O'Reilly Auto Part 121G

  • The explanation I got when I worked there was that it was put in to help identify competitors that were blindly scraping our online catalog. There's a couple others if you keep digging.

    Similar to the concept of "trap streets" on some maps: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street

  • I put a flux capacitor together in 2005 from a 555 timer, 3 decade counters, and 30 yellow LEDs and mounted it in the back of my Jeep by the spare tire. Do recommend [1].

    [1] https://partofthething.com/thoughts/my-old-flux-capacitor-pr...

  • Worse the the Raspberry Pi drought; several places advertise one but no one can actually get them.

    I don't think they're being made anymore.

    Maybe this is the timeline that resulted from all the people who got theirs "fixing" things. Perhaps someone should've filtered those first orders a little more carefully.

  • Must be the overclock edition.

    An OEM flux capacitor is normally rated for 1.21 Gigawatts (not 121). Plutonium or fission material must be converted to electrical power in a separate unit, but direct atmospheric charging is a viable alternative.

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