Components have rated operating temperature ranges. Extended temperature range semiconductors and passives are available at higher prices. Some technologies are unsuited for extended temperature: a Z5U dielectric capacitor is only rated down to +10C, and is no longer a capacitor at 0 C. In telecom, we used components rated -40 to +85 C, and tested both components and systems in thermal chambers to verify this (public safety critical).

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I happen to live across the road from a 115 kV power line, large trees, and the battlefields of inter- and intra- species crow wars. These crows have a very particular set of skills.

My candy thermometer has "Hard Crack" on the scale, so this is clearly true.

Calpers does not make political contributions. Democrats and unions, due to the demographics and politics of state retirees, are likely contributors to campaigns for Calpers board seats, but Calpers itself does not make political contributions.

After I read this article, I looked up Jetson Orin. Surprise! Today I am seeing AliExpress ads for a Jetson Orin module.

Not if they're lumberjacks.

I worked with someone whose college summer job was on a utility crew. Squirrels were called "self-propelled short circuits".

Here is SF Gate's 2020 article with more specific history::Shoreline

I lived in Mountain View at the time that Shoreline Amphitheater was being built. At times during the excavation, the odor of decaying garbage was nearly vomit inducing, comparable to the dead cow on sun-hot black lava rock that I encountered once on Maui.

My speculation was that methane would collect in the two-top tent over the stage, then a broken theatrical light would trigger an explosion. The actual reported result was flames dancing around in the lawn from peoples' lighters.

After the first concert season, I believe they removed the lawn, installed extraction pipes and a clay cap, then replaced the lawn. If you look at Google Maps satellite view at Shoreline Amphitheater, you'll see what appears to be the methane extraction plant not far from the back of the amphitheater.

All together now: one two three... FOUR FIVE.

My genetic results show 2% Ashkenazi, which explains why I don't hate klezmer.

Better version of After image: After

Not long ago I disposed of what appeared to be a mated pair of house finches, dead on the sidewalk after colliding with a glass wall bus shelter. A few weeks before that, it was something more robin sized, in a parking spot after hitting windows on a 2 story building.