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An acquaintance showed me this: a 'calculator' that uses no transistors to add two (or more) numbers from 0-15 (it's a demo). Pic: the top bank of dip switches holds the value 9 in binary and the bottom 14, with the sum of 23 mA in the ammeter.
Help me get it on front of the right sets of eyes?
December 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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In 1947 the USACS published "Don't be a Sucker" in response to rising fascism.
You can hear similarities to the MAGA party line: calling foreigners and minorities the enemy.

"Somebody is going to get something out of it, and it isn't going to be you."

Suckers all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAq...
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Twitter advertisers need to know Elmo still hasn't publicly denounced Nazism -- do they want their products associated with a Nazi?
As always: each link to his site props up a little Nazi flag here. It's time to #banx #banTwitter links like much of Reddit
January 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Times were also dark in 1940. When faced with the creeping threat of Nazism Charlie Chaplin made the satire the "The Great Dictator." As his first sound film, we hear his voice deliver a speech that has resonated over decades:
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM