I am missing the (presumably) joke? I think? Maybe I got it? Brain no work.
A- They will think Iām a doctor because Iām asking for something specific?
A1- Doctor handwriting bad.
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Apparently some doctors write patient histories that are as bad as their handwritingā¦
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Okay, appointment has been made, Iāve confirmed the operator and equipment is there.
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As for politics/terrorists/guerrillas/rebels ect. In south America im not an expert and im shure you know more about that than me.
I donāt disagree with your thoughts on the subject.
Like i said before i havenāt used drugs in 20 years
I donāt agree with the things narcos are involved in.
In mexico corruption is from the top to the bottom in one way or another. old ladies steal electricity from there neighbors the guy that works at the tortilla shop steals tortillas and sells them on the side. I donāt agree with it and i wouldnāt do anything like that but that doesnāt mean i should walk away from %80 percent of an entire countryās population in judgmental discussed.
I might share a meal with a homeless guy or drug user or narco ect. And maybe you wouldnāt and thats ok im shure you have your reasons.
Just because i have a different philosophy doesnāt mean Iām a drug user!
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I wish you the best. No hard feelings
Im waking away from this conversation now
Radiologist is acting like I caused an issue by having a magnet in my hand.
āWhy would you put that there?ā Etc
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Reasonsā¦
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Anybody ever write a Firefox extension?
Eons ago, there was one that I like that locked the browser into desktop mode. The update to webextensions killed it. Anywho, I had chatgpt recreate it, and Iām in the process of getting it approved. Been working on that for about 3-4 hours now. And itās only about a half dozen lines of code.
Seems like a ridiculously complex process for such a tiny thing.
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I fucking love pelican.
I just picked up a 1660 case from them on Facebook marketplace for 80$.
Wheels were fucked, bearings were shot, two of the latches were broken and the extendable handle is about as Ridgid as a70yr old man after prostate surgery.
Started looking at again for replacement wheels and latches.
Found a reddit post talking about pelicans lifetime warranty.
Sure as shit I went to their site, plugged my model number in and was able to order new handles(5), latches(7), wheels(4) and the Dolly kit Assembly for the cost of shipping $20.
No hoops to jump through no customer service email. Just add to cart and pay shipping.
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Whoās the kid with the Titan on TV now?
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Kind of looks like an xG3v2 to me actually 
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Me too.
The have a lifetime warranty on their torches (flashlights) and headlamps.
I used them a lot as dive torches and I went through a few that needed reparing/ replacing and like you, no questions asked, just replacement.
Good company with quality products
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Iām tempted to get some test gear retail therapy, and Amazon kinda wants to sell me a Fluke 101 or 17B+ā¦
But the rational side of me is hesitant and wants something that would get used more than another low spec meter. In fact, my favorite multimeter is my Sanwa PM300 because of the test lead storage solution. Itās always ready to go and doesnāt turn into a wiry mess when not in use.
So, should I get a Fluke 87V, 28II, or 198, go for something else entirely, or distract myself to avoid retail therapy?
@Satur9 @Hamspiced, any advice on the temptation to buy more test gear for no reason at all?
Went through this a few years ago. Hands down the brymen meters are a better value than the Flukes. The build quality is excellent, and you get way more features for your money
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I love Brymen meters. And perhaps the only valid answer is to get yet another Brymen.
I use my fluke for mostly everything. I use an 87v.
I got it used on eBay with a bad screen. The fix was two small rubber pads that help communicate with the screen. They cost me 15$ and the meter was 50$ used. I love it and even got the temperature probe as well as many other probes.
For other testing gear (and believe me i understand this itch) i have a few reccomendations of things i use pretty frequently.
Suprisingly Enough Fnirsi makes some pretty decent low cost equipment. As far as a meter goes i need to be able to trust the meter so i stuck with fluke given itās reputation. As i said above i love my 87V.
LCR Tweezers - LCR-ST1 by Fnrsi. These are great and i used them almost daily as i had to find exact values of small SMD capacitors when building a client based repeater. This is also when i realized how relaxed some manufacturers are with their +/- tolerances of certain caps.
Benchtop Power Supply - DPS-150 by Fnirsi. I use this to tune my Field meters. I can deliever clean constant power to devices using a USB-PD supply to the power supply. Its great and i use it frequently without any issues.
Litevna64 by Seesii - I use this amost daily. Every single repeater is QCād with this. It is unbelievably reliable. You dont need the lite VNA, and can get by with a 2.4" NanoVna or the NanoVna-H4 by SeeSii which is twice the size for 20$ more. I cant stress enough at how useful this meter is. Ive used it to tune Meshtastic antennae, create Di-Pole antennaās. Its seriously a 1k machine for under 100$.
Lastly is a combined unit, the DSO-TC4 by Fnirsi. This is a Oscilliscope, Transistor Tester, Signal Generator. I dont use the signal generator or the Oscilliscope nearly as much as i should be able to, but i use a lot of different transistor testers and this one so far is the best ive used. I needed something that i can easily test regular tht components and this was the best for the cost so far.
A lot of gear i have is from Fnirsi. it really isnt because i shill them or i think their products are great. They are just inexpensive and they work for my use case. The main reason i like them is that i can update their firmware. They actively release different firmware updates and that is more than i can say with other Chinese counterparts.
And then i guess i have other things i use very frequently. A good set of Digital Calipers. you dont need mitutoyo, the cheap 5-10$ pair work just fine. I also use my own NFC Field meter very frequently as well as the field detectors.
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I recommend the Brymen silicone gold plated probes, they are significantly better than the ones from the yellow company. If you want to go all out, Probemaster makes what are probably the best ones on the market.
Yes but i couldnt argue with a 50$ 87V that needed a 15$ repair.
Updated the above post.
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Neither can I, that was a great deal! Iām just feeding your addiction. I mean, recommending my favorite test leads that are compatible with your Fluke.
That looks useful.
Iāve considered the Owon portable scopes. I have a better one, and grew up with Tek gearā¦ But the cute size is tempting. The Hantek one is not great BTW.
Donāt we all?
I run on very limited funds so Iām always weighing my equipment purchasing options very heavily and trying to combine or optimize what I already have. I also seriously consider the opportunity cost of what I could buy with that money instead down the line. I donāt buy redundant tools and if something can be done cheaply and still be good enough (like a multimeter can) Iāll buy a middling or entry level option just so I donāt have to worry about throwing it around and I donāt fool myself into thinking itās āaccurateā when I know even an expensive one never would be. Your best tool is your brain, and combining stuff to get results from various sources to compare is often most valuable.
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I prefer to buy equipment that is good enough to last for decades, although Iām not sure if I recoup the costsā¦ But I also have cheap equipment and use if for certain things. And itās also worth mentioning that āgood enough to last for decadesā doesnāt mean the most expensive and what I end up buying depends on the application.
I started looking for a replacement for a cheap current clamp that fell apart, and ended up looking at a bunch of gear to distract myself from some things that are worrying me.
The cost of the equipment doesnāt matter for that. You can fool yourself equally with the cheap and expensive stuffā¦ Itās more common than Iād likeā¦
This.
I missed that the first time I read your post. I have the Mitutoyo calipers but used to use the ones from iGaging. Sadly, when it comes to digital calipers, there are the cheap relative ones, slightly better absolute ones, and Mitutoyo.
From what I can tell, the only absolute digital calipers that donāt use the same castings are the ones from Japan.
And my Chinese ones became spastic which lead me to waste some filamentā¦ Although the forum AI would probably tell me that those calipers were spastic from the very first day as they had modes for decimal and fractional inchesā¦
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