What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[plazma]

Fluke current clamp for 16.80€. https://imgur.com/a/KqtUq

[GreyWoolfe]

My most recent aquisition (a few minutes ago):



Hope it will last as long as my previous one that is on my family for 20 years 

Good luck with it and enjoy the ride.

[technix]

My family still sterilize our cutlery once every two or three months. The same boil-bleach cycle. We are even adding a little of vinegar into the bleach to make it stronger.

Unfortunately, that's not how acids and bases work.
you're now washing your cutlery with less hydroxide ions, but some added salt and water and heat.

The bleach used in my house is based on sodium perchlorate. The added acetic acid promotes the production of perchlorate acid molecules, which is highly oxidative and cuts through bacteria easily.

[sony mavica]

this

[technix]

this

I have Pokémon White Version 2 and Pokémon X shipping to me. I have long cleared Moon. This time I want to try gather a few team members for the upcoming Ultra Sun

[alexanderbrevig]

Just ordered this beauty! Electrons set in motion the best way possible 

[technix]

The MT7688 wireless-router-on-a-module and the SIM7600CE 4G modem module have arrived. Now I need to hunt down for an appropriate sized case. I am still undecided whether I should use SMA antennae that pokes out of the plastic case, or use flat flex PCB antennae that stays glued inside the case.

[djos]

My $42 5x illuminated magnifying glass arrived yesterday. I must say I'm pleasantly surprised by its quality, the lens is even glass and the illumination is great.

[Muxr]

Just ordered this beauty! Electrons set in motion the best way possible 

That's one sexy instrument. What is it? (model of the 8 string monster)

[VK5RC]

Boil them in a pressure cooker for an hour, then soak them in strong bleach for a day, they should come out completely sterilized.

This was how my grandma, who used to work in a hospital, sterilize tools used in operation room.

Yeah, I know, it's just that my OCD tells me to buy new ones...       LOL

LOL! That'd make it hard to go to the dentist or medical facility without bringing your own new tools for them to use.

I try not to think about that...

Seriously the CSSD (central sterilisation supply dept) of all hospitals surgeries etc has serious cleaning and sterilisation protocols including proof of attainment of correct time at temperature. Auditing and accreditation are undertaken at regular intervals.
I could not replicate this at home.
Re cutlery there is good evidence that cleaning with hot soapy water and drying is adequate.
Probably the biggest issue is a lot of people don't wash their hands - figures re public toilets are around only 30% wash.
Also remember that there is increasing evidence that a bit of dirt is good!
Robert

[_Wim_]

Boil them in a pressure cooker for an hour, then soak them in strong bleach for a day, they should come out completely sterilized.

This was how my grandma, who used to work in a hospital, sterilize tools used in operation room.

Yeah, I know, it's just that my OCD tells me to buy new ones...       LOL

LOL! That'd make it hard to go to the dentist or medical facility without bringing your own new tools for them to use.

I try not to think about that...

Then I would also not think about the fact that sterility with 100% certainty does not exist. Typically, we prove a high SAL (sterility assurance level) of 10-6 (1 chance/million something remains non sterile), but if you are paranoid, there is still a remaining chance...

[SeanB]

There are bacteria that will happily live in 130C water ( under pressure) at the bottom of the ocean, and others that are quite comfortable at sub zero temperatures all the time, and if you look at the assorted Tardigrades, that can survive being frozen, boiled, irradiated with enough radiation to kill all other life, exposed to vacuum for years in space, and come back to life, even after you have taken them, dried them out, stuck them down with a drop of superglue to a metal plate, sputtered a gold contrast coat onto them and then placed in a SEM to image them at high resolution.

The ant almost made it all the way through, it at least was still trying to break free when the gold sputtering was applied, as evidenced by the cracks in the coat in scanning.

[WackyGerman]

Just ordered this beauty! Electrons set in motion the best way possible 

. Is this a Warwick Bass ?

[alm]

So instead of a third-party app, you use third-party hardware running third-party firmware for authentication?

[P90]

Boil them in a pressure cooker for an hour, then soak them in strong bleach for a day, they should come out completely sterilized.

This was how my grandma, who used to work in a hospital, sterilize tools used in operation room.

Yeah, I know, it's just that my OCD tells me to buy new ones...       LOL

LOL! That'd make it hard to go to the dentist or medical facility without bringing your own new tools for them to use.

I try not to think about that...

Seriously the CSSD (central sterilisation supply dept) of all hospitals surgeries etc has serious cleaning and sterilisation protocols including proof of attainment of correct time at temperature. Auditing and accreditation are undertaken at regular intervals.
I could not replicate this at home.
Re cutlery there is good evidence that cleaning with hot soapy water and drying is adequate.
Probably the biggest issue is a lot of people don't wash their hands - figures re public toilets are around only 30% wash.
Also remember that there is increasing evidence that a bit of dirt is good!
Robert

you're right, I see many people in public that don't wash their hands, god knows how many restaurant workers are this way... 

   

[rdl]

The second charger I ordered arrived yesterday. This one is a bit more capable than the Fujitsu I posted previously. The Fujitsu appears to work fine except sometimes seems to get confused when older batteries are loaded. Note how this one advertises "Fire Retardant Materials" and "Worldwide Insurance". Inspires confidence, does it not?

[plazma]

I have the same charger. It took three tries to get it. First two eBay sellers refunded because the packed never arrived.

[alexanderbrevig]

The guitar is a Skervesen Shoggie 8.
Spalted walnut top, on a swamp ash body. Pau Ferro fretboard an a maple/wenge/flamed maple neck.
Bare Knuckle pickups and Jascar stainless jumbo frets
It's 28 / 25 multi scale.

I also have a Skerveten 10 string in process. 

[P90]

The guitar is a Skervesen Shoggie 8.
Spalted walnut top, on a swamp ash body. Pau Ferro fretboard an a maple/wenge/flamed maple neck.
Bare Knuckle pickups and Jascar stainless jumbo frets
It's 28 / 25 multi scale.

I also have a Skerveten 10 string in process. 

[Bud]

Looks very similar to that rotten plywood i threw out of my bathroom when renovating the floor
 

[slurry]

Premiere elements 15, maybe a bad choice but it seemed like a ok SW for simple video editing.

[xrunner]

The guitar is a Skervesen Shoggie 8.
Spalted walnut top, on a swamp ash body. Pau Ferro fretboard an a maple/wenge/flamed maple neck.
Bare Knuckle pickups and Jascar stainless jumbo frets
It's 28 / 25 multi scale.

I also have a Skerveten 10 string in process. 

Wow nice slab of wood. I checked out their website - very nice guitars!

[cdev]

That is a really beautiful guitar.

Wood is often a really perfect material to use in fabricating certain things and that guitar is a good example of why.

[technix]

What have arrived in the mail is two entirely different categories of items: microcontrollers, and games. Those are all just chips though...

The microcontrollers are the STC 8051-compatible ones from three different lines: the STC90C516RD+ (a 12T/6T core,) STC12C5A62S2 (a 1T core with AT89C51 pinout) and STC8A8K64S4A12 (a 1T core with a different pinout, prerelease chip.)





The games are Pokemon X (middle) and Pokemon White Version 2 (right,) both Japanese region copies. I imported these games (and the console) since those games never saw a native release. The game on the left is Pokemon Sun which I have cleared back in February.



Here is how the cartridge look when inserted into the console (and yes I did buy a pure white console.)

[Vtile]

Got two upgrades to my workbench. An autotransformer (new no luck in auctions etc.) and ESD top for table. Can't wait the autotransformer to play around (fry components  ).