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Oct 21, 2022 15:05

Anwyay, cheers, to whoever will read that in a year or two!

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Oct 21, 2022 15:04

But since there has been 4 messages on this board since half a year, I guess I'll just have to decide by myself what to do...

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Oct 21, 2022 15:02

Which I may have posted not quite on the best suited site. Maybe I should have posted that on woodworking.SE as was suggested by a commenter, but before cross-posting, I wanted to check on chat.

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Oct 21, 2022 15:00

Q: Coating / waxing / oiling old wood without darkening it

I make sculptures (well, I try to, anyway) with old wood that I find in the forest. I strip and sand them heavily until I reach the "good" wood underneath the bad parts, but the remaining wood is still usually kind of porous, and has a dusty look, although it is actually clean. At that point, the...

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Oct 21, 2022 15:00

I wanted to ask for the opinions from this site user's about this:

Discussion on answer by thelawnet: Is…

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Jul 8, 2022 01:46

@Nelson "SUVs [...] were missing a LOT of safety features, so an SUV tends to roll over and paralyze the occupants instead of outright killing them" What? Are you considering that killing the occupants (rather than "just" paralyzing them) is a "safety feature"? Are you suggesting that car manufacturers take specific measures to ensure the people are most likely killed, rather than made paralyzed, in case of a serious crash?

Electrical Engineering

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Jan 20, 2022 21:42

Ok, guys... I haven't been actively playing with electronics in the last couple of years, and when I heard "chip shortage", I thought it just had impact for the graphic card manufacturers or that crypto-mining bullshit. But it actually seems this is for real. There's no chip left on mouser or anywhere else...
Where on earth can you possibly buy a couple of STM32, or MCUs like this in small quantities as of now?

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Sep 30, 2019 19:20

Except for that time Olin left, of course.

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Sep 30, 2019 19:18

No moderator stepping down in support to Monica Cellio, here? EE.SE is like a rock. Everything is falling apart around, but down here, things always stay the same. It's kind of reassuring, actually.

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Sep 9, 2019 07:34

@C.Lange Buy a large stock of NE5532. Scrape the marking on them. Buy a custom stamp with the TI logo and "OPA1612" written on it, and some white paint. Rebrand the chips. Make an offer on ebay for 5$ each. Be sure to put keywords such as "best souding opamp ever - ultra low noise - ultra low distortion - audiophile-grade" in the description. Profit. While you're at it, you can sell some fake capacitors too.

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Jul 2, 2019 11:11

@X4748 Seriously, Google. You can start there. learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/transistors/…

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Jul 2, 2019 09:48

@X4748 There is an infinity of variants of circuits where a transistor is used as a switch. Some of those may suit your needs, some other won't. You need to give much more details about you requirements (voltages involved, type of load, ...) if you want us to make sure it will work in your situation. Otherwise, just google "transistor as a switch" and take any random circuit that comes up.

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May 22, 2019 14:57

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May 22, 2019 14:57

@jippie Adam is probably right. I found such a product which really looks like yours:

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May 9, 2019 14:10

@Scott That crossed my mind. But the tone isn't quite the same, though. One seems to be quite vociferous, and another one seems to prefer a whining attitude.

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May 9, 2019 10:42

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A: Does EE.SE have a problem with the treatment of newbies?

As a newbie in here, and pretty much SO since the beginning of the site - I can clearly state that SO were the best place to ask and get answer related to programming. Currently the SO and clonings like EE.SE is mainly ruled and dominated by very unfriendly persons which gained reputation based o...

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May 9, 2019 10:42

Lots of users complaining, lately...

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Oct 26, 2018 19:22

@JRE Ah, I understand, then. Well, you're right, and that's why I quickly quit the discussion.

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Oct 26, 2018 19:17

@JRE, I'm curious, why did you say you regretted it? Because he replied with some rude things? As KingDunken said, you shouldn't worry about that.

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Oct 26, 2018 19:14

@KingDuken Don't worry, I'm not ashamed, and I don't have regrets for my comments on the post. This kind of discussion on the internet can't really affect me, you gotta try really hard for that. The thing I could eventually have regrets for is having brought that here, though, if that is the cause of his suspension.

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Oct 26, 2018 19:05

@W5VO Thanks. And I agree for the anonymous downvotes. But I had a similar exchange with him a few month ago, which actually did not end that bad (this one: electronics.stackexchange.com/a/386883/107479). So I thought it could be constructive... Well, this time it wasn't, but it doesn't matter, and I'll leave him alone. But now I see he has been suspended? Was it because of this? If it is, I'm a bit embarrassed, though. I haven't been offended by what he said or anything.

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Oct 26, 2018 11:58

which DAC box is it?

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Oct 26, 2018 11:00

yeah, I know... I shouldn't even have written that first comment to begin with. I don't know what I expected. It's funny, though "wannabe experts", "a disgrace to the profession"... I'm no expert, I don't want to become one, and I'm not even an EE, but it seems he can't aknowledge that fact that some people are rather happy with being nobodies. You have to wish being exceptional... Well...

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Oct 26, 2018 10:47

oh god... electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/403138/…

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Oct 25, 2018 12:25

Sorry...

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Oct 25, 2018 12:24

@PlasmaHH Oh, there are thermonuclear fires happening regularily in my pants. So that would actually be less of a problem.

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Oct 25, 2018 12:09

@PlasmaHH Ok, mmmh... let's see what feelings I have in that heart.... oh, unfortunately, none. It seems they all died, it's just stone material left, right there. Damn, I didn't notice that.

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Oct 25, 2018 12:00

@PlasmaHH Sure, what would be the rewards? A T-Shirt with a broken file icon, signed by your own hand? I can back this with... mmmh... let's see what I have in my bank account... all right: 2.39€. Deal?

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Sep 7, 2018 19:33

@laptop2d Not sure. One of these chips is clearly batting for both teams.

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Sep 7, 2018 10:21

Impressive. I can only imagine engineers from that time: "Dude, look at that new prototyping device from Zilog" - "Man, that's sick, let's fit in Unix in these 2k ROM!".

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Sep 7, 2018 10:07

@PlasmaHH WTF is that ? Package-on-package technology from the 80's ?

❄️ Tarnish Web 2019?!? ❄️

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Dec 12, 2019 11:36

@Ankit Do I get a hat for that?

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Dec 12, 2019 11:34

Ah, sorry, I get it. It should probably be interpreted as "ask, answer, or vote when it’s (December 21st anywhere in the world)" rather than "ask, answer, or vote (when it’s December 21st) (anywhere in the world)". Still a rather strange requirement, I think. Nevermind.

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Dec 12, 2019 11:32

Isn't the description of the "Where in the World?" hat strange? I quote: "ask, answer, or vote when it’s December 21st anywhere in the world". How can "being anywhere in the world" be a condition?

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Jul 18, 2019 18:32

It doesn't really matter since your rules are clearly specified, but English also has a few borrowed words with accents you didn't mentioned: café, résumé, ...

EE - Ask a Moderator

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Apr 15, 2019 11:02

@W5VO Thanks. I was wondering if the timeline actually always disclosed migration information, or if there was cases where it was lost by the system, or... I don't know. Anyway, that will be left unexplained, but it doesn't matter much.

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Apr 15, 2019 08:36

EinerA, who wrote an answer to it (now deleted), claims that his answer was written before some migration occurred, but I couldn't find any reference to a migration event in the timeline or revision history. I carefully checked this before downvoting, flagging and commenting, because I didn't want to be harsh, had the post originated from another stack. But it didn't seem to be the case, so.... And I just rechecked, and still can't see anything. How is it possible?

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Apr 15, 2019 08:35

@W5VO @DaveTweed Was this question electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/431586 migrated from somewhere?

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Sep 18, 2018 18:42

@Nick I thought it was possible fo you mods to initiate a pivate room...

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Sep 18, 2018 17:55

Actually, it shouldn't be public, just like your disagreements with W5VO should have been kept private.

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Sep 18, 2018 17:52

@Nick I am OK discussing this, but I don't think you want it to be public.

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Sep 18, 2018 16:38

@Nick I understood that. It seems, however, that she wasn't fully aware of the last events. And I felt the urge to ask her to take action. Seriously, this is a shame.

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Sep 18, 2018 07:15

@W5VO @NickAlexeev Just so you know, I have summoned Catija again to solve the disagreements that has certainly taken way too much proportions: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7245893#7245893

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Sep 9, 2018 19:57

@NickAlexeev Thanks for clarifying. I still think it isn't a fair idea. Also, if the aim was simply to exclude people passing by who have never actively participated in this site at all (which I can understand a bit better, although I really think it is not necessary), then the term "large caliber" was really confusing.

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Sep 7, 2018 08:59

Now, let me blow your mind: High rep people are not actually necessary for this site to work. What would happen if all high rep people (whatever the rep limit) stopped answering? Lower rep people would still answer, without compromising on the quality. The only difference is that "large caliber" people answer faster, because they spend more time on this site. This is perfectly fine, but I don't see why this has to be taken in consideration when deciding the rules here.

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Sep 7, 2018 08:35

What would you think of a democracy saying "Well, let's give the rich people a higher weigh in their vote. They're the one who produce wealth in this country, so if we want our country to continue growing, we have to trust them more than other people"?

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Sep 7, 2018 08:30

I was wondering why you asked us to provide, in a comment, the exact reason of our vote. Now that I have read this, I realize it was mainly to know who voted, and in which way. I am just amazed.

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Sep 7, 2018 08:23

So, for example, who do you consider large caliber, in the people who answered the poll? Is a 50k rep guy just looking for points more important than a 2k rep guy that has produce fewer, but high quality answers? What about another 3k rep guy that spend a lot of time in the review queues cleaning up the site, without any fanfare or publicity?

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Sep 7, 2018 08:23

@Nick Not sure if it's appropriate to add my two cents to this discussion, but since it's public... I just read the "let's give more weight to large caliber contributors" part, and I was a bit stunned.

Discussion on question by AnonOP: Why…

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Feb 27, 2019 17:41

You should actually ask him. This makes a perfectly valid and potentially very interesting question for an interview. If he seems embarassed and comes up with excuses, then it's a red flag. If he confidently gives some of the valid explanations given in the below answers, then you have no reason to exclude this candidate.