That's also why I prefer physical retail to Amazon: discovery. Especially for "engineering" components or systems. A physical electronics shop with bins of co

That's also why I prefer physical retail to Amazon: discovery. Especially for "engineering" components or systems. A physical electronics shop with bins of components is FAR SUPERIOR to finding both new and correct components than online sources like Digikey. You often "find what you didn't know you needed" for the same or different project or discover a new project idea from what you find by accident. This also is why physical libraries and bookstores are superior to Amazon: you can discover books you weren't looking for and quickly assess the "breadth of a subject" in ways that can never be done (or at least never ARE DONE) online. The internet is in many ways the worst invention ever that we really have never truly needed. I saw a reality "Super CME risk to internet" story and honestly I DO NOT SEE A DOWNSIDE to this! Being cut off for some months would be as healthy to people and society as COVID and lockdowns were to people realizing they DO NOT need their old jobs (and now there's a labor shortage for marginal, low-paying work - which is probably mostly a good thing overall).