I go down rabbit holes on Wiki following internal combustion tech for some reason.
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An example are the 2 story tall oil tanker diesel engines that burn crude at like 60RPM, or rotary/Wankel engines and such. Sometimes I think I should have gone into some field where I was building physical things. I mean, I picked up software when I was little because I didn't have an income to keep supporting building frankenbikes and circuits, nor would they let me weld, but I had a computer. I build stuff. It's what I do. I'm a coder of circumstance. Why do you code?
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To solve puzzles / problems, hoping to be a hero. I got to see big iron in a glass palace as an early teen, see a card sorter run, hear a multi-page burster run. I heard my dad solve OC7(s) and watch him design systems. I wanted a piece of that. I fell into an admin role, so most coding is in support of or extending functionality. Rabbit holes - Making and watching makers (mostly wood workers) Reddit & Pinterest eg. YouTube maker Blondihacks machining & building a steam engine (Pennsylvania A3 Switcher) YouTube category "idiots at work" Working on getting a 3d printer going and adding a laser to it, so will merge making and computing soon.
bryanren wrote:
Rabbit holes - Making and watching makers
One I find fascinating is Allen Millyard. He builds his own 'bikes and engines out of other 'bikes and engines - mostly Kawasaki but others, too - in his home garage using hand tools and a couple of machines. So he has built a V12 out of a pair of Z1300 straight sixes, lots of straight sixes out of fours, a V-twin out of part of an aero engine, a V10 bike with a Dodge Viper motor ... you get the idea.