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What exceedingly nerdy things do you do?
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Chiptune is the only way to play game soundtracks
Omg I love Chiptunes. I wish I had a keyboard that made those sounds!
As for me, all my friends called me "Sheldon" for the longest time and I had no clue what it meant until one of my friends interrupted my OpenGL time to watch a show called "Big Bang Theory"....I do have to say there are a few similarities although I'm nice and polite in real life
Here's the stuff I do:
-I program, and I love programming small joke video games about co-workers (although that once almost got me fired after making one of a co-worker who can dish it out but can't take it).
-I love CG. I don't watch TV but instead watch Digital Tutors tutorial videos. I love to learn every piece of software with lots of proficiency (Maya, Houdini, Mari, Renderman, you name it I love it!)
-I count the number of dumb things I see drivers do when I drive around town and sometimes post it on Facebook much to the dismay of my friends. Yesterday there were *gasp* TWENTY FOUR instances of people not using turn signals observed in 9 minutes of driving time
-I'm no expert in physics but I often can't help myself from pointing out when people misuse terms like mass, gravity and force.
-I paint, both digitally and with acrylics on canvas. Golden Heavy Body acrylics are my favorites. I'm not any good at it but I don't care.
-I support servers and desktops for a living (thats a small summary of duties, I actually do a ton more at most jobs).
-I wear my awesome geeky shirts everywhere I go.
-We had to write a poem in college once in any language we chose as long as it wasn't English. I wrote mine in C++.
EDIT: Oops, I almost forgot I have mario wall decals from think geek (original 8-bit) adorning my office walls. Surprisingly everyone who sees them loves them.
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Whats blazing? I guess I'm not geeky enough to get the reference
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I'm an IT guy and I LOVE Windows Vista! Its the reason I bought a Mac
Whats blazing? I guess I'm not geeky enough to get the reference
Getting high by smoking.... certain herbs.
Apologies if I have broken forum rules here.
Vista was the reason I learned linux, although, nowhere near as in-depth. My grandmother was why I learned Mac. (She's now on an iPad. First machine that doesn't terrify her.)
I am called Sheldon all the time too. Is this a thing now, or are we just popular?
Don't ever be afraid to wear geeky shirts. I wore my XKCD: Sudo shirt to a doctors office the other day. Everyone kept getting confused by my explanation. (What's so hard to understand about "super user do?")
Are any of you in Ohio? I need more nerdy friends and the only one I have here is a grouchy old bear of man.
I am called Sheldon all the time too. Is this a thing now, or are we just popular?
Don't ever be afraid to wear geeky shirts. I wore my XKCD: Sudo shirt to a doctors office the other day. Everyone kept getting confused by my explanation. (What's so hard to understand about "super user do?")
Are any of you in Ohio? I need more nerdy friends and the only one I have here is a grouchy old bear of man.
Windows = employment. Apple = enjoyment. He managed to demonstrate the usefulness of iPads at his work and now almost all of the big cheeses have them. He's one of the good guys.Thanks for the clarification
Just so you know though, its the making of the spreadsheet that is the nerdy thing.
I post on several internet forums, often more than I really should. More than once I have cut my spending to save up for a shiny gadget I didn't need but just wanted to fiddle with. I keep quiet about tech, but when asked my opinion on what someone should buy, I do hours of research at the drop of a hat and enjoy it (of course I just tell them I Googled it and *this* is the best product). I'm fairly sure my first paychecks when I graduate will be spent on a magnificent new PC, even though I don't need one. I just want to build one again.
Does that count?
Does that count?
Chiptune is the only way to play game soundtracks
A musician I work closely with wrote this for my most recent title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TAs9jPQqhM
Otherwise apart form my Shyness I don't really fit any nerd stereotypes. I am however a Hipster Audiophile.
Mostly I like to solve problems, and I don't mean Sudoku or Crosswords.
(You can turn your brain off now) At the moment I am designing an Algorithm that promises to be able to compute the convex mesh of a set of given points in arbitrary Euclidean Space, something that there isn't a publically published Algorithm to do so. So yea... beat that.
Damn you, I don't have any time after University and my Job. I made Missing Box Studio to release the Game Projects I do but at the moment the only time I get to work on projects is used up by the aforementioned algorithim and Fedora stuff. I'm like one of those guys who go on about the great game ideas they have, but never implement them. D:
I disagree, Chiptunes do have their Charm, but I can think of more than a few games where Chiptunes would've been immersion breaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3yxTbkh5s&feature=related
Mostly I like to solve problems, and I don't mean Sudoku or Crosswords.
(You can turn your brain off now) At the moment I am designing an Algorithm that promises to be able to compute the convex mesh of a set of given points in arbitrary Euclidean Space, something that there isn't a publically published Algorithm to do so. So yea... beat that.
Damn you, I don't have any time after University and my Job. I made Missing Box Studio to release the Game Projects I do but at the moment the only time I get to work on projects is used up by the aforementioned algorithim and Fedora stuff. I'm like one of those guys who go on about the great game ideas they have, but never implement them. D:
I disagree, Chiptunes do have their Charm, but I can think of more than a few games where Chiptunes would've been immersion breaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3yxTbkh5s&feature=related
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- My wife thinks that my incessant need to research pretty much any purchase to death on the internet is nerdy.
- I also enjoy analyzing hockey stats.
- I keep track of how many miles I drive with each fill up.
- I used to collect comic books.
- I'm also very slowly becoming a photography nerd.
Pffft. My wife and I regularly beat that. And we've been together for 9 years (married for 7).
I'm surprised that I'm the only one who commented on that point.
You do? Which one?
Pffft. My wife and I regularly beat that. And we've been together for 9 years (married for 7).
I'm surprised that I'm the only one who commented on that point.
I was hoping nobody would! But yeah, we've been together for 9 years too. It's not something you should rush, I believe
.I wasn't sure, so I had to ask my S/O. And the answer surprised me.
The fact that I study CS and sometimes can sit and type program-code for 24 hours straight, along with the fact that I like to apply graph-theory (or other fields within discrete maths) to solve trivial problems, somehow appears far less nerdy than tucking the shirt into my pants.
The fact that I study CS and sometimes can sit and type program-code for 24 hours straight, along with the fact that I like to apply graph-theory (or other fields within discrete maths) to solve trivial problems, somehow appears far less nerdy than tucking the shirt into my pants.
I've run the numbers on using the air conditioning system in my car to cool a tank of water that then cools the intercooler. It works out to about a 45hp net gain on paper.
I've run the numbers over and over on how various small changes in the suspension of that same car will changes it's handling characteristics.
I've built a couple engines, starting with just a bare engine block.
A couple weekends ago I was given the bore and stroke numbers of an engine and the HP rating and from that I calculated the displacement and torque rating of the engine at it's max rpm. The displacement is 26,400 cubic inches and it puts out 18,000 ft. lbs of torque at 350 rpm.
Today I hid a computer, stereo, drobo and router in a closet.
I've built my own speaker cabinets for not just the dual subwoofers, but also the mids and horns. I built the passive crossover to go with them. I will eventually replace the passives with an active one when I have all the amplifiers I need and an active EQ. This all lives in my own little theater I built.
I modified an old reel-to-reel tape player so I can control the motor speed and play tapes that were recorder at absurdly slow speeds.
I've run the numbers over and over on how various small changes in the suspension of that same car will changes it's handling characteristics.
I've built a couple engines, starting with just a bare engine block.
A couple weekends ago I was given the bore and stroke numbers of an engine and the HP rating and from that I calculated the displacement and torque rating of the engine at it's max rpm. The displacement is 26,400 cubic inches and it puts out 18,000 ft. lbs of torque at 350 rpm.
Today I hid a computer, stereo, drobo and router in a closet.
I've built my own speaker cabinets for not just the dual subwoofers, but also the mids and horns. I built the passive crossover to go with them. I will eventually replace the passives with an active one when I have all the amplifiers I need and an active EQ. This all lives in my own little theater I built.
I modified an old reel-to-reel tape player so I can control the motor speed and play tapes that were recorder at absurdly slow speeds.
-I once made a spreadsheet of the cost-effectiveness of different pizza sizes relative to surface area (considering crust and not considering crust), complete with graphics. The 16" was the best option.
-I have some songs from the Weather Channel on my computer. I actually managed to find them on their original website, DeWolfe Music (I had the title of one of them, and I found the other by ear).
-I tend to overprotect any account/computer/network with super long passwords.
-I have read part of the datasheet of a Core i7 processor. Not all of it though, 300 pages of registers gets a bit boring.
EDIT: 12-hour computer sessions?
-I have some songs from the Weather Channel on my computer. I actually managed to find them on their original website, DeWolfe Music (I had the title of one of them, and I found the other by ear).
-I tend to overprotect any account/computer/network with super long passwords.
-I have read part of the datasheet of a Core i7 processor. Not all of it though, 300 pages of registers gets a bit boring.
EDIT: 12-hour computer sessions?
I installed an alternative operating system (Tomato) onto my router (Linksys WRT54G v2.0) and then wrote some shell scripts for it to add my own feature to it (ad-blocking, with an auto-updating server list).
For my own personal use, I reverse-engineered the StumbleUpon Firefox extension and ported some of its features to a combination of JavaScript, HTML, and PHP, so that I could use StumbleUpon in whichever browser I wanted (Safari). That was several years ago. I haven't used StumbleUpon in a long time.
For my own personal use, I reverse-engineered the StumbleUpon Firefox extension and ported some of its features to a combination of JavaScript, HTML, and PHP, so that I could use StumbleUpon in whichever browser I wanted (Safari). That was several years ago. I haven't used StumbleUpon in a long time.
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If I get started on spreadsheets & charts/graphs you will think me an undercover Q.
I have one, similar to the above, but dealing with ale/lager. Gross cost, net cost, cost per 100ml (for "sorting" purposes
), alcohol content vs volume (compared to 341ml/5% beer), with extension for number consumed, etc.I think you get the general idea.