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  1. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

    jbinto
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    I have also recently dove into "fundamental electronics", I've worked in software for almost 2 decades now but electronics wise I barely knew anything past those alligator clip/incandescent...

    I have also recently dove into "fundamental electronics", I've worked in software for almost 2 decades now but electronics wise I barely knew anything past those alligator clip/incandescent bulb/9V battery circuits we built in grade 7.

    What got me really going is Ben Eater's Youtube videos. He has a series on basic digital electronics I was able to really pick up and understand - it helped to prototype the circuits on a breadboard as I went. I enjoyed it so much I picked up his "build a 6502 computer on a breadboard" kit and have been slowly plodding away at that in my free time for the past ~year. The videos for the 6502 project are probably the most information dense on Youtube (each 30 minute video takes me a couple weeks to get through) but it is some of the most clear and rewarding technical instruction I've ever consumed.

    edit: The playlist above is good but they weren't the videos I was thinking of, it was these buried in his 8-bit computer playlist: SR latch, D latch, D flip-flop - grokking these really levelled me up.

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  2. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

    jbinto
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    cool! I've always wanted to learn some reverse engineering, but it really does feel like a scratch-your-own-itch kind of thing - if you don't have a burning need to crack that 24 year old...

    cool! I've always wanted to learn some reverse engineering, but it really does feel like a scratch-your-own-itch kind of thing - if you don't have a burning need to crack that 24 year old abandonware it can be hard to know where to begin. Any recommendations on how to get started?

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  3. Comment on Should I switch to Apple Music or stick with Spotify? in ~music

    jbinto
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    I loved Discover Weekly and looked forward to it every Monday for 5+ years. Then I made the mistake of listening to some "lofi/ambient" music (nowhere near my normal genre) for a few nights one...

    I loved Discover Weekly and looked forward to it every Monday for 5+ years. Then I made the mistake of listening to some "lofi/ambient" music (nowhere near my normal genre) for a few nights one week, and it poisoned my recommendations forever.

    I'd say stick with Spotify. To alleviate your problem, you might try creating a new account and "reset" its algorithm.

    This is easier said than done. Spotify will absolutely not allow 2 accounts to share a CC# past or present. I tried every credit card, debit card, and those of some of my family members - if the card had ever been observed by Spotify before it was rejected - presumably an anti fraud measure. So now I still pay for Spotify, with the poisoned recommendations, and I'm not happy about it.

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