Human folly for 02025-01-15

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• Nevada court shuts down police use of federal loophole for civil forfeiture (ij.org):

  #human-rights #USA #politics #Nevada court decision against giving (Stephen Lara’s) asset-forfeiture loot to the DEA

• Reverse voltage protection with a p FET (hackaday.com):

  #electronics #hardware design for reverse voltage protection: P-MOSFET with input V+ on drain, 100kΩ to V- on gate, and 10V zener from gate to source. On initial connection, body diode biases zener to 10V with tens of microamps through the 100kΩ, pulling the gate low and turning the channel on, eliminating the body diode’s forward drop.