Test Equipment Anonymous

Shockingly, another instance of "putting all your eggs in someone else's basket, no matter how much you pay them, is still a bad idea."

mnem
*pisses off to do something constructive*

that is literally a completely irrelevant argument. I will not engage.

Next Act of my HP 85A Resurrection Opera is up here: viewtopic.php?p=8408#p8408

Enjoy!!!

mnem
or don't. that's really as much what you bring to the experience as what I've presented...

Also, why do the effing standard emojis not work again...?

mnem
² phpBB.

10MB is trivial today. What you're missing is that after several iterations, I got my piddly little animated gif down to less than 2MB, and phpBB is still kicking me in the balls over it. And yes , it is important to the presentation I just finished in the main forum. mnem :middle_finger: phpBB .

I assume it must be some php-weenie built-in bullshit to screen out animated GIFs, as it clearly is not filesize-dependent.

mnem
please murder this with extreme prejudice.

Happy enough, I'm happy. I may have exhausted my stock of 47µF and 10µF tantalums and there are still a few that will need changing at some point. Last time I looked, CPC was surprisingly cheap for tant beads. ... some very nice Chemtronics desolder braid (bought at the rally, have you seen how muc...

I am much more worried aboot a watch being exposed to dwagon-sweat than I am a little mostly-inert water while swimming or showering.

mnem
stainless steel... often isn't.

Before anybody asks...

No, it wasn't me.

mnem
Democracy dies in darkness.

mnem

mnem
in space, noone can hear you boom...

My Fitbit Versas (Gurrgle/Android) are water-resistant and advertised as safe for full-immersion/swimming safe to 30 meters; newer models are advertised the same to 50 meters, having a "swimming mode" which engages automatically by means of a barometric sensor. I know this because I've had...

mnem
this is where I usually put something pithy.

Finishing up this project. I made an executive decision to not replace the capacitor shown, plus one under it, on the TM503 supply at this time. In order to get the old ones out it will take major disassembly and lots of cursing to get the tabs unsoldered from the board. I have replacements in stoc...

Pretty sure your dad could count the fuses left in the box, just like my grand-dad did. He probably decided to just let it slide.

mnem
Thank Ifni for circuit-breakers...

*sniff-ity-snifffs the air*

What is that smell...?

mnem

Fucking keyboard nerds... Just get an Olivetti 82 and type all your shit on that! https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2369 Hey... I'd expect anyone who actually touch-types to be much more of a keyboard weenie than I am. I have a very heavy hand, so differences of 20-50 gr...

Yeah, glare like that is one of the obvious clues that a keycap isn't double-shot (an overmolding process, see below); The glare is solely a function of the LED brightness (easy to solve) and my eyes/glasses (less easy) or for the camera the contrast (probably solvable if auto exposure wasn't used)...

Yeah, glare like that is one of the obvious clues that a keycap isn't double-shot (an overmolding process, see below); keyboard weenies know that double-shot keys is how all the old favorites were made. It is the reason why the legend never wears out on a IBM/Lexmark Model M, etc. Since then, they'r...

The keycaps have nothing to do with the switches; they are invariably made by another party anymore. You can buy full kits for as little as $10, right on up to over a hundred depending on features. Just search "Cherry Keycaps" on slAmazon... if you won't do business with Bezos' Online Crac...

bd139 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2024 11:07 pm I'm disappointed now I've read it but it makes me think of Wile E Coyote...

"The deton operator exploded, but the explosive did not."

As Wile E is the subject, I feel this is much more correct.

mnem

Some corrections here... Firstly, they aren't glued in. It's double sided tape like 3M contact strips and it's dead easy to get out. You just pull the strip and they come right out. As for sealed phones, I'd rather have them. They are pretty heavily bomb proof these days and get a lot of abuse incl...

https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2324 Seems a shame to just abandon it, when I have its brother on the shelf, also collecting dust. Is there any way to get it tooya without customs raping you on it as if it were a working gazillion-dollar meter? :thinking: mnem yes, you...

https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2324 Seems a shame to just abandon it, when I have its brother on the shelf, also collecting dust. Is there any way to get it tooya without customs raping you on it as if it were a working gazillion-dollar meter? :thinking: mnem yes, you...

Reserved for general faffing aboot and conclusion.