@BG100, @W5VO - Right there with you! I was starting to get content with my reputation status, and focusing more on using the privileges I'd earned, but now I have to get another 2.5k...
@Kortuk Where can we view those questions? I've been using this page:
@Kortuk - Also, what is "worthless"? Should we leave abuse (like the good ol' FM-CW front end SiversIMA questions) so that the user doesn't look innocent? Should we leave off-topic stuff as a reference that those questions are off-topic?
@Kortuk Of course! I always do that. Those are the posts I'm most likely to bring here for a little more publicity.
Really, though, we don't loose much going from the beta rep model to the graduated: 5000 Vote to approve or reject suggested tag wiki edits 10000 Vote to delete closed questions, access to moderation tools 15000 Protect questions to prevent answers by new users 20000 Vote to delete negatively voted answers and stronger question deletion votes
@BG100 - Don't worry about it! Like I just posted, the next privilege you can earn is to vote or approve tag wiki edits. Woop-dee-doo. I think that rep will be better spent on [random bounties](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/510542#510542). This will bring more users to the site, giving your answers more publicity, netting you more upvotes, and more rep in the end.
@reemrevnivek Yeah, but picky is selecting a smaller number of people from the exact same set of options. I am missing rep fora number of things on the new scale, I am not the most prolific user by any means(with mod work I rarely write answers now), but I am still up there and I am missing privileges.
How important are tag wikis? I just approved an edit for [tag:POV] (It means persistence of vision, not point of view...). I've largely ignored these. Do we need to make these a priority, or is answering, commenting, voting, and otherwise helping more important?
They are a long term goal, short term they are not a large issue. We need to use them to slowly bring everyone into the fold on what the tags are.
@BG100, Yes. More CS people, get ready to enjoy.
@Martin, I was going to tell you, one of the reasons I think that E&R may bring so many more people in that are hobbyist level probably relates to our ties to SO. This is going to have those that program well and want to tinker. I have seen many high rep SO users join in with very basic questions about electronics.
@Kortuk - Agreed on the CS people. I think that we need to make it clear that E&R does include firmware, and RTOS user-space programming, and probably even a bit of embedded linux programming. Those questions would get answers on SO, but we need to remember that it being a better fit is not the criteria for migration - Being a poor fit for E&R is the criteria.
@reemrevnivek, I am actually a very strong arm on what we do not need here. I moderate myself for what everyone else wants. I do think we are going to slowly need to start being stricter with question quality. I think our site can grow with more professionals. I think our primary goal to accomplish this will be improving question quality. This also means users performing edits and cleaning up formatting.
and remembering the mods are their friends, we are here to help teach about the system, contact higher ups for help, even to listen when a situation is frustrating.
anyway, I need to actually work at work, they get pissy about it otherwise. Going to get some of my list done.
I have a chip with 8 pins. I think I know which pins are VCC and GND, but I'm not sure. If I use a multimeter, can I do a continuity test to find which pins are VCC and GND?
You should only get 2 if you are somehow measuring the pin reference to both power and ground.
and only if they have the ESD diodes everywhere
I have had many chips that do not
They have specific pins that do not have them for power/cost/function reasons.
If someone had written an answer explaining why that was not enough without knowing something about the chip I would consider that a successfully question/.
I wonder, if that's possible to load lpc3154 at LPCExpresso board with custom firmware?
I see that chip supports secure boot, so if AES key was programmed, it is impossible without knowing the key? Or are there any options to boot lpc3154 without knowing the key? (SD, flash, USB, JTAG... Anythin...
I'm building an interface using resistive textile-based sensors that may have different resistance ranges depending on environmental conditions. In order to best make use of my A/D converters, I'd like to explore using an adaptive amplifier that will help compensate for the unreliable performance...
@W5VO Site-wide, or per user? And how come? To show overall activity? Mods and admins have access to a bunch of stats that we don't, similar to what @BG100 displays in his Stack Exchange API-driven graphs, so I'm sure it is taken into account.
I have a chip with 8 pins. I think I know which pins are VCC and GND, but I'm not sure. If I use a multimeter, can I do a continuity test to find which pins are VCC and GND?
