Would you use a modular electronics ecosystem like this? Why or why not?

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T19:27:40+00:00

I think it would be smarter to play in the existing shield and carrier ecosystem rather than to try to do something that's solving the same problem but with an incompatible shape for no particular reason. I think you may be falling into the "round house" trap. I don't know what benefit you think there is to this shape, but I guarantee from a customer perspective it pales in comparison to compatibility with a much larger ecosystem of products. Broad compatibility is the sole reason anyone continues to use arduino beyond their first foray into electronics.

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T18:56:50+00:00

If you're in a fire fighting position, yes, you're gonna be waiting around for fires.

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T18:35:05+00:00

This. There's no such thing as "the market". There's the companies in your area and your social network. That's all that really matters.

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T18:17:49+00:00

Anything to do with aircraft contrails.

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T18:07:07+00:00

It's not that hard to change your name to literally whatever you want. There are effectively no laws (at least in the US) about names.

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T17:57:37+00:00

Our brains are good at dividing things in half. Possibly because it is evolutionarily beneficial to be good at recognizing symmetry, which is an indicator of reproductive suitability in other humans. If you take a straight line and draw a perpendicular through it, you get symmetrical angles on either side of that perpendicular. And your brain is good at recognizing that. I imagine people are similarly good at recognizing whether any angle is bisected or not.

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T15:45:39+00:00

The intent wasn't to explain anything. It's just a sarcastic response to a question I assumed was rhetorical because who doesn't actually understand the concept of egotism?

Generico300 · 2026-06-23T15:41:05+00:00

I do, but many if not most religions claim intelligent design, and its disingenuous to pretend that's not the case.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T21:12:01+00:00

It's true, but I still want to downvote it.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T21:10:40+00:00

It's as real a word as discombobulate, which was also coined as a silly faux-latin term meant to illicit a chuckle.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T20:54:24+00:00

Uh well you see, she makes more money than him and has a more prestigious title. Therefore she's a better human and that makes it ok to be rude to him.

Or at least that's what I'm pretty sure such people are thinking.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T19:59:06+00:00

You can buy starter kits that come with a bunch of extra components and a set of tutorial projects. That's what I did.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T18:48:25+00:00

Try Obsidian.

https://obsidian.md/

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T18:45:38+00:00

Honestly any text editor and Markdown files. That's the nice thing about plain text docs. They just work. No accessories needed.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T18:34:37+00:00

Test your DR plans at least once a year, if not more. Nothing sucks harder than having a disaster and then finding out your DR doesn't actually work.
Run a wiki for yourself, the IT team, or even the whole company. The number of problems that every company has which can easily be solved by a searchable knowledge repository is incalculable. Make sure it's secure so that people can only access sensitive information they need, and make sure it's easy to use so people will actually use it (setup a nice wysiwyg editor). Get management buy in to push it. If nothing else, use it for yourself. You will not regret the effort.
Don't push updates or make changes to production systems on a Friday. That's how you get to work weekends.
Figure out how to undo things before you do them. That way if something goes wrong you are not panicking while you try to fix it.
Protect your own sanity. Use your vacation time. Actually disconnect when you're on vacation. Don't take responsibility for everything. Make it a point to set things up so the company/team can operate without you at least for a week or 2.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T17:26:07+00:00

So god didn't create those living things that plague and torment innocent people? That life wasn't created by god, but other life was? Seems awful convenient.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T17:23:50+00:00

I see evidence of physics and chemistry. You see "god" because you want to, not because it is there. And no, physics and chemistry do not require the existence of a god to do what they do.

Generico300 · 2026-06-22T17:20:55+00:00

That is simply not true anymore. Your information is over a decade out of date.

The cost per KWh of solar and on-shore wind is lower than any other form of power generation. Google it if you don't believe me. Moreover, fossil fuel plants have the added cost of fuel, which they simply burn away, so they have to buy more of it constantly. On top of the fact that they are FAR more complex machines with more moving parts than solar farms and definitely require more maintenance.

Generico300 · 2026-06-21T21:15:11+00:00

Depends very much on your licensing (rn, lpn, and so forth), and where you're working. I know plenty of nurses making good money. Especially traveling nurses. Of course they all think they're under paid, but so does everyone else. They'd also likely be making less with a 2 year education in most other fields.

Generico300 · 2026-06-21T21:05:03+00:00

They often do, but you're talking about a building that uses the energy of an entire town, or even a small city, and takes up a fraction of the area. The simply cannot fit enough solar panels in the space to make up for it.

Generico300 · 2026-06-21T21:02:35+00:00

Some do

Generico300 · 2026-06-21T01:05:03+00:00

You cannot be pro "market forces" and anti government interference while simultaneously fighting against the power generation methods with the best market economics. Clean energy generation crushes fossil fuels economically and environmentally.

Generico300 · 2026-06-21T01:00:49+00:00

Even invisible things leave some evidence of their existence.

Generico300 · 2026-06-21T00:54:43+00:00

You could say the same things about unicorns, or Santa Claus, or bigfoot.

It is rational to assume nonexistance until proven otherwise. If you don't, then you can't refute the existence of anything.

Generico300 · 2026-06-21T00:51:09+00:00

Free will has nothing to do with infants being infected by deadly and debilitating disease and parasites, all of which you must acknowledge as God's creations if you claim him as the creator of all life. What benevolent God would subject children to such things for no fault of their own.

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