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Steven Gann

Since 2014 I've been working on digital and mixed-signal electronics for aerospace, embedded systems, and data centers. I code mostly in C, C#, and Rust.

Santa Clara, California

Website

Joined April 2014

34 Followers

39 Following

AI Insights & Achievements

30/ 100

Veteran

Coding for 12 years.

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Languages

Assembly (PIC16, 68k, x86, ARM), C (89, 99, XC8), C++ (g++, VC++, CUDA, avrgcc), C#, Python, Rust, GLSL

Hardware

PIC16, PIC24, AVR, ARM, x86, 68k, MSP-430, Z80, CUDA, RP2040, ESP-8266

Hobbies

Vintage Computing, Lo-fi Audio Synth, Emergent Behavior, Worldbuilding, Hardware Customization, CGI, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Graphics Programming, Cryptography

Strong Opinions

Also known as Hard Truths.

Movies / TV / Books

Good Star Trek ended after Enterprise
Deep Space 9 was peak Star Trek
The Disney Star Wars trilogy wasn't that bad
Return of the Jedi was worse than The Last Jedi
Planet of Twilight was better than the Young Jedi Knights series
Post-Disney Star Wars Expanded Universe is even better than the Legends EU
The B. Herbert/K.J. Anderson Dune novels aren't that bad, just not as good as Frank Herbert's
Goonies is not great
The Mandalorian proved that shows like Star Trek: Discovery could have captured the source material's vintage feel while still being excellent

Programming / Technology

C89 was perfect except for implicit declaration
JavaScript shouldn't be used except in the browser
OOP shouldn't be attempted in C, or any language not designed with OOP in mind
Cryptocurrency is a great technology but an unreliable investment
Newer version of Windows have no place in a production environment
Modern Linux is easier to install and use than modern Windows
Quantum computing has definite practical applications, but will not replace traditional computing for simple calculations and logical operations
Modern deep learning AI is not so far removed from simple curve-fitting algorithms and is no more capable of bias, racism, malice, or any other anthropomorphic quality than a spreadsheet
We don't necessarily need Linux, AI, or any other high-level technologies in most IoT devices, and adding them where they aren't needed is the source of most of IoT's security, privacy, and power consumption issues
If it can't run DOOM then it isn't useful for day-to-day computing
True privacy or trustless computing is ultimately impossible in the modern age, and there's nothing you can reasonably do about it except be aware of it
Ender 3 remains one of the best choices for someone's first FDM 3D printer, in terms of capability and out-of-box experience

Politics / Philosophy

Ulfric Stormcloak was wrong
The USA not using metric is Benjamin Franklin's fault
The USA saying "soccer" instead of "football" is Britain's fault
All the common arguments for Simulation Theory are trite and if applied consistantly could argue for or against any possibility

Food

Taco Bell and Little Ceasar's aren't bad for the price
Sriracha is excellent on tex-mex dishes
American cheese isn't Kraft Singles, the USA has a complex and proud heritage of quality cheeses
Orange cheese in America is Britain's fault
Tapenade is better than caviar in all situations
Supermarket "greek yogurt" is just decent yogurt, and real Greek yogurt should be the consistency of neufchatel
Discount day-old baked goods are the only logical choice unless you want something specialty or plan to eat the whole thing in a single day

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