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555 Timer Circuits

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280 points okl | 2 comments | 17 Oct 24 18:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tahoupt ◴[19 Oct 24 21:23 UTC] No.41890888[source]▶
Shout out to Forest M Mims III, the OG 555 circuit guru.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims
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stonethrowaway ◴[19 Oct 24 22:00 UTC] No.41891094[source]▶
He’s working on a new book that attempts to disprove evolution or at least show cases to the contrary, advocating for a grand design as a primary mechanism instead. Curious to read it, I’m hopeful he will release it.
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1. Mistletoe ◴[19 Oct 24 22:53 UTC] No.41891412[source]▶
Also a global warming denier. I’d love to see him explain how this is wrong?

https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/?int...

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2. stonethrowaway ◴[19 Oct 24 23:34 UTC] No.41891671[source]▶
Your comment appears grey to me so I assume someone downvoted you? How strange.

At any rate, I do own his books on electronics as a kind of an amusing look into the history of how electronics were taught, but I do find it to be a positive thing in the world to have curious individuals like himself.

People from all walks of life believe all sorts of kooky shit. That’s the spice of it I suppose.