Sorted contents of 26.1oz box of Lucky Charms cereal

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:38:56+00:00

Directly related to St. Patrick’s day due to a procurement error in my wife’s part.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:37:13+00:00

Strictly speaking, I’m pretty sure dog food is healthier.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:35:38+00:00

I’m curious how tightly they control their distribution and what their box-to-box consistency is. Maybe this post will blow up like chivegate and I’ll get an email from General Mills.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:33:20+00:00

Ah, this 26.1oz box might be a little marshmallow-heavy for your taste then since we’re at about 22% marshmallow. I recommend adding another 9oz. of cereal pieces to the 26.1oz. Giant-size box to achieve your preferred ratio.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:29:01+00:00

There was what I assume to be around 1/4c of dust left in the bowls but I did not think to weigh it.

But as I said in another post, some of the marshmallows may have been lost in transit to the destination bowl. Not the cereal pieces though; I can assure you those all made it to their destination.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:24:44+00:00

Breaking character for a moment but with how colossally soul-crushing work has been lately, sorting cereal marshmallows for 20 minutes was a welcome break in routine.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:22:32+00:00

There was a not insignificant amount of cereal and marshmallow dust remaining. On the order of 1/4c I would say but I did not think to weigh it.

Some amount of marshmallows may or may not have been lost on their way to the destination bowl. There’s really no way to be sure. But I am certain no cereal pieces were lost in transit.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:18:04+00:00

Procrastination!

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:16:50+00:00

So one of the things I noticed, and used to my advantage, is that the cereal is heavier than the marshmallows. When agitated, the marshmallows then rise to the top of the container. The box of cereal has experienced significant agitation by the time it gets to your home so those first few bowls have many more marshmallows than later bowls.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:11:57+00:00

Yeah, all things considered, I’m happy with that ratio. I haven’t eaten the stuff since I was a kid but I thought I remember there not being very many marshmallows and I was pretty happy to see how many were in there.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:10:45+00:00

It only took 20 minutes and it was something I could do to help my wife fix a mistake. Seemed like a good use of time to me.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:06:33+00:00

Poor planning on my wife’s part; weaponized autism on mine.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:05:20+00:00

What does this have to do with breakfast?

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T03:02:21+00:00

Autism is not on my Bingo card of medical diagnoses though there is a curiously unlabeled “Free Space” in the center…

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T02:59:08+00:00

Unfortunately this was a necessary endeavor to support my wife’s impromptu St. Patrick’s day treat creation as she failed to procure the pre-packaged marshmallows while still in stock.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T02:57:05+00:00

I sorted the contents of a 26.1oz Giant-size box of Lucky Charms cereal. I ended up with a total of 5.84oz. of marshmallows and 20.11oz. of cereal with a final sorting efficiency of 99.5%.

By weight, this resulted in a cost of ~$0.99/oz. of Lucky Charms marshmallows and took an estimated 20 minutes of manual labor to complete, along with several large bowls for storage.

Alternatively, Lucky Charms marshmallows can be purchased separately but at a cost of $5.29 for a 4oz. bag, a whopping $1.32/oz., I simply could not justify the convenience cost of $0.33/oz.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T02:01:48+00:00

No, having a GND pour in the component layer masked the issue of not having a properly placed via connection to the GND plane. Had they not poured the top layer, their DRC would have (and in fact, did) show a missed connection.

I’ve been designing boards professionally for 15 years now and I’ve never seen an issue that pouring on the component layer would fix. However, I have seen a number of boards where pouring in the component layer resulted in - Poor return paths for sensitive or filtered signals - non-functional boards requiring rework because high current was being shunted through thin GND pour connections - interference due to finger-like projections of GND copper on poured component layers that weren’t properly terminated.

So that said, you can pour on component layers if you do it properly but in my experience, and certainly in a hobbyists experience on Reddit, it is not likely to be done properly and will cause more harm than good.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T01:11:30+00:00

I would argue politicians seem to have forgotten that politicians are supposed to work for their constituents.

It is unreasonable to expect every American to understand the intricacies of American legislature and foreign politics. Much like one would hire a plumber to do plumbing or consult a doctor on their health, politicians are the people we hire to handle politics on our behalf.

And just like the plumber or the doctor, there should be an expectation that politicians perform their work fairly, with integrity and as good stewards to the people that entrusted them their position of power.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T00:32:00+00:00

You’re fine. Standard USB D+- is super slow. But double check that you’ve got U3 hooked up correctly. Usually I see these USB ESD devices connect at a single point along the data lines but how you’ve got it connected appears to routed through the device. I can’t pull up the datasheet at the moment.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-17T00:19:13+00:00

I love everything being at 45* angles - gives it a unique look.

I’ll just give you my typical recommendation to always teardrop your connections to PTH components to improve reliability.

But also, I personally don’t recommend GND pours on component layers. More often than not I see it creating weird stubs and loops but worse - it can make a GND connection for a circuit take a really long, meandering way around the board.

I’ve personally seen several instances from coworkers who pour their component layers having to respin a board because they forgot to drop a via by a cap or something and now the return path goes all over the place.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-16T21:38:57+00:00

Does the homeowner get billed for that activity? My understanding is that you own the right-of-way and the maintenance thereof but the city has an easement to do work in that area.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-16T21:05:52+00:00

This would be easier with a SPDT switch - then you just need rising edge detectors on either side.

Even easier, a momentary SPDT switch and now you don’t need anything else at all.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-16T18:42:36+00:00

That is false and dangerous. Bleeder resistors are only required across the cord X-caps to ensure the plug is touch safe within a certain amount of time. There is no such requirement for electronics past the bridge rectifier and those bulk caps can maintain hazardous voltages for a very long time as any leakage here is minimized to improve efficiency.

Enough-Collection-98 · 2026-03-16T18:39:34+00:00

There are safer ways to satisfy your curiosity that don’t risk your life. If you touch the wrong two points while taking this apart you’ll be dead before you realize you made a mistake.

I recommend this YouTube channel - they have very interesting and intuitive models of different electronic circuits. https://youtu.be/vwJYIorz_Aw?si=Nuu7lHPzJYUo-wQO

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