@ec36a502 @a79223b6 I wouldn't need to ask,  I already know ;-) 

 @ec36a502 I only wanted to post a troll tweet to wind up beer twitter. It worked. 

 I worked it out but it shouldn't have been that hard. Fuck that place. 

 @67db1784 I have three out of four and an extreme lack of patience. 

 @67db1784 I never bother with the kapton tape but I'm quick and I've had a lot of practice - in general it's a good idea. 

Drag soldering is the easiest way of doing it if you don't have a fine tip, an excellent soldering iron, steady hands and a good microscope. 

 I decided that the best place to go was actually my local. Unlike my previous locals I've deliberately not got involved with anything or anyone. People know me but they don't know anything about me. I'm just the fucking nice weirdo that sits by himself in misery guts corner (aka the table away from everything by the kitchen door with a good wifi signal, power sockets and the only place in the pub not covered by CCTV). 

 @67db1784 That's easy. 

 @ec36a502 Long story short, pub landlady is on holiday and the staff had to break a window to get in today to open up as the main door lock malfunctioned. They don't know that I can find easier ways to get in and I don't want them to know that I do. The main doors have eurolocks and deadbolts. There's a back door, behind a locked and easily climbed gate that only has a eurolock. Could have popped that fucker in minutes. 

 @ec36a502 Some directed infraread detectors I assume. I CBA asking anymore. 

 @ec36a502 In this case it isn't as this is specifically the entrance to the owner's quarters but "we have a beam system". Not for fucking long once I get inside you don't. 

 That's actually something I wonder if I could make a detection kit for. Reflection of finger grease on buttons. Makes sense that the first button you press will consistently have more grease on it than subsequent buttons. Would it be linear? Logarithmic?

If I still had any get up and go left at the moment I'd give it a go but now is not the right time. Let me know how you get on if you try. I'd go for light refraction if I was going to try.

You're welcome. 

 @af279435 Many. 

 @200a2b25 @5879ad81 Where's your car? 

 @5879ad81 Dude! 

 @9e601414 In theory, and I haven't tried this, you can unlock the part, select all the pads and change the solder mask with PCB Filter/PCB Inspector. I'll have a go later when I'm back in front of a computer. 

 @c4ee1c95 I did once use them for some random shit. I don't remember anything bad. 

 @ec36a502 I'm glad all of the ones I know would never watch either of those channels.

Sadly the left has just as many fucking idiots. 

 @ec36a502 Although if I said "It's for trying to decoding all the weird EMF signals that people use to control and manipulate us" then I wouldn't actually be far off the truth 😂 

 @ec36a502 And oddly the friend I'm thinking about doesn't mind coming round our house and has never asked what all the antennas I have up are for.

Maybe I'm just not "the man". Or she's never heard about me in whatever fucking stupid conspiracy theories she's read about on the internet this week. 

 @ec36a502 Aye.

That said, it wouldn't actually surprise me if there were a *very* *very* tiny amount of people with some odd unknown genetic thing that may be sensitive to it. We're probably talking about less than one in ten million here.

But that lass that wears tie-die clothing and is proudly anti-chemical probably isn't one of them.

(Disclaimer: my missus wears tie dye clothing) 

 @ec36a502 Teh evil 5G is upon them!

Funny, they had the same problem about 4G and don't mention it on FB now while they're using their iPhone. 

 @ec36a502 I'm lying actually. I can barely catch a cold let alone anything thrown at me.

I'd pick it up off the floor after it flew past me and keep it. 

 @ec36a502 I'm glad you get the difference between firmware and HDLs. 

 @ec36a502 I'd catch it, say thanks, and use it as a paperweight. Or throw it at some of my associates that think it means immediate death unless they quickly cleanse themselves with rose quartz and a sage stick. 

 @ec36a502 Firmware too. 

 @10d29ebe @425a31b8 This is where you learn what 'undefined behaviour" means, although gcc does do a good job of realising what you're trying to do. 

 @425a31b8 As programmers count from zero...

0: When your code compiles on the first tey WITHOUT warnings. 

 @5c93248a @29d67b21 When I had to reset my password on one earlier this year it sent me my new password in plain text. They expected me to send personal financial information and forms of ID through this monstrosity. 

 @ac91e25a You're not meant to say that out loud. 

 @c4ee1c95 But to give him his due, I was going to the NEC before I even knew what a Birmingham was. I haven't been for many years but I knew what the NEC was before I even knew where it was. 

 @c4ee1c95 I would favourite this status but that somehow means that I think it's good. It is not. 

 @8fafb7ee @5879ad81 But I thought there was no cabal. 

 @af279435
I go swimming and kayaking in North Wales lakes. I think I can handle a bit of stuff more interesting. I do own a wetsuit though.
@451f2707 

 @67db1784 4V is absolute maximum... so I'd expect some leeway on that. I wouldn't expect it to cause a short generally.

https://mastodon.radio/system/media_attachments/files/111/068/170/049/341/331/original/80cc1870b45eb4b3.png 

 @af279435 I'd heard about the antenna thing but I haven't confirmed it.