The watched pot never boils as the new DC power supply didn't arrive until about 7:30 PM last night so no testing until today. The size is deceiving as it is really small.
At the first look, the Amazon bag looked too small. But sure, enough it was the supply. This is good news for making new compact equipment and/or retrofitting existing hardware. I hope it works as this small size aspect shows real promise. Even without a test, the terminals for the 6.3 volts say Ground and 6.3 Volts, thus most likely DC.
My post the other day netted a response from a blog reader with a link to a news article regarding Home Depot citing a lawsuit alleging video profiling customers during checkout. The basis of the suit is that this profiling is being done without notice to or permission from the customers. If this is a case my admonition about being watched is more than just a possibility and Home Depot may not be the Lone Ranger.
In our legal system (or it used to be) is the concept of innocent until proven guilty and the suit has applicability in the state where the suit was filed because of an existing law regarding collection of biometric data. That may not be the case in other states where there is no such law on the books. Bottom line "AI Watching Technology" is at a store near you.
The basis of facial Biometric collection is to thwart theft. Old school: you look like a thief so you must be one. Yet, just yesterday in Ventura County, where I live, 14 people were Busted for $10M in thefts from Home Depot. Obviously, this will be a critical piece of defense for the Biometric data collection... The $10M theft is likely not a singular event but only a sample.
Suddenly the pieces are coming together about why the Home Depot salesclerk opened up the machine to validate I put $6 in the machine. True I hadn't shaved on Saturday, was wearing a KN-95 mask and had a ball cap on and must have looked "theify". BTW I still wear a mask at Covid breeding grounds like Home Depot, Costco and the Grocery Store.
Yesterday while awaiting the power supply, I did fabricate the RF Cage that will be installed around the 12GE5 final RF amp circuitry. More real metal bashing.
Unabashedly I say you are being watched and profiled.
Them that know can make things go.
73's
Pete N6QW