Next time ask them if they would like an implant 
Even though itās unlikely, imagine this is a case of elderly loneliness and they just want to see / talk / interact with you.. and when you get frustrated they be all like ānot like thatā heh.
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Theyāre not lonely, and one of them isnāt elderly yet. Iām the one whoās actually lonely in this caseā¦ 
It becomes a back and forth of ānot like thatāā¦
Things are a lot more enjoyable when Iām not fixing things. And I try to hang out with them often. In fact, Iām the one whoās trying to schedule time to hang.
I fear that they might get all motb on me. But my mom would certainly benefitā¦ Sheās always losing her keys and I have thought about bringing it up.
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Maybe theyād stop calling the devil for computer help then?
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Hopefully not falling asleep like Mack in āCarsā?
Back when Disney used to actually be good
Awesome
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You could start with a card?
Does she lose her wallet?
or
Wrist band?
Neck lanyard?
Ring?
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Hahaha
I actually just watched cars for the first time the other night! Donāt know why it took me so long!
No falling asleep yet, though itās come pretty close! Work 15 hours at the track, then drive 10 hours back lol
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Cool vid about the evolution of mobile phone antennas
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So I am in Japan for the first time. Nice place. Great people. Excellent food. Very clean. A little bit overwhelming compared to other Asian countries in my view.
Anyway, I am in a bar, having been pretty much recalled to work over several issues all day. I am somewhat drunk now, but still correcting my spelling! (I spelt but as bit).
And in walks an elderly lady, so I have given up my seat with a back rest for her. A seat I have confirmed (edit: conformed. I said I was drunk) to my bum for at least 3 hours. She was local and and family with her.
Unfortunately they had absolute yobbo Australian blokes (2 of them) hanging on and getting drinks shouted (this is UK, Aus and Kiwi for drinks brought for free or as part of a round). A clear embarrassment to my country.
Truly disappointing. As much as I am genetically obliged to hate New Zealanders (my wife is one, though she may see the errors of her ways and leave me soon; and my kids are by descent) I can say I have never seen any of Pilgrims countrymen conduct themselves in a similar cunt arsed way.
Be wary of Australians posing as good blokes of they donāt buy you drinks in return. It means they are probably from Melbourne, lol!
Rant over. I will now stumble elegantly to the bar for another beer and gin.
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And if anyone has seen Crocodile Dundee (yes we really do wrestle Crocs here on our way to work), these blokes could seriously take on all the world terrorists on a Tuesday, whilst half cut (well they are Australian and we are all half drunk on Tuesdays) and win.
Team America needs to hire them.
I will stop now. Beer is good. Gin is better. I am sorry.
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Also I just praised Kiwis. I am clearly drunk.
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I tend to do that on my phone while soberā¦
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There is a similar relationship between Australia and New Zealand as there is between USA and Canada, Norway and Sweden, āGermany and The Netherlands, āSingapore and Malaysia, Brazil and Argentina etc.
The 
vs 
rivalry is mainly around sports, but our cultures, history, language, flag, accent, slang are VERY similar and the geopolitical relationship with mutual visa arrangements, defense cooperation, trade etc. is very strong.
Donāt be convinced by @TSMC55 that only the Aussies are great at being cunts when abroad, We Kiwis are equally good at being cunts.
There are just a (metric) cunt load more of them.
if youāre wondering
400% more, which is 5 times more, with a ratio of 5:1ā¦
Who wins? Is it the larger or is it the lowest?
If itās the largest, allow me to remind you.
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Anything, oh ANYTHING to avoid using a fraction, huh?
(hint, itās 1/5th, so youāre 1/5 of an Aussie, see how easy that was. 
)
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I dint mind a Ā¼ ā Ā½ ā Ā¾ anything else is ridiculous
Good sir, Iāll have you know I am 20% of an Aussie
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So, I was cleaning the dust out of an old inverter and looking for ways to make the fan quieter but I found a little design fuck-upā¦
Look at this little trace shorting out the secondary side of the transformers:
But at least it appears to be isolated, I see an optocoupler in there. The fan runs off the board that supplies the 5V for the USB ports controls the primary side switching MOSFETs. And the current shunt and temperature sensor are on the secondary sideā¦ This is a āpureā sine wave model, but the previous ones that Iāve taken apart use pair of wire bridges that are next to the footprint for an optocoupler to signal that an overload occurred from the secondary side to the primary.
The primary side has no voltage regulation functionality in the ones that Iāve reversed engineered and peak to peak voltage of the output of the cheaper āmodified sine waveā models varies depending of the input voltage. However, those manage to output a relatively stable RMS voltage by varying the duty of the output. Itās a 3 level squareish wave after all.
I couldnāt take a good picture of the secondary side driver board, but here is the input side driver and USB power supply. Thereās a big coil on the other side. And Iām betting a Titan that I donāt even own on āThe fan simply runs off the 12V rail when the unit it turned onā.
Edit, Iāll have to go buy a hat and eat it as I donāt own a Titanā¦ āRT1ā They only soldered a thermistor in the secondary side controller boardā¦ Probably because they werenāt smart enough to replace it with a resistor when cutting corners, but this thing will run without the fan control thermistorā¦ The other board has a 10K thermistor and I hope to have one in my parts bin.
If you ever feel dumb, open up a chinese productā¦ Chances are that the people taking the decisions on these things donāt understand what the parts do, just what they cost and if the product still works well enough if removedā¦
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Itās on.. AI models gonna AI model..
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Donāt do engineering at 2 AM while sleep deprivedā¦ You might end up thinking that 104 means 10K, and not realizing that the resistance of those things decreases with temperature. But no, I donāt really care about the beta of a thermistor that is not even mounted properlyā¦ The one that the unit does have is pretty far from the heatsinks.
But at least these traces are no longer making me feel uneasy:
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Been a bit,
This might be a different question but given this groups speciality
New pupper, we are nearing her chip date.:. Are there any superior chips for animals I should look at? Or just whatever fdxb or whatever they regularly use
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Iām so not an expert on this, but it probably matters a great deal where youāre located at. At least by country.
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