If you know not only what a torque wrench is, but how to use it properly you will likely have no trouble changing brake pads.
The feeling I get is that auto work goes much much deeper though, and I am interested in resources that offer that knowledge.
Full engine rebuilds, or even troubleshooting intermittent CANbus issues, sure. But basic maintenance like brake pads or changing out a failed alternator just require basic hand tools and some minor knowledge you can get from youtube.
Replacing brake pads (not shoes for drum brakes) is a fairly straight forward activity and possibly one of the best (besides perhaps changing engine oil) to perform yourself. Youtube is a great place to start. You can likely even find a full video of pad replacement for your exact model of car.
What is your current knowledge with using basic hand tools such as screwdrivers, hammers, and wrenches (for hex head fasteners)? Do you know how to replace a flat tire? There’s lots of overlap with that procedure and changing brake pads.
You first have to prove me wrong on Huawei and ZTE claims before you get me to consider any bias.
Are you serious? A company’s primary goal is to sell its product or service. If a company can cite any reasons for customers to NOT choose the competitor’s products (legitimate or not reasons) they have an interest in doing so. I don’t know what more obvious conflict of interest could possibly exist.
No argument with that statement, but Nokia’s calls for action here are not impartial.
Nokia isn’t wrong, but they’re also not unbiased as Nokia is a primary supplier of 5G gear.
There’s a pronunciation guide in the original documentation, and that didn’t end the debate.
Humans are even more horrible that this first glance suggests. Imagine, one day, the debate truly ends and a single pronunciation for GIF is universally established and recognized by everyone. A group of humans will start to intentionally mispronounce it (or misspell it) just for the aggravation it will generate in others or for their own amusement.
This is where the meme-like behavior of deliberately misspelling the popular phrase (at the time) “all correct” as “oll korrect”. This was later abbreviated as “o.k.” and then eventually “ok”. A phrase we likely use dozens or hundreds of times a day is meme-speak from 1839. source
How much of the hardware and software you use must be registered, requires internet access to work, a proprietary app? You don’t actually own anything that fits in those categories and they can be taken away from you at the manufacturer’s whim.
While there are certainly commercial versions of those that fall into those categories, there are many that don’t.
As I said, "good foundation for future growth, but even then you can buy boards and even a couple of laptops right now with RISC-V CPUs:
Yes, you can definitely do all those things, but they’re far outside of the realm of a normal consumer, and unless you know, to look for those things. It’s a lot harder to find.
I’m confused by your premise then. If you’re saying “Today’s consumer electronics can’t be tinkered because they require specialized knowledge.” I’d argue that was always the case. How much tinkering could be done to an Atari 2600 from 1977?
How much tinkering would be done to a VHS VCR from 1989 without specialized knowledge?
These are prime examples of prior generations of consumer electronics.
Thought of this the other day. I bet a lot of us are like this, because in today’s world a lot of things we used to tinker with are gone (electronics are made to be single use and unfixable, cars are proprietary and can rarely be modified or worked on without many many thousands of dollars now, etc).
I feel the exact opposite. Today I can tinker in ways I never ever could before for two reasons:
When I started out the cheapest computer was today’s equivalent of about $2000. To be able to buy a whole computer in a Raspberry Pi zero for $10 is insanely awesome! Electronic components from Radio Shack were few and very expensive. Test equipment like oscilloscopes were simply out-of-reach financially. Now I have a handheld one I bought for $200.
This is an amazing time to be alive with tinkering!
Open source hardware is the bigger issue
We have more open source hardware today than has ever existed. Prior to RISC-V boards you can buy right now every single CPU available was closed source. Further, RISC-V is cheap which means it is a good foundation for future growth and scaling.
Cool, then release them all, asshole.
Rachel probably stopped paying attention to the importance of “for animal consumption only” when she started self medicating with horse paste to cure her COVID infections.
…or they tell other non-parent adults what they can do or say around their children.
I absolutely agree that certain language and behavior shouldn’t be around young children, but then that means there must be child-free places allowed for adults to do these things with other adults.
I’m not saying your proposal wouldn’t be beneficial, but it costs money (which is hard to come by in education anyway) and doesn’t increase learning outcomes. What educational item gets cut to pay for the whole staff of people that “identifying kids with ADHD”?
This is the harsh reality that there are lots of good ideas, but only so much resources to implement any.
It’s been many years since I’ve been in a classroom, but I feel like we could and should have a highly advanced system for individualizing education in a way that works with most learning styles.
I agree with your intent, but my point is underscored by the second to last sentence in your quoted text:
" I can code those algorithms in a program, and put that program on a floppy disk, and then we can mass produce that disk. We can make millions of copies of that disk and spread it all over the world so that millions of people can play my game. "
That person isn’t going to do that for free. They’ll likely expect payment (a reasonable ask) for the initial production, but also the ongoing support/update of the curriculum. All of those costs would be in addition to the resources spent on the lecture for the other student.
So your path would make the student feel better, but just that part wouldn’t help the student learn any better/more. You and I are solving for two different problems.
It honestly shocks me given the number of people who have these exact same experiences that we cant do a better job of recognizing and supporting people.
I think its only a recent idea that people learn in different ways. Making a single curriculum is hard enough, making bespoke ones for each person tailored to their strengths and weaknesses requires far more resources than most educational systems have.
Isn’t the real joke that that interns aren’t really getting hired anymore?
“That’s socialism!!” /s