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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you 3D printing a new top plate for the psu? Remember that the steel housing also functions to contain the emi generated from the psu components. You could end up increasing electrical noise for other components if your new top plate isn't conductive and grounded.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The shape they chose for the frame is a Möbius strip, which has the primary defining characteristic of having only one side and one edge. If you pick a row of keys to follow, after one loop around, you'll be on the underside of the frame. Continue to go around another full turn and you'll be right where you started. So both sides are actually just 1 side that loops around with a half turn of twist. A similar math curiosity would be the klein bottle, which has a single surface.

Adam Savage on Tested nerding out about Möbius strips and klein bottles.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's one-sided...

[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (42 children)

Step 1: clean out the lint from the charging port

Step 2: make sure you actually got all the lint out and there isn't any hiding to the side.

~~The sim ejector pin that used to come with phones can sometimes just barely fit between the center blade and connector housing. Otherwise a paperclip with a slight hook bent into the end can work well.~~ Flosspicks work well to dig out the lint.

Also consider getting a wireless charger for nightly charging if your phone supports it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I in general agree with what you wrote, but the Israel/Iran brinkmanship does feel a bit like the portrayal in this comic at times. So the comic seems relevant to recent events.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Having the receiver phone home would have the benefit of generating more accurate viewership data, where broadcast tv has historically relied on representative cohorts.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The whole point of captchas is to train bots. Did you think they were all road object and optical character recognition based because those are the categories humans really excel at?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Sounds like white labeling the cybertruck would be a great cultural fit for them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

From a product development viewpoint, the gun is an uninteresting part. It's better to use something that already has a mature production line and has been thoroughly field tested. It's the vision and control systems they are interested in developing, the gun is just the chosen end effector for this application.

Even when they're ready to start deploying systems like this, there's a lot of value in using compenents that the military already has a lot of spare parts for and that personnel know how to maintain. I wouldn't expect a custom gun until units like this are commonplace.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Won't someone think of the tech companies in these unprecedented times.

The focus should be on the widespread devastation to peoples lives. Who cares if the semiconductor industry has to deal with worse yields and higher prices? That's not what matters right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't know the answer, but I found this discussion which seems relevant.

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/69666/atx-power-supply-front-end-how-does-this-work

The explanation given says it has to do with the functionality allowing the psu to be used with either 110VAC or 220VAC mains.

Does the psu you measured without input capacitance have a physical switch for selecting 110V or 220V?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

For example, I used to use generic eye drops. Then there were a bunch of recalls on eye drops made in India because they weren't kept sterile and people were getting eye infections. So now I make sure to only buy eye drops that are manufactured in countries with actual controls on health codes. It turns out that imposing that restriction elliminated all the generic options. I'm certainly not happy to be paying double for brand name pataday, but I don't care to mess with the chance of eye infections.

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