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In between chapters. Likes taking things apart. Sometimes even puts them back together. they/them

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every time I need to design a PCB I'm like "this'll be quick and easy, I won't need to design any footprints or symbols at all!"

and then an hour later I'm staring into the Kicad footprint editor and crying

abrasive ,
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@foone I swear footprints take up 90% of my energy during any design and I hate it
although to be fair parts selection/ordering is the other 70% that I hate

abrasive ,
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@foone why does nobody seem to have a wee parametric solver CAD that lets you say "this edge of this pad is so-and-so mm from that edge of that hole" so that you can directly input datasheet drawings rather than having to faff around with a calculator and make mistakes?

foone , an Random Englisch
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I did some pre-build planning for another Terrible Keyboard and in the process discovered that you can buy uranium ore on amazon.

maybe I should scale this one back a bit

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@foone I don't suppose they are called ACME

foone , an Random Englisch
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I designed a keyboard two weeks ago and between then and now I forgot what one of the keys does.

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@foone to fill you with a subtle sense of dread - when you press it and nothing obviously happens? but something feels different

foone , an Random Englisch
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we need metacomputers.

one of the big features of computers and how they improved productivity was how they let us automate a lot of things that we had to do by hand before.

well, most of the things I have to do by hand these days involve badly designed software.

abrasive ,
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@foone oh my lord this is such a glorious idea - since apparently we will never solve criminally bad UI/UX :'(

the thing is I'd still use it even if it took me way longer to configure and debug than the time it would have taken to do by hand! apparently that is more acceptable to my adhd's frustration limits

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@foone I reckon you could fit an MS2130 HDMI-USB3 chip and a little OTG micro into a Framework expansion card? might have to use micro-HDMI but

obviously the logical conclusion of this is to have a camera and a keyboard-poking arm on the back of the laptop screen

foone , an Random Englisch
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I saw this voltmeter at the electronics flea market. Look at that massive probe! It looks like you need to check your back blast before using it.
Apparently it's for REALLY high voltages? Like, 3kV?

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@foone I love that it has a pressure gauge! I wonder if it also came with a can of Freon to top it up like the old Tektronix HV probes?

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