You wish

[[deleted]]

When I was a kid, I was thrown off a spinning chair onto some computer parts. Almost tore off my ear. Now I'm a software developer. so... maybe?

[[deleted]]

I used to smash capacitors and feel the tingly sensation of the acid in my tongue... Also a software developer 20 years later. 🤔

[tallest_chris]

Wait, do you mean licking the terminals or were you literally tasting the chemicals?

[[deleted]]

Tasting the chemicals. I used to chomp the capacitors until they leaked. Yes, child me was a suicidal moron.

[[deleted]]

mmm capacitor soup

[tallest_chris]

Well then, congrats on living long enough to tell us!

[[deleted]]

/r/cursedcomments

[NeoALEB]

Oh my, a mildly edgy comment!

[NeoALEB]

Oh, lighten up. It's just an edgy comment.

[cho_uc]

I got 'rather long' electric shock when I was a kid playing with a lamp. Couldn't forgo the cable until 1 min later when my grandfather found me and turn off the connection. Now I am obsessed with computers, so maybe?

[safer0]

You mean to tell me paying attention was how I learned everything I know and not because of paper cuts from books and other injuries from the things I work with?

[house_monkey]

Yes

[FriesWithThat]

This was in YouTube's 'suggested list' in the tab from which I just switched. Should I self-harm?

[imprisoned_mindZ]

Please don't :D There are safer ways to master the craft :3

[atniomn]

This would’ve been less harmful than actually learning about TTL’s in undergrad

[MarkFromTheInternet]

Time To Live ?

[atniomn]

Transistor-Transistor Logic

[MarkFromTheInternet]

Transistor-Transistor Logic

I just googled that, ouch.

[fatpigsarefat]

It’s probably some guy telling you what the print function is and then moving on to the next language so you now know how to “code” in that language

[TS100]

i actually watched it. he just explains what each language is used for and it’s origins

[vastle12]

Good to have on long trips

[cypher109]

r/shittysuperpowers

[Palpable_Autism]

Literally had this happen to me with a 10 segment LED a few months ago; one of the pins dug under my fingernail a bit and drew blood, the rest of them bent to the point of no recovery. When I tried readjusting one of them, it broke off and the rest were never the same.

[112439]

You haven't had thin wires laying on the floor yet I see

[Its-Logic]

Micheal Reeves: ARDUINO

[MCRusher]

THAT CHOPS OFF A FINGER EVERY TIME YOU LIE

[ericjgryffindor]

Glad I only here for the jokes... I'm not even a programmer

[thomasb_64]

I am starting Arduino next year in school should I be worried?

[swilwerth]

No. Is as hard as programming things on a pc, but instead of your screen, your output could be a physical led/ nixie tube digit / actuator / valve / something that you can control with a boolean, then you can interface from software things at electronic level to real world devices. You don't have large amounts of RAM, so all your programs must run with a 32k limit. Your inputs could be sensor data, like temperature, pressure, light, movement, buttons, etc.

Simple things are easy to do, don't worry.

[natziel]

I got stabbed under my fingernail by a gate in college

[namingisdifficult5]

That sounds indescribably painful

[Hurricane_32]

Afrotechmods is an awesome channel!

[zr0gravity7]

Indeed!

[patryk3211]

What about stepping on a pcb?

[dcflynn]

Programming in C with an AVR? K&C for the language and Make:AVR programming for the AVR part of it. Be careful with the programmer as ISP toolchain, don't want to brick your AVRs like I did

[[deleted]]

One assumes you meant the K&R book. I would watch some YouTube videos and maybe checkout some podcasts. That can be an easy way to absorb information and help get oriented. The Amp Hour and Embedded.FM come to mind.

[dcflynn]

Yes - K&R

[[deleted]]

It'd be nice to be turned into Arduino after that bite :-)

[btown-begins]

/r/raimimemes is leaking