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We learned the other day about an interesting type of transistor, called a static induction transistor or SIT

It's basically just a really short-channel JFET designed to have *really* strong channel-length modulation, and it has transfer characteristics almost identical to vacuum triodes

They were used for some audiophile equipment in the 70s and 80s, since they apparently have that "tube sound" that audiophiles love
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huh apparently there's a collection release of all the gba castlevanias on the switch

unfortunately doesn't look like it has a physical release... if i'm wrong about that please let us know
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if there's megaman, is there also kiloman and gigaman
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came across a good turn of phrase in a video game: describing someone being oblivious, "you're as sharp as a marble"
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apparently okonomiyaki (those japanese pancake things) literally translates to "fried whatever you like"
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the Hearth :ms_agender_flag: boosted

so apparently there is now such a thing as an ISO standard sex toy
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this thought brought to you by us learning how absurdly complicated a process it is to make panettone
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give it a few millennia of recipe developing and you end up with stuff like croissants and panettone, the ridiculously complicated breads that take days to make
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take this grass and grind up its seeds, mix that with water and stuff and (important!) leave it out in the open for a little while until your grass powder lump becomes a bigger grass powder lump, then cook that
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you ever just wonder.... how did anyone ever figure out how to make bread
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hm. if metroid dread is finally happening, does that mean there's hope for chrono break? or even baten kaitos 3??
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does it bother anyone else that poptarts in no way resemble tarts, or is that just me
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we don't have enough free time to do things in addition to work
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