Starred posts

W5VO

Oct 29, 2020 13:39

If you have an android phone, I really like the "Physics Toolbox Suite"

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Marla

Apr 10, 2023 17:31

     One can never eliminate liability vulnerability. One can only reduce amount of liability. (My own words which I learned in the school of hard knocks.)

Stacey Anne

Jun 10, 2013 02:40

I never get starred :(

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Scott Seidman

Sep 22, 2020 21:33

rochester.edu/newscenter/…

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The Photon

Aug 10, 2018 23:09

Engineering would be a lot more fun if it weren't for the customers.

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W5VO

Mar 8, 2023 15:51

@Polynomial Advanced Linear Devices makes a series of transistor arrays with the body terminal exposed (and not tied to source) - check out the ALD1117/ALD1107 and ALD1116/ALD1116 for the PFET and NFET versions, respectively. They're not cheap, but that's the only practical device I've found with an isolated body terminal.

PlasmaHH

Mar 6, 2015 09:57

nice what people use as pcb alternatives... instructables.com/files/orig/FD1/FI1Z/H27LRHYU/…

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W5VO

Oct 1, 2021 20:56

Actually, with all the "wifi-connected space heaters" I've been seeing, how hilarious would it be if they were doing crypto mining?

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Shalvenay

Jul 9, 2018 22:16

people forget that a SE moderator is much more janitor than ruler :)

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Marla

Jun 23, 2019 00:02

I like deleting a message. Makes everybody wonder what it was. :)

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Nick Halden

May 30, 2013 19:25

ATTENTION EVERYONE: I would like to make a comment on our chatroom as a whole: You all are atrocious at choosing what to star.

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The Photon

Jan 31, 2014 18:36

Show of hands, how many people think it's silly to go to Digikey to buy a part made by your own company?

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Nick Alexeev

May 26, 2015 17:02

> C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.

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Nick Alexeev

Dec 28, 2022 21:21

When the Spartans said "with the shield or on it", they weren't talking about Arduino expansion boards.

PlasmaHH

Dec 8, 2016 10:32

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1311997/?page=1 I don't think any journal would publish something like that these days, they all lost their sense of humour

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W5VO

Mar 11, 2014 20:10

Congrats to @DavidTweed and @NickAlexeev on winning the 2014 EE.SE Mod Election!

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jippie

May 9, 2013 07:01

@angelatlarge Girls don't speak C18 nor SPI, so @CamilStaps can't communicate with them

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Nick Alexeev

Dec 2, 2022 19:07

@DanielSank This is the HP software I had in mind. It ended up in another [no fewer times renamed] shard of HP: broadcom.com/appcad

tobalt

Dec 2, 2022 06:47

Let's say your white noise source has 10nV/rtHz and extends only up to 100 MHz. That means that you will get 100 Nyquist bands to RMS up in your base band, so the measured noise will be sqrt(100) * 10 nV/rtHz = 100 nV/rtHz

W5VO

Mar 7, 2021 05:41

I do not believe all four numbers are correct at the same time. If they are, you need to replace your breaker. But unless you show me a single picture with 4 meters (current and voltage in, current and voltage to load), I don't take anything you're saying at face value.

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Marla

Oct 25, 2019 17:22

Google used 53 qubits in their quantum computer. When they get to 640k, that should be enough for anybody ;)

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Asmyldof

Jun 1, 2016 13:51

Sexy EE ladies with SOT23 fetish welcome....

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JRE

Oct 15, 2019 05:50

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The Photon

Sep 4, 2019 17:47

@ScientistSmithYT Have you considered spending a couple nights or days reading an introductory physics textbook and learning the rest of the world's theories about the matter?

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W5VO

Sep 4, 2019 00:53

I'm really tempted to limit discussions about fringe theories to capacitor perimeters. It's a field with a lot of potential.

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PlasmaHH

Feb 8, 2016 21:01

Hint to future self: when you throw away a catnip bag, make sure you take out the trash immedeately...

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W5VO

Aug 8, 2019 14:48

The other two are still lost on the infinite plane of uniform density.

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JRE

Aug 8, 2019 10:29

Physics and I don't care how innovative you are. You ain't getting 9kW of solar powered "hand held." You might get it "fold carefully and transportable by one person with a hand pulled cart" if you try hard.

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rdtsc

Dec 31, 2020 17:31

@NickAlexeev Why on Earth for? We have terrible Vodka here! ;)

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Tony Stewart EE75

Sep 7, 2022 14:46

Imagine laying out an SoC or IoT or PIC like chip automatically with full optimization and max utilization with open software. Thanks to Cypress and google its now free. theopenroadproject.org

rdtsc

Sep 6, 2022 21:03

@Marla Hmm... If 3/14 is pi day, and 6/28 is 2pi day, then is 10/12 3pi day?

W5VO

Jun 5, 2019 16:01

@laptop2d You know, Altium still calls me offering a discount if I trade in my software. When I say I use KiCAD, they're suddenly less interested

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Nick Alexeev

Feb 15, 2018 22:24

@Shalvenay ... or NDAnium, or it's other isotope nondisclosium

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laptop2d

May 17, 2019 20:13

Why in the #*@! do companies copy protect their datasheets? I can't think of a reason why this even makes sense. It doesn't prevent copying. I can always screenshot and ocr. It makes no sense at all

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Kortuk

Aug 24, 2013 16:42

Please remember guys, when you see tony use the "Flag as Spam". It only takes 6 users identifying him to delete his post and very quickly block his account

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Marla

Apr 18, 2019 18:23

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Marla

Aug 15, 2016 18:27

@W5VO I was talking with my father the other day. He is 89 years old, and an Amateur Radio Operator. Told him about Stack Exchange Chat Room. He responded brightly by saying something to the effect of, "That sounds a lot like "Rag Chewing, only you don't have to deal with atmospheric conditions." Pretty astute for a 90 year old man.

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Marla

Sep 15, 2020 00:34

@ThePhoton . . Right next to the FAX machines.

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jippie

Sep 13, 2020 20:35

Lighthouse project seeks to use accidental discovery for good
We occasionally invent things we don’t need for our own operations, but that can be of value to society. One example of such
serendipity is the Lighthouse project. While researching a possible new light source for our new EUV systems, we discovered
that a high-energy electron beam we were working with could also be used to produce the medical isotope ‘Mo-99’. This
isotope is essential for diagnosing cancer. Currently, it is mainly produced from enriched uranium in nuclear plants that require

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Scott Seidman

Mar 6, 2019 19:14

@ScientistSmithYT Don't just "try it" -- work through the equations and make sure it will work, and then implement it.

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W5VO

Mar 13, 2013 16:18

looks at starred chat... Facepalm

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tyblu

Mar 7, 2011 05:33

What was that, @Kortuk, you wore a Tron outfit to your wedding?

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PlasmaHH

Jul 1, 2016 13:46

yeah, fuck the OPs feelings, this site has fuckin rules.

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W5VO

Feb 9, 2013 15:36

STOP TALKING!!! I AM TRYING TO CATCH UP ON THE CHAT LOG

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The Photon

Aug 17, 2017 16:18

A lot of plans in the US back then charged more for an SMS than for a minute of voice, which was totally nonsensical.

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rdtsc

Jul 1, 2020 14:43

Maybe Maxwell's demon is out there somewhere, playing with Occam's Razor?

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PyGamer0

May 9, 2022 09:02

hi

Marla

May 6, 2022 03:22

Sounds kind of one sided. Or are We afraid to?

David Kessner

Sep 10, 2013 18:59

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The Photon

Apr 27, 2017 20:45

@PlasmaHH IoT is going too far if SMT resistors have serial debug consoles nowadays.

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