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That seems a bit harsh. I have two rescue parrots that live in large cages (indoors). I let them out every night when I get home from work, and they're given plenty of toys and mat…

If you have anything to hide you have nothing to fear, eh? Former Mossad Chief Yosi Cohen bragged about having booby trapped and otherwise compromised devices in pretty much every …

Well, you sure showed me.

I did. There's long term patent cross-licensing agreements between the two companies. Motorola mobility may be a separate company now, but they didn't start from scratch.

Not sure how I feel about this. Motorola seems to be the exclusive provider of encrypted cellular networks and associated devices to the Israeli military [1][2]. I'm under the impr…

Hi, sorry I missed your reply - Unfortunately it's a proprietary design, the vendor provides the firmware, I do all the schematic capture / PCB layout. Good luck though!

Somewhat related - I've been working on a design using Nordic's NRF52840 SOC for work; Intensely focusing for the past few weeks on antenna tuning for maximum BLE range. Part of th…

~$320USD each at ALLPCB with a MOQ of 5 for their standard 32-layer stackup, but that doesn't include the blind vias. Probably close to $400?

Would you happen to be the "what the god damn shit is this fuck" Brian Benchoff of benchoffisms[1] fame? [1] https://hackaday.io/project/7986-benchoffisms

It's basically French for GB (Go = Gigaoctet)

Schematic and PCB design relating to Lighting and Control Systems for my main job. Schematics and PCB Design after hours as a contractor too, because I have a daughter now, my wife…

Critical information for those that aren't aware: MLCC capacitance decreases with applied DC voltage, like, a whole fucking lot. [1] Those 10uF/100V/X7R/1210 capacitors you love fo…

It's not uncommon in Tartus, but far less common in Homs and Dimashq. Oddly enough it's usually Sunni husband and 'x' wife. For example we have Sunni/Shia, Sunni/Druz, Sunni/Christ…

Honestly, my Sunni relatives from Tartus, Homs and Dimashq are elated. My alawite and druz relatives from Tartus and Latakia are almost distraught. There is a massive disparity bet…

Having a similar experience with our first child this week. Almost a full day of labour only to have a c-section at the very end due to complications. Even the c-section seemed abs…

Doesn't seem limited to GE Microwaves! My wife uses a cheap Kmart house-brand microwave for waxwork that does the exact same thing. I have another in the kitchen (Panasonic NNCD997…

I wish. 10 years imprisonment and $150k~$470k fine for growing Tobacco in Australia! [1] [1] https://www.ato.gov.au/about-ato/tax-avoidance/the-fight-aga...

Quoting Michael Nyqvist playing Viggo in John Wick: "I once saw him kill three men in a bar... with a pencil, with a fucking pencil." I can't believe these renderings were created …

Just wanted to say that I really appreciate the SMD marking database link you posted a while back.

SPARCPlug is such a great name for it too!

This somehow reminded me of the "Access A1200"; A complete and upgraded Amiga 1200 clone that fit in a 5.25" floppy drive bay [1] I remember the Amiga community absolutely frothing…

I'm disproportionately enraged by this.

I remember this! I'm glad someone else does too.

I often wonder the same about the technology used in a mysterious video that appeared on youtube about 15 years ago titled "Laser Induced Plasma Channel". It appears to be an area …

My wife's IPhone 12 Pro Max had the same problem. She somehow managed to fill up the entire 512GB. Updates were unsuccessful, she couldn't make calls and wasn't able to delete anyt…