this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here before the troglodytes crawl out from under their internet rock to complain

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Something something tired of all these transistors in my computers why can't I have normal straight components in my computers?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

“I’ve had it with all this LNPNQ propaganda!”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

this is pretty good, especially if you understand anything about how semiconductors work

see there used to just be conductors and insulators - a binary (as was accepted at the time)

then some people realized you could violate the binary to create new kinds of circuits and something called semiconductors that had properties of both insulators and conductors and could change between them

this led to all kinds of new possibilities that eventually gave rise to new functional circuits like logic gates and memory cells (flip flops) by wiring these circuits together in ways that had previously been considered impossible

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

especially if you understand anything about how semiconductors work

Hah, I've been building things with transistors for 30 years and have yet to fully understand how they work. The hard physics, anyway.

I guess one doesn't really need to know that though, as long as its properties in the datasheet are suitable for the application you're using it for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That would just be a solid wire. Never changing conductivity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just shared this with my sister who is MTF trans saying "you are my "

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A level of comedy i may never reach.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That one is actually BIpolar junction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a bipolar junction is a type of transistor. the full name is "Bipolar junction transistor".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your comment "sounded" like you were saying that this wasn't a transistor. I apologize for misunderstanding

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

i’ve been planning on getting a tattoo similar to this

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