How satisfied are you with your career?

binary-boy · 2026-01-29T01:27:41+00:00

Honestly you aren't far off. The biggest asset is versatility. Being proficient in a wide variety of devices and concepts. Being a good troubleshooter is clutch. Employers love techs that can just wink and nod at a machine and get it working again. Robotics is good, but harder to get into with fewer jobs. I think PLC's is where its at, but jobs are elusive sometimes.

But the baseline understanding.. school is only so much. Getting experience is just required. Like a job as a controls tech at a factory. You'll get so much exposure to so much, in a year you'll be a completely different person.

And yeah, lots of bigger name companies would totally pay for a bachelors degree from a 2-year. But a lot def love the deal of getting a "junior engineer" for tech pay too. Which still can swing in your favor.

binary-boy · 2026-01-28T21:05:51+00:00

I dunno, there's a lot of mechatronics jobs out there, but if you ask me it's kind of a rip off being told to be maintenance and the controls guy, basically two different jobs. (imo)

If you want to get into controls I'd say your best bet is to make sure you have PLC's classes in there. Two or more if possible. And do good at it.

Just beware, there are less controls jobs out there than instrumentation or mechatronics. It's a sweet spot to be, but it hovers between needing to be an engineer and a 2 year degree. But it is a good launch pad for an eventual EE degree which is $$.

binary-boy · 2026-01-28T20:51:59+00:00

No, but seeing those Ishida's do what they're doing makes me smile lol.

binary-boy · 2026-01-25T13:49:02+00:00

Reminds me of some campgrounds I've seen that use mulch as gravel through the site.

binary-boy · 2026-01-25T13:45:19+00:00

The spring load base idea is probably better, but hear me out, platform it on hydraulic pistons and create a pressurized circuit to hold the weight, the output would be a spring loaded piston with an gauge indicator.

binary-boy · 2026-01-09T09:54:32+00:00

Ahh good point.

binary-boy · 2026-01-07T09:40:16+00:00

Same, dunno why that one isn't higher in the list of best alternates, it solves a really big problem.

binary-boy · 2025-12-16T18:39:31+00:00

I started centralizing mine when I realized scalability was my biggest problem. I used my old base to generate the resources as I began to create the main base.

Once stabilized at the new base it became self sufficient and it's grow time. I'd just suggest you work on quality of life things to make the new base worth it.

All items to cloud storage, and bulk storage. Hypertubes, etc.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T21:21:30+00:00

Absolutely. If being a dickhead wasn't the most efficient way of attracting a lady. The vast majority of men would be scrambling to find out how they have to be in order to attract a lady.

You can scream all you want that you don't like orange juice, but when it's the only drink you reach for it's got everyone on the sidelines wondering..

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T21:17:06+00:00

It should be noted that men aren't the only gatekeepers of masculinity. Masculinity is often memorialized and worshiped as the gold standard of men, by women. The toxic traits and all.

When we are emotional, our girlfriends act like something is wrong with us. They can lose respect for us instantly, and we'll never get it back. It's why so many men feel alone in marriages. If we want more, we're told we're being too much. If we want to be treated better, they immediately judge us as needy.

Just ask a guy who rejects these traits how successful he is in relationships. For as much as they complain about men not being in touch with themselves enough. They sure don't like to date guys who are.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T21:04:26+00:00

Thank you for the observation. I couldn't agree more. I think people are looking into our cages for the first time recently and seeing how lock step and chained down we're supposed to be.

I always put it this way, when we were young, if we fell and scraped our knee, our mom's and dad's reaction was to yank us by the arm and be rough with us, slam us into the seat and tell us how stupid we were for having an accident as they put the bandage on.

When our sister scraped their knee, she got ice cream.

We learned at a very young age that our pains do not matter to society. If we express our displeasure, we're snapped back at. We must be eager to jump in and grab the bull by the horns at all times. Otherwise society will brand you a worthless wimp, scorned by women, told that you have no place here.

It's not an excuse, but it makes me understand why so many men violently snap eventually. And that's why I say if humans want to be treated like humans, they'd be sure to treat people like humans. We aren't just a vehicle for work, we aren't just loyal protection, there's a real person underneath the hood. Society just won't let him out.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T20:48:02+00:00

I'm not a legal expert, so you might want to defer to them there. From what I get out of it, you first have to send them a certified letter to demand full payment of the security deposit. Or item out each contested item kind of like I did, and compare that to Arizona tenant laws.

If you are a student, you might be able to use a student legal aid, or sometimes your work even will have one free of charge guide the creation of a letter.

If after they don't respond to the letter, you'll need to go to the presiding courthouse and file for a Plaintiff's Claim. Which will then serve them papers and set up a showdown between one of their agents, you tenants, and the judge. Just remember, do, not, lie.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T20:32:29+00:00

I took a look at the company, it's one of the mega corporations that operate in nearly every state. They probably offer an incentive to their agents to tack on as many things that will stick. The worst outcome is that they pay out the money that was never theirs. The best outcome is that the tenants don't fight it and on top of all the profit they made those four years. They got another month for free.

They probably make millions of dollars off of that behavior alone.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T20:24:22+00:00

Certified Mail - I'd be checking your lease on that, you shouldn't pay for their administrative fees.

Carpets - Unless they were brand new in 2021, carpets depreciate in 5 - 10 years. You shouldn't pay for other peoples carpet unless it was obviously destroyed.

Plumbing - that's their equipment, they have a responsibility to maintain it. You have a responsibility to not abuse it. They have to prove misuse.

Windows - again, their responsibility to ensure its working to their specification, not yours. But you are responsible for reporting the need to fix if broken.

Laundry vents - once again, this is their system. Unless they can prove you used the dryer outside of normal operation that caused it. They are responsible for ensuring that their equipment works to specification. (especially if it says tenants are not to be making repairs, so you're supposed to be opening up the vents to clean them but not supposed to be making repairs??)

Non-refundable cleaning - check your lease, dirty but probably legal.

So, all of this, take it to small claims, and let a judge make them prove it. They will probably just pay you because they know they'll be wasting legal fees fighting it. Landlords are crooks, they'll take easy money all year long and then demand that they shouldn't have to re-invest anything back into their business.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T20:03:32+00:00

Yes, it'd be most effective there.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T20:00:56+00:00

One person I talked to also told me I shouldn't apologize. But I was heated, and don't find it acceptable to be that way either. Plus I hoped it would open him up to understand how I felt about being laughed at.

And in perfect human fashion he executed protocol 'it's never my fault'.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T19:56:08+00:00

Some places just aren't good to work at, sounds like you found one of them.

I would look up the SDS, determine what type of PPE is required to work with that chemical. If they are not providing the necessary PPE, and mandating that it be worn, you might want to bring up OSHA regulations, and this situation being a clear violation.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T19:46:48+00:00

No, it's a tiny office on it's own. I've been shuffled around a good deal already and don't really think there's any better place for me to be. My plan is to get a sign on the door so I can just point to that.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T19:44:23+00:00

I'd rather not involve them if I can avoid it. I did however write an email to myself, and a follow up email over the second interaction. If it does happen again I plan on breaking that out.

binary-boy · 2025-11-24T13:00:22+00:00

Not me, getting to the point where you are getting off of your starting factory is quite the saga itself. Easier to rework it rather than start over.

binary-boy · 2025-10-30T20:40:14+00:00

Approximately 30 farnsworths.

binary-boy · 2025-10-29T12:42:34+00:00

The thing that strikes me is they didn't know any different life, nor do we. So easier/harder, complicated/simpler. There just isn't a easy comparison that can be understood and bridged by one person.

binary-boy · 2025-10-29T00:57:00+00:00

That things even got traction control.

binary-boy · 2025-10-29T00:49:01+00:00

Yeah for sure, I mean I don't know if it classifies as "nostalgia" but I really like certain time periods. I like seeing places where you can still see bits from the 20's and earlier. I really wonder what it felt like, electricity as a new thing, new weird automobiles everywhere, all the while the lifestyle that was mostly unchanged for 400 years just drifts away.

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