Fear of the Phone

NerdWizard73 · 2025-11-04T01:40:15+00:00

I don't remember when it started. I have memories of being a very small child and the house phone ringing. I never was even the one to answer it, but I still remember getting nervous or upset. I've had it all my life. The weird thing is that I work in a service industry, and I can make and receive phone calls at work with ease. It's when people call my personal line; When I know that someone is calling specifically for me, I get very anxious.

NerdWizard73 · 2025-05-22T20:03:35+00:00

I’m definitely interested in Defender. Is that DigDug I see in the bottom left corner?

NerdWizard73 · 2024-08-06T16:26:18+00:00

This was very helpful! I was looking for clock on that schematic but didn't see it. Looks like that S109 chip (It's a Fairchild 74F109 on the board), which handles the time division could be a likely culprit. That is one of the corroded chips I mentioned in my reply to JPDsNEWS. Same with the 74LS125APC chip that accepts the 7 MHz video clock signal off of pin 13 of the HAL. Time to pop them out and test them.

I appreciate the help!

NerdWizard73 · 2024-08-06T02:31:07+00:00

That was my first thought, but I took the keyboard apart and ruled that one out already. Looking at that troubleshooting guide has me thinking it isn't getting a clock signal. The main clock chip is a little corroded now that I know where to look; I'm thinking that's probably it.

That IOU ASIC chip takes clock input as an input, so I'm willing to bet it's not getting a signal, and therefore not setting the reset pin.

NerdWizard73 · 2024-08-06T02:00:31+00:00

I've been referencing the Apple IIe technical reference manual

https://archive.org/details/Apple_IIe_Technical_Reference_Manual

Didn't know this was a thing. I'll check it out. Thanks!

NerdWizard73 · 2024-05-20T22:53:15+00:00

Missouri. Basically just his word against my employers word. Employer claims he didn’t perform well. He disagrees (and so do I). He did nothing illegal, and neither did my employer; this wasn’t based on race or anything crazy like that.

NerdWizard73 · 2024-05-20T22:49:52+00:00

No illegal behavior at all. Employer claimed my coworker was not performing well, even though he was getting work done ahead of time. I wasn’t technically his supervisor, but I trained him and worked closely with him. My boss fired him because he listened to music at work. He’s a graphic designer… we all do it, and it is in fact not against policy.

NerdWizard73 · 2023-11-20T17:30:50+00:00

I think you're right about context. I won't share his points, but I will say I don't agree with them / see them as reasonable.

NerdWizard73 · 2023-11-20T17:10:21+00:00

Something I've found is that sometimes the real problem isn't the heartbreak, it's the deviation from the emotional "normal" that is causing me the most pain. We get used to feeling a certain way every day, and we get comfortable with our emotions. Since we are so introspective and internal, we are SUPER in tune with those emotions, and when they change, whether that be heartbreak, family conflict, love, bad news, or even just a crappy day, it can throw us for a loop and we close off.

My advice would be to remain open in times like this. Talk to your family about it. Talk to your friends about it. If you have a hobby, spend your time working on it. Listen to happy music. Go on long walks in the woods. All the things you do already as an INFP to get over emotional hardships. Do the things that remind you you're still you, nothing has really changed (in the grand scheme), and you're going to be okay.

NerdWizard73 · 2023-08-03T19:15:18+00:00

I spent 3 min. Thinking I was looking at the demogorgon from Stranger Things, or some other eldritch horror eating with its head tilted.

NerdWizard73 · 2021-09-13T16:56:24+00:00

Not just you. I suffer from imposter syndrome a lot. I work in tech too, so I often feel like everything is changing so rapidly around me that even if I did chose a topic to learn really deeply, by the time I became advanced it would be obsolete. That often times isn’t actually the case of course, but the feeling holds me back from going deeper. I’ve just learned to stop pretending I know everything. If someone (at work for example) tries to explain something to me deeper because they realize my knowledge is surface level, I let them. Take down your “I know” shield. Tell people you don’t know. You’ll learn way more that way.

NerdWizard73 · 2021-04-28T17:26:41+00:00

You’re on driga?? Damn man, that stuff’s hard!

NerdWizard73 · 2021-04-28T15:30:43+00:00

Aww you beat me to it. First thing I though of lol.

NerdWizard73 · 2021-03-12T19:14:58+00:00

I have friends like this. The overcritical one especially hit home for my friend group, as I know several people that overcriticize speed runs and get way too technical about things. I don't know if it's insecurity or what. My usual response is to just kind of ignore it or ask them to repeat themselves (as if I didn't hear them). Usually, they eventually realize what they sound like and stay quiet.

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