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I want to believe in the flat earth theory but I just can't get around to it.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Gave the prisoner a cake one day, but he bent it! (9)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Contorted
prisoner - con
cake - torte
day - d
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Correctamundo! You are up tomorrow!
I thought that would last a little longer, but hey, ho...
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Actually got it straight away and decided not to answer - then had a change of heart.
I think the con/prisoner makes it easier
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Possibly - but it worked, and I liked, it.
BTW: my mistake, you aren't up tomorrow - you are up Monday, obviously. 
Caffeine ... I need more caffeine ...
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Nice clue
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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There are some truly great authors on this site who go above and beyond to help educate and inform. I have most certainly benefited from the brilliant efforts of the likes of Marc Clifton, Sacha Barber and many others (and they and their articles are what has made CP the very best developer resource).
But I have to say that the article below is one of the very best I have read as it is a subject I know little (almost nothing) about and yet it drew me in and got me thinking and learning and left me wanting more.
Bravo, sir, bravo!
Practical Electronics For Makers (Part 1 of N)[^]
Disclaimer: I am not connected with the author in any way.
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Yes, I concur. The author obviously put a lot of thought and effort into said article.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Wow, I have enjoyed this community for a long time, but this is all just so nice.
Thanks very much for not only reading my article, but for being so complimentary about it too.
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First of all, it is very interesting. Me like.
But, why is comments and discussion disabled for the article?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I’m not sure why they are disabled. I think CP controls that and maybe it’s just an accident that they’re turned off. I will try to find out and fix it.
Thanks for reading my article and letting me know you liked it. I always appreciate it.
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Thanks again for letting me know about the comment problem.
A CP editor fixed it so comments should now work.
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i have it on my reading list, just had a see through and it looked great, will surely read it completely 
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Wow, you just made my year! And the year has just begun.
That is really kind of you and so encouraging to me as a writer.
Thanks so much.
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It's very well deserved - looking forward to the rest of the series.
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Great article, we'll written an great approach.
I relearn ed electronic's from an excellent book, 'practical electronics for inventors'.
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Mike Hankey wrote: Great article, we'll written an great approach.
Thank you very much and thanks for mentioning you like the approach. I put a lot of work into it because it is the book I've really wanted to read for so long.
Hopefully I will be able to keep on living up to this initial chapter with the ones which are still coming.
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Couldn't agree more. Part of me wished I had kept doing at least a little bit of electronics after college - this just might get the ball rolling again. More, please!!
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So glad people are enjoying this. I hope I can keep it going. I will do my best.
Thanks so much for reading my article and commenting. I really appreciate the encouragement and glad there is so much interest since it creates a little community.
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Good going, I am an electronics guy (not really a softie) and am more than willing to proof read stuff for you. I think the only thing I would say is running a green led from a CR2032 like you were doing could damage the led a red one (older tech) is lightly to last longer with out a resistor.
Had a bit more of a read and you do mention Resistors my bad...
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glennPattonWork wrote: Had a bit more of a read and you do mention Resistors
Thanks for reading and for taking the time to mention that I talk about resistors in that first odd experiment.
Interesting to hear about the green versus red led thing though too.
I know that first experiment is a bit odd since we are using a bit too much voltage on the LED.
also, I really appreciate someone with more experience in electronics reading and glad to hear any input you have.
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Umm, one thing from giving the article a read you measure the battery voltage open (not underload) this can leads to the open terminal voltage being read not generally what you need to know from a battery. This can confuse beginners (it caught me, until I was told). The red LED being older can be a bit odd, also you can use them as photo diodes (bit cheaper, not quite as sensitive)
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glennPattonWork wrote: one thing from giving the article a read you measure the battery voltage open (not underload) this can leads to the open terminal voltage being read not generally what you need to know from a battery
Thanks very much for mentioning this. I will look into this further and make the necessary changes as I understand them. Really appreciate it.
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His last series of articles, BOOK, was excellent as well. I'm looking forward to following this one as he works through it.
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