I knew about ceramic, plastic film, paper, electrolytic, mica and other dielectrics, but I wasn’t aware of fully organic dielectrics.
They work really well as long as rats or ants don’t eat it.

 

 

One question: What's a Martlet? (aside from being a bird)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martlet

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martlet

A martlet in English heraldry is a mythical bird without feet that never roosts from the moment of its drop-birth until its death fall; martlets are proposed to be constantly on the wing.

How on earth are they supposed to (mythically) reproduce, then? ... laying eggs in mid-air and carrying them with them at all times?

 

laying eggs in mid-air and carrying them with them at all times?

They CAN't. They have no feet.
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That better be a very short incubation and fledging.

 

 

Quote for the day:

"You are a temporary arrangement of atoms with strong opinions about traffic."

 

Let's adjust our expectations:

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Groans and laughs: How Christmas cracker jokes are tested

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The key to a good Christmas cracker joke is not the same as a good gag per se. It is all about the context - in this case, the shared laughter of the Christmas dinner table with grandparents, children and potentially the neighbours or friends who've joined this year.

"You want the joke to be something that brings the eight-year-old together with the 80-year-old," Ms Harris says.

 

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Envision". If only he had a second "I".

 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i0r0fmUtb0k

 

 

 

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Once was asked if the glass is half full or half empty. I said "It doesn't matter. It's refillable." Got a dumb confused look.

The engineering answer is "the glass is not the optimal size"

 

 

Prosperous 2026!
Do not blow up too many capacitors during the celebrations!!