On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:14:44 -0700, jurb6006 wrote:>>"What's this constant obsession with race about?" > > I wouldn't say he is obsessed with it just because he is willing to make > a little joke, or discuss the issue.I didn't. I merely said a preoccupation with race is a Lefty obsession on the part of some "Liberal" whites. -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.
Nannies want to stop you from building mains-powered projects
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:42:37 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> wrote:>On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:41:22 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > >> A couple of months. Sometimes less. > >You're far too charitable.If a kid is counting on a summer job, to earn some tuition or beer money, I'd only dump them early if they were outright destructive... which a couple were. We made a deal for three months. I built a beautifully arranged fiber-optics test chassis, and one idiot tore it up for some unclear purpose of his own. Gone in 30 minutes. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:00:49 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:>On 4/14/19 6:45 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 21:43:07 -0700, John Larkin wrote: >> >>> What's this constant obsession with race about? >>> >>> Really weird. >> >> Sure is. Lefty obsession. >> > >Blazing Saddles: > ><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M>Constant obsession. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:45:34 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> wrote:>On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 21:43:07 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > >> What's this constant obsession with race about? >> >> Really weird. > >Sure is. Lefty obsession.Yes, centered around white (and male) guilt. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:14:44 -0700 (PDT), jurb6006@gmail.com wrote:>>"What's this constant obsession with race about?" > >I wouldn't say he is obsessed with it just because he is willing to make a little joke, or discuss the issue.But he talks about race more than he talks about electronic design. In SED.> >In fact I think it is more obsessive to consciously avoid the subject.This is SED. What he avoids is electronics. Actually, most of the people who post here avoid electronics. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:23:55 -0700, John Larkin wrote:> If a kid is counting on a summer job, to earn some tuition or beer > money, I'd only dump them early if they were outright destructive... > which a couple were. We made a deal for three months. > > I built a beautifully arranged fiber-optics test chassis, and one idiot > tore it up for some unclear purpose of his own. Gone in 30 minutes.You're a saint. If anybody came to me looking for a job in electronics (not that that would ever happen since it's only my hobby) and refused to work on 3V3 stuff due to safety concerns, I'd boot their arse out the door before they even got through it. As for the vandal.... -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:26:51 -0700, John Larkin wrote:> Yes, centered around white (and male) guilt.Guilt over what? Slavery? Sorry to have to be the iconoclast (again) but slavery abolitionists were white, too, and if morons like bitrex think slavery was only a white atrocity they're seriously poorly-educated. Probably went to some state school in CA, MA or NY. Slavery was and is an atrocity alright; no question about that, but no race on earth hasn't participated in it at one time or another. Funny how we only remember whites as culpable, though. -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:39:32 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> wrote:>On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:23:55 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > >> If a kid is counting on a summer job, to earn some tuition or beer >> money, I'd only dump them early if they were outright destructive... >> which a couple were. We made a deal for three months. >> >> I built a beautifully arranged fiber-optics test chassis, and one idiot >> tore it up for some unclear purpose of his own. Gone in 30 minutes. > >You're a saint. If anybody came to me looking for a job in electronics >(not that that would ever happen since it's only my hobby) and refused to >work on 3V3 stuff due to safety concerns, I'd boot their arse out the >door before they even got through it.I do try to reason with people first.> As for the vandal....He wasn't the worst. One kid used to steal other peoples' lunches, and peed in the sink in the basement. Kids these days. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:48:54 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> wrote:>On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:26:51 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > >> Yes, centered around white (and male) guilt. > >Guilt over what? Slavery? >Sorry to have to be the iconoclast (again) but slavery abolitionists were >white, too, and if morons like bitrex think slavery was only a white >atrocity they're seriously poorly-educated. Probably went to some state >school in CA, MA or NY. >Slavery was and is an atrocity alright; no question about that, but no >race on earth hasn't participated in it at one time or another. Funny how >we only remember whites as culpable, though.There is the un-resolveble argument that none of us, of any race, would even exist if the past had been even slightly different. If the British hadn't enslaved the Irish, and if there had not been pogroms in eastern Europe, I wouldn't exist. Reparations for slavery are ultimately reparations for existence. What we should do is make things better now, and be grateful that we were born, for whatever reasons. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 12:39:35 PM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:> On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:23:55 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > > > If a kid is counting on a summer job, to earn some tuition or beer > > money, I'd only dump them early if they were outright destructive... > > which a couple were. We made a deal for three months. > > > > I built a beautifully arranged fiber-optics test chassis, and one idiot > > tore it up for some unclear purpose of his own. Gone in 30 minutes. > > You're a saint. If anybody came to me looking for a job in electronics > (not that that would ever happen since it's only my hobby) and refused to > work on 3V3 stuff due to safety concerns, I'd boot their arse out the > door before they even got through it. As for the vandal....I'll admit it is a bit odd to not want to work on electronics if you are working in electronics. But even 3.3 volt circuitry can be dangerous. I worked on a machine that has power supplies that could dump over 100 amps into the power rail. They used bus bars to distribute the power. Any loose metal would have created a massive short and could cause serious harm. I can understand someone who knows nothing about high power electronics to be concerned. I found it was usually the opposite, because it was low voltage it was hard to get people to take is seriously. Some people would not remove their jewelry which was required if I recall. -- Rick C. --- Get a 1,000 miles of free Supercharging --- Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
