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Friday, February 2, 2024
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Ring's so shit
the fact they don't let you opt out of police getting the footage without your consent, is my issue with Ring
not even the other spyware cameras do that
those are the most ghetto transfer switches I could imagine
what?
I've never actually seen a fuse box
somehow
ngl, I'm realizing how crazy that is, as an EE especially
but no, I guess I've just never worked on anything pre-1970 or whenever circuitbreakers became standard
that's a small panel then
unless fuse boxes are just like that
I figured it was a transfer switch with supercaps
I found this very interesting, but they basically don't manufacter circuit breakers anymore
the consumer 15/20A breakers were all manufactered in the 1980s
and they made so many, that they'll likely never have to make more
the compact split breakers are more recent makes, but yeah it's kind of bizzare when you go to the store to buy Eaton/GE breakers
and the date code on them says 40 years ago
Painite
Painite is a very rare borate mineral. It was first found in Myanmar by British mineralogist and gem dealer Arthur C.D. Pain who misidentified it as ruby, until it was discovered as a new gemstone in the 1950s. When it was confirmed as a new mineral species, the mineral was named after him. Due to its rarity, painite can cost between US$50,000 t...
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