A huge 555? It's about time!
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I think it's using that new 3 cm process for it.
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I'm looking to join the Hack Pittsburgh collective. https://hackpgh.org/ It's a maker org and I want to learn how to use a CNC.... It will also allow me to do my own wood projects at no cost to cut...
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So Linux Scheduler has been hard coded not to support more than 8 cores and that has been in the code for 15 years! And this is with how many eyes looking over the source code.
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We caught that commercial the other day, too! Certainly grabs your attention on the giant living room TV.
(Fixed link. CBS maybe removing them...)
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I have a soldering iron that can handle something like that... let me know if you need to borrow it...
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Maybe, mine some lead, process and sell it for a profit then buy some gold?
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Really, it's been going on *that *long?! 
Decora is mostly the standard now and also the typical type of smart switch.
Single paddle, and even these double and triple switches.
Many of us also run Lutron Casetta and Picos as well.
You still have exposed screws tho, and not just any screw, the worst type ever created (flat head’s). 
Even our poverty spec switches etc come with little screw covers.
That said, I really like the wiring boxes that are standard in ‘Murica. Here in Straya, there’s just empty space behind our switches etc.
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Did not know this...you upside down peeps don't use wiring boxes? So I guess the switches/outlets are attached directly to the wallboard? Say, does the wiring in your house look like this?
We're going to need to up your prescription for "flat-head screwphobia" again, aren't we? 
I also suffer from this...most of the screws used in our cottage (circa 1898) are flat head, and on top of that they are very old and rusty. Any time I have to fix something I feel like I have to set aside one hour per flat-head that I have to unscrew.
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Decora does not require exposed screws. I've switched to Lutron Claro wallplates for all the switches I've replaced.
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Isn't that where the Huntsman hang out?
Nope, and it's really dumb - if you have insulation in the walls (although our 30 year old house has no in-wall insulation at all 
) there's nothing stopping it from smothering your outlets etc. The only thing behind the plaster board is a metal bracket that the wall plate screws into.
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Pretty much, but they are harmless, it's Redback spiders that you need to worry about.
On the plus side, you don't have to worry about how to cram all that stuff back into a usually too small box.
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Wow...thanks for the pic. That is kinda insane looking for me. The switch boxes can be a definitely sometimes be a bit of a pain getting things to fit, but I would feel pretty weird hooking up anything w/out them.
Great, thanks for sending me down another horror-filled Australian deadly denizens Google search rat-hole.
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