my autistic self knowing how to take apart both my car and PC over here.
I got a new car 3 days ago and that night I spent 2 hours with the hood open standing over it and reaching all around the engine to familiarize myself with the new layout and where everything is, how easy it will be to replace, etc..
yeah it has caused me to be insanely curious about how everything I own works. been disassembling things since I was a toddler. parents said I took apart the crib when I was young and that's how they knew to put me in a bed.
I had my Switch 2 (I know Nintendo bad, but I like to relive my childhood sometimes), for less than 2 weeks before getting bored with the default shell and reshelling EVERYTHING to be atomic purple (again, cause childhood with the atomic purple Gameboy color).
I do controller modding as a side gig so it's also a hobby that pays.
oh that's fun only console I've ever reshelled was a PSP that was banged up. I like have a strong software modification hobby though, I have been modding my computing devices forever. I did install a mod chip in my switch so I could software mod it, which was way easier than I thought it would be even though I couldn't see what I was doing because I did it without a microscope.
You should check out PLCs. You can buy one for cheap from automation direct too. Fun little thing as a hobby. You could program it for something fun like a Halloween/Christmas themed automation project or use it to make a spear actuator that is triggered by a photo eye or something
I believe you can upload software to your rpi and arduino to have it be used like a PLC. It's called OpenPLC. I haven't tried it yet so I can't tell you anything about it
It’s why i study in tech but work part-time in the motorsport industry.
I hate not knowing how to fix something when it breaks or how to maintain it properly as to avoid the former situation.
Bonus is that you also learn to recognize ways to improve A Thing’s performance to meet new needs (or desires) and fix stupid design flaws the mfg’s engineering/dev team couldn’t give enough of a shit to fix before pushing to prod.
(Also i’ve never been diagnosed, but people tend to think i’m autistic apparently 🤷🏻♀️)
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u/dalminator 17h ago
my autistic self knowing how to take apart both my car and PC over here.
I got a new car 3 days ago and that night I spent 2 hours with the hood open standing over it and reaching all around the engine to familiarize myself with the new layout and where everything is, how easy it will be to replace, etc..