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From: john larkin <JL@gct.com>
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Subject: Re: Disgraceful!
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:56:43 -0800
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:29:00 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

>Gentlemen,
>
>I never ceases to amaze me that for all I've learned about the theory
>side of electronics over the years, my construction skills have not
>improved one iota since I was about 10 years old. Case in point:
>
>https://disk.yandex.com/i/zGA2slnrNWqGjQ
>
>I cobbled this board up to automatically turn on the water supply when
>the soil moisture fell below a certain amount. I've got 240V/10A wires
>juxtaposed next to low voltage signal interconnects and components
>with the insulation smeared through by careless use of a soldering
>iron all secured with blobs of hot melt glue and many of the component
>lead ends close to shorting out. It's obvious I've paid scant regard
>to layout considerations as you can tell. I'm posting this so John
>Larkin can see for himself that having the ability to visualize 3-D
>apples with insects etc is of no help whatsoever in laying out boards.

Works for me.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kmjfxcvsix8fwmcyy6map/T840_E1.jpg?rlkey=tbvmyna46bkfxc3lc6a6yv64q&raw=1