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  • Me in the shower in my late 20's watching all the remaining open doors to possibly achieve my dreams close right in front of my eyes (because my dreams need money/food to happen) 😭

    • Go to college. Take 1 class. Find a community. Find a different one. Or another different one. Find people you like who like you.

      • Go to college. Take 1 class.

        I'm finishing my third degree this semester lol.

        Find a community. Find a different one. Or another different one. Find people you like who like you.

        Okay but first I need to get money to eat, sleep, exist, etc. without being harassed by the cops, because all resources are paywalled.

    • What are your dreams?

        • Record/produce/write music, particularly extreme metal. Already achieved some of it on last year. extremely small scale before I went to school for electrical engineering. But I really want to "go pro" and work with other people, build my own studio from the ground up, and bring some technical rigor to music production. For this, I really need independence more than money, because I don't think I could find a job in engineering if an employer knew I had such a background, but money ---> independence.
        • Design and build professional audio software and hardware with open source code and open hardware. To that end, I got a degree in electrical engineering and I am taking a digital signal processing class this semester, although I already taught myself all the mathematics and built an audio equalizer last semester based on that knowledge. I've already started learning the JUCE library, but I haven't had the time lately to do stuff.

        For the above two, more than straight-up money, I really need space to set up a studio, and free time to do it. I even have enough gear to get back into it once I get space. But to get space, I need money. I also need money to fabricate PCBs for the types of boards I want to build (lots of mixed-signal stuff that a breadboard could mess with).

        • Smash capitalism and the State. But IMO I don't make for an effective mouthpiece. I feel I will be more useful paying bail bonds, giving comrades a place to crash/lay low, and providing monetary support for Food Not Bombs, Four Thieves Vinegar Collective, Anarchist Black Cross, etc., once I get a job.
        • Smash fossil fuels and contribute to renewable energy, preferably with an emphasis on distributed power generation. I can't say too much without doxxing myself, but I'm doing some academic research into how renewables interact with the grid.
        • Learn as much math, physics, philosophy, and history as possible so I can "try stuff" easily. I'm currently a lot farther ahead on the first two.
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