What first world problem did you have today?

[MongGrel]

That would be some balls.

"You're fired."

O.K. but I'm going to use the gym 1st. Thanks.

+1

 

[MongGrel]

I really don't give a shit much these days.

 

[Imp]

Just got back from evacuating the house for an hour because some complete dimwit idiot decided to turn on the WRONG stove burner to max heat and leave the house. The fuckwit turned on the stove to max and just left for 15-20 minutes. There was only an empty pan on there. It was stainless steel, luckily, and not a non-stick, so the smell wasn't as bad.

Even worse, the fucking idiot came back into the house ten minutes after I discovered the glowing red burner with nothing on it and turned on the WRONG burner again while I was yelling at him about it -- idiot flipped the wrecked stainless steel pan with his pot and also turned on the opposite switch, so he was cooking the empty pot again.

We all think this idiot would probably qualify for "intellectual developmental disorders" along with numerous other disorders if he bothered to see a psychiatrist. But in this third-world country we can't force him to unless he kills someone or threatens to do it. Almost burning the house down doesn't count.

Edit: P.S. This guy has done the turn on the stove, walk away for an hour thing before. Usually, there's a pot of unattended soup/broth though. So to see it done again for the umpteenth time after numerous warnings about how dangerous it is... FML.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Just got back from evacuating the house for an hour because some complete dimwit idiot decided to turn on the WRONG stove burner to max heat and leave the house. The fuckwit turned on the stove to max and just left for 15-20 minutes. There was only an empty pan on there. It was stainless steel, luckily, and not a non-stick, so the smell wasn't as bad.

Even worse, the fucking idiot came back into the house ten minutes after I discovered the glowing red burner with nothing on it and turned on the WRONG burner again while I was yelling at him about it -- idiot flipped the wrecked stainless steel pan with his pot and also turned on the opposite switch, so he was cooking the empty pot again.

We all think this idiot would probably qualify for "intellectual developmental disorders" along with numerous other disorders if he bothered to see a psychiatrist. But in this third-world country we can't force him to unless he kills someone or threatens to do it. Almost burning the house down doesn't count.

Edit: P.S. This guy has done the turn on the stove, walk away for an hour thing before. Usually, there's a pot of unattended soup/broth though. So to see it done again for the umpteenth time after numerous warnings about how dangerous it is... FML.

Dude... we know it was you... it's OK. Self-forgiveness is the first step.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I could have mowed the lawn yesterday but decided I'd wait till today, now it's super shitty out with rain. By the time this clears it will be very long. Forecast is not too promising.

 

[KeithTalent]

Took the bartender about two minutes to find the bottle after I ordered my double Booker's.

KT

 

[Anubis]

I underestimated just how small some of the parts I ordered are. Could not get them as through hole. This is going to be hard to solder!



Somehow that can handle 30 amps... I really don't know how, without catching on fire lol.

what is that? because it looks like a straingage, and none of them can take 30 amps that im aware of

 

[Red Squirrel]

what is that? because it looks like a straingage, and none of them can take 30 amps that im aware of

Current transducer. Rated at 31 amps, though I probably would not dare pass that much continuously. :awe:

Think I'm going to to the resistor + op amp way though, much easier to solder.

 

[Jeff7]

Rented a movie on Amazon.

I'm not a fan of high dynamic range in movies. (When I watch a movie normally, I get to compress the dynamic range in a proper non-Flash video player.)
Talking is at an acceptable level, then it gets real quiet, then some dramatic music kicks in and shakes the damn house off the foundation. Christ.



(The movie is Interstellar. Thus far, McConaughey has hardly spoken anything above a breathy mutter.

...30 minutes in. This guy's voice is broken. Does he always talk like this?)

 

[Imp]

Rented a movie on Amazon.

I'm not a fan of high dynamic range in movies. (When I watch a movie normally, I get to compress the dynamic range in a proper non-Flash video player.)
Talking is at an acceptable level, then it gets real quiet, then some dramatic music kicks in and shakes the damn house off the foundation. Christ.



(The movie is Interstellar. Thus far, McConaughey has hardly spoken anything above a breathy mutter.

...30 minutes in. This guy's voice is broken. Does he always talk like this?)

That's every movie I rent online and every DVD I've bought: can barely hear dialogue but action/music sounds will blow out my eardrums.

 

[Jeff7]

That's every movie I rent online and every DVD I've bought: can barely hear dialogue but action/music sounds will blow out my eardrums.

Other 1st-world problem: Dynamic range compression in video players doesn't go far enough for my taste.

(I don't like loud sounds.)


But I do (usually) like dynamic range in music. In the car is the exception, as the road noise drowns out the quiet parts completely.


Interstellar: :thumbsup: overall. (I know, I'm late to the party. Another 1st world problem, not wanting to watch a movie in a theater because I don't want to go out to one?)

:thumbsdown::
- Another thing about love transcending space and time etc etc? It's pair bonding behavior, 'kay? Geez. Yeah, it's powerful amazing to feel and doesn't always lead to rational behavior. It being pair bonding behavior doesn't have to devalue the experience though.
- McConaughey. Speak up, alright? I never speak loudly, and even I thought you were overdoing it. I think he exceeded 27dB for only 35 total seconds of screen time.

what is that? because it looks like a straingage, and none of them can take 30 amps that im aware of

A MOSFET maybe? I worked with a tiny one like that a few months ago with ridiculous capacity, at least compared to anything I'd used prior. I'll see if I can find the datasheet quick...



Here it is, Toshiba's TPN7R506NH,L1Q.
Datasheet says it can handle 135A for 1ms. Continuous drain @ 25C ambient is 26A with a nice big copper pad.
The part is 3.3x3.3mm (0.130x0.130in). Damn tiny pads on that thing.
How it does that without burning up: 0.006 ohms drain-source resistance with the gate driven at 10V, coupled with a big thermal pad to allow the copper on the circuitboard to pull heat out of it.

So if you are pushing 10A through it, the thing will only dissipate 60mW of heat.

....nah, too many pins. Voltage regulator or current driver?

 

[Imp]

I was one of "those" people who didn't know how to use the self-checkout today...

Sad thing was I had used that checkout over a dozen times without issue in the past year. Instead of pressing "enter barcode manually" today, I pushed the "enter order number" manually. The second time the attendant came to unfuxxorz my terminal, she just used the scanner to do it all for me in 10 seconds. I am disappoint.

 

[Spydermag68]

Any bowl or dish in my sink can an will be washed, have water added to it, or have me wash my hands over it at anytime. IT IS IN THE SINK. ONE OF THE DIRTIEST PLACES IN A HOUSE!

 

[MongGrel]

Rented a movie on Amazon.

I'm not a fan of high dynamic range in movies. (When I watch a movie normally, I get to compress the dynamic range in a proper non-Flash video player.)
Talking is at an acceptable level, then it gets real quiet, then some dramatic music kicks in and shakes the damn house off the foundation. Christ.



(The movie is Interstellar. Thus far, McConaughey has hardly spoken anything above a breathy mutter.

...30 minutes in. This guy's voice is broken. Does he always talk like this?)

That's every movie I rent online and every DVD I've bought: can barely hear dialogue but action/music sounds will blow out my eardrums.

Must be something with the way Amazon streams then.

I get the same thing even watching free ones on Prime in the other room.

 

[Engineer]

Started wiring my house with Cat5E and the attic was too damn hot.

(Did install the 12 rework boxes - 8 for Cat5e and 4 for TV wires in the wall - all in the comfort of my AC).

 

[Jeff7]

Bought a $60 quadcopter, 4 stars at Amazon, a Syma X5C.
- Low battery indicator lights start flashing roughly 2-3 seconds before the rotors shut down.
- It slowly loses power as it runs. It wouldn't surprise me if they skipped out on any voltage regulation in order to save power and weight.
- There are some buttons on the controller that are molded right into the case, and do absolutely nothing. I think they just outright copy/pasted someone else's design without any idea why the features were there.
- One of the motors has already failed; sounds like the bearings are a bit crunchy now. Maybe it's the crashing, though it seems relatively durable. I'd expect more motor failures by now though. :sneaky:
- Turning it on now results in rapidly-flashing lights, and nothing else - unusable.
- It's got the usual Google-translated manual. "Please also pay attention to the flying safety when operating and know more about the accident that may be happened due to your own negligence."



I am entitled to high-end cheap plastic crap that works forever.

Must be something with the way Amazon streams then.

I get the same thing even watching free ones on Prime in the other room.

It isn't just Amazon. It's the same way in theaters, and the same way on DVDs. Whispers are as quiet as whispers, and a gunshot sounds like a tank firing a round.
The Matrix was the first DVD I ever bought. I thought the disc was actually defective because of the enormous dynamic range.

 

[Imp]

Must be something with the way Amazon streams then.

I get the same thing even watching free ones on Prime in the other room.

I wonder if it's the quality of the speakers. Almost never have the issue watching movies on TV over cable with shitty built-in speakers, but they've probably all been edited.

 

[lxskllr]

Haven't felt like eating anything the last couple days, so I've been mix/matching mostly crap. What I've eaten the past two days to the best of my memory...

Fried spam and jalapeños
tortilla chips nuked with cheese
tortilla chips and rotel
granola bars
beans and wienies
curry and naan
collard greens and tabasco
english muffins and honey
beer
coffee
seltzer water

:^/

 

[smackababy]

Grilled all day and am sunburned. Damn you America! Couldn't you have become independent on a day less hot? Be a little considerate dude!

Also, ate about as much as Matt Stonie, just not in 12 minutes. =(

 

[Red Squirrel]

A MOSFET maybe? I worked with a tiny one like that a few months ago with ridiculous capacity, at least compared to anything I'd used prior. I'll see if I can find the datasheet quick...



Here it is, Toshiba's TPN7R506NH,L1Q.
Datasheet says it can handle 135A for 1ms. Continuous drain @ 25C ambient is 26A with a nice big copper pad.
The part is 3.3x3.3mm (0.130x0.130in). Damn tiny pads on that thing.
How it does that without burning up: 0.006 ohms drain-source resistance with the gate driven at 10V, coupled with a big thermal pad to allow the copper on the circuitboard to pull heat out of it.

So if you are pushing 10A through it, the thing will only dissipate 60mW of heat.

....nah, too many pins. Voltage regulator or current driver?

This is the part:

http://www.allegromicro.com/en/Prod...~/media/Files/Datasheets/ACS711-Datasheet.pdf

Well it might be a slightly different variation as I'm too lazy to double check my previous order to see if it's the exact one.

What amazes me is that those tiny pads can handle 31a since you would normally need like 10awg wiring for that and there's no way there's 10awg worth of material in there. I guess if it's such a short area and has proper dissipation through large pads, it will be ok.

I had to set these aside for now though, at some point I might look at getting break out PCBs made so I can use solder paste and reflow oven (aka toaster oven ) to do it.

Random thought, I wonder if anyone has ever had a brain fart and tried to use a microwave as a reflow oven, that would be a very bad day. :awe:

 

[shortylickens]

My bestest buddy in the world got banned from my favorite forum and no one can tell me why.

 

[Puppies04]

My bestest buddy in the world got banned from my favorite forum and no one can tell me why.

If you find out can you let me know.

 

[shortylickens]

FINALLY found it:


http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=37512689


He said something nasty about the mods.

 

[Imp]

Have to setup a new Gmail account for stuff like Craigslist sales. Finally decided to not use the mail I use for all my bank stuff with selling shit to shady people.

 

[MongGrel]

I wonder if it's the quality of the speakers. Almost never have the issue watching movies on TV over cable with shitty built-in speakers, but they've probably all been edited.

I actually have very nice built in speakers for the cable box, but when I use Amazon streaming on the HTPC have a second set I use on it independently that are better.