• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah that's what happened with me and computers. Grew up obsessed with the things, then started a career in IT.

    Now I love coins and mythology much more than anything computer related. Thinking of making it my next career… maybe not.

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      Now I love coins and mythology much more than anything computer related. Thinking of making it my next career… maybe not.

      Haha was about to say, you gonna end up not loving it as well. But if it pays there's no problem switching fields from time to time. Better to keep things fresh and interesting :)

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      I was torn between being a SysAdmin and a Dev. Went to school for SA and now I'm a Linux admin. No regrets and it was fun when I first started… Now not so much.

      I actually have fun pretending to be a Dev in my free time. Built a couple open source things and I enjoy it. I'll NEVER be a dev for my job.

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        Funny enough, I did the opposite I'm a Dev but tinker with being SysAdmin in my free time.

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            I'd assume it's just self hosting stuff you didn't build. That's all I do at work, make sure the app our dev team created stays up and has resources to grow.

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          Some days I wonder if I should get out of tech altogether. I miss setting things up, getting deep into things I find fun. I feel work takes the fun out of it, honestly.

          I'd love to volunteer somewhere that'll make the world better. Homeless shelter, food bank, etc. The problem is, how do I do this AND pay my bills AND have free time to relax?

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            Just become independently wealthy, a couple of hundred million should do the trick. Then you can hire people to care about the fortune, and spend time on your passions.

            /S

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      See… maybe it was because I wasn't actually all that interested in driving when I made it a career, but I actually still love driving, even though I did it every day for years. It could be because of my accelerometer.

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          It's pretty basic. I took a piece of cork and a string to attach it to the base of a mason jar, so the cork is suspended about halfway up, then I filled it with water. I just put that mounted to the center of my dash, and it indicates how much lateral force I'm using during turns. As long as I keep it as close to the center as possible, I'm using the smoothest line.

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            Fantastic!

            I personally own an old pre-smartphone accelerometer with a built-in acceleration calculator (and what is now considered retro LED display) that pretty much works on the same principle, a free-moving arm is attached to a potentiometer to measure the angle accurately (though that only works in one direction).

            The accelerometers we use for crash testing use two little crystals rubbing together, they can pick up changes as little as 0.1G but also remain accurate up to 2000G.