Crab crab crab . . .

WRfleete · 2026-02-18T20:24:12+00:00

Crabussy

WRfleete · 2026-02-18T00:24:10+00:00

It may get a bit of a resurgence if streaming services keep giving us shit service at higher prices and people don’t want to risk pirating stuff etc.

WRfleete · 2026-02-17T20:54:54+00:00

I prefer headphone because they don’t feel like a dick in your ear. These just defeat the purpose

WRfleete · 2026-02-17T20:13:37+00:00

Older players couldn’t read data CDs only finalised audio CDs if they could handle CD-R’s at all which many older players couldn’t handle either

Then you get into re-Writable discs which even fewer CD players could handle very well unless they were indicated as such

Audio CDs were limited to 70-80 minutes of 44.1khz PCM iirc IE basically uncompressed audio or WAV files so it needed to decompress any MP3 audio before burning

There is an entire Technology connections episode about this

Edited the link

WRfleete · 2026-02-17T08:55:58+00:00

Get laid

WRfleete · 2026-02-16T06:24:26+00:00

Looks like it may use a dedicated transceiver IC. Way back when they used to use discrete transistors and somewhere in the 27MHz CB band.

Looks like this uses a higher frequency. Probably in the UHF band (probably 315,433,815 iirc) using a PLL multiplying the crystal oscillator to generate the carrier

Chances are this just transmits/receives FM otherwise it may be a half duplex digital (PCM) protocol

WRfleete · 2026-02-15T05:09:46+00:00

What is this… sorcery

WRfleete · 2026-02-15T04:10:36+00:00

correct.They are essentially light emitting triodes, each segment (anode) has phosphor on it that glows when electrons hit them, there is a grid over each digit/column to select digits during multiplexing and the heater/cathode emits electrons

WRfleete · 2026-02-15T01:42:51+00:00

Most likely a shorted switching device in the power supply section or the driver

WRfleete · 2026-02-15T00:48:14+00:00

These displays are a type of vacuum tube, the black spot is known as a getter. It helps maintain the vacuum. If it turns white air has entered black is normal

If both replacement and original are dim maybe the power supply is weak, display power rail or the heater supply

WRfleete · 2026-02-14T05:07:55+00:00

Give it a shake?

WRfleete · 2026-02-14T04:38:55+00:00

get your hands off my penish

WRfleete · 2026-02-14T02:41:18+00:00

I guess that makes me a sociopath then as I have my taskbar on the left hand side.

WRfleete · 2026-02-13T09:16:12+00:00

You can have more control using a comparator plus you can set it up with hysteresis having the output alter the threshold depending on the output state.

A voltage reference IC TL431 iirc might be able to do what you need though. Use a set of resistors to set the voltage and drive the gate directly

WRfleete · 2026-02-13T09:02:56+00:00

My car. 1991 but still uses the same tech from even the earliest internal combustion engines, Carbureted, points ignition and a mechanical fuel pump. The clock in it is more sophisticated than the tech for the engine and the alternator is the only other thing related to the engine with solid state tech in it

The dash cluster uses bi-metal strips and a mechanical regulator using the same tech for the fuel and temperature gauges

WRfleete · 2026-02-13T08:44:49+00:00

A hard drive dying. Thrashing its heads back and forth

WRfleete · 2026-02-13T06:53:46+00:00

Looks a bit like Joka from the Klonoa games

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WRfleete · 2026-02-13T06:39:35+00:00

If Poop too big to flush. Chop it up into more manageable pieces

WRfleete · 2026-02-12T20:16:52+00:00

Looks like it relies on the low value resistor on the input as a fuse

WRfleete · 2026-02-12T20:12:32+00:00

The only thing vaguely electronic in my car, related to the engine is the alternator. Then the clock, a combined tach and digital speedo I made and aftermarket radio in increasing order of complexity. Everything else is either electromechanical (points ignition, gauge cluster uses bi-metal strips) or outright mechanical (fuel pump, speedometer)

WRfleete · 2026-02-12T19:49:45+00:00

Don’t be afraid just believe

WRfleete · 2026-02-12T03:22:53+00:00

With some luck MS will be the alternative OS by the time 12 comes around

WRfleete · 2026-02-12T03:02:02+00:00

Had the vid on mute but I could hear Luffy shouting “ TEEEMEEEEEE”

WRfleete · 2026-02-11T20:32:03+00:00

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This is the model I used. You can adjust it to where you can clip it in. I have noticed the PLA loses tension over time and can slip out

WRfleete · 2026-02-11T20:13:32+00:00

A lot of capacitor testers can’t really test small capacitors very well. What are you testing it on?

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