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by lb1lf 7y ago
-That's very true, I should have been more specific - I mostly did circuits with the occasional IC in it - trying to dead bug a QFN or TSOP gets old fast. :)
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by lb1lf 7y ago
You mostly don't - I had a decent setup for etching, so I just quick-and-dirtied a layout, put down a few extra pads where I suspected I might need some, processed a board and gave it a go. The one important thing is to not pinch on th
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by lb1lf 7y ago
This is why I loved it when introduced to SMT devices. Rather than those pesky colour bands, values were stamped on in a rational manner - two digits value, one digit power of ten. Say, 106 for a 1MOhm resistor, 102 for a 100Ohm one. My lab
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-Probably placed at the upper end of the passband so you could use a single high-pass filter in front of the detector to get rid of any noise on the line, easing detection. Also, if you wanted to remove the tones from the passband for some
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by lb1lf 7y ago
We had a major incident go down during our Christmas party, of the "We've got $50M of payload slamming into a wellhead at 1,400m, please advise" variety. Our service hotline was overwhelmed, and promptly proceeded to provide
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by lb1lf 7y ago
Dr. Strangelove is the origin of what I consider the most brilliantly absurd one-liner in cinematic history. 'Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the war room!'
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-See your doctor. I am 6'8" and had the same issue with my employer - as a cost-cutting measure it was decided that anybody but C-level would fly economy, period. A quick visit to my doctor (who, I should add, is 6'6" or
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by lb1lf 7y ago
No worries. If such surveillance devices become widespread, complex infrared video-camera-blocking tech will be outlawed - after all, they are there to provide security and prevent crime, hence anybody trying to thwart them is either agains
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by lb1lf 7y ago
While I am no authority on the subject of holes, I'd argue that a borehole is not dug as such, hence any borehole is disqualified from the 'deepest hole dug' contest. A mine of the crazy deep variety, then, in my book, is mor
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-True, but at some point I believe it is safe to say that the Soviets started using heavy machinery - an option denied the workhouse inmates who dug the well. (This is where the 'deepest hole dug' contest gets a whiff of 'No
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by lb1lf 7y ago
Pedantry mode: That hole is drilled, not dug. The deepest hole we've dug is probably the Mir diamond mine in Siberia, at 525m [0] (A quick internet search will probably say that the Bingham copper mine in the US is deeper, but that was
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by lb1lf 7y ago
My local theater is refreshingly honest about this (probably some annoyed employee letting off some steam) - under the screen displaying the showtimes, a poster has been put up stating 'Given times are start of commercials. Feature sta
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by lb1lf 7y ago
I feel one step short of donning a tinfoil hat, but maybe the drones are used for monitoring someone/something in the area where they are being observed?
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by lb1lf 7y ago
The Russians could just buy one if they were so inclined; I don't think HIPAP devices like the one pictured are under export control. (The HIPAP is just the yellow pipe - the orange thingy looks like flotation whereas the glide pads on
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-Obviously there must be some DR compression, however the recording goes to great lengths to ensure Tchaikovsky's intent is preserved - that the cannons drown out the orchestra and is more or less a physical experience. Your comment ha
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by lb1lf 7y ago
<cough> Who's Next (Tom Lehrer) First we got the bomb and that was good, 'Cause we love peace and motherhood. Then Russia got the bomb, but that's O.K., 'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way! Who&#
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by lb1lf 7y ago
Somewhere on the shelf I have the Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops performance of the 1812 overture. They used real cannons, and the recording & mastering engineers did their best to reproduce them faithfully. It is one of very few alb
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by lb1lf 7y ago
...my go-to-album when the perils of excessive dynamic range is to be avoided (cough) is Neil Young's 'Weld' live album. It basically has two states: 'on' and 'off'. However, it DOES serve an artistic purp
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-It does, of course, also depend on which MP3 encoder and settings you use; I did a most interesting (to me, anyway!) series of ABX trials on my own ears a few years ago. From a 24/96 PCM master I prepared lots of transcodings - 16&#x2
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by lb1lf 7y ago
Living in a rural, Norwegian area, I can remember seeing the following brands of tractors recently - Fiat, Zetor, Case, John Deere, New Holland and Massey Ferguson. I've probably not paid attention to at least a couple more - I am not
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-But this scenario would require the ship to lower anchor in an area where doing so is a big no-no, while under speed and where waters are generally too deep for anchoring, anyway. I don't think E39 will ever be ferry-free - the projec
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-Block heaters are quite common in Norway, too - and while my old diesel will start in -30C without one, it does not like it. (I cheat, though - the starter motor is pilfered from a light truck, and two batteries with approx. 800 CCA each w
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by lb1lf 7y ago
I once owned a Lada Niva, which while it was overall a rather - to put it charitably - interesting car to own, it excelled during wintertime. The engine sump was incredibly heavy; when inquiring as to why, I was told the idea was that you c
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-Oh, breathing hard when exercising is a thing, noone claimed otherwise. Your body requires more oxygen. You breathe harder. Heart rate increases to bring that oxygen to your muscles. That still does not oversaturate your blood with oxygen,
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by lb1lf 7y ago
That it is. Most impressive site, and if you have the faintest interest in communications and technology, you can easily spend hours there. If you're adventurous and there at the right time, you may even get to climb the masts.
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by lb1lf 7y ago
I second this. Just about any subject matter is interesting if presented by someone who cares deeply about it. That being said, I believe it is fair to say that I had a better experience than wife+kids at two of my favourite niche museums -
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by lb1lf 7y ago
Here at 63N that is a bit more challenging. Sunrise today was at 10:05, sunset at 15:05. (In six months it rises at 03:40 and sets at 23:36)
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-Not necessarily - there's a bunch of ATEX Ex relays in my desk drawer. Conventional, not solid state ones - they are just put in some potting compound, hermetically sealing them.
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-Given sufficient oxygen levels, anything is fuel - including engineers...
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by lb1lf 7y ago
-Trondheim is a small-ish town of some 165,000 citizens or so; the police know most of the small-time offenders well enough that him failing to show up would probably end up being more of a nuisance for him than actually turning himself in.

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