From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 12/17/2025 10:53 AM, Daniel wrote:   
   >> As far as "electronics" (in general), I suspect you will find a hard   
   >> time getting to a happy medium -- where you aren't surrounded by   
   >> utter newbies (and folks who are impatient with them) or "experts"   
   >> who often don't have the patience to address "basic" questions but   
   >> would, rather, point you off in some other direction for that   
   >> "foundation".   
   >>   
   >> I suspect a good compromise might be to actually *try* building things   
   >> and pose questions about your efforts:  why doesn't this work as I   
   >> THINK it should?  *How* does it work?  What else might I try from   
   >> here?   
   >   
   > I've been in the game long enough to know. At this point I intend to   
   > lurk more than anything and read archives.   
   >   
   > I'm in the middle of project building as we speak and having heaps of   
   > fun. I have yet to try a llm for anything other than memo proof reading   
   > for work or the occasional recipe.   
      
   Find a place where you can post "non text" things about which you might   
   want to ask questions.  Specific questions tend to get more USEFUL answers   
   than general ones as "it depends" is a staple!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)