i propose a new unit: nilered.
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark does buying something for $10,000 and letting it sit idle for 10 years count as one nilered too? Trying to figure out how the units here work out
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark@treehouse.systems i can tolerate equipment sitting idle (with how making videos looks like behind the scenes, he may even have plans for some of it, just lack the time - and I’m not trying to defend him, just speaking from my own experience)…
but I stopped watching the guy after that hardware gore SEM teardown. it was so fucking sad to watch
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@whitequark@treehouse.systems yeah, totally fair. I do that with old computers a bit because it makes sense long term, but I still feel meh about it
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@whitequark@treehouse.systems yeah, totally fair. I do that with old computers a bit because it makes sense long term, but I still feel meh about it
@domi i didn't see the SEM teardown but i'm a lot more tolerant of people messing shit up on camera in fields they aren't experts in. i fucked up enough equipment
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@whitequark *imperial system enters the chat
yeah, about that...
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark I feel seen…
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark Is that $100k retail or ebay price? Because I've gotten a lot of 5-figure test equipment for "broken computer" kind of scrap prices.
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@whitequark there are other round numbers like 100 or 1000 or whatever
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark not arbitrary enough, I say!
100,000 dollaronies could mean a lot or very little in comparison to different entities.
Let's go big with an intermediate measurement:
1 Nilered = idle equipment for one year of median Gross National Product / national citizen count
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark 🟧 a nileblue is one bad decision made per nilered
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark @gilester45 Giles… I feel you and I have a project that can be measured with this unit
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i propose a new unit: nilered. one nilered corresponds to letting $100,000 worth of equipment sit idle for 1 year
for example, buying an oscilloscope for $1000 and not touching it for a year is "one centinilered"
@whitequark
I'll add this next to "milliRonkainen".
One milliRonkainen is defined as the amount of surplus equipment (colloquially known as "bonk" in Finnish radio hobbyist circles) in one (1) Toyota Hiace van.
Thus one full Ronkainen of surplus is one thousand Toyata Hiace loads. -
@domi i didn't see the SEM teardown but i'm a lot more tolerant of people messing shit up on camera in fields they aren't experts in. i fucked up enough equipment
@whitequark @domi
From what I hear, they were offered help from some very talented folks, including professional SEM repair people to bring it back into a working condition. -
@whitequark @domi
From what I hear, they were offered help from some very talented folks, including professional SEM repair people to bring it back into a working condition.@ftg@mastodon.radio @whitequark@treehouse.systems and yet, they chose to scrap it! whyyyyyyyyyy
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