Submitted by Fossidarity in AskRaddle
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GaldraChevaliere wrote
I'd like to learn to build a home and to work with wood and metal.
celebratedrecluse wrote
What areas of rhetoric do you have particular interest/concern with?
What type of electronic devices? Desktop computers are pretty straightforward. Laptops, netbooks, and smartphones are much more difficult, with smartphones being basically impossible to fix yourself (at least, anything glued onto the motherboard- -screens are pretty easy)
rot wrote
also gun stuff
urg3t0ki11r151ng wrote
Nothing I know everything already. :)
Sunset_Peach wrote
Every single language ever.
also how to grow food lol
mofongo wrote
create/repair my own electronics devices.
I would like that too. Specially single purpose devices.
Dirtbagleftist wrote
I would learn how to convey my ideas in a coherent manner to other people.
As someone with social anxiety and a bit of a stutter, so much this.
Dirtbagleftist wrote
I'd love to learn how to play the drums and be able to play like this guy
fairilu wrote
Zen is easy, just sit.
mofongo wrote
I can help with español, PM me whenever.
yaaqov wrote
Permaculture; metal casting; java; bicycle repair; group theory/other abstract algebras; geology; internet security; self-defense; Mandarin Chinese; fashion design; Spanish; python; pottery; chaos theory; guitar (well, really just any lute-family instrument) making; biochemistry
yaaqov wrote
So it's more like.. set theory? They're mathematical objects composed of members, that are ordered with respect to each other in different ways. Specifically, they are ordered by binary operations, as far as I understand it. So like, "is greater than" is a binary operation, because it takes two arguments. Multiplication is another binary operation.
You can talk about binary operations by what sorts of properties they have, like associativity, commutativity, stuff like that. And different types of algebras—like groups, sets, rings, lattices—have different types of binary operations defined over their members.
That's my super rough explanation at least. I'm just learning about it myself!
Fossidarity OP wrote
I guess the areas of rhetoric I have the most problems with are creating a coherent "story" based on my worldview as a response instead of seemingly random ramblings.
The types of electronic devices I want to repair are big household appliances or audio/stage equipment. Basically everything with a THT layout as opposed to SMD layouts.
Fossidarity OP wrote
Do you have a specific form of self-defense you want to learn?
Fossidarity OP wrote
I tried learning Chinese once... I gave up :)
Fossidarity OP wrote
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is a pretty good hands-on book for getting into Python focused on practical things. The online version is also free!
Fossidarity OP wrote (edited )
What kind of things would you like to achieve by learning a programming language?
fairilu wrote
I honestly have no idea. I think that's one of the reasons I always stall out when I try to learn one, I don't have any real motivators to use it, so there isn't really anything to keep me going or work towards.
hipnotizarles wrote
Well, the first thing that comes to mind is Kurdish, which I'm slowly working my way through. Other than that, I want to learn how to actually cultivate plants- I've never been much of a gardener.
Fossidarity OP wrote
Which of these things sound the most interesting to you? https://github.com/vicky002/1000_Projects
yaaqov wrote
By “echolocation”, do you mean that you’d personally like to learn to be able to echolocate??
yaaqov wrote
I too am interested in learning Chinese!
Solidaritaet wrote
I would like to learn how to speak fluent German ;P If anyone here speaks German and would like to improve/learn English or Turkish, let’s have a chat :D
Solidaritaet wrote
What is your German level?
mouse wrote
Sewing aint too hard, man! I taught myself to hand sew last week in order to sew on a few patches and its pretty straight forward. The machine is a little more difficult but not with some practice.
mouse wrote
This is how right libertarians act lol
mofongo wrote
I can help you with Spanish, just let me know.
mofongo wrote
I'm sounding like a broken record, lol. If you want to learn/practice Spanish, I'm here.
Conrad_ari wrote
Best way to approach this is to find a lefty friend with guns, ask nicely for them to take you to the range, and buy ammo for them and yourself. They will be open and train you to operate on a cleared firearm before you go to the range. I don't mind taking people to the range myself, but it's nice when my friends also pitch in for ammo costs.
rot wrote
This is why I want to solder. Fix my electronics and diy some stuff
rot wrote
html/css is easy to learn online.
rot wrote
And another language now that other people have said it. lol
urg3t0ki11r151ng wrote
NO! I read Karl Marx so I know all I need to know!!!!
emma wrote
Nope. Just want to be able to put up a fight if I'm attacked on the streets or such.
yaaqov wrote
What about linguistics interests you?
MJSHQ3BUGIYA wrote
ditto what mouse has said regarding sewing. My partner spent some time studying fashion and is handy with a sewing machine, so we ended up getting one at goodwill for $50. It runs great, and after she gave me a quick rundown, I was patching my clothes and even made a new shift boot (the fabric cover for the shifter) for my shitty car in a single night after one failed prototype.
MJSHQ3BUGIYA wrote
Carpentry/woodworking, electrical engineering/troubleshooting, and how to work on my car. If I had to be dramatic about it I'm classically sick of being a white collar cog.
celebratedrecluse wrote
Yeah, I get that. Maybe you can try to use analogies to your own lived experience, or experiences that other people have shared/entrusted to you?
What's THT vs. SMD? I googled, but did not find anything fully explanatory
yaaqov wrote
Oh, I love syntax! Any languages or phenomena that particularly interest you?
Fossidarity OP wrote
THT/SMD refers to the PCB layout method, THT is through-hole where all components have leads and are soldered through the board, this uses bigger parts. SMD uses very small parts and is very hard to solder by hand and the parts are placed on top of the board, not through it.
yaaqov wrote
Ah, do you mean in like, a natural language processing/ machine learning context?
dieselriot wrote
Soldering is very easy, just takes a little bit of practice. Let the iron heat up, put a bit of solder on the tip, touch it to the parts you want to solder (usually the component lead and the pcb's metal plating around the hole), and apply the solder inbetween the three, it'll stick when the parts are hot enough. If it doesn't stick, either you're not applying enough pressure on the iron or the contact point is too small.
The harder part is identifying why you're soldering the parts in that point of the circuit and how the components interact with each other (aka electronics)
celebratedrecluse wrote
Ah, I see. So TVs are laid out THT, but smartphones are SMD?
Fossidarity OP wrote
Well modern TVs are probably also SMD since it's basically a computer.
celebratedrecluse wrote
so older things are done by THT?
mofongo wrote (edited )
I don't listen to podcasts, sorry. The only I know is the hispagatos, which mostly talks about technology. And the main person it's a known misogynist.
Here's their page: https://hispagatos.org/
Their podcast is called hackeñol.
Fossidarity OP wrote
Well modern things are also done by THT, SMD has limitations on current that's able to pass through it I think. And SMD is harder to replace so electronics which need to be maintained are also THT in general.
celebratedrecluse wrote
If only smartphones were THT...they'd probably be huge, like 80s phones, though, right? lol
Fossidarity OP wrote
Haha yeah definitely :)
celebratedrecluse wrote (edited )
solder a gun to a plow and a bone needle, so you can mow, sow & sew
#praxis
Fossidarity OP wrote
I would learn how to convey my ideas in a coherent manner to other people. I also would like to learn how to create/repair my own electronics devices.