Possibly an epic win for Pikachu
Minor victory thread
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Those who like it, like it a lot!
Yeah, but Pikachu himself is only 3.
What? Pikachu has to be at least 16* by now. (Not that it makes it better.)
*Pokemon Red/Blue came out in '98,or am I mistaken?
EDIT: Wait, '96! Now he's REALLY in trouble!
That's why portable safes are dumb.
It's a gorgeous, clear and starry night here and we went out and spent hours taking pictures 
. Got to use my baby and my new 14 mm. Yay!!!
Now icing my hand and enjoying a victory beer!
. Got to use my baby and my new 14 mm. Yay!!!Now icing my hand and enjoying a victory beer!
Got me an arduino starter kit for christmas, and have been going through the projects in the starter book.
I already know a fair bit about electronics, but still find myself getting excited when I make these stupid LEDs blink on and off.
I've never done any microcontroller programming, so it's neat to design a circuit with hardware, and then write some software that reads/writes to the microcontroller ports to make your circuit go. I can already feel the power at my fingertips..muhahaha. Or something
Sure, you can do the same thing with two transistors, two capacitors and four resistors, but you can't easily change the flash rate like you can with software. I can already see that I'll be doing neat stuff with it.
I already know a fair bit about electronics, but still find myself getting excited when I make these stupid LEDs blink on and off.
I've never done any microcontroller programming, so it's neat to design a circuit with hardware, and then write some software that reads/writes to the microcontroller ports to make your circuit go. I can already feel the power at my fingertips..muhahaha. Or something
Sure, you can do the same thing with two transistors, two capacitors and four resistors, but you can't easily change the flash rate like you can with software. I can already see that I'll be doing neat stuff with it.
It's a fair argument. But it's actually both. Or actually *can* be both, though I can see that it'd be very easy to get what you want done with very little complexity in the way of circuit building, which is probably where the snobbery comes in.
But you know what? IDGAF
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I'm kinda with you on that. Do it the analog way if you need something that needs more engineering on the front end but has fewer points of potential failure in the future and never needs to change. But if you just want something that does the thing you want the way you want when you want, and can have its function changed with very little effort, then that's the whole point behind general purpose processors.you know what? IDGAF
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Latest round of "other people's drama buys me stuff"...
Front desk girl decided to quit with only a day's notice, so my Sunday off went bye-bye. The OT will buy me a new (or at least new to ME) bass.
GasBandit
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Just make sure you heard it right, after all, you remember the kerfluffle with the waitress and her new toy yoda, right?
he's all about that bass
Ooh I have quite a bit of OT coming up in January!
Because that's (and by 'that' I mean the bass) my primary instrument, I heartily approve of this picture.he's all about that bass
Though he's clearly not planning on playing, the bottom of the scroll piece should be around the top of his head. The spike needs to be out further.
We could go help him?
I mentioned in the Rant thread recently that my external hard drive seemed to die. It kept making a clicking or beeping noise and wouldn't work.
Brought it to my brother-in-law, who took it apart and managed to copy some things from it. Gave it back to me and suggested keeping it apart and plug directly into my computer (not using USB) long enough to copy everything over.
Oddly enough, though, I put it back together and now? It's working fine again? Really weird.
But I'd already purchased a new external hard drive to replace it. So I'm still going to back everything up onto the new one, but may now be able to use old one should I need it. Not holding up hope, though, that it's working for good. So I'm only transferring one folder at a time, then unplugging it to let it cool down.
Brought it to my brother-in-law, who took it apart and managed to copy some things from it. Gave it back to me and suggested keeping it apart and plug directly into my computer (not using USB) long enough to copy everything over.
Oddly enough, though, I put it back together and now? It's working fine again? Really weird.
But I'd already purchased a new external hard drive to replace it. So I'm still going to back everything up onto the new one, but may now be able to use old one should I need it. Not holding up hope, though, that it's working for good. So I'm only transferring one folder at a time, then unplugging it to let it cool down.
Are you still talking about the bass?
Yes, ladies. Help him to extend his rod and bring his f-hole up within easy stroking distance.
--Patrick
Go on...