Oh that’s just the normal effect of the alien mind control rays.

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I think that basically is yeah. Then, when they saw that it had gathered a following, admins on a #chan who were pro-Trump and think that they’re super smart because they use Haskell took over to pump up fringe support.

Do you think programming an ESP32 is a good project for learning rust?

I’ve only barely scratched the surface there myself but, I absolutely do think so. For several reasons. First, ESP32 is one of the few series of MCUs that support the Rust stdlib. And learning what that entails for Rust is extremely helpful in conceptualizing build targets. Second, MCUs are a very constrained target for software/firmware. Getting comfortable there will likely improve your code efficiency in other code platforms as you are more likely to think about resource usage earlier. And third, there’s some pretty excellent docs and tutorials.

Any suggested place to start? (Tutorials, YouTube Vida etc)

For tutorials, my recommended starting point is with the official docs/books themselves:

• https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
• https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/

Because they’re tastey, healthy, and all the same species: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruciferous_vegetables

In that position, I’d also run billboards that are purely intended to add some healthy confusion to the world. Like something like the Wall Drug signs that have a message across 3-4 signs sequentially but, replace one with a billboard advertising the virtues of cruciferous vegetables, leaving the “intended” meaning of the sequential signs completely inscrutable.

I kinda envy folks who think that they have enough geopolitical importance for the CIA/NSA/ThreeLetterAgencies to be keeping tabs on them. I mean, it generally comes with a lot of baggage and delusions but, constantly that level of self-esteem and assuredness must be nice (not that I’m super low in my adult life).

Now, influence campaigns? That’s a different animal altogether. There’ve been too many on the modern Internet for too long.

I think a lot of those seriously floating him were neolibs thinking that he’d make their stock prices go up.

I like it. I’ll see if I can come up with something interesting to make them out of. Maybe laser cut and etch some wood veneer? Laser-etched anodized aluminum sheet? Hrm… I’ll think on it. Might be a project to take on in the new year ;)

You’ve received a lot of great advice that I’ve seen. Definitely getting labs would be a good first step. I’d suggest working with your therapist on this, honestly. Supposing that you’re not dealing with a deficiency or medication issue, it might be important to figure out how long you’ve been feeling this way, what way it is exactly that you’re feeling, and figuring out what to do about it.