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This is the 12th eruption and we have reached the point where people are protesting unfair police closures. It's well away from anything and already fizzling out so nobody is worried.

2sa1968 is in fact a PNP 900v. 2sc1968 is a 500mhz rf amplifier.

@skullguise https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/07/andrea-gibson-simple-poetry/683597/?gift=VVmQ8PJvtoygs0Ru1GQletrb4jh0We6UCkEki67Hjig&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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IROC Rehab

I see we have a member of the audio religion in our midst, how fun to see the scientologist poke their head out of their echo chamber. Arguing whether Class A is better than Class B is fucking retarded so let's not but the question of measurements is a fun one. Are you measuring something that actually matters or is it voltage swing in an electrostatic amp, meaningless stat that is measured in the one spot that makes it even more meaningless? If you go from 0.01 THD to 000.1 THD... how does that change the sound? Do we have hearing good enough to spot that or are we picking up something different? If something measures badly but sounds good, which is correct? If you claim something terrible sounds good... do you have enough experience to know it sounds bad? Just because you have ears, doesn't mean you know how to use them. Same goes with a scope or a test suite, just because you have it, doesn't mean you know what to look for. If you take a cult leader, hand him a device he doesn't understand because he's as thick as brick, he measures it incorrectly and claims "I don't understand why anybody think this is good"... was the device at fault or was the cult leader being retarded? If you smother everything in feedback, can you hear that? What if you remove all the feedback and make an unstable circuit, can you hear that? There are so many good questions out there...

Equating 'Class B' directly with 'garbage'? That just exposes the limits of your own technical skills. Don't assume that just because you can't get good measurements from a Class B design, nobody else can either. That's a classic projection of your own failures.

Warm Day - Hot Funk. (50yo) Mothership Connection by Parliament (1975) https://album.link/mvfsbw8h7rrmb Example: There is only one Example needed.

Today I received the main part for T2, the boards. I drew the boards taking into account that changes have occurred in radio components over the past ten years. I fit into the dimensions of 300x150mm with power supply units.

Not really any new news, but Sunshine was mentioned in the NYTimes today https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/maine-arrest-paddleboarder-homicide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.U18S.PmIKYhI8LmAu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gift article)

Dear lord. Today's news is insane, and leaves me with more questions than answers. Sunny was a tough woman. Not superhuman, but definitely world wise and not easily intimidated. She grew up in a harsh environment and knew how to fend for and defend herself. There's some missing piece of this story we still don't know. Is this kid a physical giant? Did she know him? I suspect she did. Did he manage to sneak up on her? This would be an insane story in any location, but in a quiet town of ~2000, it boggles the mind.

Meanwhile ... Or in Geologist Nerd Speak How was your Honeymoon?