another early morning electronics flea market here in silicon valley (West Valley College). we're so early the sellers haven't arrived yet.
board test fixture. I'm wondering what those tiny boards are in the lid. maybe temperature sensors?
caution: radiation from polonium is dangerous if the said material is ingested or inhaled. do not
@tubetime had to read it three times because I really got stuck at thinking like what the hell is a “heaLthkit” calculator
@tubetime I heard you like cards, so I put a card on your card so you can card while you card
@tubetime huh, apple iie spares
@tubetime Might come in handy in the next decades! Just keep it generally below 2.
@tubetime oh, DANG! A logarithmic current meter?! That’s amazing! I mean, 10k mA is … carry the two… 10A, so not too scary. But the log scale is AMAZING.
@tubetime "Well, either the battery's good or we've got a problem, it's too soon to tell..."
@tubetime It's a DIY measurement device for excitement in the social network sphere. The mR/hr is a million rants per hour, isn't it!?
@tubetime BATTEST
@tubetime is there one that says "incredible journey?"
@tubetime What? Is Silicon Valley going to be retired?!
@tubetime My wife and I were discussing the other day that VLB is what truly killed 16-bit computers.
@tubetime I think I had that one.
@tubetime I need to get down there to the flea market some time.
@tubetime Looks like a fiber optic cable splicer
@ChuckMcManis @tubetime Cutting edge technology
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Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co.
https://www.physikinstrumente.com/
@tubetime envious, that’s like a 3 episodes of YouTube videos hour long each !
How much did you pay for it ?
@tubetime *sniff* Where they'll finally find the actual number for Pi and the square root of -1.
@tubetime but what can you do with it?
@tubetime what the hell is that?
@migas @tubetime It's an anti-static brush - here's more than you ever wanted to know about them: https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/miscellaneous/static-eliminators.html
@tubetime neat, an antistatic brush
@tubetime I think that says "solid material" not "said material". Although I wonder what distinction the word might be trying to make. Is it safe to inhale and eat the dust? Or should we vaporize it first? :-) Yikes.
@tubetime Those are great antistatic brushes. I used one daily in the graphics biz in the 80s.
@tubetime I need stickers of that polonium warning to put on everything.
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ooh... we've been using an old flopper for ages. IMO it makes the best toast!
@tubetime hey! My parents toaster!
Of course they didn’t go get a normal one. It was that thing!
@tubetime Those are actually in short supply!
@tubetime the ever-elusive DB19!
@tubetime I would have to go home with that.
@tubetime what a beauty
@tubetime Those traces are so pretty!