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Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
My very specific niche in programming.
If you ask me about some very common things, I have no clue. JavaScript? More like JavaShit amirite? But if someone can explain OCI layers, describe the boot process of a RISC-V device as it leads U-boot and a Linux kernel, and talk about performance optimisations in modern Python... Well, my team is looking for more developers and this combination of skills seems impossible to find.
Skydiving
~4500 jumps that included; night jumps, competition 4-way and 8-way, a couple of record jumps (I was on the a team that set state records in 3 different states back in the day) , Demos into various stadiums, air shows and a couple of NASCAR races.
I might know a thing or two that the average Lemmy user has no idea about.
Neat - paraglider here, but I know zero things about skydiving. It does seem to be common though, from talking to PG instructors, that skydivers learning PG tend to be very heavy handed with the controls. Just remember smooth and light if you ever try it out. :)
Domestic abuse.
Edit: I'm a DA outreach worker and I've researched the field a lot
Sound design, mixing, and mastering audio.
Please prove me wrong, I'm so lonely.
Propane and propane-related accessories
Anything remotely rural. It makes sense that Lemmy would be mostly city-dwellers, but I still manage to be surprised by the gap.
Plumbing, since I've been a professional plumber in both North America and Europe. Not the most interesting knowledge base but alas, it is what it is. Other than that, Age of Empires II maybe?
Computer programming.
Joking! There's no way in hell that's true around here. I'm pretty sure some of you guys could code The Matrix.
My specialist subject would probably be 90s UK Indie bands.
honestly, i know a little about many things so i don't really know. i guess uh, when it comes to skill, i can definitely draw better than the average lemmy user, and i know some theory as well.
Using sex toys anally/anal sex toys
My record is a 9 inch circumference
My cat's thought process. I can tell when she's getting annoyed or when she wants to randomly barf. It's like a spidey sense.
This is actually a pretty good one cause lemmy is pretty technical. I would say its flashlights for me and electrical engineering.
Locks especially high security ones like Medeco. I am the most knowledge person about them at the locksmith company I work at which easily puts me above the average Lemmy user.
Guitar, maybe. Definitely Pokemon breeding.
Pokémon breeding
Alright then bud, tell me about the genitals of the following Pokémon:
Describe the location, means of genetic exchange and palatation of fluids (if applicable)
I’m dumber than everyone here.
Wrong, I'm better than you at dummery
Whateva eyem way dummera thin yo
Cats, particularly kittens. I do a whole lot of fostering, particularly with very young and/or sick kittens. At this very moment, I have 16 fosters from 4 different litters.
I'm very sure I know more about flying an airplane than the average Lemming. I have been a pilot for 20 years and an instructor for 15. I'm not the only pilot on Lemmy but there's not a lot of aviators among us.
So cool meeting someone in the CSD field! I did my undergrad in CSD, but went for audiology. I have my AuD and am finishing up a PhD (I also did a MS in neuro, but that was because the classes mostly lined up with the PhD and the tuition was free). I swear, finding people outside of tech on lemmy is rare. Finding someone inside of CSD is even more rare. Now I'm curious if I am going to find any other audiology people...
Marine life in the area I live ( On an Island, within a nature preserve in Puget Sound). My wife also works for the State Parks. Her office overlooks the Sound & the days it isn’t too cloudy, she can’t see Russia but she can see Canada (Vancouver Island). Have also lived in the PNW for nearly forty years.
Also the history of pro wrestling in the Memphis Mid South territory. Grew up a die hard fan watching live in studio throughout the 70’s & 80’s before relocating to the Seattle area in the mid 80’s.
Graded Modal Dependent Type Theory, but that's mostly because only "dozens of" people know it exists.
Maybe coffee. I actually roasted an interesting batch yesterday that I'm looking forward to tasting 🙂
Maybe guns too. I kinda lost interest in them years ago, so my knowledge/experience is pretty dated. I worked for a gun dealer for many years though. If you're like a technical-brained nerd like me, guns can become a fascinating rabbit hole if you spend enough time around them. I knew almost nothing about them before getting that job.
Also, maybe whisk(e)y. There's so much to learn and explore in the world of whiskies. I used to enjoy touring distilleries when traveling. Some of them have such long, interesting history. And some of the newer distilleries get pretty creative.
Fun fact: There's an heirloom corn species that was saved from extinction by a bourbon distillery. It's a very interesting bourbon! "Jimmy Red," IIRC.
Sadly, my pancreas suddenly decided that I had to stop partaking in one major part of that hobby: tasting. I miss it.
I don't think the average lemming scuba dives as there's a pretty small scuba community here.
Lighting and game design
There's a lot of history nerds here, but I still probably know more about classical latin than most, though I've given up on that now. I had Roman literature as my major in university, before I got seriously ill and was forced to quit my life
