*looks on stackexchange* *sees someone asking if they can use a 10A 24V power supply for a 10.4A motor* "Okay, that's probably fine..." *notices that they say "it will take 5V power from my arduino and step it up to 24V to power the motor"* "No, nope, not gonna happen, no way."

Sometimes, people don't really think things through.

@Felthry it's probably less "don't think things through" and more "don't know what they're doing and flying by the seat of their pants"

@monorail I like to give people the benefit of the doubt but yeah

they at least understand the basic principles!

@Felthry hmm... i would have said that i was the one giving them the benefit of the doubt...

@Felthry i guess it's like

i'd rather get something wrong because i just didn't know better than to know better but have a lapse in judgement

but i could understand the reverse as well i guess

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@monorail Yeah, I can see both, and now that I think about it I think I agree with you

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