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Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by tyingq on Thursday August 11, 2022 @11:01PM (#32434316)
It's just a funny name to me. Zero ohm and resistor are mutually exclusive.

To me, it's still a jumper, shunt, etc.

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Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by brians on Friday August 12, 2022 @12:05AM (#32434603)
Ah, but the trick is to get the low tolerance ones. Two reasons: A) then it’s +/- 20%, right? Which means you bucket them and resell the + ones, using the rest to mine crypto, and B) you save money because 5% of 0 is no more than 20%.
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Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by thayne on Friday August 12, 2022 @01:05AM (#32434895)
It's also physically impossible for it to actually be 0 ohms. Unless there are consumer grade superconductors that I didn't know about.
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Re:GM makes $1,500 subscription mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cad... by cvccvroomvroom on Friday August 12, 2022 @01:34AM (#32435013)
That's why 0 Ω resistors have a current rating.
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