# A litany of dumbassery **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 4, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526 "2020-04-04T21:42:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Bitnik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/bitnik/32/274_2.png) [@Bitnik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Bitnik)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/421 "2021-02-06T14:09:07Z")
I’m just wildly guessing. By “English bus” do you mean a double decker? ---
**Author:** ![zorch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/zorch/32/5586_2.png) [@zorch](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/zorch)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/422 "2021-02-06T14:22:28Z")
Got a Mouser order in… anyone need some SMD tl074’s? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![fredrik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/fredrik/32/682_2.png) [@fredrik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/fredrik)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/423 "2021-02-06T14:47:33Z")
I notice that the French Wikipedia article appears to say the double-decker aka “imperial bus” was invented in France, while the English one says it was invented in England. I checked a few more articles, but they only listed where they’re used, so much less entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![twinturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@twinturbo](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twinturbo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/424 "2021-02-06T14:52:45Z")
I think I already have some I can’t use… ---
**Author:** ![Dud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/dud/32/610_2.png) [@Dud](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Dud)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/425 "2021-02-06T20:47:03Z")
yes that was my idea, i didn’t know that his name was a Double decker, i made a french/english traduction word by word. ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/426 "2021-02-10T14:48:55Z")
Sad: Connecting the tuning pots on your VCO backwards Really sad: Not noticing until two days later ---
**Author:** ![BlackDeath](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/blackdeath/32/7644_2.png) [@BlackDeath](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/BlackDeath)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/427 "2021-02-13T18:30:39Z")
ALIEXPRESS SENT ME 557s INSTEAD OF 2N904S AND I DIDNT CHECK THE PINOUTS AND USED THEM ANYWAY, TURNS OUT THEY’RE BACKARDS AND I USED THEM EVERYWHERE GOD FUCKING DAMMIT ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/428 "2021-02-13T21:41:47Z")
Periodic reminder that that spreadsheet you’re relying on is lying to you. ---
**Author:** ![Antiheroine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Antiheroine](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Antiheroine)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/429 "2021-02-15T12:28:09Z")
I tried to use my phone to record music on synthizer, what I didn’t think about was it would record itself too. What a mess. Every tone is doubled or tribled, but the worst thing is the slight delay. What I get for being absolute cheap skate and not thinking things through. Still better than the synthizer, since I still haven’t found a way to record bass and rythm(gonna love when old advanced things don’t have a manual).I feel like I am vandalizing it slowly, because I am (mentally 5 year old) child trying every button, and smashing random keys for fun. ---
**Author:** ![Caustic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/caustic/32/15588_2.png) [@Caustic](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Caustic)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/430 "2021-02-15T15:47:39Z")
> [@Antiheroine](#): > > trying every button, and smashing random keys for fun. But thats this hobby though. 😃 > [@Antiheroine](#): > > what I didn’t think about was it would record itself too. Maybe you can turn down the media volume? That is, if you dont like the doubling. ---
**Author:** ![twinturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@twinturbo](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twinturbo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/431 "2021-02-17T20:47:38Z")
Hmmmm. In circuit programming could be an issue. ![16135948054692078557712710187925](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/c/c12a912842064aa4ee2aaa9af562bdb979d0dbc4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BlackDeath](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/blackdeath/32/7644_2.png) [@BlackDeath](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/BlackDeath)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/432 "2021-02-20T18:27:42Z")
My drone worked! For… one second. Then it developed a very… hot… smell… ---
**Author:** ![Antiheroine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Antiheroine](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Antiheroine)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/433 "2021-02-20T20:50:44Z")
True, it is the hobby, hahah. ---
**Author:** ![jaradical](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/jaradical/32/12069_2.png) [@jaradical](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/jaradical)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/434 "2021-02-23T21:02:54Z")
Is there a dumbassery badge we get for posting in this thread? 😉 I was so proud of myself for getting my first set of SMT components on my board for an STM32 Nucleo based ADSR generator project I’m working on: [![Imgur](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/d/d84533f465dd748b841b5e94a5db53d3e76a2f20.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/GKDxvN6) But… finished it up and plugged it and blew up a Nucleo board… what?! Double checked all the power/ground connections, no shorts, nothing weird happening there - checked the rest of the circuit - weirdness from the STM32 DAC out to the S&H chips. Turns out, I’d breadboarded this thing with LF398s in DIP8 and drew up the schematic from that. But as I was laying out the board, to try and get clever and keep size down I switched the footprint to SOIC14. Don’t really know what I was expecting - the TL074 DIP and SOIC have the same pin out, but it’s not the case for the LF398. What I ended up with was the DAC pin of the nucleo connected to the -ve supply pin of the three S&H ICs - things get hot and then - bang - no more nucleo. So there you have it, my entry into the hall of dumbassery. It’s not the first time, and I doubt it’ll be the last. ---
**Author:** ![CTorp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/ctorp/32/15023_2.png) [@CTorp](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/CTorp)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/435 "2021-03-11T02:09:29Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/7/75ab1fe8089bad7b3923486709a0cb2221d95a83.jpeg) When you think you’re sly and buy 100 jacks from tayda to save money. The nuts and washers aren’t installed… because you don’t get any nuts or washers… ---
**Author:** ![devicex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/devicex/32/28_2.png) [@devicex](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/devicex)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/436 "2021-03-11T03:05:31Z")
ah nutz ! 🥜 post must be blah,blah,blah … ---
**Author:** ![Caustic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/caustic/32/15588_2.png) [@Caustic](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Caustic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/437 "2021-03-11T04:44:44Z")
Contact their customer support. They have helped me in the past. ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/438 "2021-03-11T06:46:38Z")
Yes, that’s an error, I got the nuts and washers every time. In separate bags, and that’s great, because I didn’t find a way to install the jacks with the nuts on 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antiheroine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@Antiheroine](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Antiheroine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/439 "2021-03-17T09:34:01Z")
![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/4/40a4477330846c5132352c54c217a09673060be4.jpeg) I found this gem of a delay pedal on Reddit, China product descriptions at the finest. ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/440 "2021-03-17T13:44:29Z")
Not dumbassery but non-fluency. Most of us don’t write Chinese very well. [Previous page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526.md?page=21) [Next page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526.md?page=23)