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Guard Rings on PCBs

Are they worth the bother? For me with my advanced age, dodgy eyesight and unsteady hand, trying to mark out something...
37 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cd
37 comments posted 5yrs posted by cd

Ghani Has Fled Afghanistan

They say he went to Tajikistan but they lie so much there's no telling. Afghanistan is now Talibanistan....
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by bloggs.fredbloggs.fred
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by bloggs.fredbloggs.fred

Cable TV Internet Service Problem -- Solved

Recently, I have been bedeviled by unstable Internet service from COMCAST (Xfinity) in the Boston area. The following s...
48 comments posted 5yrs
posted by joegwinn
48 comments posted 5yrs posted by joegwinn

OT: Any Eagles fans out there?

Just watch it. It is a really good cover and only a few minutes of your time. Amazing what folks can put together these...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno

ribbon cable current

Given the standard Scotchflex type ribbon cable, 50 mil pitch, 28 ga, I'm wondering how much current it's OK to run thr...
69 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jlarkin
69 comments posted 5yrs posted by jlarkin

It's Here: Lambda Variant Is Vaccine Resistant

Preliminarily... that is. It's very infectious and fast spreading. https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medi...
34 comments posted 5yrs
posted by bloggs.fredbloggs.fred
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by bloggs.fredbloggs.fred

project engineer?

I need someone to do the top-level bits of developing products. Not board-level design or coding, but the upper-level s...
33 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jlarkin
33 comments posted 5yrs posted by jlarkin

Battery replacement

I have a remote control car that has a dedicated control and receiver at some unknown to me frequency. Not bluetooth or...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Ralph
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by Ralph

CAN bus

A customer wants us to build a box (basically a cinder block bristling with connectors) that includes a CAN bus for con...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jlarkin
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by jlarkin

OT: Rant; eBay vendors

Christ, it seems like I'm consistently having problems with eBay vendors misrepresenting their products. No, it's not a...
31 comments posted 5yrs
posted by blockedofcourse
31 comments posted 5yrs posted by blockedofcourse

white racism

When they start doing stuff like this, awarding grants and contracts based on considerations that have little to nothin...
1 comments posted 5yrs
posted by bloggs.fredbloggs.fred
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by bloggs.fredbloggs.fred

LibreOffice - Good Program, Poor Help

I think LibreOffice is a pretty good program, but the support is no better than the manual of commercial products. They...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by gnuarm.deletethisbit
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by gnuarm.deletethisbit

OT: 1 billion$ for a [space] suit!

1 billion$ for a [space] suit! https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-landing-2024-spacesuit-oig-feasibility Something is wron...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pNaOnStPeAlMtje
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by pNaOnStPeAlMtje