@i2cjak On two separate occasions I had boards from OSH Park with shorts in them because some arc angles got misinterpreted. It happens.
Quickest way to find it is with a thermal camera and a bunch of current.
@cdnza when it first dropped they had a lot of flavor and tartness, and were very crisp (on the hard side). they seem to have gone through really rapid generic deterioration or something, almost no advantages over honeycrisp except price now (probably higher yield/less bruising)
@mightyohm it still seems possible to disable all of the stupid MS bloatware with gpedit or regedit. other than that, there are minor inconveniences like 3rd party context menu extensions not yet using the new menu system, requiring shift+right click instead. Tabs in explorer is nice.
@whitequark twisting signal with ground might be bringing the line impedance closer to the driver's impedance, whereas without a nearby ground, the Z₀ of the jumper wire would be very high (inductive)
@whitequark if neither the driver or load are matched to the line, your clock edges can slosh back and forth from end to end and add extra edges in random places
@whitequark IME an optical microscope does wonders for hand eye coordination (brain powered active tremor cancellation, doesn't need to be fancy but stereo a plus) + having a surface to rest wrist on