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Things have been so chaotic recently that I'm not sure I mentioned this or not: My M1 lappy had a major problem. First one of the TB ports stopped working, then the keyboard began to fail. I lost use of left arrow key, which was a nightmare. I am constantly using arrow keys to highlight text. I began to get the "MacOS doesn't recognize this keyboard" messages ...on a laptop. I had the option to renew my AppleCare this past February and didn't. Big mistake. It cost me three times that to get this machine fixed. With that said, when one gives APPL nine hundred fucking dollars, they really deliver. They sent me a super neat box to ship it out and got the machine back to me within 5 business days. Here's the punchline. It's an entirely/mostly new machine with my SSD in it. I am on this laptop more or less constantly. The only objects I own where I know the nicks and scratches better are things like my Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 Mk I that I've had for 20 years. Apple is a weird as shit company and I could write a book about them. It'd be titled "Why Apple Sucks Balls, But I Swear On Steve Jobs' Smug Grin, Windows And Android Are Worse At Every Fucking Turn."

Some interesting vehicles at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The Megavalanche Alpe d'Huez is my favorite race to watch.

Unholy carp, that hits hard. I don't usually listen to lyrics, but because of the title was intrigued enough, and ... I mean...just... Limerence was a very important word to me in the late 90's, as learning of its existence helped me to get over a girl. Learning there was a word for what I was feeling let me know that I wasn't alone in feeling it.

I just watched Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (season 1) over the last week...for free on YouTube. Back to studying...

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150ma for -60 50ma for -250

Lucy Dacus - Limerence

Дякую. Thank you very much for your support. sorry, 150ma spec for -60 or -260 ?

150ma spec for +/-500 50ma spec for +/-250 150ma spec for -60 50ma for +/-15

Hello. My experience has shown that it is better to make several transformers to service amplifiers. For option T2, I would like to use four transformers. 2х for heating lamps. third for +250v and -260v. fourth for +500 and -500v. I have a question for experts. What currents should be at the transformer output 50 or 100 mA?, in order to hold the load +500v. The same question for voltage +250v. P.S. Sorry if everything is not clear, I use Google translator.

That's about as far as they can take these cars without becoming silhouette racers... you'll see different levels of extreme car building in the various classes of WTAC (a Porsche 968 has done really well). The cars have massive power and aero to achieve record times (RWD, AWD, FWD)... without the restrictions you seen in regular wheel-to-wheel GT racing. In Japan, Tsukuba's track is used for many Time Attack competitions and WTAC has been doing the same in Sydney for years (there was a lot of coverage on the website www.speedhunters.com). Classes: https://www.worldtimeattack.com/competitors 2024:

Heather Nova - Breath and Air. Been a huge fan for years, she has an inner passion that I just love. Even though I don't think all her newer music is as strong as much of her earlier work, she still has that passion I love. I FINALLY got to see her live in a small setting, a semi-acoustic set with her brother (who goes by Misha); this was maybe 2-3 years ago, after having 2 different shows cancelled before that. A wonderful experience, got to chat a tiny bit after the show, she is very nice and gracious, really appreciates her fans. Example:

Reminds me of some of the Steel Panther stuff..... EDIT: D'oh! Didn't read that one of the Steel Panther guys is in it! Makes sense....

When a comedy band writes better rock songs than most rock bands

Can't say I have ever seen a Trans Am that sexy.....woof! HS

1973 Pontiac Trans Am for 2025 World Time Attack Challenge (in Sydney, Australia - September 5-6): Datsun 1600:

Yep, that's what I've seen.

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Last night I did the first power-up. I used some very inexpensive 300Bs just in case anything went wrong and to avoid risking the expensive tubes. Balance was actually very normal. About 5 V on one channel and 3 V on the other. But the offset was around –100 V on both channels. I’m guessing this is the “–100 V output” issue you were referring to? Let me know if that matches what you’ve seen. I haven’t had time to swap the cathode resistors yet. Measured Vgk is about –42 V, which is clearly not deep enough. I’ve ordered some 7.5 kΩ resistors, which after calculation should bring Vgk closer to –90 V. Also, for anyone interested, here are the LMQ66430 output voltage setting resistor positions I used on my board: M20-8760542 is a header pin jumper. 1–2: reserved positions 3–4: 6.3 V 5–6: 5 V 7–8: 2.5 V 9–10: 1.5 V Hope this helps anyone planning similar setups.

Leftover dessert from yesterday's liquid diet.

Italian Tiramisu* & Farmers Market Strawberries *Product of Italy