Our newer class-D amplifiers are absolutely tiny and throwing insane amounts of power. 220W per channel and 350W for the sub on mine. Needs a 36V 30A power supply to operate.

And yet you post a link with literally two fucking memes as readable content if you don't have an account.

Get fucking real.

This is a concern. However, when using SNIa as standard candles, you already have to compare their light curves to templates to calibrate out the fact that different white dwarfs are made of different stuff. A double-bang probably has a light curve very different than normal, as well as being rare: so I'd be surprised if they mess up the overall fit of thousands of SNe. That said: more fun stuff to figure out!

57% of NSF's budget has been cut. If you think that 57% of what NSF does is "DEI", then there's no use arguing with you.

NSF grants generally run for three years. So, another way of looking at this is that funding no new awards this year at all saves you 33% of the budget. And whack half of last year's awards before they finish. Then let the ones on their final year finish up to get results.

Also note that NSF has been kicked out of its offices (HUD's taking the building over), so they're going to have a hard time managing whatever's left anyway.

It's a shame IMAX isn't that advanced.

I've got 800w sound system in something the size of an NES cartridge. I run three of those for surround sound off my computer.

If only sound codecs allowed for vertical positioning of audio. I'd add a fourth amp and roll 8.1 out the corners of the room.

"led to no changes to the law"

I thought the DMCA was the result of that whole debacle.

"TI already produces huge amounts of ICs in Texas"

The QC in Texas must be absolute ass. One customer of mine uses a 10-pin LED driver IC from TI on the BOM. The piece of shit blows itself out fresh off the reel one out of every roughly 20 times. You aren't even pulling a full fucking amp at 48V and this thing rockets off the board, taking traces and pads with it.

No, there isn't a short. On the boards where the pads and traces survive, replacing the IC (usually) fixes the issue.

Because Bondi is also in charge of investigating and prosecuting federal law violations. So, nothing will happen. A good idea to move the justice dept into the control of the judicial branch, maybe?

"Then you do this "battery swap" and get a *used* battery pack that's been god knows where. "

This is what ISO documentation standards are for.

"How many of you made a working drone at 17?"

We were making fly by wire RC planes as pre-teens in the 80s.

If it can do the 4 basic operations of arithmetic without using much of any power, you could have a simple solar calculator that pretty much never ever needs batteries and can run in some of the lowest light conditions possible if you just gave it a few caps to charge.

Perhaps you idiots should make yourselves aware of the dangers of the products which you buy before you whine about them doing things THEY DO BY RAW FUCKING NATURE.

Go back to school and learn about fucking lithium chemistry.

or your bank got made outside the identified batch of serials.

signed, ISO-compliant QA tech

These are past warranty, and in some cases the pack is nearly a decade old.

Zero reason for a recall that I see and I am pretty strict when it comes to lithium batteries.

A limp vine?