Is there anything you're into that no one or basically nobody is into?
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Ah, not to worry, even professionally it's very common to buy your wafers. I am on mobile data right now so I'll check out those videos later!
Basically, every single machine that needs a vacuum chamber - so almost all non-wet processes, like physical/chemical vapor deposition, reactive ion etching, scanning electron microscopy (although a good optical microscope will do if you're not at the nano scale... Which is almost certainly the case if you're doing things at home).
Honestly maybe I'm just too used to the lab setting and am underestimating how much you can actually do without vacuum processing. I'll take a look later: this all looked so out of the reach of an ordinary person that I never even considered following content creators who do this. Thank you!
I should mention I met someone IRL who makes their own vacuum tubes. You can own your own pump, although I don't know how it would stack up against what you're used to.
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In real life, I know all couple people who are also interested in watches, but mostly nobody wears a watch at all anymore, let alone is interested in them as a hobby.
Also, fountain pens. I love pens. I love finding them at antique stores and restoring them. There's a little bit of a community here, not like there was on reddit though.
Calculators. I think I'm alone there. Vintage TI, HP, and modern Casio.
Staplers. Especially Ace.
As for games, probably Battlezone II. Such fun multi-player, now I have nobody to play with. So many good mods, and I can't get any of them to work in Mint. One reason I still have an XP machine.
When you do meet a fellow watch enthusiast though it can spark up a lasting friendship. Generally not Rolex owners though, in my experience the majority of them aren't into timepieces so much as image.
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When you do meet a fellow watch enthusiast though it can spark up a lasting friendship. Generally not Rolex owners though, in my experience the majority of them aren't into timepieces so much as image.
This is true. You know, for a long time I thought i really wanted an Explorer 36mm. Tried one on, and it did absolutely nothing for me. So I tried the 39mm. Same thing, I was completely uninspired. Plus, the salesman was the worst I've ever dealt with. Completely uninterested in chatting, or talking up the merchandise. Probably because they don't have to. People buy them just because it's Rolex. That very same day, I bought a Breitling instead. They were so friendly, they brought us champagne and fresh fruit. We chatted around an hour. And, they threw in some extra hats and an extra strap.
I'll never buy a Rolex.
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I work in a technology field and I'm interested in "not AI" stuff. It's a wild ride.
I'm right there with you. Unfortunately I'm looking for work so I might HAVE to do A.I. something.
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I have a lot of obscure interests, but not as obscure as yours.
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Finding former Pizza Huts in North America. It's just such an iconic building design. There's a documentary out now on them, but I've been fascinated for almost a decade now.
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Meshtastic
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John le Carré novels. He was huge decades ago, but basically nobody knows the name now besides Boomers and genre fans.
Pizza Hut in my hometown is still going. Do you go to operating Pizza Hut restaurants too?
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My experience with DIY home networking and self-hosting has been "This is going to eat up your weekend if you want it to work as intended".
Ah, well the good thing is its pretty easy to set up. Most nodes are already flashed with recent enough firmware, so you just attach antennas, connect to your phone, do some quick setup for your region and go for a walk.
Then you realize you want a node that stays at home.
Then you want one on your car.
And reachable from work.
Then you see that hill in the distance and think "that'd be a good spot".
Then you see the mountain on the horizon and wonder if you could hit a node up there.
Then all of a sudden you realize you've single handedly set up the infrastructure for your part of the state and are out more cash money than you told your partner and need a side hustle to afford to finish the second mesh you're building out.
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We started a meetup group in my local area. Someone put a node on the mountain now the entire city gets longfast. Its so cool.
[email protected] in case anyone else is interested!
I was going to ask if you were in my area, because we recently got some nodes on mountains, but I figure at this point if there's a mountain, it's got a node on it at this point.
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Hi
I'm 1hitsong. Now you know me.
What are your favorite horror movies?
Some of my favs are Nightmare on Elm Street, Trick r Treat, Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead.
Hello, My favorites are Session 9, The Mothman Prophecies, Paranormal Activity, and White Noise. I'm more into psychological and supernatural horror. Session 9 is a masterpiece if you haven't seen it. I would highly recommended it.
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What’s your favorite refrigerant
wrote last edited by [email protected]I touch r134a the most in my day to day life, cuz i fix a lot of people's car AC... But I have a soft spot for propane (R290) or propane/butane blends. Yes it's flammable to a degree but it's naturally provided, cheap as hell, zero ozone depletion and very low GWP. It has usable pressure/temperature curves that are easy for compressors to handle and can produce temperatures as low as -30C.
I've refilled old farm trucks with propane from a BBQ can and gotten good AC out of them. It's kind of cool.
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I bet you also enjoy Technology Connections.
Gee, what gave it away?
I popped an edible and watched his entire catalytic converter video last night. Shit's great.
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Gee, what gave it away?
I popped an edible and watched his entire catalytic converter video last night. Shit's great.
The video or the edible?
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The video or the edible?
Both in their respective departments
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I don't know anyone else who likes horror films.
I have a more particular niche, where I like comedy-horror and grossout-horror; flicks that can effectively embrace the tropes of B movie horror.
Drag me to Hell is one that I enjoyed. The protagonist is pretty resilient in spite of the over-the-top effects of the curse.
Ironically; I really DON’T like depictions of misery. Somehow my favorite form of action follows the vein of Wile E Coyote getting squished by an anvil; everyone laughs and the appeal is more in the shock unexpectedness than the raw emotional pain that horror often reveals in.
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There's an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It's in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it's one of my goto games.
Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you're into there's at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It's actually novel to fly under the radar for once.
What do you do that doesn't have a community associated with it?
In some games, I tried to play the role of a black smith and was heavily into crafting items.
I tried to go all renewables in a nation game.
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There's an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It's in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it's one of my goto games.
Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you're into there's at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It's actually novel to fly under the radar for once.
What do you do that doesn't have a community associated with it?
I still love Garry’s Mod animations. Basically using stop-motion-style tools to make low-effort animations with familiar characters on Source engine maps.
They don’t fit the YouTube algorithm now though; creators can’t just put up a new animation every few weeks. It was at its best when the whole community was just posting stuff in leapfrog formation, rather than competing for their audience every day.
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I really love Japanese jazz fusion. None of my friends understand my excitement about the EWI solos, they just say it sounds like Mario Kart music lol. I'm also into Buddhism, but dont have anyone else with this interest.
Any specific recommendations? I've been into prog/jazz/funk for the last few years (thanks to Louis Cole's various projects for opening that door) and I know Japan has a strong scene.
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When you do meet a fellow watch enthusiast though it can spark up a lasting friendship. Generally not Rolex owners though, in my experience the majority of them aren't into timepieces so much as image.
You want to be watch friends? You like Seiko mods?
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This is true. You know, for a long time I thought i really wanted an Explorer 36mm. Tried one on, and it did absolutely nothing for me. So I tried the 39mm. Same thing, I was completely uninspired. Plus, the salesman was the worst I've ever dealt with. Completely uninterested in chatting, or talking up the merchandise. Probably because they don't have to. People buy them just because it's Rolex. That very same day, I bought a Breitling instead. They were so friendly, they brought us champagne and fresh fruit. We chatted around an hour. And, they threw in some extra hats and an extra strap.
I'll never buy a Rolex.
Sorry to hear that, but it's to be expected these days. I don't know how it's been in the past year or so, but starting around 2014-2015 Rolex demand shot through the roof, as did the attitude of their sales staff.
I just wish I didn't want a Milgauss 116400 so bad
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Sorry to hear that, but it's to be expected these days. I don't know how it's been in the past year or so, but starting around 2014-2015 Rolex demand shot through the roof, as did the attitude of their sales staff.
I just wish I didn't want a Milgauss 116400 so bad
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah, I remember when I got my Tudor asking about the Explorer (years prior to this experience), and they told me there was a 5 year wait list. They didn't even have one for display. I looked forward to trying one on for years. It was such a let down. The Milgauss is really cool. Why that reference number specifically? Not a fan of the green sapphire?
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You want to be watch friends? You like Seiko mods?
You want to be watch friends?
Heck yeah I do! I haven't been involved much in mods but I'm interested. This is what I'm rocking now:
