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A very frustrating thing, when one must negotiate with amazon

the Hearth :ms_agender_flag: boosted

I don't know what this thing IS at the top of Amazon's banner but every time I see it I have to remind ourself that no this is not a MOV

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I made a post earlier about making LB posts replies but don't actually do that, it doesn't work and the reply doesn't show up in your watchers' home columns

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oh oops actually never mind about this thing, it doesn't actually work

oh oops sorry @daylight for repeatedly tagging you in that thread, didn't mean to

I wonder what type combinations still don't exist in pokemon

*googles "articuno chick" looking for cute pictures of baby articunos*
*gets a whole bunch of articuno gijinkas*
>.<

@Zhorken I love how the way your icon is drawn makes the eye look like it could just be a cylindrical hole through the head x3

I want to do more with that character, but it needs a new name first

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fun fact: the name Felthry was originally applied to a cute excitable semianthro furret enby before I decided it really suited me

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thought: cute, excitable semianthro furret and/or zigzagoon enby

why does the UL Recognised Component mark look like that

apparently it stands for Metal Electrode Leadless Face which is not a good name

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one of our favorite electrical engineer things is the MELF package, which probably actually stands for something but everyone we know just says it stands for "Most End up Lying on the Floor" because of how easily they roll off of tables

That feeling when the device you're trying to reverse-engineer relies heavily on a microcontroller that only appears to be documented in Chinese.

specialty electronics design, injury 

The thing about multimeters is that, by design, you're sticking them into unknown electrical conditions. If it turns out what you thought was a +12V rail was actually +12kV, your meter is not going to survive regardless of how much you paid for it. Whether you paid $5 or $50 will determine whether your hand survives.

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