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Re:Massachusetts Bodged Transistor Authority by throwaway201606 on Monday September 02, 2024 @11:00PM (#41430839)
¿ Should it be "Massachusetts Bodged Transit Authority" and not "Massachusetts Bodged Transistor Authority"?

I can't help but think that I am missing a really cool inside joke of some kind here.

I get that it is an electronics project using a piece of transit authority electronic equipment so "transistor" make a ton of sense from that perspective but also get it that it is easy to go "transistor" when you mean "transit" especially if you work a lot with electronics.

Can anyone help me out with a hint ( and not an answer ) if I am indeed missing something key all together.

Either way, both article title and article content are dope.

Re:Massachusetts Bodged Transistor Authority by breckenedge on Monday September 02, 2024 @11:53PM (#41431087)
It’s in the article: “The transistors are backwards.”
Re:Massachusetts Bodged Transistor Authority by colanderman on Monday September 02, 2024 @11:35PM (#41430996)
I just read it as a nod toward electronics hacking.
Re:Massachusetts Bodged Transistor Authority by jffry on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @08:35AM (#41434349)
Hint: You should read the "Driving the indicator from a microcontroller" section again
Re:Massachusetts Bodged Transistor Authority by throwaway201606 on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @10:32AM (#41435359)
THANK YOU!

Makes perfect sense now.

That is a really clever joke.