Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jan Panteltje Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: central limit theorem Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:36:19 GMT Message-ID: References: <662bf69c$0$8484$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:36:19 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="73159"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (Linux-5.15.32-v7l+) Cancel-Lock: sha1:OXFHckGi8F64+0sSrU62h7nfWw0= X-Newsreader-location: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (c) 'LIGHTSPEED' off line news reader for the Linux platform NewsFleX homepage: http://www.panteltje.nl/panteltje/newsflex/ and ftp download ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/system/news/readers/ X-User-ID: eJwNyckBwDAIA7CVOE0zDi5h/xFafZUOxVuBROTm7kA8lGwwb9qfQp533Ep6tISouoBFu5iTvtpzVW5sPucDViMVcA== Bytes: 3762 Lines: 50 On a sunny day (Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:46:52 -0400) it happened bitrex wrote in <662bf69c$0$8484$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>: >I have one of these inexpensive Ikea bookshelves for storing some of my >electronics books: > > > >I noticed the center shelf was starting to sag a few degrees. :( The >assembly manual specifies a weight limit of 33 lbs evenly distributed >which seemed like an oddly specific number. So I weighed the books on >the shelves, which aren't particularly well organized other than to >fully fill the available space widthwise on each shelf. > >A random assortment of hardbacks and paperbacks, some are tall and >skinny, some are short and fat. And each shelf was clocking in at 33 lbs >+/- 2 lbs. > >So I guess a heuristic for filling these shelves is just fill 'em up >then remove the heaviest book, and de-rate the center shelf by maybe 5- >10 lbs because it's unsupported by a backing. Digitise as many books as you can, some books are already available for free as pdf on the internet. That thing looks feeble.. buy a real bookshelf All that said, the Ikea table I am working on now is from around 1986? https://panteltje.nl/pub/table_IMG_6589.JPG I use this Ikea chair for some electronics work and when playing the keyboard :-) https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/p/kullaberg-bureaustoel-grenen-zwart-10320341/ They do make nice stuff. Have not many books left, but more than a thousand discs like CDs, DVDs, blurays.., lots of data on those. https://panteltje.nl/pub/CD_box_binnenkant_IXIMG_0549.JPG Some 4 TB harddisks, 'locate' in Linux will find anything in seconds, weight a few grams... locate -i book | grep -i pdf ..... /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/gps_ca_generation_code_program_and_more_booktext05.pdf /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/imbookfinalall.pdf /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/mit_heat_transfer_textbook_ahttv131.pdf /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/national_temp_sensor_handbook.pdf /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/on_semi_pfc_handbook_HBD853-D.PDF /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/pin_diode_handbook.pdf /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/pin_diode_handbook.pdf.1 /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/pin_diode_handbook.pdf.2 /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/power_factor_correction_handbook_PFC_HBD853-D.PDF /mnt/sda2/pantel/root/download/html/radiation/photo_detectors/PMTs/PMT_handbook_v3aE.pdf... 181 entries ..... Not everything is marked as 'book', but subject you will find ! Soon everything encoded in DNA, just injected... ?