Mastodawn

Downtown at the lab because of lost contact with a device. At least the nearby parking is free at this hour.

Went to take a look at the weather forecast and weather.gc.ca didn't load in a tab. Thought my browser locked up. Tried another browser: same nothing. Finally checked a down-detection page and yup. Was down.
Then 10 seconds later the first browser renders the page. All in the timing!

just_one_bear 2d ago

Silo 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦2d ago

BEAR DAY BEAR DAY BEAR DAY BEAR DAY

just_one_bear 2d ago

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Jens Zalzala 2d ago

@danmccullough Bear wife: I've seen reports that feeders are being taken down. Time to get a last snack.

Bear husband: OK, we'll do it on Monday.

Bear wife: That's EXACTLY what you said last year. And when did the feeder get taken down?

Bear husband: Errr... Monday?

Bear wife: No, it was Sunday. We barely had time to get our snack.

Bear husband: OK fine, I'll go on Saturday.

Bear wife: Just don't be late.

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just_one_bear 2d ago

As expected, a couple of hot spots - each under a power MOSFET (this is my lack of surprise). Both TO251 F630 got toasty enough to soften the solder on their drains. When I have ore time I'll poke at more to see if any passives are involved. Pretty sure I already have the parts to repair the thing.

just_one_bear 2d ago

Part of today's adventure was buying a 12VDC ->120VAC inverter to replace a failed device at the lab. Just a wee 75W unit from Canadian Tire. As expected, the test powered right up with it installed and I was off to other errands. Got the failed unit opened on my bench at home and saw nothing dramatic on the top side of the board. They do use a lot of hot glue to stabilize the PCB so a good dousing with isopropanol is needed to soften that to get the board out and check the underside.

just_one_bear 3d ago

Mar Hicks 3d ago

Look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly

just_one_bear 3d ago

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺3d ago

I'm often reminded of this, now 100 years old:

"Seven Social Sins is a list by Frederic Donaldson that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi published in his weekly newspaper Young India on 22 October 1925. Later he gave this same list written on a piece of paper to his grandson, Arun Gandhi, on their final day together shortly before his assassination.

Gandhi listed the sins as:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Religion without sacrifice.
Politics without principle."

From and continued at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Social_Sins

Seven Social Sins - Wikipedia

just_one_bear 3d ago

Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦3d ago

Out of curiosity- what instances are y’all on - and why? What are the pros and cons of the various instances you have chosen?

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