The trouble is that it increases exponentially as you age !!

What does? ... the speed of time, or the amount of fun? ...

 

Still manage to have some fun, but I swear the time between sun-rise and sunset is getting progressively shorter!

 

Well, technically we still haven't reached the winter solstice ... so there's that

 

Well, technically we still haven't reached the winter solstice ... so there's that

Uh... check your calender -- we reached it 2.5 weeks ago.

 

I would prefer to go through online course via YouTube, coursera or udemy websites
I also read technical books, mainly in electronics areas, as I'm mainly mechanical engineer and my favorite is electronics, so all the time interested to learn about electronics from engineering sources
Right now, I'm into the art of electronics handbook

 

I would prefer to go through online course via YouTube, coursera or udemy websites
I also read technical books, mainly in electronics areas, as I'm mainly mechanical engineer and my favorite is electronics, so all the time interested to learn about electronics from engineering sources
Right now, I'm into the art of electronics handbook

AOE (as its affectionately known) is a great book for any hobbyist with decent knowledge levels. Do you have latest edition (it first came out decades ago but there's a more recent edition)?

I studied electronics and telecommunications full time for a couple of years around 1980, but have never worked professionally in that field so I'm not a beginner or novice but also not expert like many here, so I also recommend a book titled Practical Electronics for Inventors.

Despite the somewhat frivolous title, its very good indeed, it complements AOE very well.

 

I would prefer to go through online course via YouTube, coursera or udemy websites.

Something long gone I fear, is magazines. As a kid growing up in England and developing an interest in electronics in the 1970s I learned a great deal from magazines like Practical Wireless, ETI, EE, Practical Electronics. Id often get hold of back issues from the 60s or earlier.

I can't overemphasize how much I picked up from these, I learned lots of terminology, history and sound basic electronics. I'd pore over the ads too, soaking up all kinds of details.

I think that kind of indirect knowledge acquisition is much less when relying on just books and online resources, I'd encourage you to visit eBay and grab a bunch of these from 60s, 70s and 80s to get some idea of what I mean.

 

Hello,

@Futurist , at the archive there are many magazines in all kind of languages available:
https://archive.org/details/electronicsmagazines

Bertus

 

Hello,

@Futurist , at the archive there are many magazines in all kind of languages available:
https://archive.org/details/electronicsmagazines

Bertus

This is the one I grew up on:

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Elementary_Electronics_Master_Page.htm

 

Uh... check your calender -- we reached it 2.5 weeks ago.

Uh... sorry, but check again -- there's still 49.5 weeks to go to reach it

Just kidding, the truth is I got confused on my previous post and I'm trying to minimize embarrassment using a little humor

 

Something long gone I fear, is magazines. As a kid growing up in England and developing an interest in electronics in the 1970s I learned a great deal from magazines like Practical Wireless, ETI, EE, Practical Electronics. Id often get hold of back issues from the 60s or earlier.

I can't overemphasize how much I picked up from these, I learned lots of terminology, history and sound basic electronics. I'd pore over the ads too, soaking up all kinds of details.

I think that kind of indirect knowledge acquisition is much less when relying on just books and online resources, I'd encourage you to visit eBay and grab a bunch of these from 60s, 70s and 80s to get some idea of what I mean.

Exactly my same story.
Long before I actually started studying formal electronics theory in college, I had already picked up a lot of knowledge from electronics magazines.
I also had built a few projects, not all of them worked though. But in this process, I learned half a dozen ways how to destroy transistors. So it wasn’t a total loss.

 

Hello,

Have a look at the sams and tab books:
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Bookshelf_Sams.htm
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Bookshelf_TAB.htm

Bertus

 

I was fortunate to live and practice through it, rather than read the history.
Valves, to - Transistor, to - IC, to - MicroProcessor.

 

When I was young, ....

That was then, about 8 years ago.

please... have mercy... stop rubbing it in..

 

Uh... sorry, but check again -- there's still 49.5 weeks to go to reach it

Just kidding, the truth is I got confused on my previous post and I'm trying to minimize embarrassment using a little humor

I figured you might point that out and almost said something snarky about, yeah, I guess we haven't reached it yet THIS year, but if the days keep getting shorter until then, we will only have a few seconds of day light when we get there!

I don't know that the error would have caught my attention as immediately as it did but for the fact that, just the day before, I had had the "revelation" that, yeah, the days are now getting longer which will make things I'm involved in right now easier and easier.

 

 

please... have mercy... stop rubbing it in..

Haha!
This is what a punctuation in the wrong place and missing words wholly changes the meaning.
I wrote: “That was then, about 8 years ago.”
Which implies that I am young, which I ain’t. Therefore I should have written:
“That was back then. Then about 8 years ago,” and the sentence continues.

 

And example exercise from 8th grade that I will always remember was the following:

Which of the following two sentences has cannibalistic overtones?

#1 We will stop and eat, John, before we take another step.
#2 We will stop and eat John before we take another step.

It was partway through an in-class assignment and you could tell how quickly students were working through it by went they started laughing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eats,_Shoots_&_Leaves

 

https://www.theverge.com/tech/862531/microsoft-library-closure-transition-changes-notepad
Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions
The physical and digital Microsoft Library is transitioning to an AI-powered ‘learning experience.’

 

Only time will tell, whether Microsoft’s move was a milestone forward or a significant mistake. Right now, my brainpower is way too small to determine one way or another.

But as others have already stated, the only actual truth is that change is constant and inevitable. Otherwise we would still be using candles for illumination.