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  • I basically built an electronics lab from cheap AliExpress goods. Mostly the parts for projects. Boards, chips, nuts, bolts, boxes. All the bits needed to build embedded systems.

    The big stuff (tools, power sources, lights) we’re US sources for quality. Most everything else was Chinese junk. I could get five copies of a board from China for the same price as one from the US. I made it to platinum level with over 1000 total orders. When I could order a tiny thing cheap, have it arrive eventually (back then it was often 6-8 weeks), but essentially free shipping I was happy to build up my supplies over time.

    Now? No idea who could afford to do the same thing. I’m not rich, but I managed to run whole IoT classes out of my garage with 20+ projects underway. Tinkering gets yet more expensive.



  • She was literally climbing through broken window of a door leading to the safe room members of the House of Representatives were sheltering in. The HEAD of the country was being pursued by a mob that had erected a scaffold and noose in front of the building.

    Somehow it was the officer’s job to deescalate the situation outnumbered 100:1 with a yelling riotous mob bashing in the doors? Yup, it’s all about the officer there.

    Conservatives, in the end, only care about owning others and power over others. Always realize they don’t like or care about your well being. They only play nice with society and a republic when forced to.