I see that @[email protected] has made it to Mastodon. I have suspended it from religion.masto.host, and will suspend any other content scraping bots I become aware of.

Thread readers scrape content without the consent of the creator, move it to a website outside of the creator's control, and sometimes monetise it, as discussed here:

https://twitter.com/erynnbrook/status/1099086911463800832

fun MLCC fact: the crystalline structure of the dielectric ceramic (usually barium titanate) deforms over time, which modifies the material's dielectric constant, causing a capacitance derating effect that follows a roughly log10 curve vs. time in hours.

this effect is essentially innate and continues regardless of most operating parameters, except heat. if you heat the capacitor to the curie point (~150C will do it) the curve resets to t=0.

you can do this as many times as you like.

Nicht vergessen, die Uhren heute umzustellen. Gute Orte sind: Schreibtisch, Schrank, Nachttisch, Regal, Fußboden (insbesondere für Pendeluhren).

Schlechte Orte sind: Bett, Herdplatte, Bürostuhl, Badewanne, Haustiere (insbesondere für Pendeluhren).

To those of you using #LTspice, I recommend setting the .raw and .log file directory to someplace other than where you store your normal project files - by default, it will put these there.

Depending on what you're simulating, these (particularly the .raw files) can get big. I've seen them as high as 2 GB for things at work. This is something to be careful of so you don't use unnecessary space on backups, or a synced or shared folder.

It's just in the Control Panel, under the Waveforms tab. I'm on Linux with Wine, and set it to the /tmp directory (mapped as Z:\tmp), but if you do this make sure you have enough space wherever that's mounted (possibly in RAM).