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[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 88 points 1 day ago (7 children)

You just have to ignore the existence of electron flow. Conventional current flow is all that matters, and the only people who use electron flow are those who design integrated circuits and lunatics

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

I gave up on thinking about it (at least, DC) as flow, and started thinking about it as pressure. It's a small mental flip that made a bunch of things easier. I've also heard people talk about it as the movement of holes where electrons are not.

[–] Arrkk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Also chemists doing electrochemistry where the direction of electron flow is very important. You also have to deal with anode and cathode being flipped from how you expect since you are putting current in instead of taking current out.

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 12 hours ago

Are you implying there there are IC designers who aren’t lunatics?

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You forgot science enthusiasts who are desperately trying to impress people.

[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 86 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They get lumped in with the lunatics

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

We don't want 'em.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

You mean the writers for "IFL Science"?

Yeah, we don't want them. They're idiots

Stupid meme sharing fuckers.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean to tell me that there are people out there whose job it is to design lunatics?

That's fucking awesome. Like a real-life comic book author.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on what she tastes like.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)
[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's also useful to think of the "ground" plane as a sort of well of potential charger carriers that the conventional current model overlooks. Aside from simultaneously visualising what's happening inside simple ICs like BJTs / MOSFETs and the circuit diagrams I've found it a useful way for checking for common mode noise in circuit and PCB design.

I guess this makes me a lunatic? Don't know until we test it;

Someone give me an ~~asylum~~ makerspace to takeover!

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago

It's also useful to think of the "ground" plane as a sort of well of potential charger carriers

I...think I understand ground loops (audio) now.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You just have to ignore the existence of electron flow.

And ignore magnetic fields completely?

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

In a lot of cases, yes. 99% of the time when designing electronics / electrical circuits you can safle ignore them.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I was joking. But it does matter more with analog circuits.