesa Jul 30, 2021, 3:27 PM

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tardy badger I’d argue that a vast majority of innovations that brought us to where we are no...

Much as I like NASA, I think it is a stretch.
IMHO, most groundbreaking innovations in electronics (transistor, IC, LED, laser,...) were made outside of NASA R&D. Internet started in Dept of Defense, WWW was invented at CERN, Linux was started by Linus in Finland, Raspberry Pi started in Great Britain...

thick wind Jul 30, 2021, 3:29 PM

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Alright, well maybe my analogy wasn't well-aligned with my original point. Is there a way to profit off of a large collection of insects? I can't think of one...

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:29 PM

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I would surmise that you could find a link to NASA research and funding to all those things

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RPi wasn’t particularly ground breaking anyway, they just removed a barrier that hindered SBC from being mass produced and accessible to the public

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Even the RP2040 isn’t particularly innovative, just again, a lot of work to reduce barriers to get technology to people.

stoic mesa Jul 30, 2021, 3:31 PM

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And this was an innovation.
Same as Arduino just lowered the barrier - anything you can do with Arduino a professional could have done before that using bare metal programming in C

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but Arduino IDE caused an avalanche of new projects and developments

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:32 PM

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thick wind Alright, well maybe my analogy wasn't well-aligned with my original point. Is th...

Yeah... Studying insects in and of itself has merit, and could yield some great things for robotics, but we don't need everyone's bugs they found in their houses

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:32 PM

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Removing barriers to entry isn’t exactly innovative. Arduino I’d argue was more innovative than RPi

stoic mesa Jul 30, 2021, 3:33 PM

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ok, that's a minor point.
But transistor, IC, laser, internet - those are truly groundbreaking

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:33 PM

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Most places removed barriers simply by absorbing costs or removing a profit motive from the equation

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But even still, lots of innovations in the IC space were driven by space development in the 60s and 70s

stoic mesa Jul 30, 2021, 3:34 PM

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true
still, I think that teh statement "most innovations started at NASA" is somewhat a stretch

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:34 PM

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That’s not what I was trying to imply

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NASA R&D includes private partnerships

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:35 PM

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Obviously the greatest innovations came from crashed extraterrestrial vessels

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:35 PM

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delicate stream Obviously the greatest innovations came from crashed extraterrestrial vessels

Exactly

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All hail the lizard overlords

weary fiber Jul 30, 2021, 3:35 PM

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All my greatest ideas come from the verse generator in TempleOS

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:36 PM

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weary fiber All my greatest ideas come from the verse generator in TempleOS

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tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:37 PM

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I’m just saying that people underestimate the reach that NASA had and how it’s hands were in a lot of innovations we enjoy today

weary fiber Jul 30, 2021, 3:37 PM

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Totally

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I feel like they also drove a huge leap forward in avionics

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:38 PM

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There are a lot of things NASA pulled strings on that they didn't actually develop themselves, in contracting private companies to do things

weary fiber Jul 30, 2021, 3:39 PM

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Corporations can innovate on demand, there just has to be someone who’s rich enough & interested in innovation enough to fund it

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NASA was that someone

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^ hot take that I’m not 100% confident about

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:40 PM

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Nowadays the DoD plays a bigger role in modern innovations that NASA

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:40 PM

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... How did we go from collecting bugs to NASA innovation talk? lol

weary fiber Jul 30, 2021, 3:40 PM

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Love how the DoD basically invented GPS 2.0 and made it exclusive to military applications

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:40 PM

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But I’d also argue that the adult film industry has directed a lot of commercial product adoptions

weary fiber Jul 30, 2021, 3:41 PM

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tardy badger But I’d also argue that the adult film industry has directed a lot of commercial...

I’m intrigued

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:41 PM

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tardy badger But I’d also argue that the adult film industry has directed a lot of commercial...

They're the reason VHS became more popular than Betamax, despite Betamax being superior quality

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:42 PM

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Yeah

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VHS was more versatile for distributing or recording content

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:42 PM

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And cheaper, both in the media and players/recorders

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:42 PM

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It’s also why we have Blu-ray and not HD DVD

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:43 PM

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I need a LaserDisc player

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:43 PM

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Advancements in other entertainment distributions came because of funding from the industry

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Like satellite tv vs cable

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:46 PM

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delicate stream I need a LaserDisc player

My 5th grade science teacher had one with Bill Nye discs

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:49 PM

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tardy badger My 5th grade science teacher had one with Bill Nye discs

Hehe, nice. I want Blade Runner on LaserDisc

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 3:50 PM

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Nice

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That would be pretty cool

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 3:52 PM

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I have great nostalgia for old formats like LaserDisk and 5.25" floppies and 5.25" HDDs

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 3:59 PM

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delicate stream Collecting tens of thousands of bugs isn't going to make any revenue if there's ...

I mean the protects to collect them in the houses, transport them, keep them, etc...

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 4:03 PM

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jovial path I mean the protects to collect them in the houses, transport them, keep them, et...

But the problem is that there's no reason, no benefit, to transporting and keeping them. Transportation costs money, and in some places transportation is already expensive and overloaded enough without adding more to the system. Keeping bugs alive and happy would also cost money, and I imagine that it would be money from the pockets of the people having the bugs collected. And then if you did have all these bugs contained somewhere and alive... What do you do with them? Like I said, you don't need tens of thousands or probably into the millions of bugs to do engineering research. There just isn't any value in keeping all those bugs around

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 4:07 PM

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delicate stream But the problem is that there's no reason, no benefit, to transporting and keepi...

I think it is a great idea. And it is humanitatian somewhat.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 4:09 PM

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but why

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There's no benefit, only drawbacks

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I mean, I prefer not killing things when it can be avoided, but there's no benefit to collecting and storing all pest insects

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 4:12 PM

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The main project is not store them, but take all of them out of all the houses in my country safelly, without killing. In a very big, organized and technological way.

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 4:14 PM

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But then you need to spend money transporting and caring for them, it's a resource sink

jovial path Jul 30, 2021, 4:15 PM

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delicate stream But then you need to spend money transporting and caring for them, it's a resour...

I am obeying all the laws of money.

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Art also doesn't bring money, but everyone likes it and eventually we buy it.

tardy badger Jul 30, 2021, 4:15 PM

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Art brings money if the people controlling art says it can

delicate stream Jul 30, 2021, 4:16 PM

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Art does bring money, endless bug warehouses do not