turboshadowcool

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ESD CONTAINMENT HAS BEEN BREACHED⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Breakout boards are common tools. They are PCBs that let you connect for example a programmable microchip on a socket to then expose its contacts to larger testpads or a USB connection. This board however has literally broken out of its ESD bag, a common plastic bag used to package electronics while protecting them from static electricity. One might say it has breached ESD confinement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I could follow everything you said up until the conclusion. If consciousness is not computational, then what is going on in our brains instead? I know of course that even neuroscientists don’t know exactly, but just in broad principle. I always thought our brains are still doing computation, just with a different method to computers. I don’t mean to be contrarian, I’m just genuenly curious what other kind of process could support consciousness?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing has helped me learn to trust my instincts more than trying to plug in hundreds of USB devices over the years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So… we do all know that USB ports tend to have a default orientation, right? Like we’re all aware that plugging in a USB cable correctly is aided by the fact that electronics companies generally use the same orientation on most orientable devices and the whole “USB rotation disorientation” bit is just a big inside joke, correct? Are there actually people out there not paying attention to the orientation of their cables before they plug them in so it’s just an eternal try and error for them? Maybe other countries have different standards or something because this age old bit is not making sense to me.