I saw a debate on the USB c standard recently here. Hereās a cute little thing:
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Thatās a nice little gadget ! 
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Interesting, It looks bigger than it needs to be, but also makes it easier to use.
Its a pity it doesnāt have both a type C to Type C and A to C on a single board , although, you could probably just grab one of these guys for the USB A version
I have a metric Cunt load of USB Type C cables in various makes, shapes, sizes and styles.
This would be a great tool for thinning down my ācollectionā
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As opposed to an Imperial cunt load??? 
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How many giraffe necks does that equate to? Iām not good with metric.
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Iām not fluent in Giraffe either, but I could tell you in Bears and/or Penguins
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12.3765 giraffe necks are 1 imperial cunt, provided they are infant giraffes, half the size of 17.8 football fields divided by the number of purple unicorns in standard nannie knitted blanket, but only if she has used meth.
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See?
Also, I looked and anythingbutmetric . com is parked.
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Iāve just read an article in italian about subdermal chip implants that doesnāt demonize them or imply theyāre stupid. It also quotes Amal (not surprising lol)
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Yes, thereās also been a couple of end-of-the-news curiosity stories here in Italy with a guy using his chip to pay for a coffee in a bar. Anastasiaās Guinness World Records appearance at the beginning of the year also put a positive spin on it. Early days though and like everywhere, there is still a fair proportion of the population who are anti-vax, anti-science, conspiracy nuts who go straight to the āMark of the Beastā rhetoric.
There is also a far-right, religiously conservative government at the helm which views any kind of scientific advance, especially in biology, with suspicion.
Watch this spaceā¦
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Sounds like the average italian eh? I made the mistake of reading the comments under some articles earlier this year, so many conspiracy theoristsā¦ I doubt it will get better but the article i linked gave me a bit of hope!
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Wow, I didnāt realise we could get Close Ad icons so small!
Just checked: thatās like an 1/8 of a freckle on a giraffeās neck!! 
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I used to believe that AIs were vulnerable to paradoxes but I was wrong! They are vulnerable to freedom units!
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I now either need to torment chatgptā¦ or weaponize it to help me torment @Pilgrimsmaster
Decisions
Decisions
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Could go in the 3D printing threadā¦ but I figure thereās plenty that donāt 3D print that have experience
Looking to maybe upgrade my dinosaur of a soldering station to a pinecil
I feel like I saw a few people mention it in passing on hereā¦
Just looking for something basic, but tunable, fast, and cheaperā¦ easy storage
Just looking to do some basic soldering, and maybe melting some press fittings into 3D printsā¦ā¦ maybe making a tip to smooth 3D prints at ālowā temps
I feel like the pinecil hits these points well
Whatās a good but cheap power supply? I havenāt needed any higher power usb c wall plugs yet
Usb c vS a basic 24v wall wart?
The ts80p is a good little iron, they also sell a small ceramic base for it but itās not as nice as the stands that come with larger soldering stations
I use a TS100 that i modded to accept USB-C as a power option. This was before the Pinecil but still opensource. If i had a need i would replace it with a Pinecil. They are great devices, both running the same opensource os. Crazy quick heatup, and they are phenominal. I reccomend, however you have to get good solder. I used to do a lot of soldering in the past (custom mechanical keyboards and electronics work) and ill tell you shitty solder makes you work and good solder makes you feel like a pro.
My frankenIron for refference.
However now that ive dipped my toes into hotplate soldering. I am hooked, i never know it could be so easy or so forgiving.
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