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    mark
    wrote on 24 May 2022, 19:10 last edited by
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    The 50 year old Integrated Circuit still in wide use today.

    The 555 timer IC

    Link to video

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      George K
      wrote on 24 May 2022, 19:19 last edited by
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      Circuit older than that were racist because they were not integrated, right?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • C Catseye3
        16 May 2022, 12:24

        @Klaus A Bob Newhart sketch.

        A roomful of monkeys, each sitting at a desk and banging away on a typewriter. Men in white coats wandering the aisles, observing. One of them stops, stares, and cries, "Jim! Jim! Get over here, quick!" The other man joins the first, who points to what the monkey had typed: "To be or not to be, that is the geframenplatz."

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        @Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

        @Klaus A Bob Newhart sketch.

        A roomful of monkeys, each sitting at a desk and banging away on a typewriter. Men in white coats wandering the aisles, observing. One of them stops, stares, and cries, "Jim! Jim! Get over here, quick!" The other man joins the first, who points to what the monkey had typed: "To be or not to be, that is the geframenplatz."

        Link to video

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          24 May 2022, 19:10

          The 50 year old Integrated Circuit still in wide use today.

          The 555 timer IC

          Link to video

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          wrote on 25 May 2022, 12:55 last edited by
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          • G George K
            24 May 2022, 19:19

            Circuit older than that were racist because they were not integrated, right?

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            wrote on 25 May 2022, 12:56 last edited by
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            @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

            Circuit older than that were racist because they were not integrated, right?

            The 555 was not the first IC.

            The first IC was invented in 1958 by an engineer at Texas Instruments.

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              wrote on 26 May 2022, 12:22 last edited by
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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Ivorythumper
                wrote on 26 May 2022, 19:58 last edited by
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                https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-president-heads

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 27 May 2022, 13:50 last edited by
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                  Trivia: eggs fully form in the ovaries of fetuses. That means the egg that became you was once inside the body of your grandmother.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 27 May 2022, 15:12 last edited by
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                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • G George K
                      27 May 2022, 15:12

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                      wrote on 27 May 2022, 15:27 last edited by
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                      @George-K Talk about tension and release. I kept looking for the bar and when it finally came into view, I was like, NFW is he going to make that.

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                        Horace
                        wrote on 27 May 2022, 15:30 last edited by
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                        Fake. If you look closely you can see the pole he's using to help him do that.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          wrote on 28 May 2022, 12:38 last edited by
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                          Especially for Phibes, maybe?

                          A 2022 MIT report studied the Oreo cookie's "flow and fracture".

                          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                            wrote on 28 May 2022, 18:17 last edited by
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                            That time when 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 1939.

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                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                            • J jon-nyc
                              28 May 2022, 18:17

                              That time when 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 1939.

                              13B9ABE5-3A09-4C9D-AD1C-45F7337864FE.jpeg

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                              wrote on 28 May 2022, 18:20 last edited by
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                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              hat time when 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 1939.

                              Holeee Cow.

                              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                Horace
                                wrote on 28 May 2022, 18:22 last edited by
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                                What way did their politics lean, within the context of America?

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 29 May 2022, 12:46 last edited by
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                                  Etymology fun fact: The arteries in the neck are called "carotids," from the Greek word "karotides", relating to the word "katotikos" (to stupefy) and "karos" (deep sleep).

                                  The ancient Greeks used it/knew that compression of the carotid arteries would produce unconsciousness.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 30 May 2022, 14:06 last edited by
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                                    No idea if this is true or not, but if so...cool!

                                    The Canadian Passport under UV light reveals its secret watermark.

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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 30 May 2022, 15:49 last edited by
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                                      That's very cool.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        Axtremus
                                        wrote on 30 May 2022, 15:57 last edited by
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                                        Wonder if there are cool features that would be revealed on currency bills under UV light, too.

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                                          Aqua Letifer
                                          wrote on 31 May 2022, 02:46 last edited by
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                                          Just give it a second. You'll get it.

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                                          Please love yourself.

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