Jan BetaJul 23

A viewer sent me an email, asking me to look over a schematic for an autofire circuit that he had a generative AI create for him.

This is the circuit he sent me.

It doesn’t make any sense.

I sent him a circuit that works from an old magazine I used before.

Don’t fricking trust AI with anything.

Show threadSimon Zerafa

@janbeta

I'm not entirely sure what the circuit would actually do.

Possibly open a portal to the netherworld? 😂🤦‍♂️

Jul 23 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadJan BetaJul 23
@simonzerafa Maybe it is the flux capacitor we were looking for all these years!
Show threadSimon ZerafaJul 23

@janbeta

Oh I don't know that's a good idea.

There is enough idiocy in this timeline without exporting or importing more from other ones 🙄🤦‍♂️

Show threadJan BetaJul 23
(Also, not sure what the actual netherworld portal circuit would look like but I’m 100% certain that it does use a 555!)
Show threadsebastianJul 23

@janbeta These days everybody uses an Arduino in their netherworld circuit. That's really inefficient if you could just use the 555 instead.

Also that schematic breaks my brain... I can't even.

Show threadJan BetaJul 23
@sebastian I‘m sure a 555 can be tuned to the correct frequency for opening the portal. The only thing I’m missing to complete the circuit is that 10nF diode.
Show threadDr David MillsJul 24
@janbeta @sebastian don't knock the 555, I booted Linux on one recently.
https://8bitorbust.info/@dtl/114886370935921528
Dr David Mills (@dtl@8bitorbust.info)

#Linux booted onto very obsolete hardware: https://youtu.be/cc6ykA46fcQ

8bob
Show threadsebastianJul 24
@dtl @janbeta Uff...
Show threadeighthourlunchJul 23
@janbeta Only one? I soldiered all of the 555's I own end to end like ants on parade. I plan on using them as a rope to lower me down. Not sure if it'll be long enough.
Show threadStefan Baur 7 * 💉Jul 23
@janbeta Humbug, no netherworld portal is complete if it doesn't have nixie tubes! 🤪
Show threadB-TR3EJul 24
@simonzerafa @janbeta Resetting a 555 timer IC and never let the reset pin go. Also providing a lot of pointless attempts to produce something that looks like a pull-up circuit but isn't.