No thanks

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From a wideband HF radio power amplifier board designed and built in south Florida.

South Florida is not known for rf devices.

Uh………..
Chinashit caps everywhere and the board feels like toilet paper. Additionally, those resistors. Here’s five cents, go buy some real 2 watt noninductive parts…

Things I learned today

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Pic unrelated. These are several orders of magnitude more expensive though.

A) there are designer toddler shoes with fancy fur trim and shit, and they cost $250 a pair
B) people. actually. buy. these.
C) said people get foaming mad when the toddler kicks them off and launches them to their destruction under the stroller wheels in a puddle.

Guys, I think my least significant bit is stuck high, because….

I can’t even.

Help wanted.

Staff member wanted for major nonprofit organization.

Applicant must have strong experience in low voltage electrical, networking, audio and video production, carpentry, stage lighting and prop construction, audio engineering, painting, metalworking, and be able to lift 120 pounds up two flights of stairs repeatedly for hours on end. Must be willing to work days, nights, weekends, holidays, and consecutive daily shifts up to 22 hours in length.

Must be willing to work substantial unpaid overtime at last minute notice.

Applicant should be willing to live with a total lack of ability to plan any activities outside of work due to constantly changing schedules.

Compensation: in some states, Sandwich Artists make more. Full benefits package and paid time off available. You’ll never get to use the paid time off though. Retirement fund provided but you’ll never be able to afford to use it. Daily unpaid lunch break provided, through which you remain on call.

Significant biological and electrical hazards present as well as the risks of handling murderously heavy cargo.

Apply today at [Fnord! Not available at your clearance.]

(There. I wrote it for you. Go ahead and send it to HR for posting. I dare you.)

Oz is a little rainy today

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Remember when adventuring in the great outdoors, always keep a few spare pairs of dry socks… Or striped stockings… Whatever.

This air blown inflatable spent some quality time in a torrential downpour and flood. Now I’m drying it out.

Frogs came off it in great numbers the night before. At least now it seems to be frogless.

Oh, Gillig…

I don’t entirely understand why this bus actually, uh, works.

The windshield is supported by what looks like bicycle frame tubing and small plastic spacer blocks, and two really thin looking mullions that form the corners.

I wouldn’t want to be in one of these that hits a deer. I’ll just put it that way.

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What is this, a race to the bottom with the cost engineering guys at NABI / New Flyer Industries?

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Unused mystery 4 pin XLR, mic hanger