<ELLIOTTCABLE>
loltetrodes(!?), apparently with negative resistance.
<purr>
loltetrodes
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
and ‘Esaki’ diodes, too.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
Workfunction.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
approximately two dozen varietals of battery.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
differential signaling on ribbon-cables, plugged into, uhhh, I forget, but something like an abbreviation for “through-insulation jacks.”
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
a whole clusterfuck of Registered Jacks.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
‘Sputtering.’ Apparently, it's a thing.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
(which apparently cold-weld automatically, and I haven't the *motherfucking faintest* idea why. Google wouldn't help.)
<whitequark>
ELLIOTTCABLE: wtf
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
decibels, power, and isotropic radiators.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
a ‘balun.’ that's a real thing, guys, a *balun.*
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
lolol
<purr>
lolol
<whitequark>
you're into rf now?
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
sorry. I've been ‘studying’ lots, the last couple days. My head hurts.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
not necessarily. I just don't know anything yet, so I don't know what i'm *not* into.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
> READ DOCUMENT
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
> WIKIPEDIA ALL OF THE WORDS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
<whitequark>
okay you know what I fucking hate
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
> GOOGLE ALL OF THE WORDS YOU *STILL* DON'T UNDERSTAND (80%)
<whitequark>
0.2mm endmills
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
> REPEAT ON GOOGLE RESULTS
<whitequark>
it costs $15 and this one broke after about 20 seconds of work
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
I still don't God Damned Understand electricity, though.
<whitequark>
ELLIOTTCABLE: Horowitz & Hill, "The Art of Schemotechnics"
<whitequark>
buy it.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
I can *manipulate* and *work with* voltages, currents, resistances, and power; but I can't **think** about them.
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
The stupid fucking water analogy doesn't work for me.
<whitequark>
I dunno if it works for anyone
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
gravity-being-potential-energy-difference, i.e. voltage, works a *little* better, but it's still far from intuitive for me, and breaks down terribly when I need to understand the fact that voltages apparently *change* in different parts of a circuit.
<whitequark>
you'll just get used to it after some time
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
but more importantly, I just haven't had the click where it works *without* any analogy, in my head, and until I do, every single goddamned word I read on any of these topics, is like slugging through molasses
<prophile>
hydraulic analogy
<ELLIOTTCABLE>
I'm really, really, really enjoying this guy's tutorials and explanations, otherwise.
<whitequark>
"The result is a largely nonmathematical treatment that encourages circuit intuition, brainstorming, and simplified calculations of circuit values and performance."
<whitequark>
it totally is.
<devyn>
why am I trying to update my VM at school on shitty wifi