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Re:Never trust a system that seems to be working by deepspace on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:55PM (#33236342)
As another EE, I had the opposite experience. Voltage drops due to wire resistance and transmission losses were drilled into our heads at any possible opportunity.
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Re:Never trust a system that seems to be working by hermitdev on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:28PM (#33236883)
Difference between focusing on digital vs analog, maybe? As another EE, I vaguely recall this being pounded into us more in power systems than any of my digital electronics courses.
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Re:Never trust a system that seems to be working by ip26 on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:06PM (#33242502)
Sounds like you missed the “actually, all those digital wires are transmission lines” class :)
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