As an idiot, do I wire capacitors in parallel to Vcc and GND of the buffer? What value?

Also I have the same kind of buffer from TI. Is there any sense to change the IC and see if the TI fares better?

The output is stuck at low.

The input keeps alternating high/low. I’ve checked by disconnecting it and then measuring it. I’ve also checked by substituting the source for identical brand and model spare unit.

E: Something really bizarre to me happened during testing today. I decided to change the buffer power supply to another 5V rail to isolate the DC-DC from the equation. The buffer still got stuck. But that’s not the funny part. After getting stuck, I disconnected the 5V power to the buffer to let it rest. To my shock, the output went high. I cycled the input and to my surprise output signal at the bike computer was correctly registering high/low. With no power going into the buffer. 🫢 That is, the buffer has its input, output and GND wired, 5V disconnected. I never tested this scenario before because I was disconnecting the whole circuit, upstream of the DC-DC, which also feeds the torque sensor (input). I wish I understood enough to explain why this unpowered IC makes the bike computer recognize the signal it otherwise wouldn’t. 😂

E2: For completeness, the original problem that necessitated this whole operation was that when directly connected to the computer, the signal low never fell below 1.2V and the computer’s threshold for registering low is around 1-1.1V. High was registering correctly.

I could imagine that some specialized models could actually be useful for this use case. Perhaps even OSS.

Haven’t done ops in a while, is there any good automated system that can block IPs on individual basis based on activity patterns? E.g. trying to login with the wrong SSH password too many times, but relevant to our use case?

From what I read, ONxpress have been laying off a lot of maintenance/operations staff.

No, it means large streaming services have to pay some of their Canadian revenue towards CanCon.

Would you look at that, pretty straightforward.

Arr Stack and CBC Gem.

I seed CanCon. 🍁

Absolutely. It matters enormously what kind of content is available and for example what is shown on the all-important carousel on the Netflix home screen. These services clearly have enormous power to get people to watch different kinds of content according to corporate priorities. I end up watching through no intentional effort a lot more Canadian content when I open CBC Gem compared to Netflix.

The effect is similar in both cases. Even if there’s choice for everyone to watch what they want but most of the content is US-based, Canadian content doesn’t get enough views, doesn’t make enough revenue and isn’t made anymore. Freedom of choice can mask a lot of undesirable effects. We want to keep Canadian content alive.

Yeah, I suppose the right lever could do this. I’ve used Shimano and Avid, both have poor modulation compared to Shimano’s hydraulic disc.

I’ve never had problems with V-brakes. Easily the best rim brakes ever made. On this bike I mentioned I installed a Shimano XT V-brake at the rear. I’ve used V-brakes for so long that I have deep muscle memory of how to modulate them. They’re much cheaper too. Shimano’s hydraulic disc just has much easier modulation in my opinion, and that should make them easier and safer to use than most rim brakes.

The statement said the amendments also seek to give the Ontario government authority to limit when ASE cameras and municipalities could generate and issue infractions for “minor speeding.” Proposed speeding thresholds weren’t provided.

Of course it’s about limiting how municipalities manage car traffic…

Rim brakes should be left to die a peaceful death. I just built a bike with a front disc and a rear rim brake. I’ve been riding disc for a few years and I’m very used to their operation. Once I got onto the new bike I immediately recalled the difference in feel between the two types of brakes. Especially so because I could directly compare it on the same bike. The rim brake has phenomenal stopping power, can instantly lock a wheel with little force. And that’s what’s so much worse about it than the disc one. There’s a lot more brake lever movement in the disc brake for the same amount of stopping power than the rim brake. With the rim brake, first the lever movement has no effect until the pads reach the rim. Once they reach the rim, very little brake lever movement goes from zero to max stopping power. A small movement gets from no braking to locked wheel. Then there’s some further lever movement after the wheel is locked, which has no effect. It’s obviously completely usable once you learn how to use it, but the disc brake is just way easier to control. Of course this depends on the exact disc brake and rim brake, but I’m talking about Shimano hydraulic disc vs rim. Cable actuated disc can be similar to rim.

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Some European countries aren’t doing badly in that regard but it’s a drop in a bucket compared to us in NA as well as the top 1% around the globe.

So many of the Taiwanese firms have massive operations in China too. Foxconn, Pegatron to name a couple.

Given how democracy in capitalism is going around the world, it’s not inconceivable for Taiwan’s public opinion to shift in a decade or two if the current trends stay in place. Perhaps sooner if the US collapses.

And due to their economic system, they don’t have to profit maximize those coal plants or even use them until the end of their lifespan. They’re free to decrease their utilization or even shut them down as the the need decreases.

The impossibility of eternal growth doesn’t deny the hypocrisy parent highlights. The CO2 budget we’ve eaten for our development has eaten (and still disproportionately does) the global budget that belongs to all people. We’ve consumed way more of a practically nonrenewable resource than the rest of the world, we continue to disproportionately consume more of it, and then we (some of us) go to the rest of the world and say, sir no sir there’s not enough resource left, you’ll have to do with a lot less, and you’ll have to do it on your own! There’s deep hypocrisy in that, regardless of the state of the resource.

Yup. There’s probably an analysis somewhere about how much of China’s emissions are ours. I bet it’s a large fraction.