commandelicious @commandelicious@qoto.org

#introduction
I'm Hans. I live in Missoula, Montana where every day looks like the opening shot of A River Runs Through It or a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie depending on how much smoke or snow is in the air. I have a master's in Biomedical Engineering but now work in the entertainment industry. My mind is still drawn to science, tech and engineering so I read and watch a lot of hard sci-fi as well as read science magazines and listen to science podcasts.

@Surasanji I am not jewish but I love geeking over Hebrew and other religions. While I know far less than an expert ont he subject Hebrew /Judaism is one of my favorite topics, particularly when discussing it in the form it had a few thousand years ago.

Something random-

I've been reading up on ancient Canaanite religion recently, and it is a very interesting subject. Particularly when you look at it as the precursor religion to what would eventually become Judaism.

A lot of the god names are maintained in Hebrew- which is, itself, a Canaanite language- the only living (Although you could say resurrected) Canaanite language. Yam (long A, Yaam) for instance is one that is super easy to spot because the word, in Hebrew, for ocean is still yam.

It's a very interesting thing to study for me, as a Jewish person and a secular Zionist who ascribes to the notion that the Jewish people are the aboriginal people to the region of the world I've chosen to make my home.

However, from a history standpoint it's particularly interesting to see where my culture and the religion associated with said culture came from and evolved from.

@commandelicious Professionally and personally, I use distributors like Digikey, Mouser, or Arrow. You can find whatever electronic you're looking for typically between those 3 sites.

Story time:

Muslims are the biggest group where I live (I am not one).

When somebody tells me all Muslims try to introduce Sharia law everywhere they go, I try to explain that this not the case, based on my *personal* experience they don't have.

If they keep insisting, that's damn frustrating: they are questioning *my experience*.

So, when a minority member tells me about their experience with privilege, I shut the fsck up. I don't want to be *that guy*.

Don't be *that guy*.