Kchula-Rrit Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 12/30/2023 at 2:38 AM, jrhodes said: How about a light-emitting EPROM? If you plug a 2716 in backwards, you get a neat little yellow-white pilot light. Unfortunately, the pilot light permanently "deprograms" the 2716. 8-[ K-R. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5380682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kchula-Rrit Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) On 1/1/2024 at 12:48 PM, InsaneMultitasker said: Our grocery store had fresh rhubarb available from somewhere (southern hemisphere?) - the store helper was not too helpful in that regard - so I extended my 2023 indulgences for one more day to bake a rhubarb pie. For me, a rhubarb pie should not be adulterated by any other fruit, such as strawberry. And it will be consumed alone and/or with some vanilla ice cream. 🙂 I can’t grow rhubarb in TX like I did in WI, so this is a fun treat to start the year. When we moved to our current place the former "garden" (weed patch) had an eight-foot tall rhubarb plant growing in it. That thing was spooky, and hard to kill! Had I known, I'd given it to you guys, but all of you seem to be in the South and I'm near the Canadian border. K-R. Edited January 4 by Kchula-Rrit 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5380686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 19 hours ago, jrhodes said: I love rhubarb, especially on pancakes! 🥞 Rhubarb pancake syrup: 8 cups chopped rhubarb 3 cups water 2 cups sugar Start by adding the rhubarb and water to a pot and simmer. Use a fork to mash the rhubarb as it softens. Strain it with a sieve and return the rhubarb water back to the pot. Add the sugar, heating until it dissolves. Let the syrup cool completely before pouring it into jars or bottles for storing. this sounds yummy My mom used to can rhubarb jam but she turned her attention to making grape jelly the past few years. I am sure the change has nothing to do with the fact that her backyard pergola was taken over by grape vines 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5380777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 7 hours ago, Kchula-Rrit said: How about a light-emitting EPROM? If you plug a 2716 in backwards, you get a neat little yellow-white pilot light. Unfortunately, the pilot light permanently "deprograms" the 2716. 8-[ K-R. I made one of those once! 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5380959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 5 minutes ago, Tursi said: I made one of those once! Me too!! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5380965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 15 hours ago, InsaneMultitasker said: this sounds yummy My mom used to can rhubarb jam but she turned her attention to making grape jelly the past few years. I am sure the change has nothing to do with the fact that her backyard pergola was taken over by grape vines Only a small step away from a Chateau InsaneMultitasker bottle of wine... Catchy name if you ask me... 2 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5381153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5384485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5389896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 @dhe What, the 99/5 is not enough for you? 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5389992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/4/2024 at 1:23 AM, Tursi said: I made one of those once! I made a light emitting 486/dx2/66 once.. not keyed.. weeeeeeeeee POP 1 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5390273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Today I made the leap to 1GB symmetrical fiber internet in a bid to cut my internet/cable cost in half and get better speeds. I opted for the supplied router equipment and access points, and will look into my own solution as time permits. The installation and first month are free, which is great because during the installation, the attic stair broke and I cracked a portion of the adjacent ceiling when I stepped on what I thought was floorboard and almost went through the ceiling between two joists. Sigh. Hopefully, I'll come out ahead after the repairs. This is why I try not to tempt fate by changing things that are (mostly) working 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5391188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/16/2024 at 3:19 PM, arcadeshopper said: I made a light emitting 486/dx2/66 once.. not keyed.. weeeeeeeeee POP That was a waste of a good processor 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5391318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/16/2024 at 2:19 PM, arcadeshopper said: I made a light emitting 486/dx2/66 once.. not keyed.. weeeeeeeeee POP It doesn't count if the light was caused by combustion! Otherwise I've made a light emitting transformer 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5391321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 4 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5391354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I blew up an electrolytic cap for the first time. 4700 uF! Past me had soldered it backwards. Everything else checked out ok. I was about to measure voltage again when PFFT. Underneath the big cap were some helpful + - markings for next time. 3 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5391428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 53 minutes ago, FarmerPotato said: Underneath the big cap were some helpful + - markings for next time. Therein lies the problem: there markings were under the capacitor. Good thing you have to remove this one. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5391457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 6 hours ago, FarmerPotato said: I blew up an electrolytic cap for the first time. 4700 uF! Past me had soldered it backwards. Everything else checked out ok. I was about to measure voltage again when PFFT. Underneath the big cap were some helpful + - markings for next time. This reminded me of a much younger time when I had taken apart some old dead boards from a washing machine or something, and it had neon lamps on it. I wanted to see them light up, and knowing nothing, I thought I remembered they ran directly on 110 AC. Hooked one up, and it not only exploded, but flew across the room like a rocket. 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5391630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Exciting times for this process https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-lego-like-photonic-chip-paves-way-for-semiconductor-breakthroughs/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5393483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5393810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I need to stress that it is actually the stress on the word that makes the difference. 'umfahren (stress on um) means "run over" um'fahren (stress on fahren) means "drive around" To make things a bit more challenging, the first word's prefix is separable, while the second one is inseparable: Ich fahre den Busch um = I run over the bush. Ich umfahre den Busch = I drive around the bush. Perfect tense: Ich habe den Busch umgefahren = I have run over the bush. Ich habe den Busch umfahren = I have driven around the bush. ------ There is a second well-known example with "übersetzen" (translate) and "übersetzen" (to ferry across a river), also with stress on the 2nd and 1st syllable, respectively. (Guess I'll leave it with that ... One point, though: In everyday language, you meet the finite forms more often than the infinitive, and as you see, the finite forms tell you unambiguously which version is meant; there is rarely a chance that you mix them up.) 6 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5393829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Mark Twain travelled a lot and even learned German. His speech "Die schreckliche Deutsche Sprache", given in German, is brilliant. There is a translation "The Awful German Language" and I found a side-by-side of both versions: https://www.reclam.de/data/media/978-3-15-019493-5.pdf You lack the subtleness of the German examples if you don't know German yourself, but is still funny and gives you an impression on the difficulties. I have the highest respect for people mastering German as a foreign language. But it's not only German that can drive you mad... Counselor Deanna Troi: But you spell knife with a 'k'. Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I spell knife with an 'n'. But then I never could spell. 1 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5394022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Well.. The English opposite of Sanction, a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule is: Sanction, official permission or approval for an action. 😕 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5394335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 12 minutes ago, TheBF said: Well.. The English opposite of Sanction, a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule is: Sanction, official permission or approval for an action. 😕 That's totally legal 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5394336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 21 minutes ago, TheBF said: Well.. The English opposite of Sanction, a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule is: Sanction, official permission or approval for an action. 😕 Yes, but one is a verb and the other is a noun, which you determine via context. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5394348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 3 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: Yes, but one is a verb and the other is a noun, which you determine via context. Party pooper 1 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/206/#findComment-5394551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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