[peterangular]

> Incidentally, not long after posting my comment I noticed a few people down-voting it without comment. Sometimes I think I should not interfere and let evolution follow its normal course (as it nearly did with me).

Often you'll catch downvotes for playing devil's advocate, even when it's very justified like in this circumstance.

I'm one of those low voltage DC noobs and I was still shocked when I saw the title... I was even more shocked by the wood burning article - people are dying playing with this stuff. If anything that Linux-powered microwave article should have a huge warning at the top outlining the risks.

I appreciate you taking the time to educate on the dangers + sharing your anecdotes.

[hilbert42]

Yeah, right. I've looked again since these posts and if I hadn't seen the videos I'd have had difficulty in believing that so many people can be so damn stupid (there now seems so many more since when I last looked a while back).

Perhaps I'm just naïve and need more education in the matter of the human condition.