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author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2019, 02:07:01 am
content: Edit: Increased the irony a bit.

author: T3sl4co1l
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timestamp: November 14, 2019, 02:34:02 am
content: Mehdi taxTim

author: KL27x
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2019, 05:25:43 am
content: Some say engineers don't have sense of humor.This thread does not disprove it.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2019, 07:45:40 am
content: All it's showing so far is thatIdon't have a sense of humour. 😅But I set myself a goal of creating ten on-topic memes, and no amount of rotten tomatoes will stay me from the swift completion of this appointed task.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 14, 2019, 08:04:27 am
content: I guess Australian engineers had a good laugh while designing this.

author: Pinkus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2019, 09:08:12 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 14, 2019, 07:48:16 amThis certainly applies to Rigol.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2019, 08:20:39 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 14, 2019, 08:04:27 amThe penis tank is my favourite place to hang out at Bovington. You need to see that thing up close to grasp how big it is.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 02:59:12 am
content: Well, I'm spent. Let's see how you like some random ones from the intertubes.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 01:30:34 pm
content: Not just a meme, but some info as well:https://imgur.com/gallery/M1S0DbI

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 15, 2019, 05:09:46 pm
content: On a more serious/neato note:https://gfycat.com/greedyoptimisticcuttlefish

author: eti
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 04:38:10 am
content: Quote from: KL27x on November 14, 2019, 05:25:43 amEngineering bent + austism (often) = takes oneself far too seriously, and really needn't

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 05:12:20 am
content: https://aliexpress.com/item/33028839359.html

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2019, 07:33:53 am
content: Edit: Restored from mirror.

author: Ed.Kloonk
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timestamp: November 17, 2019, 01:04:23 am
content: Quote from: Monkeh on November 14, 2019, 08:20:39 pmThat's what she said!

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2019, 08:41:56 am
content: Source:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg1860912/#msg1860912

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 01:16:54 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 20, 2019, 12:20:10 amI must be bi-polar!

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 01:28:07 am
content: What the hell is that?!

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 03:45:44 am
content: Subscribing to thread

author: A Hellene
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timestamp: November 20, 2019, 06:57:00 pm
content: I guess that this would be a good time for the regular, all-time-classic, 555-ish trolling...Who would really need a microcontroller, even of a sub-nanosecond machine cycle one (yet, don't fool yourselves; almost nobody programs in .ASM nowadays --so you certainly can kiss that sub-nanosecond machine cycle flow goodbye!), after the introduction of that legendary 555?Long live the NE555N timer IC (and the year 1971)!Long live the Real Men, still proudly going on programming in assembly language or straight in machine code!*-George[ * ]: Fooled ya! :-P

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 07:15:59 pm
content: Quote from: jhpadjustable on November 20, 2019, 06:00:45 pmThat is a good one

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
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timestamp: November 20, 2019, 07:42:59 pm
content: Quote from: Bud on November 20, 2019, 07:15:59 pmWho is that "Bob"?

author: A Hellene
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timestamp: November 20, 2019, 08:07:30 pm
content: Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on November 20, 2019, 07:42:59 pmHe was the(late) Linear Technology's(late) Bob Pease, a by all meansreal engineer, along with the also lateBob Widlar, the inventor ofthe homonymous current source/mirrorand a pioneer of thebandgap voltage reference.-GeorgeEdit: Grammar...

author: xrunner
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timestamp: November 20, 2019, 08:16:52 pm
content: Quote from: A Hellene on November 20, 2019, 08:07:30 pm

author: A Hellene
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 08:30:45 pm
content: Yes, this was definitely him!Thanks, xrunner!And, along with Bob Pease's office, above, this washis famous signature(clearly visible and comprehensible, in the very last page of that document)!You see, we should never expect a real engineer to be acting as a used car salesman, for example, because of their radically different mind-sets!...-George

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 10:20:10 pm
content: Quote from: xrunner on November 20, 2019, 08:16:52 pmThanks, now I feelslightlybetter about the state of my workspace ...

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 11:10:18 pm
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 20, 2019, 10:20:10 pmOnce you master the art of stacking, eBay is the vehicle for filling every last cubic inch. The only impediment is your own imagination.It's like stacking playing cards.

author: gibbled
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 11:12:10 pm
content: Well now we've got to have a picture of Jim Williams bench...

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 11:13:45 pm
content: Quote from: gibbled on November 20, 2019, 11:12:10 pmThe picture of him sitting in front of the bench is better. The look on his face... "wut?"

author: jhpadjustable
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timestamp: November 20, 2019, 11:18:50 pm
content: Quote from: A Hellene on November 20, 2019, 08:07:30 pmBoth of those Bobs did their famous work at (the late) National Semiconductor. For Linear Tech you might be thinking of the (also late) Jim Williams. In fact, burying Williams was the last thing Pease did before his fatal car crash. All is otherwise correct.Pease had colorfully ranted not just once about the deficiencies and disutility of SPICE simulation. Thence, the Ceiling Bob meme.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2019, 11:22:19 pm
content: Quote from: jhpadjustable on November 20, 2019, 11:18:50 pmPease wrote an ironic book about avoiding car crashes.

author: A Hellene
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2019, 07:03:55 pm
content: Quote from: jhpadjustable on November 20, 2019, 11:18:50 pmI stand corrected. Thank you for pointing that out.-George

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2019, 01:16:13 am
content: In the autumn of 1996, I went to Santa Clara for an interview at National semi.After I had completed a full day of interviews, the last interviewer asked me if I had any questions.I said that I would like to see Bob Pease’s office. The interviewer mentioned that it was one of the most popular requests for the National Semi visitors.I can tell you that attempting to capture that awesome mess in a photo, is like attempting to capture the Grand Canyon’s grandeur in a photo.You simply can’t.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2019, 01:18:37 pm
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 17, 2019, 12:58:07 amThat made me actually laugh out loud.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2019, 02:09:53 am
content: Edit: Restored from mirror.

author: T3sl4co1l
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timestamp: November 28, 2019, 06:49:45 am
content: GATEARRAYED! IT'S FULL OF ELECTROLYTEICS!Some customers like conformal coating on their boards. I prefer formal coating.Me, not really, but maybe.Worf, son of MoogFirst day of EE class and your professor be likeMOOLTISIM

author: babysitter
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timestamp: November 28, 2019, 11:26:21 am
content: @Dave: Time to elect a official eevblog memelord soon.

author: Black Phoenix
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timestamp: December 07, 2019, 01:06:32 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on December 06, 2019, 08:18:33 pmI had a physics teacher that said exactly that. Some years ago someone asked during a class why we can't have a test with the help of the internet. Some people jumped in the bandwagon of the initial idea.The teacher just replied, "If all of you want, we can have, but it will not help, I will choose questions tailored to be hard to search for solutions. Just because the tests without consultation have questions you can easily use the notebook to solve them, that doesn't mean that said "internet consultation" test will have the same level of questions."After she finished we could listen the silence in the classroom. The proposal were dismissed. Remember we are talking about the late 90s, early 2000, the years of the Internet Boom were everyone who were young think that the Internet had solution for everything, just shy away of a search in Altavista or Yahoo.

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2019, 01:44:04 am
content: Many people even with the textbook wouldn't pass a physics exam. Other matters are different, history for example, you don't have to understand a thing only memorize. But physics... if you don't understand it there's no way.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2019, 02:46:46 am
content: That's how Jeffery Epstein killed him self!

author: rsjsouza
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timestamp: December 07, 2019, 12:41:07 pm
content: I can't believe that Bob's poster wasn't yet shown

author: T3sl4co1l
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timestamp: December 12, 2019, 10:44:21 pm
content: What's on Dave's mantle?Tim

author: GeorgeOfTheJungle
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2019, 11:04:39 pm
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on December 07, 2019, 12:41:07 pm

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2019, 11:59:20 pm
content: Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on December 07, 2019, 01:44:04 amHistory requires no understanding? You must've had terrible history teachers.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2019, 12:30:52 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on December 12, 2019, 11:59:20 pmHe's too busy repeating it, that he hasn't the time to stop and understand it!

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2019, 04:24:15 pm
content: Only if it's been abused. Roundies are pretty naughty but Allen-Bradleys are pretty reliable.

author: Doom-the-Squirrel
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2019, 05:38:10 pm
content: That's the best holiday meme ever!

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2019, 10:55:16 pm
content: QuoteYou left IRC just before I finished, so, enjoy it here:Tim

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 14, 2020, 12:50:35 am
content: A more EEVBlog-topical meme,

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2020, 07:28:38 am
content: Not meme, but funny screenshot...So, looking for images for Vicor, google suggested great alternatives.And according to farnell, Xilinx will be rolling out their two pin FPGAs some time soon.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2020, 10:45:21 am
content: Caption this..

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2020, 11:17:43 am
content: Not likely though, common faults will mean you have a lot of stuff that never fails, and the few known failures affect all of them.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2020, 04:07:17 pm
content: It's the yearly time travel convention.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2020, 04:40:45 pm
content: Quote from: A Hellene on November 20, 2019, 08:07:30 pmBLASPHEMY !! Bob was National Semiconductors. Jim Williams was Linear Technology.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2020, 04:51:40 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on January 27, 2020, 04:07:17 pmThe next time travel convention will be held last week ...

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2020, 10:50:28 pm
content: I quite like greentext so here's my attempt at oneQuote>be me>driving on the new solar road because future>suddenly the sun comes from behind the clouds>the road surface reflects the sun and blinds me>car veers off the road>in a hasty attempt I try to correct>car loses traction due to glass-like surface>as the car spins out the wheels catch on the already delaminating panels>car starts flipping over and over further smashing the already broken panels>as the car comes to a stop the panel beneath it shorts out and catches fire>there's no escape as the car is too mangled>as I breathe my last breath the panels start playing music>it's Cardi B>Solar Freakin' Musical Roadways

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 29, 2020, 02:37:40 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on January 27, 2020, 04:51:40 pmI'm slightly disappointed no one commented on a yearly time travelling convention.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2020, 07:15:17 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on January 29, 2020, 02:37:40 pmNext year's one was a blast.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2020, 10:48:45 pm
content: Either that or the requirements were bad.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2020, 11:29:02 pm
content: Tell me that this is a shop

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2020, 11:49:36 pm
content: Haha, nope! Found it onthis AliExpress listingin July.Needless to say, I did not buy this model ... but two people have.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2020, 03:14:37 am
content: Looks like somebody made somespaghet'.

author: T3sl4co1l
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timestamp: January 31, 2020, 04:21:18 am
content: Knees weak, soldering iron heavytraces on the board already, mom's spaghetti

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 08:38:57 pm
content: Quote from: HwAoRrDk on February 09, 2020, 08:32:51 pmI think it goes without saying, but his posts are appreciated!

author: Wolfgang
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2020, 08:07:25 pm
content: Quote from: Black Phoenix on December 07, 2019, 01:06:32 amSame thing to me. My signal processing theory professor was asked by some students what they could bring with them at the exams. His answer: Anything that you can drag in by yourself. 70% failed.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2020, 08:18:51 pm
content: Quote from: Wolfgang on February 26, 2020, 08:07:25 pmWhat, nobody asked the professor how much he weighs?Oops, language failure. Anything. I forgot other languages usually exclude people when they usething. Nevermind..

author: Wolfgang
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2020, 08:50:01 pm
content: I'm afraid bring personnel was not allowed

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2020, 09:03:51 pm
content: (In colloquial Finnish, the pronounitis used for both people and things, so a Finnish-speaking professor would have had to explicitly say "books" or "things but not people". I love this aspect of Finnish. It is also a huge opportunity for dad jokes.)

author: petert
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 27, 2020, 05:35:09 am
content: Quote from: Cerebus on December 13, 2019, 12:30:52 amFunniest of all thread so far.

author: petert
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 27, 2020, 05:50:50 am
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on February 26, 2020, 09:03:51 pmIn German you could also say "alles was Beine hat" (everything that has legs) to mean people or animals. And while you would say "alles und jeden" (everything and everyone) to be more precise, the German word "all" really is generic and not limited to things.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2020, 02:15:29 am
content: USA 1st ...

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2020, 05:55:24 pm
content: Quote from: HwAoRrDk on March 11, 2020, 06:39:45 pmWhere would Kreosan sit?

author: HwAoRrDk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2020, 11:50:19 pm
content: With apologies to forum user K6EEP from whom I borrowed the photo.

author: Psi
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timestamp: March 15, 2020, 09:35:46 am
content: You think people get upset when you burn books.Just imagine how they will feel when people wipe their butts with 1st editions of literature art

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2020, 12:18:15 am
content: NOAA N-PRIME Mishap Investigation Final Report

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 10, 2020, 10:24:13 pm
content: https://pikabu.ru/story/maska_chumnogo_itshnika_7385792

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2020, 11:13:47 am
content: > Only wimps use tape backup:realmen just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;​)—Linus Torvalds, about his failing hard drive on linux.cs.helsinki.fi

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2020, 07:41:33 am
content: When I'm making YET ANOTHER prototype out of copper clad:Tim

author: HwAoRrDk
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timestamp: June 15, 2020, 01:38:39 pm
content: Edit to add: by the way, there is actually code embedded in that image file.

author: HwAoRrDk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2020, 05:40:00 pm
content: Inspired by a comment from coppercone2 onforum thread from video #1323.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2020, 06:28:57 pm
content: [Fx: claps] Oh well played sir, well played.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2020, 01:01:21 am
content: This one is absolutely epic! Dave as "clippy"

author: Chris42
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2020, 01:21:18 pm
content: Someone has to make this into a real program. Preferably with real voice.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2020, 01:32:06 pm
content: Quote from: Wolfgang on February 26, 2020, 08:07:25 pmIt may be a myth, but didn't a student bring Richard Feynman into one of his exams, because he fit (stood) on a single sheet of A4 paper? (You can bring anything in that fits on a single sheet of A4.)

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2020, 03:47:47 pm
content: Quote from: tom66 on July 28, 2020, 01:32:06 pmFrom what i heard about Feynmans amusing personality it does sound like something he would actually do for a joke.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2020, 11:35:36 am
content: The famous board improvement specialist Bob Via.Tim

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2020, 02:49:45 pm
content: [Fx: Lets out a "just heard a dad joke" groan.]

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2020, 01:47:51 am
content: Related:https://highvoltageforum.net/index.php?topic=1188.0Tim

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2020, 03:22:09 am
content: On a more wholesome note -- Dave's reaction when he gets more beverage-related swag:Tim

author: basinstreetdesign
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2020, 05:05:14 am
content: Quote from: Berni on July 28, 2020, 03:47:47 pmEven back in the 70's when I was at uni, a story was making the rounds about an undergrad class that was told that any student could bring in ANYTHING to the final exam that he/she could carry. So one guy carried a post-grad friend in on his back. The proctors felt stuck and allowed it. The student passed.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2020, 08:00:26 am
content: Quote from: basinstreetdesign on August 18, 2020, 05:05:14 amId imagine an asterisk about bringing in people was added to that rule next year.I never heard of any of those stories here, but there was a lot of variability to what you could bring on an exam. From "only a pen" up to "here use this laptop for matlab". If they didn't allow A4 notes then i loaded up my fancy TI Nspire calculator with notes (It could hold a whole text book worth of word document-ish text, while the crappy horrible contrast LCD meant nobody could see it from any sort of distance). They did say i can bring a calculator, so i did.

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2020, 10:02:50 pm
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 14, 2019, 10:29:58 amSuddenly, this should be pushed a bit?

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 04, 2020, 06:43:53 am
content: Quote from: babysitter on September 16, 2020, 10:02:50 pmIt's going to be more true every year for at least the next decade.

author: niconiconi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2020, 03:58:21 pm
content: Devices with built-in USB-to-serial adapters be like...

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2020, 05:29:52 pm
content: Quote from: niconiconi on October 20, 2020, 03:58:21 pmYep just bought a cheap programable PSU today and plugging it into USB guess what it shown up as.... COM3

author: niconiconi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2020, 10:05:30 pm
content: When you cannot remember your LDO's pinout... Not a problem at all in CAD, but a real headache on perfboards...

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2020, 02:08:29 am
content: Edit: Restored from mirror.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2020, 11:16:26 pm
content: ok that one was reasonably clever

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2020, 05:11:27 am
content: The 10x engineer

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2020, 06:39:26 am
content: ANIME IS REAL!!!Ref:Tim

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2020, 07:37:49 am
content: Quote from: bsfeechannel on November 05, 2020, 05:11:27 amAs someone who owns a Samsung Galaxy 8, after see that, I'm not even mad.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2020, 09:50:46 am
content: Meme credit: Rajesh Nayak.Watch by Jharwin Barrozo.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2020, 11:45:40 am
content: A lot of these are most excellentDo we have any good product/category comparison memes? I'm sure we can fuel some good rivalry in ARM v ARM or AVR v 8051.EDIT: finding original source is hard, this has been reposted quite a bit.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 16, 2020, 12:39:26 pm
content: I'd love to be the one to explain what 'thermally reconfigured' means on a test report.

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 01:10:10 am
content: If you know the movie reference you'll know just how life is imitating art. Otherwise you'll just be left wiping your (corona) feverish brow.

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 02:46:29 am
content: I may be wrong, but that kind of meme has the potential of inviting the angel of thread death.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 09:24:08 pm
content: Yeah, Syntax Error, get with the programme.Heh, "ravisha population" ...Also, exploitable image template attached for your editing pleasure.

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2020, 11:20:05 pm
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 20, 2020, 09:24:08 pmWell played.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2020, 12:37:17 am
content: The world is flat. And we never went to the moon.Change my mind.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2020, 07:29:23 am
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on November 21, 2020, 12:37:17 amCorrective Truth Implants coming soon

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 21, 2020, 08:13:13 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 17, 2019, 12:58:07 amNo actually don't, that's when it stops working.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2020, 08:59:40 am
content: A popular comic on how programmers actually create software.Maybe not only programmers

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2020, 11:25:31 am
content: Quote from: magic on November 21, 2020, 08:59:40 amheheheA modern take on was hanging up on the office wall when Moses was a boy.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 21, 2020, 12:58:57 pm
content: Quote from: Wolfgang on February 26, 2020, 08:07:25 pmOur electronics exam when i was in Italy allowed us to bring the standard electronics manual that the library had enough of for one por last year student. Thing is no one could understand it.My boss seems to think you can "just" look stuff up on the internet.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2020, 09:46:17 pm
content: The superlative decapping and analysiswhich presumably inspired the above meme makes for fascinating reading.> The 8271 has exceeded our expectations! Where to start? It's a massive chip, encompassing dual cores and a Javascript like execution model. Remember, this was the mid-1970s. Its general purpose CPU runs an Intel instruction set architecture that I don't believe has been publicly documented until now. It's not every day we get the treat of a new Intel ISA.Of course they subsequently used their newfound understanding of the ISA to bypass copy protection.Edit:High resolution (though somewhat cropped) copy of Diana Walker's photo, for your editing pleasure.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2020, 10:15:17 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on November 21, 2020, 11:25:31 amGotta love the Safety Officer's recommendation

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2020, 07:02:08 pm
content: Just discovered - the original hidden ending to 2001: A Space Odyssey!

author: ckocagil
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 03:41:14 pm
content: Highwhatrates again?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 28, 2020, 03:45:46 pm
content: hehehe,

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2020, 12:47:11 am
content: Tech Support Lesson #1: RTFMTech Support Lesson #2: RTFM again

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 29, 2020, 08:08:59 am
content: ouch, I did say RTFM to a subcontractorThey were worried that the pins I had put on my harness drawing were wrong as they were "so short". Well if you just looked at the book you will clearly see that.....

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2020, 06:27:26 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on December 13, 2020, 05:51:44 amHad a little win today, did we?

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2020, 01:46:50 am
content: MjölnirWidlarizer

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 07:53:37 pm
content: So, anybody else see a monstrous toothy creature?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 08:37:28 pm
content: yep

author: Wolfgang
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 09:11:59 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on December 21, 2020, 07:53:37 pmHow poor must people be that need to resort to spark gaps like that ??

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 09:36:00 pm
content: By the looks of it someone only worried about a lightening strike.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2020, 10:11:30 pm
content: Well, it looks like a plugpack, thus low cost is the norm.Nothing wrong with that - if it passes Hi-Pot, then all should be alright.

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 25, 2020, 12:00:45 am
content: You know who they are...

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2020, 12:41:57 pm
content: Ok, I expect it to be mostly in the 'other' category, but hopefully not crapped on too early!!So here's an actual 'electronic' one, to validate the post...Understandably, different jokes are understood/received differently around the World, due to local politics or regionalunderstanding etc. There was a world wide competition years ago, to find the 'joke' that the most countries understood,and thought that it was funny! The WINNER was actually this...A man rang his emergency number and said... "Help! I think my friend is dead!!"The operator said... "OK, first we need to make sure he is dead..."The man said.. "Hang on..", and a few secs later the Operator heard a gun-shot in the background...The man came back on line, and said... "OK... now what!!"TRUE xoxoxHere in Australia, we have a lot of...'someone' walks into a barjokes...A Dung Beetle walks into a Bar... and says... "Is this Stool taken?"A horse walks into a Bar... the barman says... "So, why the long face!"

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2020, 07:42:14 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on December 27, 2020, 12:41:57 pmA man walks into a Bar and says ...OUCH!

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2020, 10:14:45 pm
content: A man walks into a bar. Turns out it was a gay bar. The man says, Christ! I'm in the wrong joke!

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2020, 10:38:30 pm
content: A priest, a rabbi and an imam walk into a bar.The bartender says, "What is this, some kind of joke?"

author: pwlps
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2020, 09:53:18 pm
content: Happy celebration !

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2021, 09:07:49 pm
content: ST Leaked internal document shows the process of laying out pins. It's the only reasonable explanation for having 3 pins of a 3 pin programming interface on 3 sides of a TQFP package.(adapted by me from:https://9gag.com/gag/agBvwGr?ref=android)

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2021, 10:15:10 pm
content: Possibly NSFW,(Hey, I just wrote the link, it's literally not my fault it's embedded for all to see. Actually, I don't even know how to avoid it doing that...)Tim

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2021, 03:02:13 am
content: I don't like that auto-embed for Imgur, if you write it as a link then I think it should stay a link.It's not very accessible. Nothing appears whatsoever if you have javascript disabled. I had to enable 3rd party scripts to see the image.It's also a bit of a weird privacy tradeoff just to see the single <img> tag. From a quick check in my browser debugger: about 72k of javascript, HTML and CSS get loaded from imgur.com; but it also loads a pile of other social and facebook stuff ontop of that.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2021, 01:04:53 am
content: If you are concerned about tracking on the Internet, you should be taking active steps to protect your privacy, such as:Turn onprivacy.resistFingerprintingCookie AutodeleteuBlock OriginPrivacy BadgerDecentraleyesYou can't rely on the contents of sites to be benign.Here's a video meme (with complimentary Google tracking) to help get the taste out of your mouth.

author: KE5FX
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2021, 01:38:33 am
content: Quote from: Berni on October 20, 2020, 05:29:52 pmMore like COM84 on my machine.Which is a Good Thing.

author: KE5FX
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2021, 01:44:11 am
content: Quote from: tom66 on July 28, 2020, 01:32:06 pmThe version I heard was closer to basinstreetdesign's. Professor: "This will be an open-book test." CalTech freshman: "Can I use Feynman?" Professor, assuming the student is referring to the well-known lecture volumes: "Sure, why not."

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 11, 2021, 10:03:12 pm
content: When your code is so bad that a physical manifestation of the bugs appears on the summary.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2021, 10:50:08 pm
content: Crossover with/r/Justrolledintotheshop...(Explanation for non-mechanics: 10 mm is the most commonly used socket in automotive, and thus the most commonly left in a customer's car, never to be seen again.)

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 08:32:33 am
content: ...I was so preoccupied with whether or not I could, I didn’t stop to think if I should...Hmm, another version might be, it's the SOA curve, but there's a stabby boi peeking out of the 2nd breakdown slope.Tim

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 03:03:50 pm
content: You forgot the N...the meme is ruined!

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 07:54:42 pm
content: From another thread:

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 03:10:23 am
content: I guess that mostly makes sense, but doesn't the capacitor ruin it all?

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 03:58:53 am
content: With or without, you still have the full cable length returning to ground. All that changes is, the zeroes due to reflections inside the cable (it's a shorted stub) -- but these manifest in series with the ground-return impedance regardless.I suppose the context of the meme template is not sarcastic, as the 'X' were actually destroyed, so it's maybe not the most appropriate use...Tim

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 09:52:32 am
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on March 29, 2021, 03:58:53 amI was thinking along the lines of RF interference getting picked up by the long (non-zero-impedence) ground wire. Might not be valid?

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 11:29:44 am
content: The original was in regard to transmitters, so self-interference would be the primary concern, but that will happen to, yup.Tim

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2021, 07:31:02 pm
content: Why do engineering things always break outside of office hours?

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2021, 08:40:46 pm
content: Quote from: Syntax Error on May 02, 2021, 07:31:02 pmNo...No..All my creations pretty much break around the clock.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2021, 04:29:30 am
content: The longer I stare at it, the worse it looks ...Edit: Restored from mirror.

author: Gribo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2021, 05:06:07 pm
content: Darwin++?

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2021, 11:22:52 am
content: This one sparks joy

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2021, 08:44:10 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on July 09, 2021, 11:22:52 amSparking joy seems to be an odd choice of words.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2021, 09:29:19 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 18, 2021, 08:44:10 pmPoor Joy. What did she ever do to him?

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2021, 05:04:24 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 18, 2021, 08:44:10 pmOn that note ...

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2021, 12:20:03 pm
content: Reminds me of the Bob Monkhouse line: "When I was young people laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a comedian when I grew up. They're not laughing now!"

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2021, 10:48:34 pm
content: Today I learnedthat Texas Instruments became the first major manufacturer to enter the market of counterfeit TL072 opamps with someCMOS productof theirs.That's a very appreciated improvement over the usual crop of relabeled LM358 from AliBay, but what could possibly go wrong?

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2021, 12:02:17 am
content: Brilliant!

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2021, 01:48:08 am
content: Not a meme, but a very funny ad from the 1980s...

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2021, 02:45:47 am
content: Dang, Forrest Gump invested in the wrong fruit company!Tim

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 12, 2021, 06:05:23 am
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on August 28, 2021, 01:48:08 amGiven the current state of American software industry, I would say this didn't age well

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2021, 09:52:17 am
content: Couldn't resistnot adding this old one

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2021, 11:13:46 pm
content: Edit: Restored from mirror.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2021, 01:46:59 am
content: Alot of potential shock value there.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2021, 01:52:42 am
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on October 03, 2021, 01:46:59 amDoesn't appear to be solidly grounded in proper safety procedures ...

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 03, 2021, 06:33:54 am
content: Quote from: xrunner on October 03, 2021, 01:52:42 amWorld's biggest spark gap.

author: HowdyPartner
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 03, 2021, 07:47:08 am
content: Troll thread, do not reply

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 07:28:45 am
content: I wonder what bandwidth I need for nerve signals.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 08:22:07 am
content: Actually no joke i bought some real acupuncture needles for use as probe tips. They are cheep, thin, sharp, don't oxidize since its stainless steel...etc They actually make good probes for poking around tiny components on boards. They also work well for unclogging small orifices like 3D printer nozzles, spray nozzles..etc. Tho one has to be careful with them because they are insanely sharp, just lightly touch the tip of it and you have practically stabbed yourself.

author: 3roomlab
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 01:00:59 pm
content: i was watching scott manleys' ... and i saw this picture in itand i had to put it somewhere ...maybe someone has an idea to use it as a meme ...

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 01:06:02 pm
content: Quote from: Berni on October 09, 2021, 08:22:07 amConversely, you can use your wrist strap to stimulate your penis.For only €31.99. Bargain!

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 01:57:27 pm
content: That IS a bargain. I've had to seek new options since the RSPCA took my dog away.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 01:58:29 pm
content: Quote from: 3roomlab on October 09, 2021, 01:00:59 pmWhere is Shatner?

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 03:08:32 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on October 09, 2021, 01:58:29 pmHe's in the Enterprise, trying to make Scotty break the laws of Physics.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 03:54:47 pm
content: Just put the weenie in the warp drive 'sah.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 04:00:46 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on October 09, 2021, 01:58:29 pmHey, if you were the Star Trek cast organising a cool day out at NASA would you invite the class clown? "Sorry Bill, your invitation must have got lost in the post."Sobering to note that of the seven Star Trek principals (incl. Rodenberry) pictured there, only three are still alive (Takei, Nichols, and Koenig)

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 08:57:59 pm
content: Quote from: 3roomlab on October 09, 2021, 01:00:59 pmThat is such a cool image.BTW:"Construction began on Enterprise on June 4, 1974. Designated OV-101, it was originally planned to be named Constitution and unveiled on Constitution Day, September 17, 1976. Fans of Star Trek asked US President Gerald Ford, through a letter-writing campaign, to name the orbiter after the television show's fictional starship, USS Enterprise. White House advisors cited "hundreds of thousands of letters" from Trekkies, "one of the most dedicated constituencies in the country", as a reason for giving the shuttle the name. Although Ford did not publicly mention the campaign, the president said that he was "partial to the name" Enterprise, and directed NASA officials to change the name."This is from Wikipedia, the image is also there.Also Enterprise NCC1701 is a Constitution class ship ... I see what they did there.

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 10:59:22 pm
content: That makes me wonder... I have no idea when it was first declared that the Enterprise NCC 1701 is a Constitution class ship...Did they do a name swap?

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2021, 11:59:07 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on October 09, 2021, 01:58:29 pmIn the shuttle, belting out Mr. Tambourine Man over the PA system.> Bob Dylan wrote it, The Byrds made it a hit, and William Shatner...God, I don't know.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2021, 12:40:12 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on October 09, 2021, 11:59:07 pmI remember when I first heard his rendition of Lucy in the sky. And we all thought Lennon was whacked out.

author: Raj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2021, 07:14:20 pm
content: Just gonna leave this here.

author: wdbarker3
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2021, 09:15:14 pm
content: I've done welds that ugly, with a stick welder (Dog house). But it looks like the mess on the left was also done with a wire feed. Am I imagining that?

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2021, 05:43:46 am
content: Quote from: Raj on October 13, 2021, 07:14:20 pmFoo was here.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2021, 05:53:47 am
content: BrutalBut it looks like a shop

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2021, 06:09:11 am
content: Quote from: magic on October 15, 2021, 05:53:47 amYeah, tho a pretty well made one. What tipped me off is that using an actual pole pig casing would likley be way too heavy for this. Excellent dad prank tho.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2021, 01:03:02 am
content: Quote from: Berni on October 15, 2021, 06:09:11 amI thought it was a prop made from cardboard or something.I suppose someone wanting to do that for real could really up the impressive factor by making the insulators longer and hiding opposite polarity Tesla coils in them.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2021, 06:17:55 am
content: Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 17, 2021, 01:03:02 amhttps://imgur.com/gallery/uRB7BdR

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 21, 2021, 04:33:31 pm
content: Error jokes% make loveMake: Don't know how to make love. Stop.% got a light?No match% man: why did you get a divorce?man:: Too many arguments% ^What is saccharine?Bad substitute.% %blow%blow: No such job$ drink <bottle; openerbottle: cannot openopener: not found$ mkdir matter; cat >mattermatter: cannot create

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 21, 2021, 04:51:50 pm
content: To be accurate, that XKCD should really be- Make me a sandwich.- What? Make it yourself.- Sudo make me a sandwich.- What's the password?- Correct Horse Battery Staple.- Okay.but it'd mush the joke.

author: Sal Ammoniac
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 21, 2021, 09:22:45 pm
content: Quote from: tszaboo on October 09, 2021, 08:57:59 pmAnd the whole scheme backfired in the sense thatEnterprisenever flew in space--it was only used in the 747 drop-and-glide tests in the late 70s.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2021, 04:33:34 am
content: Not sure if this belongs here or in the cat thread, I'm going with here since the cat (symbol) is only a small part of it.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2021, 05:06:43 am
content: Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 22, 2021, 04:33:34 amPretty sure the cat thread is supposed to have cats that are still alive. This one has only a 50% chance of that... tho i suppose if you tell people not to look at it then its still fine.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2021, 04:06:05 am
content: (Arch isn't on the forum, but is always posting memes like this on #eevblog.)

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2021, 07:58:26 am
content: You know you're already old in your mid 20s when you see #eevblog and go "How do you post memes on Internet Relay Chat? Oh...Twitter...of course."

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2021, 08:15:22 am
content: Nah, you're old enough, don't forget this is here:https://www.eevblog.com/chat/Tim

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2021, 07:38:47 pm
content: Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on October 21, 2021, 09:22:45 pmTrue but it did go to Vandenburg for trial fitting to test if it could launch from there. None of the other orbiters made it there

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2021, 08:17:49 pm
content: (For those that aren't aware... "Pondering My Orb" memes are suddenly very hot right now.)Tim

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2021, 09:05:27 am
content: Guess the software.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2021, 09:49:24 am
content: Enterprise software = Worse than commodity software, except you get a bonus and your boss gets a kickback and nobody gets fired for the purchase.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2021, 12:31:06 pm
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on December 08, 2021, 09:49:24 amI just loved, when one of our executives got their new flashy 4K screen laptop, just to realize, that SAP frontend has 0 scaling capabilities, and the entire UI is the size of a postage stamp. Had to get himself an external 1280*1024 monitor just for that.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2021, 01:03:20 pm
content: I can confirm pencil leads and lab power supplies are plenty of fun when bored in engineering school.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 09:51:53 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on December 08, 2021, 09:05:27 amVivado when spending 15 minutes synthesising my design only to tell me I have a DRC error before going onto the multicore implementation?Or am I just bitter?

author: timenutgoblin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2022, 07:51:07 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on February 06, 2022, 09:46:28 pmWhat is the story regarding the poor quality solder joints and alignment of some of the SMD components? Is that related to the meme?

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 13, 2022, 07:56:34 am
content: The appearance of this potentiostat PCB is explained by the fact that Dryden used the popular "solder paste without a stencil, followed by extensive rework" technique.But anything beyond a punny bear may be reading too much into it.https://microfluidics.utoronto.ca/gitlab/dstat/dstat-hardware/-/wikis/home

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2022, 02:34:58 am
content: Yeah but that's not even an unpopular opinion, it's just flat out wrong -_-

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2022, 03:40:14 am
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on February 20, 2022, 02:34:58 amYou'd think so, yet:Quote from: Bud on February 19, 2022, 03:08:53 pmHence the joke, posted here first for the lols of course.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2022, 06:02:11 am
content: Ah... it was posted seriously.Tim

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2022, 12:18:50 am
content: At last my kind of reCAPTCHA!

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2022, 09:09:36 pm
content: Will do moose stuff for MOS Technology.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2022, 09:21:37 pm
content: Basically me all the time:https://xkcd.com/2587/

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2022, 06:41:48 pm
content: Russia sanctions right now

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2022, 06:45:40 pm
content: Quote from: DavidAlfa on March 14, 2022, 06:41:48 pmToo bad ToysЯus wasn't included in the list.

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2022, 07:46:18 pm
content: More like ToysЯnus

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2022, 07:52:45 am
content: They virtue signal and make popaganda to feel like they are doing something while sitting doing nothingI bet this meme came from R**dit or T***ter.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2022, 02:11:00 pm
content: Knock it off children. This topic is supposed to be light-hearted, a little technology related comedy, most definitely not an excuse to side-step the forum's "no politics" rule. Particularly not at the moment.So, DavidAlfa and all the people who published follow ups might like to consider deleting their posts before they get the topic locked.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2022, 07:51:10 am
content: Yeah DavidAlfa, it'sEEVmemes, not CopiedFromFacebookMemes.If you want to join the circlejerk, take it to/r/YUROPor similar.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2022, 04:37:39 am
content: So much of the above post is disappointing.Sigh.

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2022, 05:47:52 pm
content: Politics? I didn't say anything about thatI don't have any hate against russian civilians neither I support war or violence in any way, whatever your country is, but better don't ask me what do I think about politicians who send their people to kill and die in the name of stupid reasons.Sanctions are a reality and someone made some funny words, that's all, I'm not laughting at anyone's pain, I also do jokes about gas, and we're all screwed up with skyrocketing prices, the whole country transportation services on strike... Crazy expensive electricity (Now "only" $0.35/kWh, we had some weeks at $0.6-$0.9/KWh).Life needs some humour to keep rolling!Oh, and I don't have Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter or any other existing social crap

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2022, 09:25:55 am
content: When you forget to make sure your microwave's capacitor is discharged before poking around in it ...Edit: Restored from mirror.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2022, 10:24:06 am
content: Cosmic ray detector done in software.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2022, 10:47:55 am
content: Wait a sec, you need that to be if(volatile extern false).

author: Gribo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2022, 06:17:19 pm
content: Is it sad that I can think of at least one way to improve this detector?

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2022, 06:25:55 pm
content: Quote from: Gribo on June 27, 2022, 06:17:19 pmNope, why would it be? It's more funCode:void CosmicRayDetector(void){volatile uint64_t RayDetector = 0;while(RayDetector == 0);printf("Detected cosmic ray!\r\n");}

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2022, 10:28:30 pm
content: Code:void CosmicRayDetector(void){while(1);printf("Detected cosmic ray!\r\n");}

author: TomKatt
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2022, 12:15:36 pm
content: Microsoft's legacy..." alt="" class="bbc_img" />

author: niconiconi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2022, 12:43:26 am
content: When you use SCR/thyristor to switch DC.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2022, 12:34:12 pm
content: me irl

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2022, 05:58:46 am
content: I just saw a sales listing for a "vape" holder that clips on the top of an xbox controller, but I've lost it and can't find it again. I don't know why they bother with that euphemism, it's going to get used for soldering irons.Meanwhile I found this in the description of a tracker device:And ... err ... these things that you can "pair" with maybe?

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2022, 06:10:51 am
content: Quote from: TomKatt on June 28, 2022, 12:15:36 pm

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2022, 11:54:28 am
content: Quote from: Whales on August 26, 2022, 06:10:51 amThis is my animated GIF image attached in forum's attachment feature and repost below.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2022, 11:06:42 pm
content: I always loved that animated gif! Let me save it.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 11:37:34 am
content: Not really EE, but cute enough to share.

author: timenutgoblin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 12:04:26 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on October 06, 2022, 11:37:34 amYeah, because 10! (10 factorial) is 3,628,800 which is the number of seconds in 6 weeks.86400 x 7 x 6 = 3,628,800.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 01:05:29 pm
content: Who can still doubt Intelligent Design?

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 02:03:48 pm
content: Not that surprising that 10! works out to be seconds in 6 weeks.10! = 10 * 9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1Lots of shared terms:60 = 5 * 4 * 3 * 13600 = 10 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 324 = 4 * 3 * 2The Mayans used 60 seconds for a good reason - easily divisible.Another interesting coincidence I like is e^pi - pi = ~20, to 3 dp.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 04:02:33 pm
content: Or, 60×60×24×7×6 = 3628800 = 28345271– binary powers of the first four primes.When you start noticing these kinds of details, you start appreciating how useful 12 hour clock (=2231) and 60-second minutes and 60-minute hours (60=5×12=223151) really are.But do beware: this rabbit hole leads to N. J. A. Sloane'sOn-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, aka OEIS.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2022, 08:57:00 pm
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on October 06, 2022, 04:02:33 pmWho's starred on a number of recent Numberphile videos, but that's material for another thread (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/fun-for-nerds/).Tim

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2022, 07:22:56 pm
content: Quote from: tautech on September 24, 2021, 09:52:17 am

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2022, 03:02:31 pm
content: Might want to take into account the thermal effects of all those ... interactions ...

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2022, 11:54:58 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on October 11, 2022, 08:36:50 pmWow.That would have been perfect if instead of Arnie at the end had Johnny Five saying "Input.."

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2022, 01:45:49 am
content: Sometimes I suspect I'm missing something here.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2022, 01:51:50 am
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on October 12, 2022, 01:45:49 amThis maybe:Use Quote to get the link.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2022, 03:05:55 am
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on October 12, 2022, 01:45:49 amYour not paranoid. We -are- trying to hide stuff from you.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2022, 08:19:52 am
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on October 12, 2022, 03:05:55 am"I may be paranoid... but I am, no android."But yeh it's the auto Imgur embed so check your scripts / cross site permissions.Tim

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2022, 04:39:26 pm
content: Also, tangentially topical here, or, say, if you want to express your dis/approval of a thread or something.https://imgur.com/gallery/CMZlQpc

author: niconiconi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2022, 07:32:24 pm
content: High-speed digital system be like...

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2022, 12:15:18 pm
content: Code:T3sl4co1l: basedW1ngs: emitteredT3sl4co1l: and collectorpilled

author: timenutgoblin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2022, 12:58:39 pm
content: Before:After:Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 14, 2022, 02:27:02 am

author: EPAIII
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2022, 01:26:42 pm
content: And that, ladies and germs, is why I majored in physics and not history.Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on December 07, 2019, 01:44:04 am

author: EPAIII
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2022, 02:10:17 pm
content: OMG! I have just got to build a watch like that.REALLY! I want one! That says GEEK like the mother of all geeks! Best worn on formal, dress occasions.And sneak in a cell phone chip with keypad dialing.Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 14, 2020, 09:50:46 am

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2022, 11:44:52 pm
content: I saw this Youtube documentary on Matt Hancock and when he grins like that he reminds me of this character on a cover from an old game I had over 30 years ago on the Atari STE:

author: niconiconi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2022, 06:19:42 pm
content: "Mom, can we buy a Vector Network Analyzer?""No, we have a Vector Network Analyzer at home."(the Vector Network Analyzer at home)

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2022, 06:34:00 am
content: The hell am I doing

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2022, 03:15:01 am
content: From irc.austnet.org #eevblog,(For those that don't know,)

author: H713
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2022, 07:11:18 am
content: The best part is that it looks like a piece of zipcord.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2022, 08:00:40 am
content: Quote from: H713 on December 28, 2022, 07:11:18 amThere's no excuse for not joining that up in the wall.

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2022, 09:51:55 am
content: A mains wire with two plugs at each end. What could possibily go wrong/kill the dog? That 6 inch nail worries me. Who uses the wrong fixings in the wrong way? Meet our highly skilled 'electrician'. I suspect his frustrated wife made the warning 'label'?One for our networking fan boyz:

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2022, 08:35:51 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on December 28, 2022, 08:00:40 amThe kicker? The plugs are only two poles with no ground... Because you don't need no stinking ground on an exterior carport outlet, right?

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2022, 12:18:28 am
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on December 28, 2022, 08:35:51 pmVery possible that somewhere on the other end of that circuit there might be the 'tail' dangling where it got cut off. And is now live. And, as you say, not earthed either. Awesome.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2022, 01:01:49 am
content: Quote from: H713 on December 28, 2022, 07:11:18 amAn old friend of mine somewhere has a power cable made up with two standard British plugs on each end. The purpose of this, err, "contraption", is to be able to back-feed the entire house from a petrol generator in the event of a power outage. He assures me he would never forget to isolate the grid connection before connecting this and he is very careful to disconnect it from the generator before the other end but, oh my, I hope his life insurance is up to date.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2022, 01:07:10 am
content: To be honest, I would be much more concerned with the linemen that may be zapped by a generator trying to feed the entire neighbourhood.In my house I have an interlock that forces the main breaker to be disengaged in order to engage the generator feed. Very simple mechanism but quite ingenious.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2022, 03:54:13 am
content: All jokes aside,The generator would likely see practically a dead short. Depending on the circuit protection on the generator, or even the fuse that connects to the outlet, that may pop first. But a portable generator would really complain about being expected to liven up half a neighbourhood.I'm not convinced that the voltage applied would be very high, without doing any math: you know, the number of houses connected verses the impedance of the alternator. Many more amps than what the fuses are rated along the way.But yes, before anyone complains... Pretty dumb to do that when the are safer options. Please don't plug generators straight into your house power outlet. Ask somebody to install the right switch gear so you can do it safely.Quote from: rsjsouza on December 29, 2022, 01:07:10 amLinesmen always treat all lines as live, always. The reason is the wires can become live unexpectedly for many reasons such as falling trees or even in case of miscommunication among repair crews.A big danger would be connecting a running generator to live grid, not realizing it's live. Wouldn't like to be standing anywhere near the generator.

author: eti
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2022, 07:47:35 am
content: Quote from: xrunner on November 20, 2019, 01:57:13 amBit awkward and cringey. It appears to imply that EEVblog is a worldwide known entity. Lol. Slightly cliquey.

author: H713
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2022, 05:57:19 am
content: Quote from: tom66 on December 29, 2022, 01:01:49 amMy favorite examples are SpeakON/XLR/TRS to Edison connectors so that you can use a cheap extension cord instead of a speaker cable / microphone cable / line level cable. Yes, people do make them.This is what happens when some cheapskate tries to do this, but then accidentally plugs the output of a power amplifier into a high-current mains receptacle. At least, that's the only possible explanation I can give for what happened to this poor thing.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2022, 07:00:35 am
content: Hmm, I've lost the image of the Bastard Operator from Hell Ethernet-to-Mains cable I used to have.(No, I'm not telling you whether I had the image, or the actual cable. None of your business.)

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2022, 08:56:14 am
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on December 30, 2022, 07:00:35 amYou sureley mean the Etherkiller, or some variation thereofhttps://etherkiller.org/Google image search "etherkiller" is scary... And just for fun it throws in audiophool power cables as well.

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2022, 09:34:08 am
content: They are.But put mains up their asses, and these tiny little transformers will not isolate anymoreAt least not in 240 Volt countries :p

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2022, 11:50:47 am
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on December 30, 2022, 07:00:35 amYou mean 802.3v Mains Power Over Ethernet (MPoE).Cat6 32awg cores carry roughly what current? I have no idea and are just too lazy to use Google, but as Trump says, the current carrying capacity, "is going to be massive."[ you can do the REAL math if you want ] Two mains isolation transformers at each end and viola, MPoE. Earth leakage not included.Dumb idea? MPoE must be a lot more practical than that mains power over WIFI thing from last year?

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2023, 05:15:43 pm
content: Quote from: bigfoot22 on December 30, 2022, 09:19:28 amExactly, but you can connect 220V mains across the windings of that isolation transformer.Tho considering the transformers are designed to operate into the MHz at low signal levels, i don't think all that much of the 50Hz would make it across to kill the ethernet chip. Even then the ethernet PHY tends to be a separate IC, so the computer would likely still boot just fine with it dead. But in any case the ethernet port would no longer work because that isolation transformer would quickly get blown up by the massive amount of current flowing trough its windings. Possibly if it blows up spectacularly enough the hot plasma might let mains voltage jump the gap and do some more serious damage. The POE feature is another way to guide it across the gap with enough power to blow an entire machine, but computers never have that.The other way is to exceed the isolation voltage and jump the gap across the transformer, but 220V won't do that. This takes into the kV range and it is how lightning tends to kill computers via Ethernet.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2023, 09:01:05 pm
content: Happy New Year!

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2023, 06:29:45 am
content: Footprint Alignment Chart

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2023, 11:11:48 pm
content: Yikes.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2023, 11:34:34 pm
content: India? Huh, Thailand seems more likely.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2023, 11:36:44 pm
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on January 21, 2023, 11:11:48 pmOof really. I ain't gettin' anything about capacitors when I Google "Hitler Enterprises". Not exactly a good choice of name.

author: srb1954
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2023, 07:13:22 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on January 21, 2023, 10:33:54 pmThey missed the opportunity to complete the picture by making the second A in "capacitor" look like a toothbrush moustache!They got the hairstyle right though.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2023, 07:22:49 am
content: Hitler Enterprises... and the outrage it may cause.I wonder what they were thinking at the time when they decided to name it like Hitler.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2023, 07:51:36 am
content: Quote from: MrMobodies on January 22, 2023, 07:22:49 amWake me when they start manufacturing nautical vessels.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2023, 08:39:27 am
content: Perhaps they rolled with the name after a popular search result for 'caps'www.warhats.com/store/p637/Adolf-Hitlers-Cap-Aged.html#/www.reddickmilitaria.com/third-reich-visor-caps/hitler-and-goering-visor-caps/Apparently the ex-Fuehrer is popular in some regionsIcecream:https://jaysizemore.medium.com/why-does-india-love-hitler-so-much-4d84cbcf021Clothing:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-19481400Nike, Maccas, G00Gle, Hitler, Thanos etchey, whatever brand name sells and puts bum on seats !

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2023, 09:48:21 am
content: Every picture on the Internet is fake until proven otherwise.That being said, I found this:https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/HITLER-ENTERPRISES-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U01100TN2020PTC135044QuoteThe date of incorporation is suspicious too. I would believe it if it was the 20th of April

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2023, 02:06:58 am
content: Edit: Restored from mirror.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2023, 09:59:08 pm
content: I actually had a team of young engineers do this small "experiment" in lab, they didn't believe that it would make the capacitor explode.Impregnated paper dust everywhere. Always fun.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2023, 10:28:10 pm
content: Tim's one came up on Discord a hour or 2 back as did this one:

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2023, 12:05:28 am
content: Did someone say 4k wallpaper?Shapoko/Syego seems to be really intogirls of strange sizes(might be NSFW depends on your W).

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2023, 12:56:08 am
content: Another from Discord where we spend far too much time chatting

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2023, 01:00:53 am
content: And if legs are what you're into, another from that darn Discord.

author: HwAoRrDk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2023, 11:54:54 am
content: Oh, so that's why when you drop a part on the floor it always ends up in the darkest, most inaccessible spot - they don't bounce, theyscurrythere.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2023, 03:36:48 am
content: I draw box style resistors. This means when I forget to draw a resistor I add a box on top of the line. Now I have fuses.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2023, 05:11:18 am
content: Genuinely seen that happen to a SMD ferite on a boardNot only did it glow just like a yellow LED in color but it kept glowing for at least 5 seconds before a coworker went "Well it looks like it is on....Wait, we don't have a power LED on these boards!" and turned off the power in a real hurry.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2023, 03:48:15 pm
content: Your post is completely blank for me Teslacoil. Looks like imgur links are getting automagically replaced with javascript imgur embeds (yuck).Testing attempts at making a non-broken version:(1) Without protocol: imgur.com/h8xQeJP(2)(3)(4)Code:Inside code tags: https://imgur.com/h8xQeJP

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2023, 04:47:04 pm
content: Worked for me.I watched and thought: that escalated quickly.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2023, 05:52:35 pm
content: Yeah, the auto embed is kinda jank... wish there were a way to disable it sometimes.Tim

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 21, 2023, 05:42:29 pm
content: Science reporting always be like...

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2023, 08:51:32 am
content: It is anXparrot. It has ceased to be...

author: HwAoRrDk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2023, 03:18:43 pm
content: Context

author: HwAoRrDk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2023, 05:25:58 pm
content: Context

author: duckduck
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 13, 2023, 11:52:00 pm
content: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1522842255195809

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2023, 05:09:44 pm
content: Reason why programmers are single:

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2023, 12:26:47 am
content: Quote from: PapierzToaletowy on November 19, 2023, 09:14:58 pmAhah yes, though at least they did it themselves!Ever wondered why the typical ChatGPT answers are structured with an introduction, numbered points and a conclusion? Is it the way people normally talk, or is it the way people are supposed to structure their essays?

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2023, 01:04:17 am
content: Don't connect your test gear directly to the internet. Trap for young players.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2023, 01:09:32 am
content: Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 20, 2023, 01:04:17 amTektronix scopes and LAs from that era came with a relatively standard mini-ITX motherboard as I recall, and Windows 2000. While it was possible to run any program on them, I think it was not *this* easy unless you managed to quit the main application (which was in full screen) which would get you back to a Windows desktop (not sure I recall that) or at least a command prompt. But someone having used these more than I did may remember better.So I don't know how realistic the picture above would be, but that's certainly funny.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2023, 01:54:18 am
content: HP/Agilent and R&S also have a full-screen windows application with a typical "Sys" or "System" button that took you to the main OS screen.Fortunately at work all these are in an isolated network and can only be accessible via GPIB on a more modern host PC.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2023, 01:23:48 am
content: Seen on Imgur:Northwindlowlander"Yep but tin is like 230 degrees, you can melt it with a sexy accent."So there you have it, don't have a soldering iron, just speak French at your circuit; or if it's RoHS solder, Italian.Tim

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2023, 02:09:47 am
content: I'd call it human vs autorouter.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2024, 11:23:48 pm
content: From a recent conversation concerning vintage computer PSUs:Tim

author: W1ngs
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2024, 11:28:18 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on January 17, 2024, 11:23:48 pmHah, I'm proud of that dumb joke. Thanks for sharing it.

author: AndyBeez
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2024, 11:53:57 pm
content: Today, I read the user manual. I did not know this.

author: niconiconi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2024, 12:01:22 pm
content: The last 20 years of Hewlett-Packard be like...

author: DavidAlfa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2024, 11:18:09 pm
content: Someone sent me this today, saw the thumbnail - Arrg, free energy crap again! - then got me with a completely unexpected result!https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4r2WrBs_UF/

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2024, 11:14:35 am
content: Audible trip fuses -

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 01, 2024, 02:17:53 pm
content: Ref:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/why-not-use-digital-isolators/msg5559887/#msg5559887

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2024, 10:16:20 pm
content: That one goes from the fuses straight to the main IC...Original link:https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Multimeter-Capacitance-Temperature-MSR-A2000/dp/B09HP6M8CW

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2024, 06:18:52 pm
content: people mocked the gorn fight in startrek TOS for 50 yearshowever,https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/07/19/0035251/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-yellow-sulfur-crystals-in-martian-rockthats the kind of sulfur you can grind right up to formulate black powder with

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2024, 09:29:21 am
content: Quote from: Neilm on December 27, 2020, 07:42:14 pmA blind man walks into a bar....then the chair.....then the wall.

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2024, 09:31:50 am
content: Quote from: xrunner on June 10, 2024, 11:14:35 amDo they make RoHS compliant ones?

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2024, 09:50:18 am
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on May 12, 2023, 12:09:23 amWe had a light emitting audio amplifier IC that glowed bright red for about 5 minutes.There was also video but i can't remember where it is.But fret not, for the IC is still in my parts drawer, as it can be connected to 12V to glow again. What? you think it burned out? Hah!

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 23, 2024, 09:50:26 am
content: Quote from: Refrigerator on July 23, 2024, 09:31:50 amNo, you see lead is fine for items that are used for a fraction of a second, and gets littered all over the place, and billions of it are made per year.But if you place milligrams of it into electronics that is used for decades, collected and hopefully recycled, then the polar bears die.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2024, 06:59:06 pm
content: Out of context, but, context doesn't really matter...Quote

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2024, 11:38:50 pm
content: This is for Dave...

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 13, 2024, 11:52:21 pm
content: actually if they switched places it might work out because australia has 1/4 of the people in germany, they would have plenty of room there. It might get rid of some of the congestion in berlin etc

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2024, 12:52:49 am
content: Uh, no. Austria is not Germany. It has about 1/3 the population of Australia. With a much higher density. So, no, that wouldn't really work out all that well.

author: Xena E
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 20, 2024, 02:52:05 pm
content: The evils ofnukeularnuclear energy.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2024, 12:23:59 pm
content: A bit of context for non US residents: "Spirit" is a company that sells halloween costumes for this season, and the packaging drawing is remarkably close to their typical costume package.

author: Zoli
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2024, 09:45:58 pm
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on October 12, 2024, 12:23:59 pmWhat is the scariest part of Halloween?The next day invasion of the Xmas songs.

author: harerod
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2024, 01:57:02 pm
content: My wife was a bit disappointment, because she expected spoiders. I assume those bees keep a handful of Huntsmen as door guards?

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2024, 09:39:08 pm
content: This looks like a Canadian or US breaker panel.Ihavehad the pleasure of opening a switchboard and frightening a fair-sizedhuntsman, so maybe it's just a rite of passage in Australia?

author: harerod
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2024, 09:02:03 am
content: Rite of Passage - yep. Oz is THE place to actively combat archnophobia.https://harerod.de/lbr/australien/australia_spiders.html#huntsmanThe little guy in the first picture sits on the wall next to the mirror above my bathroom sink, while I brush my teeth. (Campground near Darwin)Unlike our micro-spiders, yours can scale smooth walls. Ours (Europe/US) would usually get stuck in a bathtub (fond memories of a seedy motel room near Baton Rouge).Before that encounter we had seen a Huntsman in combat with a large wasp, during which the Huntsman jumped about a meter, right into a mouse-hole sized opening in the ground. A Sydney-based friend remarked on her 60th birthday, while we were putting on boots, that we were the first people she met that didn't normally check their shoes for residents. At any rate - thanks again for sharing the picture.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 01:40:31 am
content: > tell me how a remote control worksLike this?

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 03:34:45 am
content: That's cleverandsafe.

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 05:26:39 am
content: While Google is a major tech company with a wide range of popular services, it has been criticized for various practices that some consider "shady," including concerns about data privacy, manipulation of search results, potential censorship, and antitrust issues related to its dominant market position, particularly in online advertising; therefore, depending on your perspective, it could be considered a somewhat "shady" organization.

author: I wanted a rude username
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 08:35:31 pm
content: I will add ... somewhere in our deep, repressed memories ... we've probably done worse.Though maybe not intentionally.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 05:27:47 pm
content: In the early 2010s, when the corrupt Brazilian government decided to shove a new "standard" for outlets and plugs down the throat of the population, several similar memes were created on how to re-use the old outlets with the new junk. The best one is below:For context: the new Brazilian standard is a variation of the IEC 60906-1 (also the "almost" swiss standard) that was designed to have a pin separation just slightly wider to be 100% incompatible with the existing plugs and outlets.

author: Krotow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 05:49:33 pm
content: Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 14, 2019, 12:50:15 pmThat exactly was I did at last weekKinda how to put all isolated ports on same board.

author: cosmicray
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 06:45:11 pm
content: Quote from: xrunner on June 10, 2024, 11:14:35 amShort the HV on the pole out at the highway, and pole fuse becomes very audible.