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		raverbashing on May 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everything with a battery should have an off switc... > and we only use microcontrollers we can get and read datasheets for, so we pay at least 20x that price. Yeah, I see what you mean. And even if google translate can help, there are of course other problems 20x might be the actual cheaper option

sverhagen on May 9, 2022 [–]

Sure, but you have a manager who thinks... against better judgement... again... that they are gonna sell 20 million units of the thing, so their math suggests that you should... yep... prematurely optimize.

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