"True for the hobbyist, but no engineer will spec a useless component for a mass produced product where the extra 1 cent is multiplied by millions of devices."
A SMD resistor is 0.2 of a cent at 10,000 pieces.

You are correct with this, but we are a home brew kind of place.
Didn't think you were concerned about comerial manufacturing numbers.
Engineers: allow vehicle ignition switches to fail resulting in death, allow faulty air bags manufacture causing death, allow software to circumvent pollution laws, allow a bridge to fall down.

I just don't care about this damn resistor thing and I think you are there too.
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