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The Diplomat (season 3) Escape from a world of improbable geopolitics where "The President is about to do something apocalyptically dumb" to this fictional reality of improbable geopolitics where "The President is about to do something apocalyptically dumb" Anglo American hi jinks with smart writing, an exceptional cast and great locations. But don't take my word for it. The Diplomat season three review – Keri Russell’s nail-biting political thriller is a ludicrous treat | Television | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/16/the-diplomat-season-three-review-netflix-thriller-keri-russells

LOVED this. As someone the same age and in the same stage of my professional life as the three main characters this hit uncomfortably close to home.

^^^ This. I generally ride in the low 70s, spinning faster doesn't feel good for me or my legs. I've tried to train up to a faster cadence via Zwift and it just feels wrong. So I don't fight it. I'm fast enough to where I want to be fitness-wise w/ no aches and pains - from cycling anyway.

One more Stephen Gill post as I find his work fascinating and you may too. He followed the above with Please Notify the Sun. "It was in 2017 that I began to have an inkling that a single fish might contain a universe of infinite proportions and how amazing a journey within its body could be. So I started to research everything I would need to embark on such an expedition. By January 2020 I had built a work top, obtained a microscope, a camera, optics, lights and fridge." https://collectordaily.com/stephen-gill-please-notify-the-sun/ https://americansuburbx.com/2021/02/stephen-gills-sublime-decay-please-notify-the-sun.html

Happy Belated Birthday Marc.

And yet another belated birthday greeting....don't let those pussies take your presents!!

Another belated birthday greeting in the retread thread, Marc! Cheers!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Marc! Hope it's been a good one.

Adjust R31 or R32 for 2.5V, and then adjust R33 or R34 for 5V. They should be independent as long as you do it in that order. Take into account of the wire resistance when measuring voltage especially in the 2.5A case, when you get into mV of accuracy.

Returning To Myself by Brandi Carlile (2025) https://open.qobuz.com/album/r8nx9cretutcb Example: Did know this was coming - glad it is here...

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The one-trimmer control board above adjusted voltage for both 2A3 and 300B at the same time. No way to adjust voltage for one without effecting the other. I assumed that it should be possible to set voltages for one tube and have the other unaffected. But as my brain isn’t as fast as the two comparators in LM2903 I made a test board with seven trimmers. After some trimming back and forth I found one trimmer that adjusted voltage for both tubes and an another that just affected 300B, So, next is a two-trimmer control board, same size as the one-trimmer. If you don’t understand how a circuit works, the trial-and-error method might help you.

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Cheers - Happy Birthday Marc -

Happy Birthday Marc!

Happy birthday, Marc!

Thanks all! It was a nice day, someone tried to beat me to the presents though: IMG_4844.mov

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Happy Birthday Marc!

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Happy belated birthday, Marc! (party favour noise)

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Happy Birthday!!

Happy another trip around the sun!