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From: Lasse Langwadt <llc@fonz.dk>
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Subject: Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 01:59:03 +0200
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On 10/20/24 23:17, john larkin wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 01:18:29 +0530, Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 21-10-2024 12:46 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 12:12:22 -0700, john larkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:59:18 -0400, "Edward Rawde"
>>>> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "john larkin" <JL@gct.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:2rjahj1m5itht9k5nlh5p9q11onumbbb5s@4ax.com...
>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:32:45 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
>>>>>> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/20/24 19:18, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>>> John Larkin has from time to time posted some elementary questions
>>>>>>>> he likes to torture his job applicants with. I'd like to propose one
>>>>>>>> of my own.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I'm measuring 218 ohms between points A and B in this diagram,
>>>>>>>> what is the value of Rx?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/hxjWx0tDUCzxiA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 517 Ohms.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jeroen Belleman
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does R330 mean 0.33 ohms?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hate that sort of notation, like 2k47.
>>>>>
>>>>> I keep having difficulty not using it in LTSpice.
>>>>>
>>>>> 0.33 ohms would be 0R33
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Unless you believe in physics/SI notation.
>>>>
>>>> So is R330 the reference designator?
>>>
>>> Sorry, foreign notation. It's 330 ohms and 47 ohms.
>>
>> Thought so.
>> Personally, I sometimes use the European style of placing decimal values
>> after the unit name, especially when space is limited as in a packed
>> schematic. 4k7 takes up slightly less space than 4.7k *and* there's no
>> chance of missing the decimal point. Likewise values like 6n8
> 
> Maybe european decimal points slide off drawings and fall on the
> floor. Robust American decimal points and schematic connect dots don't
> do that.
> 
> How are things priced in a grocery store? Is the 'euros' symbol
> straddled by numbers on both sides?

no but € is behind the number not in front of it like $ ;)