🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

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.

#introduction

Hello!

I work full-time as a programmer and part-time as a student pursuing an M.S. in computer science. No concrete plans as to what I'll be doing once I finish. I am interested in AI and its many subfields, synonyms, buzzwords, etc.

Visualization of the 1st million integers, mapped into 2D space using a dimensionality reduction algorithm.
https://johnhw.github.io/umap_primes/index.md.html

(I will write this as if you were stupid, of course none of you are, but I want to communicate this to as many people as possible, with or without previous knowledge)

I learnt to repair electronics (tube TVs and VCR … don’t say anything) in my apprenticeship. Most of that job is now obsolete. Nobody buys an tube TV or let someone repair their old flatscreen. Of course electronics are interesting, but the job demand is down to nearly zero because unlearnt people can switch boards in modern electronics.
But that’s not the topic of this. The topic is: People throw away their flatscreen after 2-4 years without even opening it to see what’s wrong.
In case of modern tech screens, or well, every electronic device really usually one thing happens: In the power supply the electrolyte condensators lose capacity and the power supply won’t work any more.
So I have a Samsung flat screen as a second monitor and in January 2018 it didn’t start up but the power LED was blinking.
Won’t start up usually means “Power supply is broken” but most people won’t know that. But it’s really the only thing that will break because condensators. ;)
Anyway, you can easily google that as well and find the answer in modern search engines. Be aware, that at least one answer (the answer with the most clicks …) was wrong.
What you have to do if a piece of hardware won’t work and you don’t have warranty: Open it up. Don’t be afraid, it’s broken anyway. All you will do is maybe damage some of the plastic.
Then you will have to look for the power supply and find the condensators. These are cylindrical little guys with usually a big white line on it showing MINUS.
At the bottom I will show pictures of a broken one and one intact one.
To repair your device you literally only need a soldering iron and solder, maybe a desolder gun and/or desolder wick.

The pieces I needed to repair my screen were literally ten bucks. Euros that is, so like dollars.
Of course I learnt this for three years but it’s really easy, you can do it. Everyone can do it if bodily able.
Condensators get a bulge on top. The surface has to perfectly flat, otherwise it’s already damaged or will give up soon.
If you check and see if the parts are broken just put the values, volts and capacity, into a trusted traders website or a search engine to find a trader. I ordered my stuff from a local German electronics company of course so I can’t give you any tips there.

If you need a soldering tutorial, check YouTube. Everyone can learn to remove or replace an electronic part in maximum an hour. Again: Don’t be afraid.

A man hour is about 80 euros here, that means it’s about 92 dollars. The parts are usually 20 bucks or less. Companies charge more for the parts as well.

I also will link you my tutorial video for my device to show easy it is and the condensator pieces I mean. Enjoy, repairing stuff is fun and cheap and people throw away too much stuff which is basically perfectly fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnV5KNla2eg

#electronics #repair #youtube #fixing #tutorial #condensators #savingmoney

@mooselwhipes
Welcome here!
You like to teach and educate, I like to learn, that's a match!

@freemo

Software engineer, Star Trek nerd, explorer (I love kayaking and Jeeping!), daddy and hubby, webmaster, advocate of free speech, free press, free software, and free information. #introductions

These days I'm following along in #mythgard online discussion of Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Artur" in the original Middle English. Fun!

#kingarthur

How tar -zcf works #humor #fun

The #mythgard community and #signum are definitely musts for fans of #tolkien or his circle of friends, the #inklings, as well as other medieval and speculative literature.

Mythgard includes free online seminars and discussions. There is also an annual conference, #mythmoot, in the DC/Baltimore area, as well as various smaller one-day conferences throughout North America and London.

Signum University is a masters degree granting online institution recently licensed by the state of New Hampshire that also offers auditing of their courses. There are courses taught by a range of scholars in things ranging from Old Norse to C.S. Lewis to Science Fiction.

Dr Olsen, aka "The Tolkien Professor" has a couple of long-running podcasts under his own name and Mythgard Academy.

See mythgard.org as a starting point.

Whew! That's much longer than I'd normally post! But you did ask, @freemo ;-)

You know that feeling when you "fall into the wiki hole"?
Mastodon is the same thing. You talk about interesting stuff with just SOMEONE (TM) and just get carried away oO

#introduction

I'm live in the DC/Baltimore area, I'm into #running, and love getting my geek on reading and discussing literature, especially the works of #tolkien (the books more than the movies).

I've been programming for longer than I like to admit, these days mostly for #android using Java and C#.

The distributed nature of Mastodon appeals to me, so time to explore.

@Surasanji Man know the feeling :) glad to have you at QOTO, looking forward to chatting. Here is a screenshot of my MUD's map and fighting

@freemo I've always said that being a teacher is my early retirement plan. It would be amazing to take accumulated knowledge and experience into a classroom. There's several programs that assist people in moving from the STEM field into a teaching role.

Reading is such an amazing tool. You're absolutely right that it helps people be better. I also like your approach to make every interaction an educational one. There's so much out there to learn. That's why I joined here!

Open #UAVs

https://imvec.tech/uav

It's easy to be mean, especially if you are frustrated with your own or other peoples mistakes.

I have a book suggestion for you
"How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie

Thanks for the warm welcome, @freemo

I'm a work at a medical device start up and have been in several different roles across development, hardware design, quality control, regulatory compliance, product management, and international procurement. Went to school for electrical engineering, and have been migrating into more product/project management over the years.

I'm a passionate advocate for public education and STEM/STEAM initiatives. I always enjoy to learn more in this sector and would love to eventually pivot out of medical device into this industry.

I try to always be actively reading 2-3 books, love eating delicious food and trying new beers. New technology excites me and I am always ready to learn new ideas and gain fresh perspectives.

#introduction

#STEM #STEAM #electricalengineering #reading #nashville # fountainpen #beer #movies #swimming #tech #education #music #starwars #bears #batman #tacos #travel

Well, I restart-restarted to restart writing my book. I was planning to write it, made the universe over the course of ten+ years.
Then I wrote 39 pages (in two weeks) and now I can't get back into it because I consume too many great books.

So, any tips how to get going? A book is on my bucket list. The serious bucket list, not the "well, visiting Mars be nice, not serious bucket list"
#writing

#introduction Created In a cloud of stardust 13.799±0.021 billion Earth “years” ago just like you!

Living inside a amplituhedron has its benefits. 💎

*Big fan of the band The Wonder Years http://www.thewonderyearsband.com

@freemo Hi, Freemo! Great to be here, thank you.

#introduction I'm just a dude living a life in Tel Aviv. I'm no expert when it comes to STEM, and certainly not professionally educated in any such field but I am certainly a fan.

Outside of my interest in general knowledge, I'm into gaming, table top role playing, and have been a member of the telnet based Mu* (Mush/Mud/Mux) online Roleplaying communities for just about two decades now.

I'm big into discussing different topcs, always happy to learn something new, and share my own personal experiences and knowledge with any and everyone.