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Comment Re:Don't believe you (Score 1) 138

A typical LM3576 IC has leads less than 1mm wide, with less than 1mm spacing, and it's DEAD OBVIOUS when the pins are fucking shorted.

Tell me you don't do soldering work on power circuitry without telling me you don't do work on power circuitry.

https://www.analog.com/media/e...

Go down to the dimensions on the 16-pin MSOP package.

I've soldered hundreds of thousands of those. Note the pin spacing.

Go the fuck back to school.

Comment Re:I didn't even know this was a thing until recen (Score 1) 304

Or I can just rely upon the dozens of times I've passed a vehicle stopped at a traffic intersection or on the 405 or the 110 or the 605 with its emergencies on because the car auto stopped in traffic and wouldn't start back up, causing hours-long delays.

That technology is utter shit.

Comment Re: Put a price on water - tragedy of the commons (Score 1) 118

California has a water surplus ON THE SURFACE.

Now let me tell you about under the Mojave Desert and Colorado desert, where the water table is dropping because rainfall can't replenish what's being pumped up.

And if you don't believe me, you can go to 34.835594 -116.206203 and check the measurement wells for yourself in the Mojave. I'm there every other week.

Comment Re:OLED exists (Score 1) 56

"but I've never heard of anyone willingly playing modern games on such a relic."

1600x1200 is just fine for a gaming resolution. A good 75Hz Trinitron will slap any 144Hz monitor at whatever native resolution it displays.

And the color gamut and contrast at high motion is practically untouchable.

The only reason I have an LCD now is because I have devices that actually do 4K (microscope) so the screen got an upgrade. This large workbench feels wide open without that 21" beast sitting there.

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