r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖
Watch out for sparks, children
Sep 24, 2024 at 7:49pmWeb
Show threadKing Naga Calyo Lucere-DelphiSep 24, 2024

@cypnk I've gotta be that neurospicy nerd to "um ackshually" this, but even at low voltage electric current takes ALL available conductive paths. The one of least resistance or greatest conductivity carries the majority of current but ALL available conductive paths will carry~

Otherwise I love this meme. 😂

Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Sep 24, 2024
@dragonarchitect Of course! And let's not forget those annoying tin whiskers on solder that's got me a bunch of times over the years
Show threadKing Naga Calyo Lucere-DelphiSep 24, 2024
@cypnk I've actually never encountered tin whiskers but I've cooked a few semiconductors here & there
Show threadMei Lin     Sep 26, 2024

@dragonarchitect @cypnk
When I was a kid, I once made a 7805 violently explode.

I had soldered wired to it that led to a power plug and then plugged it into 230V, just to see what would happen.

Explosions apparently.

Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Sep 26, 2024
@MeiLin @dragonarchitect That was delightful and terrifying to read!
Show threadMei Lin     Sep 26, 2024

@cypnk @dragonarchitect
That was terrifying to experience...

As for a different anecdote, one I had a length of solder, which I put into a plastic tube and then, just for the heck of it, put both ends into an outlet.

The solder melted inside the tube extremely quickly, making me go 'huh'.

And of course there are always the fun experiments in vocational school. Who can make an electrolytic cap explode and jump highest.

We released a lot of the magic smoke that makes electronics work.

Show threadPlasmaGryphonSep 24, 2024
@dragonarchitect @cypnk it's more like high voltage changes the resistance of things not intended to be nonlinear devices... It makes and destroys pathes as it sees fit. Some wires fail open, others turn into negative resistance arcs.
Show threadDan HerbertSep 24, 2024
@cypnk Anything's a conductor if you just try harder and believe in yourself.
Show threadsynSep 24, 2024
@cypnk yeah I remember first sitting at an accelerator control desk, clicking something and hearing a huge bang and both monitors going out

Me to engineer next to me "eh is that normal?"
"yeah just a spark, happens"
Show threadVirginicusSep 25, 2024
@cypnk This is unnecessarily polarizing. 😀
Show threadkimaprSep 25, 2024
@cypnk why did you censor F*KING in the alt text 😭
Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Sep 25, 2024
@kimapr Personal preference
Show threadLiquidParasyteSep 25, 2024
@cypnk it is best practice to avoid censoring alt text as the primary consumer of it — those with partial or total blindness — will hear distorted or incomprehensible speech from TTS screen readers.
Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Sep 25, 2024
@LiquidParasyte https://hackers.town/@cypnk/113199620145821693
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Show threadspubbySep 25, 2024
@cypnk preferred version
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODSep 25, 2024
@cypnk this is inaccurate. in the world of high voltage, everything is the wire
Show threadr҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Sep 25, 2024
@CauseOfBSOD Including people (allegedly)
Show threadbbccddeJan 17, 2025
@cypnk Nice one. This low voltage-high voltage dualism almost makes me want to ask: what about “middle voltage”? 😅