So, I was buying some stuff off Mouser and off the cuff decided to buy a transformer for a DIY dual-rail power supply. I wasn't paying enough attention and accidentally bought a Wurth 760895441 resonant converter (datasheet linked). I didn't notice until I was looking at the pinout and noticed the switching frequency was 70-120KHz.
I just tinker with this stuff for fun and had never heard of resonant converters. Am I correct in my assumption that this thing cannot just be directly hooked to mains like a Radio Shack special?
GWB publicly condoning torture.
I grew up during the tail end of the cold war. Torture was something the Soviets did. We were better than that.
And sure, I knew the CIA did stuff like that under the table, but it was never OK.
It's what got me interested in politics, and why I feel that we shouldn't try to hide the bad things we've done when we teach history. Knowing what we're capable of is necessary to keep ourselves from repeating the mistakes of the past.