At this time, I want to have every single person with a weird question about hardware to go the hell away.

I do not know metallurigcal composition of brass, I do not know if this weird-ass thermoplastic that is used on rare applications needs special handling or what settings it might use, and I do not know wiring gauges in obsoleted hardware

And if you get shouty at me you get the hangup button

Regards,

ME

ReJenerator : Copper, zinc and tin

Yes, but the World's Most Pedantic Metallurgic wanted to know the precise composition, percentages and known impurities, of the brass in question.

I used to suggest to patients who whined about having to come in for testing that they could just pee on their smartphones so we could test remotely. I would suggest having them insert a sample of the material in question into the charging port. Then when they call you back from the landline you just say "You DID download the app first, right?"

The downside is getting written up, the upside is that your supervisor can't stop laughing while they do it.

They're talking about a product we sell.

I actually asked some of the hardware people about it, and they said, "fuck, it's just stuff from China, I dunno."

I went with "i'm sorry, that considered proprietary information" and got accused of trying to hide health information from people.

that was the guy who got the hangup button.

Sounds reasonable

"Look man, I could get fired for telling you this, but the secret ingredients are capitalist greed and the tears of child laborers. Neither are considered allergens. Have a nice day"

after a couple weeks ago when I told someone we no longer support Ubuntu and was told we were supporting the Microsoft / Apple Duopoly And Restricting Freedom.

None of this stuff surprises me.