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PluMGMK wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:24 pm < guesses it produces false tastes, like Alessandro Volta reported? < guesses it's also painful since the voltage is quite a bit higher!

< will settle for the taste of an extra-rare steak.

PluMGMK wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:24 pm < guesses it's also painful since the voltage is quite a bit higher!

Actually, < says that a lighter piezo produces several thousand volts and it’s less painful (on the tongue, that is) than a 9V battery!

Hmm! < guesses that's due to the much shorter pulse duration.

Is a piezo crystal a voltage source or a current source? < is thinking now of ESD Human Body Model, which can be thought of as a source of 1.3 A with a maximum voltage of 2 kV (or scale those numbers to whatever voltage rating you're testing to).

< remembers the lighter sparkers making your head twitch if you used them on the side of your neck.

Steo wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:36 am < remembers the lighter sparkers making your head twitch if you used them on the side of your neck.

Wow, < hasn’t tried that yet! Sounds like fun! xD

< is getting so much snow around here it took three people to get <'s car out of the parking lot.

< hears we may be getting an entire month of level 5 lockdown again.

< is starting to feel uneasy about the incoming year 2021.

< also heard that they plan on tightening the grip here.
< doesn't really care, we can't go out for drinks already so how could this be any worse?

< wants to wish everyone a happy new year. < hopes you all had a good time, and that 2021 will be an enjoyable yet productive year for you.

< wishes everyone a happy new year. Even though 2020 was pretty mediocre at heart, it is scary for < to know that the year ended.

< had a lot of fun tonight socialising with friends and family, and having a few drinks.

< invites you all to fill out the 2021 Rayman game survey.

sorry if <’s promoting the thing too aggressively

Since < didn't have time to say this yesterday, < will do so now instead.

So one of <'s Christmas presents arrived yesterday which was a Thrustmaster T.Flight Stick X joystick that looks like this: From what < can say, it's very ergonomic (for right-handed people, since it isn't ambidextrous), and it's really satisfying to control both racing games and games involving flight with it. As for racing games, it feels really smooth to brake especially, by pulling the stick back.

Overall, < thinks it's really good, it's just a matter of getting used to it, especially since this is the first time < used a joystick for anything, haha.

< woke up at 4 PM today. That's what happens when you celebrate New Year's properly.

Well < woke up at 9AM so clearly < must not have celebrated the new year that much or very well.

Also, < hopes ^^ enjoys that Christmas present!

< says thanks, ^!

< didn't get up until after 1PM today, so < must have done it properly, even though < had 7up instead of champagne!

< thinks that ^'s joystick is looking nifty!

Hunchman801 wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:23 pm < woke up at 4 PM today. That's what happens when you celebrate New Year's properly.

< more or less woke up earlier than that on New Year's Day feeling sick, then decided to keep sleeping it off and didn't get up until about 6PM.

< just got back from <'s holidays.