Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock

Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Joel_Mckay on Friday March 13, 2026 @03:42PM (#47368802)

We used those Tripp Lite LC1200 to knock down the noise floor (14dB) on remote equipment.

These line-conditioners actually perform well given the cost, but never buy used surge-arresters given the finite spike hit-count. Best of luck =3

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by cyberax on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:05PM (#47369133)

These devices are basically autotransformers. So they reduce the noise by providing inductive filtering. But they don't really protect against strong surges by themselves.

So Tripp Lite uses a regular varistor for that, just like any other surge protector. In Europe you'd be far better off buying a voltage relay and adding it to your electrical panel, but it's not usually possible with the non-modular US electrical panels.

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Joel_Mckay on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:20PM (#47369317)

The simple line-conditioners were surprisingly effective, and are a fraction of the cost of lab/medical grade galvanic isolation ferroresonant transformers. =3

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by FreezingKeeper on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:29PM (#47369431)

What’s with the ‘cock and balls’ emoticon?

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by JSR_FDED on Friday March 13, 2026 @06:53PM (#47371073)

Can never unsee that now

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Joel_Mckay on Friday March 13, 2026 @07:03PM (#47371179)

Don't worry about it =3

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by layer8 on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:45PM (#47372032)

I originally interpreted <3 that way.

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Joel_Mckay on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:54PM (#47372099)

Must have been awkward getting a text from some people =3

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Joel_Mckay on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:36PM (#47369516)

Don't worry about it =3

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by hluska on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:03PM (#47371700)

Why are you repeating yourself every two hours?

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Joel_Mckay on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:09PM (#47371760)

Don't worry about it =3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdKiQNw80c

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by amatecha on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:32PM (#47369471)

welcome to the internet, sometimes people make smiley faces :)

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by rationalist on Friday March 13, 2026 @09:08PM (#47372207)

You can find all types of people on the Internet, even some without noses :-)

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by gopher_space on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:30PM (#47371930)

It's a woffly bunny face, imo.

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Joel_Mckay on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:46PM (#47372049)

Don't kink shame lol =3

https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Harequin_Romance_Book_Publ...

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