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		prerok on May 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The greatest resume I've ever seen Yeah, in EE there is a joke that the devices run on smoke. Once it's released it won't run anymore :)

dmoy on May 7, 2024 [–]

I also always liked the joke about "every diode can be a light emitting diode at least once"

AstralStorm on May 7, 2024 | [–]

Or a space heater. That's when the smoke doesn't come out but the device still does not work and is hot.

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