Ben Ridder

[Ben Ridder @brridder]

@Bhavbhavbhav Sorry you had to go through all that. Sounds awful. I’m glad you got the help you needed but it’s terrible that it took that long.

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@maxdubler Yep, and asbestos “concrete” tiles on all the non-street facings for the stuccoed victorians.

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right now the top of the list would be the bq27xxx family of fuel gauges. very closely followed by the nrf52 ble mcus.

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I need to keep a list of the shittiest parts used in consumer electronics along with all the trouble they’ve caused and rough NRE expenditure.

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@beerandpork @nytcooking Steak: scallops of the land.

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@TheFederman @abhay Lol. Click this web link. Oh you should use the app, you complete doofus.

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@MikeLewis @TheFederman GaN FETs are $$$. Easily >5$ per power transistor. The exotic materials sure are neat though. Maybe someday it’ll be a commodity part.

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@TheFederman I was not allowed a graphing calculator on any test in high school or university. Got pretty good with a scientific calculator.

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@Zoom Something broke in Version: 5.12.2 (11434), macos 12.5.1, m1 macbook pro 16-inch 2021.

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when you mess up the origin for rotation animations

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@adamrothschild If only…

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if i was making a chip, and it had a bit called "INTERRUPTS_ENABLE", what do you think it would do?
the data sheet says "Enable interrupts".

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also, note the routing of INT2_ON_INT1 *also* not applying to *all* of the bits on INT2. i know, it's duplicated, but it's still unexpected behaviour based on the datasheet.

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it's not for enabling/disabling all interrupts. it's for enabling/disabling *some* interrupts. where would this information be? not in the datasheet like it should be. it's in an *app note*. wtf is this nonsense, @ST_World? it's the lis2dw12 accel.

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A thing I've been working on released this week!

My 'dog' is an 'Other Mix'. She's a very helpful beta tester...

[Fi @fi_tracking]

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes for a long time and are incredibly excited to announce that the Fi Series 3 is here! 🥳
The smartest tech ever built for your dog, learn more about what makes the Fi Series 3 so special: https://t.co/KkpgN1ESCL

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@c_nich @jbensamo

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@nikosthirsty I think I’ve seen Kit Kat at 16th and V before. There’s a bunch of window cats between 24th st and 26th st on San Jose ave. Im always on the watch for em.

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@nikosthirsty When I walked to work, I would actively pick the routes that had the most window cats. Not the same as a bodega cat, but it still made the walk a little better.

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@cnvandev Doesn’t really roll off the tongue like “turkey bad, turkey dry”…

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@cnvandev “I dont like whole turkey because its too big so half the meat is dried out by the time it is fully cooked. We can blame the factory farms for only producing obese birds that dont taste very good in general. If we had birds that havent been forced fed it would be a better meat.”