#garfield Logs

Mar 01 2023

07:41 PM rue_mohr: new job is plugging along ok
07:51 PM rue_mohr: I'm not used to taking all the breaks
08:41 PM rue_mohr: ok, on the weekend I can try my "new" video card again
08:41 PM rue_mohr: only had it waiting like 2 years now
08:42 PM rue_mohr: tripple head! :]
09:11 PM Tom_L: better than the last job?
09:45 PM rue_mohr: much
09:46 PM rue_mohr: I'm just having a time with where to go and where to not go
09:46 PM rue_mohr: one of the 1G network cards I bought was faulty
09:46 PM Tom_L: can you return it?
09:47 PM rue_mohr: wasn't sure if it was the line or not, just did a local test and against another network card and yea, the new one is faulty
09:47 PM rue_mohr: I think so
09:47 PM Tom_L: or exchange
10:04 PM rue_mohr: I filed for a replacement
10:04 PM rue_mohr: I think the online places are used to this
10:04 PM rue_mohr: its really streamlined
10:04 PM Tom_L: heh
10:05 PM rue_mohr: I'll print a shipping thing for it and take it to the courier depo
10:05 PM rue_mohr: its a 1G PCI network card
10:05 PM rue_mohr: cant be many of those still around
10:05 PM rue_mohr: I was pretty dissapointed
10:06 PM Tom_L: most pcie now?
10:06 PM rue_mohr: all
10:06 PM Tom_L: hmm
10:06 PM Tom_L: i haven't looked for pc hardware in ages
10:06 PM rue_mohr: it was the card that goes to the shop
10:06 PM rue_mohr: took me a while to figure it out
10:06 PM rue_mohr: but the shop has a managed switch
10:06 PM rue_mohr: with an error counter on it
10:07 PM rue_mohr: which gave away the problem pretty quick
10:07 PM aandrew: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/mechanical-engineering/ratchet-mechanism-without-springs-or-gravity-possible
10:07 PM aandrew: interesting thread
10:07 PM rue_mohr: do hairs count as springs?
10:07 PM rue_mohr: there is a ball jamb mathod too
10:08 PM rue_mohr: oh, hydrailic and a tesla valve
10:10 PM rue_mohr: I put an LED on that 3.3F cap today when I got home from work
10:10 PM rue_mohr: its still glowing
10:12 PM aandrew: the magnet "spring" is interesting https://www.eevblog.com/forum/mechanical-engineering/ratchet-mechanism-without-springs-or-gravity-possible/?action=dlattach;attach=1714235;image
10:14 PM aandrew: but that's stretching the "no spring" rule