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we couldnt get a new exciting AND electronics related picture
for fuckin shame

Which free circuit sim do you use and what is the #1 reason LTSpice is superior to all else?

>>759173
>he thinks plebspice is better than multisim blue


Also good job forgetting to put /ohm/ in the title OP

>>754748
one of these
>>754329

Also Im trying to find good crucible junk, what did you use?

The process usually involves 3d printing, making a negative mold with the 3D printed fugure, filling the negative with wax, get a wax positive and make a heat resistant negative with the wax positive. It's quite annoying.

>>754751
Bought a cheap fire extinguisher then sawed it in half.
sealing my letters with aluminium though...

Well, I looked for something like this for a while and tried many alternatives (mostly mobile based apps) but in the end I found out that a simple xml worksheet was better suited for me. It's not complicated but it is color coded, constantly arranged by due date and some more

>>758870
Yeah, starting to figure, throwing my own HTML app together maybe easier.. but, cheers for the reply (and bump) anyway, appreciated. Seen some intranet things would maybe do/be adaptable enough, but, nothing free/under $500 till now.

Anyone else - diy organisation software tip? - c'mon, I be drowning in disarray here ;) need to stop procrastinating, n git or-ga-nised.

>>758690
How is what you're describing not OneNote?

It hasn't. I have too many hobies and interests to get exceptional at any of them. Doing anything myself is a pain in the ass because I will always be missing the one tool or jig that will keep me from busting my knuckle, but I can just see the completed project ahead of me, so I power through and bust my knuckle and get it done

It's helped in more ways than I can even fathom right now.

I've been my own mechanic for the last decade. Not only has this saved me on repairs and maintenance that I've needed, but it's also saved me needing repairs and being stranded like common idiots often are.

Something breaks in my house? If it's cost effective to fix it myself, I fix it and save a bundle. Sometimes it's not worth taking the time off work, or purchasing the tools, but when it is, I save thousands. When I pay a contractor, I don't get fucked over, because I know what I'm talking about.

These benefits spill over to my family and friends, which give me a damn good reputation, so when I need something from someone else, I get it.

I'm just a hell of a lot more effective person overall, because I understand the workings of most things I interact with on a daily basis.

There is a feeling of incredible satisfaction when I fix or make something myself instead of paying someone else or buying it. Even if something takes me waaay longer than I thought, or I had to watch a ton of youtube videos, I always feel satisfied and don't feel like I wasted my time. And saving money rules. With building stuff like furniture, I have the choice to make the thing exactly as I want it. Not go into a store and have to settle for something that is what I want, but not exactly. Also, everytime I do something new I am learning a new skill so the next time that thing comes up I'll be able to handle it. DIY is the best. It blows my mind how other people aren't like this.

>>755210
Just stop.

This is a stupid way to learn how a computer works.

There's a reason people don't build computers from scratch, and that after investing the workload of ENIAC, they end up with a computer the size of ENIAC with the performance and reliability of ENIAC.

Go do a low-level Computer Architecture course, or at least read the notes from one.

>>755210
The most important thing you'll learn from Computer Science (as opposed to Electrical Engineering) is that hardware and software are the same thing. Hardware is just software running on a single-purpose machine.

Turing Equivalence tells us that there is nothing hardware can solve that a Turing Machine (and therefore a general-purpose computer) can't.

This means that before you even think about building a computer in hardware, you should build one in software.

Go read Hennessy and Paterson, and build a machine in software. Simulate it at the register/memory level first, then go as far down as you feel is worthwhile.

Once you've done that, you'll realise that there's nothing to be gained from doing it in actual hardware, and that everyone that has done so has learned not about computers but about digital logic and soldering stuff together.

>>755210
The most important thing to learn is not to let the magic smoke out.

>>750003
How to?

>>750003
cardboard and ducktape

>>750003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1WK26NHx0o

nigga did you even try youtube?

One more reference photo, this one is actually a little closer to what I was going for.

I'll go take some pictures of my board right now and post them after I get the second coat of polyurethane on there.

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>>751454
Forgot the picture

that looks good, if you could learn to plan ahead you could make some nice shit.

>Roman/Spanish/Korean subfloor heating
Only good one listed.

>Persian cooling with wells
Wat?

>Tropical wraparound porches for cooling
Wat? I've been to Jamaica and it was humid as fuck even in the shade. Best to just use the ac to cool and dehumidify.

>Russian stove (pic related)
Smoke in my house? The heat that thing would generate in the summer? The cost of that wood compared to electricity or better yet gas? No thanks.

>Finnish sauna
Why? Not practical in the summer and a waste of space for most peoples backyard.

>Japanese/turkish/Roman baths
Absolutely disgusting. Unhygienic.

>Turkic-Mongol yurts
I've looked into this - they look awesome but are too expensive for a glorified tent. Waste of space with the rounded walls and the open design would be like living in a studio apartment.

>Tibetan dzongs
House on a hill? You just went full retard. Foundation issues, getting up there, no real backyard, no thanks.

>Pueblo housing in the sides of mountains
I've walked around an ancient one on vacation. It's cool but dat cave like humidity. Gross. Also no real practical way to pipe plumbing all the way up there, would be expensive.

By today's standards most of these are terrible ideas that's why they are not used anymore. Or they are too impractical or expensive for most peoples use.

>>750987
People in north china have beds connected to the stove for heating

>>751034
>Persian cooling with wells
>Wat?

Not OP but I studied Architecture and one of my history projects was done on the Persian Arg-e Bam Citadel. The citadel has large towers that catches the wind and channels it down over a pool of water which removes the sand/ dust from the air as well as cooling it before it enters the main parts of the structure.
1500 year old air-conditioning, not bad for sand monkeys.

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Furniture?
Get good at identifying wood

Be careful with pallets, some are covered in some seriously nasty shit.

I thought about getting some pallets from a place nearby and building a night table and/or a not-really-a-dresser-table-thing. Anybody got pictures of pallet furniture?

>>747296
>where should i start?
Google.
>what do i need?
Depends on the kind of beer you want to make and how large a batch you are shooting for.
>how do i make my beer not shite?
Practice.

Find a few guides on google/youtube and go over them. Generally if they appear super easy its because they make shit product or are complete garbage (like that one infographic that pops up here from time to time) Collect a list of materials. Come on back when that you have learned and ask any questions you have.

>>747296
http://www.northernbrewer.com

Their basic starter kit includes almost everything you need. You'll also want to pick up a hydrometer and wine thief. If you stick with their extract kits it's pretty hard to Fuck up. This is how I started about a year ago.

>>747296
>where should I start
Search for a homebrew forum online or a homebrew club in your area. Think about what you want to make first, then ask them if a beginner can do it.
>what do I need?
It depends on what you are making, I assume you want to make beer. For beer you need (beside the ingredients) : a cooking pot , a fermentation vessel with a water lock, a lager tank (same as 2nd fermentation vessel) stirring spoon, measuring cups , few buckets (CLEAN ONES at least 2), filter, bottles + caps, free time ,food safe disinfectant.

for more fancy brewing: pH strips, thermometer(max tem =boiling point of water) cooling spiral (copper spiral that can be linked to a garden hose),a hydrometer other gear depending on beer type.
>how do I make my beer not shite?
Follow what the more practiced one say, learn from them, start of with one recipe that is known to work. Stick to known recipes until they work and you get a feel for the ingredients, after that you can start experimenting yourself.
Use decent yeast, not some shitty bread yeast or pathetic shit some people use. Some yeast strains can be expensive due to transport costs so buy them together with some other home brewers. (this wil not be needed the first few years)
buy quality , like with everything : garbage in garbage out.
work clean: this is important if you contaminate your batch you can ruin it, you want yeast to grow not bacteria.
WORK CLEAN
have fun, its a cheap way to get high quality beer. Sometimes it will turn out like shite but just try again better luck next time you will be happy you tried again. Its easier then it looks at first.

Farm supplies have suitable tubs and spa suppliers have the rest.

Hit the catalogs and type up a build sheet. Don't forget Ebay because a lot of gear goes cheap there.

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I was looking to start with a tub like this, wrapped in insulation foam on the outside, but I really don't know anything about wiring a heating unit for a pool of water, or reappropriating a proper water pump for it. Any pointers?

>>733423
Aren't these the corpse containers FEMA uses?

This is the vid of my setup btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3u5buXgiU0

>>732342
interesting. keep posting what you're making, if you happen to want a semi easy project. Make a draw knife!

>>732344
nice troll video

>counts broken n bust maglites..

- in fairness, they used to be near-indestructible, think what they sell nowadays is cheap crap running on rest-brand fumes. Either that, or there is one HELL of a lot of Chinese knockoffs doing the rounds.

>>726091
i am sorry to hear that..

>>726089
Nothing lasts forever, OP
and we both know hearts can change...

...guys?

>inb4 stolen

If it were stolen I'd have pried it open already. We've established this months ago.

>>729101
jiggle it
lean on the door

>>729128
No joy. Anyway, bedtime. I'll be back and check ITT in the morning.

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This is the mold.

Slow roasting your nuts every day... What could go wrong?

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Kevlar lamination