Lmst

...these are the people that give me hope.
Wonderful story.

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

#ICE #Dildos
#fascist #Nazi
#Resistors
#Minneapolis

Urgent #Protest Wednesday 7 January 2026 at Torch of Friendship, 401 Biscayne Blvd, Miami 33132 demanding #justice #Miami #FL #Florida #demonstration #rally #USpolitics #antifa #resistance #resist #resistors #antifascism #antifascists #antisfascist #peaceful

A plain white flyer with a bloodied red hand hanging at bottom center. In mostly black text, starting from the top it reads: PROTEST AGAINST ICE. TIME: 7:30PM, WEDNESDAY 01/07/2026. LOCATION: TORCH OF FRIENDSHIP, 401 BISCAYNE BLVD, MIAMI 33132. They've got blood on their hands! The Trump regime's lawless ICE agents murdered a legal observer in Minnesota today. In response to the killing, this is a spontaneous peaceful protest at the Torch of Friendship. We demand justice!

LERs (light-emitting resistors)

https://piefed.zip/c/NiceMemes/p/856766/lers-light-emitting-resistors

"[A] small cohort of teenage computer enthusiasts from the Princeton, N.J., area flaunted a clever work-around: They borrowed an acoustic coupler—a forerunner of the computer modem—and connected it to a nearby pay phone. With this hardware in place, the youngsters dialed in to an off-site minicomputer.

The teenagers called themselves the RESISTORS, a retronym (they picked the moniker first and then matched words to the letters) for “Radically Emphatic Students Interested in Science, Technology, Or Research Studies.” The trade publication Computerworld gave the RESISTORS front-page billing—“Students Steal Show as Conference Opens”—and noted how the group drew a “fascinated crowd” of computer professionals. A reporter even suggested that the RESISTORS represented the vanguard of a small-scale social movement as the teens sought to engage with their counterparts from “underprivileged areas of Trenton” and introduce them to personal computing.

In the modern history of computing, a story about a small cohort of teens “playing” with computers might seem tangential. But the previously untold history of the RESISTORS highlights the fact that, years before there were machines called personal computers, some people regularly accessed computers for activities unrelated to their professional lives. Motives varied, but entertainment as well as the display of technical prowess mattered. Just as important, the story of the RESISTORS expands our sense of the hobbyist community beyond later and better-known groups like the Bay Area’s Homebrew Computer Club."

https://spectrum.ieee.org/teenage-hackers

#Computers #ComputerHistory #Hacking #NewJersey #Princeton #Resistors

I can safely say that it's been a while since #DigiKey sold #resistors in pre-packed bags of 5 with included card labels. As their own brand. Made in Taiwan.

Or called themselves "Digi-Key Corporation".

More seriously, I found a bag of #components left over from my senior year of school, when we did our big final project. Mine was a computer-controlled slot machine. Components were seriously expensive then; I organized a group buy with 4 or 5 of my classmates through "Digi-Key", partly because they were cheaper than the local suppliers (see previous story about the "Two Weeks Ten Bucks" guys), but also because we could get quantity price breaks on stuff that was common between our #projects, like the 1 kΩ resistors. IIRC, the resistors cost about $0.30 each in the 5-packs, but the bag of 200 was *way* cheaper - about half that, I think.

These were ordered in 1997, so almost 30 years ago. In addition to #vintage resistors, I found ZTX549 PNP #transistors (still in stock at DigiKey today!), MJE2955T #PNP transistors (also still in stock!), 3 different brands of 741 #opamps, including made-in-Japan and made-in-Malaysia #NEC, TI ones from Taiwan and the Philippines, as well as #TI TL081CP and LM318P from Taiwan. Also a bunch of 74-series logic #chips and some weirder stuff, like a #Motorola MC14412, which is essentially a 0-600 bps (~baud) modem-in-a-chip.

So if you need some vintage components, hit me up 😉

#TexasInstruments #electronics #SupplyHouse #FoundAtHome

A scan of a series of vintage product labels from "Digi-Key Corporation" electronic components. They're calling themselves DigiKey now, but these are from 1997. There are 5 labels comprising 3 different styles.

Two are red text on white card, for 5-packs of half-watt carbon-film resistors, one of which is labelled 330 ohms, while the other is 2.2 kiloohms. They also contain the specification "1/2 Watt, 5% Carbon Film Resistors", as well as the company name and the colour-band code for each type spelled out as words ("Orange Orange Brown Gold" and "Red Red Red Gold" respectively).

Two are black print on white paper labels. They give similar information, but are in a more modern and boring format, with a barcode and stocking number. These are 470 ohms and 10 kiloohms.

The remaining one is from a bag of 200 1-kiloohm resistors of the same type. It has little information on it other than the basic specs.

Thank you #BlueSkyFamily #BlueCrew #Resistors

More Benny Hill and inflatable #Resistors... This is my timeline (and twerking... gets my LOLOLOLO ing going off!)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q3bbdtxch45wvfxrxpblphxn/post/3m2qedopxu22j

Saw this on another social media but my gosh, so true I had to share. From my favorite Discworld book Guards! Guards! #Discworld #Pratchett #TerryPratchett #Resistors
“They avoided one another's faces, for fear of what they might see mirrored there. Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest, and then I'll murmur agreement, not actually say anything, I'm not stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand
up and be almost heard... No one said anything. The cowards, thought each man”

I'm looking for #opinions from #electronics #hobbyists or professionals.

When I'm using a #solderless #breadboard to prototype circuits, resistors can be frustrating. If you just keep re-using the same well-worn ones that look like a pretzel, you have to leave the leads long for the unknown next place you want to use them, and you can accidentally short something else against the leads.

Over the years I've frequently thought "Someone must make #jumper wires with inline resistors so they're easy to reuse", but I've never seen them for sale. [1]

So I made a bunch. And wow, it's labour-intensive to make them well. That explains why no-one's selling them.

Would other people be interested in buying and using these? Anyone can make them, but a lot of people would rather use their limited #hobby time to make their projects, not make things they need to make their #projects.

I've reduced the amount of time to make them and will keep trying, but I would have to charge at least US $30 for a pack of ten. There are ways to reduce it further, but they require a significant investment in equipment, so I'd have to be selling quite a few.

I make them with good materials - silicone 26AWG #wire for flexibility, name-brand 1% metal film #resistors, total length 24cm.

Would anyone want these?

[1] Closest thing I've found is https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1438.html but they're rigid so you need to use an additional wire anyway if you're not connecting exactly that distance through clear space.

#DIY

A group of wires laying on a white piece of paper. Each is made with a different colour of wire, and has a resistor inline at the midpoint of the wire, with reinforcement on each side of the resistor and at each end where it joins a pin. They are for use with solderless breadboards while developing circuit designs.

A photograph of a solderless breadboard containing an electronics project, shot from above. There are various ICs and other components on the board, along with wire jumpers. Some of the jumpers are the ones with inline resistors shown in the previous picture.

Keep going #RESISTORS! This regime SUX!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:brwww2is5xf7ufyjij2eecp7/post/3luccf43w7k2k

The Algebra of an Infinite Grid of Resistors

https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath669/kmath669.htm

#HackerNews #Algebra #InfiniteGrid #Resistors #MathConcepts #EngineeringPhysics

🔌💥 "Infinite Grid of Resistors" — An electrifying journey where the only resistance you'll find is from ModSecurity's ironclad error messages. Apparently, the real challenge isn't in the physics, but in finding the elusive resource on the server. 🤦‍♂️🔍
https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath668/kmath668.htm #InfiniteGrid #Resistors #ModSecurity #ServerChallenge #TechJourney #ErrorMessages #HackerNews #ngated

Infinite Grid of Resistors

https://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath668/kmath668.htm

#HackerNews #Infinite #Grid #of #Resistors #math #physics #engineering #circuits

Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know they won't win. #NoKingsDay #Resistors #NeverTrumpers

To understand #electronics, the #ujanja is to grasp the principles of #electricity, as in, controlling flow of electric current to create specific functions in #electronicdevices🤷‍♂️!

www.5021.tips/ujanja/ecucomponents

Obviously #HapaUjanjaTu🫣, this rubbish☝️is very useless in misunderstanding #voltage, #current, #resistance, and different #electroniccomponents #resistors #capacitors #transistors #ecurepair #ecu #5021tips #electronicsrepair #umeme #electricalrepair #motherboardrepair #howitworks

@klausman @brouhaha

Those are Words Of Wisdom.
I didn't bother to go with surface mount device soldering, because of the prohibitive amount of cash involved for a hobbyist and a kid. I needed a microscope and a surface mount soldering station for which I would need to pay $2,000 to 4,000 USD in the 90's

When I started out I actually had a production level Phillips single Channel integrated amp as a kit. I got the same amp in a Philips turntable!

#Electronics #soldering #resistors #capacitors

@brouhaha

I still remember Radio Shack. They had a store at the Gravenstraat in my country where I could see thousands and thousands of electronic components. Since I've been soldering ever since I was a child, it was very sad to see them go indeed. For some reason which is very odd to me people just stopped soldering at the hobby scale

#Electronics #soldering #resistors #capacitors

Huge congrats to @bsky.app CEO Jay Graber @jay.bsky.team for steering this movement to a major milestone. Here’s to a decentralized future powered by user freedom and innovation! #BlackSky #Resistors #BlueSk bcounter.nat.vg

This #MayDay “Workers’ Day 2025: Honoring the hands that build the world. From early shifts to late nights, your labor powers our lives. Fair wages, safe conditions, dignity for every worker—always. Thank you. Happy 😃 #WorkersDay everyone #WorkersDay2025 #1stMay #UnionStrong” #Resistors #resist

#Monday Motivation: #Knowledge Let’s talk 9️⃣—the number of truth, wisdom, completion. Every move, every cycle, every rise leads back to 9. Math is divine. KRS-One friends free style #Resistors #BlackSky #HipHopNation #GenX #GenZ #rapperkris #NYC One 💕. One culture. Altogether: Resistance. ❤️#BlueSky

#resistors

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