AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
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I didn’t know they made communist-lead genocide commemorative guitar products. Dunlop also sell Hitler quotes on products? “Millions must die” is real.
@thendrix Communism had balls, really big balls. Communism also was horrible at making good decisions or innovating. I would say that those are a good match to using technology that hasn't improved much since Van Halen and has even regressed back to weird old stuff. So we are around the early 90s with edgy products and overrated douches. The conditions are indicating the youth finding old Real Big Fish albums and fedoras.
The upcoming wave of Ska is going to be interesting and likely inescapable. Fedoras, checkerboard Vans and being a real example of what Millennials fear coming out about their past. It's going to be so radical. Ska punk forever bro!
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pcb2blender: #KiCad to Blender 3D rendering
@lupyuen I've heard that the newer Gowin FPGAs aren't friendly to work with. It's the company that makes the synthesis tools that seems to be the problem.
I suppose that if open source tools are made, it will be worth the trouble. The Gowin FPGAs are pretty cool and rather capable considering the cost. With all things being taken into consideration, it's one of the few options besides Lattice that is friendly to people on a budget. It's also unlikely that they would threaten makers like AMD has in the past.
Another point to note is the certifications that Gowin FPGAs usually have. With the 20k FPGA it was rather robust and rated for industrial and automotive use. So yes it is cool and inexpensive but will be a headache but less than having to deal with Intel or AMD.
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People who are dense yet hard working can have pretty uncomplicated lives.
I'm on the completely opposite end of that. Plenty of brain power, but it's not very reliable.
Ideally, I'd have plenty of brain power AND be hard working, but God did not grant me that gift.
@thor You made a synthesizer despite having to deal with a DSP. You do work hard but seem to favor intelligent solutions instead of tedious work that seems mind numbing. I could see you being a great member of a team. Perhaps you are like the stone that the builder refused.
So a dense but hard worker could be a useful teammate if there's mutual respect for what the other person does. It takes many different types of people to make a great team. Bill Gates and Steve Balmer are a good example and so are Woz and Jobs. Even as two different companies they did great things together.
An example of a bad relationship would be Microsoft and the short sighted leadership at IBM. It's not that either party lacked talent or hard workers, IBM was just intolerant and egotistical.
I hope this is helpful in some way.
@thor It sounds like a common server could help. I'd be willing to help with what I can.
Maybe it's worth a quick conversation to fulfill the obligation and then a later conversation about how to improve future collaboration.
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@Draven That's still better than those dumb side post batteries that GM used. I guess a Millennial has better wiring than a GM product. Maybe there's hope for my generation.
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I think I am the only person I ever met who can intentionally choose to forget a memory. I do it all the time, when I want to forget something that is unpleasant I can just forget it... I cant remember a specific instance mind you, but I'm sure I've done it :)
@freemo Like an Apple user?
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PSychological Egoism, and altruism are the same things... prove me wrong.
@freemo I think Altruism is action whereas the other one is perhaps a similar idea. It's like theoretical vs applied.
Maybe they are both the same and different. You might be correct and on to something deeper.
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The flipside of craving stimulation as an ADHD person is that other people want it too.
How are YOU interesting?
@thor I'm annoying, have anxiety disorders and crave approval but forget that I often have problems with authority figures.
Maybe I have redeeming features but sometimes I feel like I am the problem and that the world would be better without me. Rationally I will admit that I am not important enough to actually make a difference either way.
I also collect padlocks.
@thendrix That is rather odd.
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Sometimes, my gut responds to alcohol by simply saying "No, I won't be having any more of that. You've had too much of it lately."
Small sip of wine and irritation is instant, followed by dehydration. I have to drink water like a camel.
I didn't drink much when I was younger. My coping mechanism then was junk food. I cut off access to that by having gastric bypass surgery.
That worked fine until about 4 years ago. There was a period of extreme stress that I didn't handle too well, and alcohol became a coping mechanism for me at that point, since I couldn't eat junk to feel better anymore.
Controlling feelings has always been an issue for me. It's why I have so often cut myself off from people. Early childhood experiences taught me that humans are nasty creatures that will hurt you.
Normal little boys are loud and noisy things that move fast and subject anyone out of the ordinary to violence and harassment. It probably unnerves them, so they seek to eliminate the threat.
Adults can be a bit like that too, if they've never been exposed to a variety of people from different backgrounds. Life in a remote small town can be brutal like that. It's one of the reasons I don't romanticise the countryside too much, and why I always felt a little depressed whenever I went back there for Christmas.
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@thor It's essentially routine maintenance using precision explosions. It's pretty interesting but not cool military stuff. It's a job that's in demand and I have experience.
It's pretty lame but that's still pretty cool when explosives are involved.
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
