Electronic engineering is fun until you | OpenAI | Page 1

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:37 PM

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Are those used in synthesizerkeyborads do you think?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:48 PM

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I reserve thinking for Tuesdays.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:48 PM

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Hahah

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:48 PM

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Oh, I suppose so, and keeping FM radio sounding nice, etc.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:49 PM

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Ah I see

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:49 PM

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I've designed and built many things, best of which is a GPS tracking system. What are you into?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:50 PM

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Complex system theory at the moment

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:50 PM

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Hopefully you get to use such knowledge in the real world, someday.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:51 PM

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But I have many years experience with music production, analog and digital sythesizers and things of that sort

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:51 PM

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I stay away from music, as I have no talent for it.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:52 PM

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Ok

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What do you listen to instead?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:53 PM

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Er. I listen to music. I just don't try to create or modify it.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:53 PM

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GPS tracking sound like a lot of math

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:55 PM

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Not at all. It's simple, in concept. Throw a GPS receiver, microcontroller, and radio tranceiver in a box. Voila.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:55 PM

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Hahah sounds like engineering

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:55 PM

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Indeed. Not related to baking bread.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 2:56 PM

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Hahahah

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Ive built my own alu on breadborads thats kinda fun

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 2:59 PM

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Solderless breadboards are great.

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Note how I cut wires to the right length. I like being tidy.

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But I haven't done electronics for a long time. I'm far more into programming.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:02 PM

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Ooo cool

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:02 PM

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This is what I've been working on for the past 5 years.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:03 PM

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Damn chess engine?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:03 PM

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Engine & interface.

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The choice of algebraic or descriptive is unusual.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:04 PM

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What stack?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:05 PM

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I don't understand the question. Stack?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:05 PM

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Oh like what languages ect

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:05 PM

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QB64

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:06 PM

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what thats crazy

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:06 PM

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QB64 is BASIC that's translated to C++, then compiled. So, easy to develop with yet very powerful.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:07 PM

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why cpp and not just C?

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isnt Cpp "bloated" C kinda?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:08 PM

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I'm 65. I've learned and lost a dozen languages, so I'm tired. I stick with what works.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:08 PM

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Ah ok i see

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:08 PM

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Bloat hardly matters these days.

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All machines have tons of memory and storage.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:09 PM

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Yeah makes sence

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I dont like bloatware nevertheless not because of runtime but just mental clutter for the user

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:11 PM

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Have you done anything fun with electronics or programming?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:11 PM

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mighty iris Solderless breadboards are great.

What does this do btw some kind of graphical thing?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:12 PM

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What does the circuit on the breadboard do? Not much. It's a thermometer.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:12 PM

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Oh hahah thats a lot of chips for a thermometer

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is it like super acurate or something?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:14 PM

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How else does one digitize and display the output of a thermistor?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:14 PM

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mighty iris Have you done anything fun with electronics or programming?

Good question. Ive only done a couple small things like finding primes as fast ass possible in both python and C++ and making a super basic website.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:15 PM

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mighty iris How else does one digitize and display the output of a thermistor?

Ok i see its an interface as well

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I made a white noise generator using an fpga that was kinda fun

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:16 PM

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An example of a "fun" project, a weird clock. I like the wave effect between it displaying day/month and day of week.

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LEDs arrays are also fun - reacting to music like an oscilloscope or scrolling text.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:20 PM

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mighty iris An example of a "fun" project, a weird clock. I like the wave effect between it...

Ooo that was cool

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I love playing around with this digital modular synthesizer callled vcv rack

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:22 PM

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So you don't use plain vanilla chips like the 4001, 4011, 4013, and 4069 much?

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(Or their TTL equivalents.)

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:23 PM

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mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:23 PM

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Lisajous pattern, I believe that's called.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:24 PM

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mighty iris So you don't use plain vanilla chips like the 4001, 4011, 4013, and 4069 much?

nope. Maybe il need them in some project but as is obvius: allmost everything can be done in software these days

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:25 PM

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A microcontroller eliminates a lot of chips too.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:25 PM

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mighty iris Lisajous pattern, I believe that's called.

Wow never knew there was a name for that kinda thing

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:25 PM

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mighty iris A microcontroller eliminates a lot of chips too.

yeah

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:26 PM

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mighty iris Lisajous pattern, I believe that's called.

Gee thanks for the word i found this cool thing now

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:26 PM

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Spirograph looks nicer.

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(An ancient toy. Lots of modern simulators for it.)

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:27 PM

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Yeah i guess

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:28 PM

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Do you have a goal in mind, something you intend to do after your studies?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:28 PM

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Theres like an ifinite amount of these kind of things out there which is cool but also kind of annoying in a way haha

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:28 PM

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Or will you just be happy with a well-paying job?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:28 PM

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mighty iris Do you have a goal in mind, something you intend to do after your studies?

Thats what I wish so deerly to figure out

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:29 PM

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It is difficult with so many choices.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:29 PM

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Yeah super dificult

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I still have 3.5 more years to go if i want to finish my integrated master in EE

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:30 PM

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And whatever you invent, if you ever do invent something, will be copied by the Chinese and sold for 1/10 your price. 🙂

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:30 PM

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And that really make me feel uneasy

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:30 PM

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mighty iris And whatever you invent, if you ever do invent something, will be copied by the ...

yeah exactly

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:31 PM

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Where in Norway are you?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:31 PM

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Or whatever fantastic idea i could come up with its 99% of the time either thoutgh of before and in use today or been tested and proven not to work

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Trondheim

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:32 PM

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Is that near Tromso?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:33 PM

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No how so? I was born in Tromsø and kind of anto go there to study complex systems

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:33 PM

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I collect pictures of interesting architecture. A church in Tromso is almost everything I know of Norway.

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Ah.....and that your country has been wise with money earned by offshore oil wells.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:34 PM

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I know that church!

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:34 PM

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Well, lucky you. 🙂

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:35 PM

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mighty iris Ah.....and that your country has been wise with money earned by offshore oil wel...

Yeah I feel so lucky in that sence

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:35 PM

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mighty iris Well, lucky you. 🙂

How about you where in north america are you from?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:36 PM

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You know this building?

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I be in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:36 PM

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mighty iris You know this building?

Yeah thats the one

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Hahah what a "hip to be square" city

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:37 PM

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All places in civilized countries are pretty much the same, I suppose.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:38 PM

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Yeah i guess Norway would look similar of it wasnt for the crazy terrain

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:39 PM

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Canada likely has similar areas, on both coasts.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:40 PM

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Any underated universities in Canada you know of?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:40 PM

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I've been out of the academic world a rather long time.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:40 PM

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Sounds nice hahah

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Did you do a degree in anything fun?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:41 PM

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Like many people these days, if I was hiring the university a person went to wouldn't count for much. What matters is what a person has done on their own time.

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I studied Mathematics, but I did some fun courses - philosophy, music appreciation, physics, etc.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:42 PM

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mighty iris Like many people these days, if I was hiring the university a person went to wou...

Yeah i know thats alo something i keep thikning about

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:42 PM

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I'mn self-taught when it comes to programming and electronics.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:43 PM

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I am concidering doing mathematics bachelor as that would probably be the hardest thing for me to be self taugth in

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:43 PM

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I have never used the math I learned at University in the real world.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:43 PM

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But my parent and friends mostly reply kind of anctiusly when i tell them

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Studying for exams is REALLY NOT my thing. Thats not how i learn the quickest at all. I learn from projects

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:44 PM

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One thing a degree does tell prospective employers is that you're not a quitter, that you follow through.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:45 PM

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Yeah

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I kinda dont know what to do

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:45 PM

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But some employers WOULD say "You should have quit learning that useless stuff earlier".

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:46 PM

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Those employers I need to find then

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:46 PM

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Elon Musk 🙂

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:46 PM

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hahah yeah

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Sounds kinda to drop out of collage hahah

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:47 PM

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Most of my career I've been a database programmer. It isn't much fun, but it paid well.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:48 PM

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I can imagine

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How do you feel about these bots taking over or atleast assisting heavily

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:49 PM

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I am pleased to see it happening in my lifetime.

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Mankind will be free to focus on the arts - making music, painting, literature.....

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:50 PM

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I know

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Its just...

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How... and what to do about having a purpose and a stable income and a family etc

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:52 PM

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The transition may be painful, but the end is Utopia.

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I expect many countries will introduce UBI (Universal Basic Income).

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:53 PM

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Yeah ant this "painfull transistion" is when I establish a family and you retire

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To put it super blandly

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:54 PM

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mighty iris I expect many countries will introduce UBI (Universal Basic Income).

And some companies will grow to be the controllers of it all?...

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:54 PM

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Indeed, your timing is terrible. Return to the womb for a couple decades. 🙂

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:55 PM

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Hahah I love youre type of humor 🙂

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:55 PM

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I don't think any company can "control" AI.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:55 PM

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mighty iris Indeed, your timing is terrible. Return to the womb for a couple decades. 🙂

Maybe I should just rush into a stable job and family and then be on the same page as you hahah

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:56 PM

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If access to AI via one company is too expensive, other companies will pop up to compete.

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Most of the research is, after all, published.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 3:58 PM

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mighty iris Most of the research is, after all, published.

Yeah you said it well there

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 3:58 PM

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I'm going outside for a smoke.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 4:01 PM

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Ok see ya later?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 4:08 PM

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Unga bunga wunga.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 4:09 PM

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Is that caveman language?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 4:09 PM

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Yes, it is. Shaving is a waste of time.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 4:10 PM

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I guess

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Heard of JulialLang?

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 4:11 PM

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Nope. Who is she?

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 4:12 PM

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She is a programing language

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She looks like python but runns like C

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 4:13 PM

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I'm not going to learn any new language.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 4:13 PM

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Sure just wanted to tell you about it 🙂

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 4:15 PM

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BTW, doing fun things can sometimes be profitable. I got into GPS tracking because I'd done a bunch of map programs for fun, a friend knew of GPS, and he thought it'd be a good business to get into.

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Google Maps didn't yet exist.

small holly Dec 9, 2022, 4:23 PM

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Yeah...

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Tell me about some fun project in some new emerging tech sector that isnt allready saturated

mighty iris Dec 9, 2022, 4:26 PM

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You can always put a clock on an existing device. 🙂

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Shoelaces don't have clocks. There's an opportunity......

dull tangle Dec 11, 2022, 3:03 AM

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hello

mighty iris Dec 11, 2022, 3:05 AM

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Indeed.

vague echo Dec 11, 2022, 5:16 PM

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hello

mighty iris Dec 11, 2022, 6:03 PM

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Ooga-booga.

feral ruin Dec 19, 2022, 11:59 AM

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forget where your keys are; would investing in a small project computer like the Raspberry Pi be a good start for tinkering?

mighty iris Dec 19, 2022, 4:42 PM

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I reckon so - or the Arduino.

#Electronic engineering is fun until you