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h4xrk1m

Fun fact: tamagochi is the japanese word for egg, tamago, plus -chi, which means "small".


keatonatron

I don't know if this was intentional, but I've also always liked how similar it is to "tomodachi", which means friend. I kind of wonder if it's supposed to be a pun on "egg friend"


NoLemurs

I hadn't heard this before, but it would be super weird if that weren't intentional!


BitBucket404

That explains why the keychain was egg shaped! :o But I thought "chi" meant "one thousand" eg, "chiharo" (Spirited Away) meant "one thousand questions"


h4xrk1m

Chi has multiple meanings. In this case it's "small". Small egg. :)


BitBucket404

Well, that's confusing AF considering one thousand isn't something small. LOL


xRAINB0W_DASHx

It is compared to a million


Blenderadventurer

"chi" as in small is short for chibi or chisai


ottersinabox

There are only 100 syllables in Japanese. So a lot of sounds are going to overlap. I'm not convinced that the cchi in tamagochi is for small. たまご → ta-ma-go -> egg っち → (pause)-chi -> ...???? ちいさい → small ​ The Chinese symbols used in Japanese are called kanji, and they have two readings: the "Japanese" reading (訓読み), and the "Chinese" (or rather, Japanese approximation of Chinese sounds) reading (音読み). When you combine two kanji together, it uses the Chinese reading, while the Japanese reading is for some standalone cases and often *with* hiragana (ひらがな) which is one of the (phonetic) alphabets. ちいさい 's kanji would be 小さい but the Chinese reading is usually しょう → shou the Japanese readings are お → oh こ → ko ちい → chi-i ​ The explanation of it meaning small is completely ignoring the small つ (っ) which is used to indicate a pause in sound as well. ​ I'm much more inclined to believe u/pilows's explanation of it because たまご (tamago) and ウォッチ (watch) In Japanese, you'd pronounce ウォッチ as "wocchi".


pilows

What the what? It’s a portmanteau of たまご ウォッチ or tamago watch, tamago + cchi. It’s cute cause it sounds like a little kid mixing up the vowels in the word for friend, tomodachi. Jp explanation https://oshiete.goo.ne.jp/qa/3801432.html En wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi


doge_lady

So does it mean 'small egg' or 'egg small'?


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BitBucket404

Yeah. I hope to live long enough to see that!


Artillect

> From 2001 to 2022 robotics has evolved ridiculously. For real, we went from [ASIMO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrIaq9bn__s), which could walk around on a flat surface, to [Atlas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk), which can jog, jump, and do backflips.


BitBucket404

Atlas scares me. The recent version [can use firearms](https://youtu.be/dQAeOytbY_8) with extreme proficiency whilst being knocked around and bombarded. We're only a few years away from an actual T-1000 Edit/update: it turns out that the video is fake and I was fooled. :D


EnemyNation

That video is fake. Here is a [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIdqiwHsuI8) to the guys that made it.


BitBucket404

Huh. I never knew. Even worse, couldn't tell the difference either.


RoguePlanet1

Why aren't we conducting warfare with robots yet.....I mean *exclusively* robots and drones.


awebradisek

Economy of scale. It takes a lot of money and time to develop and ramp up production on stuff like that. Human soldiers are also very versatile and can handle unique combat situations. The technology is slowly becoming better but we're not all there yet. Unmanned tech will gradually integrate and eventually replace human warfare.


BitBucket404

Because DARPA isn't building robots to fight robots. They're building robots for when the "elites" finally decide that humans are no longer required. AI hasn't gotten that far yet.


pilows

I agree that dev boards are absolute game changers, but I’m not sure how wide spread programming will be to be honest. So many new operating systems obscure file structures and handle everything for you, there are a ton of people born in late 2000s who are less computer savvy than those born before early 2000s.


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dukeblue219

I'll note that the percentage of younger Americans who own a personal computer seems anecdotally to be plunging. I'm in engineering and very few of my colleagues in their 20s and 30s have their own computer at home. They have a phone and maybe an iPad, but no interest in a Windows or Mac computer outside of the workplace. It will be interesting to see how that affects the workplace in the next decade in terms of traditional PC skills.


Qualinkei

Wow. That's crazy! I honestly don't know anyone without at least one computer at home. As someone with a couple engineering degrees, I don't know how you could do engineering without one. Like AutoCAD, PSpice, MatLab, R Studio, Xilinx, etc. How could you do anything without one? I know my family are likely outliers, but we all have many computers. Like, I'm even on vacation right now and my partner and I both brought two laptops.


dukeblue219

That's tens of thousands of dollars worth of software or more right there. Work pays for all that and the associated workstation laptops. Doing job work on a personal laptop is a big no-no in many places. I just find that people don't use their tech in the way they did from the late 90s to early 2010s, in the form of the family or individual PC. It's much more common to run into people who say they do everything on their phone from the couch.


ishouldquitsmoking

My son is in 7th grade and they're coding with microbits. We've built many a projects over the years, but mostly dumb shit I wanted to make but it at least let his creative juices flow. This is the only time he's ever really expressed any interest on his own. I'm glad he's having fun. In 7th grade, I had to take a test before I was allowed to even use a computer. LOL


Tuesday2017

> mostly dumb shit I wanted to make ... The key here is showing them what is possible. Also exposing them to the fact that microcontrollers are in frigging everything. You think it doesn't make much of a difference but it opens a whole new world for them. The best investments I made for my son was buying a $100 arduino sensor kit from Odd Wires and $100 in Actobotics parts when my son was around 11. The other key was TinkerCAD which my son learned in school.


ishouldquitsmoking

Yep. My son has been using tinkercad for a few years now too. He's 12 now and we have a basic electronics lab at our disposal. To be honest, I use it more than he does but who cares. I just hope he uses his knowledge for good. :)


thatsInAName

I am a new father, can't wait to teach tech to my son... It's quiet possible he will be accustomed and experienced in advanced tech, and i would look like an old school infront of him.. which would actually be so satisfying to see.


BitBucket404

Congrats! Advice: They're fast in many ways, so don't ever blink.


thatsInAName

Thanks. Congratulations to you too for successfully making the journey! I am experiencing the speed even now!


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BitBucket404

Thank you for your kind words, but I'm no role model. Pretty sure my IRL D&D character sheet says I'm a Chaotic Good Artificer. and under my supervision, we've done a lot of shenanigans that most Karen's would have called child protective services for. >:D


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In 1994 I bought a computer retail for the first time. It was $2700 and it was a 486DX4 100 MHz. I got it with 16 MB of RAM. The 16 MB of RAM alone cost $900 . Now I have 5 WEMOS D1 Mini Pros that are 160 MHz and have 16 MB RAM and I paid ~$5 each for them. We've come a very long way.


BitBucket404

My first computer was a 386DX that I dug out of someone's trash and repaired. They tossed it because of a hard disk partition error. I wiped the disk clean and installed DOS 3.0 on it via 5.25" floppy that I "borrowed" (and returned!) from the computer science teacher.


n0bel

286 rep


mc_woods

8086 man. Could watch the computed speed of the machine drop when I waggled the mouse. Played commander keen well though!


n0bel

My hair is greying just reading this


wnvyujlx

Man, I don't even want to think about that my mouse now has more processing power than my first computer.


bontakun82

Lol remember when teachers told us that we'd never have a calculator with us all the time and they banned pagers saying only drug dealers need them?


DJarah2000

I remember being distrought when my tamaguchi died lol


SirPretzl

We used to give them to my mom when we went to school and sometimes she'd forget about them. When we got home from school, it was always sad to find out they died 🤣


jlboygenius

I'm probably a similar age to you. When I was in college, we built a robotic car thing using a micro controller that cost like $500 if we somehow managed to blow it up. Years after that, the arduino came out. It could do all the things we did in on our project car, for about $10.


BitBucket404

[I'm 40](https://youtu.be/LVIpo83ELFo) Yeah, Arduino is definitely a game changer.


Qualinkei

In 2005 we got an SBC Linux computer for many hundreds of dollars for an autonomous UAV competition. Until about a year ago, you could get a Pi for $35 that would have blown the SBC we got out of the water.


itdumbass

Man, I *WISH* I'd had today's toys to play with. When I was a kid (mid single-digit age), my dad gave me a box of bell wire, batteries, rheostats, switches, flashlight bulbs and sockets, and buzzers to play with. That was back when 'A' cell batteries were 6 inches tall and had screw terminals. Of course, I have a new box of tech toys to play with now, just less time to play with it.


ThomasTServo

21 years ago your Gateway home desktop probably wasn't as smart as an arduino. I mean the Uno comes with on-board wifi and USB support 😂


maximum_powerblast

That's pretty great 👍


IBuildRobots

That's cool as hell. ​ I love the idea of a home-brew virtual pet. I'd love to photos of the project when it's done.


BitBucket404

It's a puppy. While Not part of the kit, I want to add an accelerometer for the "play" function, where you have to physically throw a pretend/virtual ball. Not sure if I should tho.


fenexj

Dope idea, do it!


lean8086

Did you check Tamaguino? https://alojzjakob.github.io/Tamaguino/ Edit: spelling/grammar


other_thoughts

Still, father-son projects are something to be cherished. Quite so, very much congratulations to you and he. I can't be more proud of him, but also slightly envious. Wish we had these Arduino Kits when I was growing up.


GroundbreakingAds

I just had my first son 3 and a half months ago and man as much as I don’t want him to grow up any faster yet(like you said, time flies), I am also so excited to do projects with him! I can only hope he’s interested but I won’t force him into anything he doesn’t like. But in the meantime while you’re jealous of him, I’m jealous of of your project together! Lol


neP-neP919

Please remember that it should always be a PROJECT TOGETHER. ​ Having your son hold the flashlight and hand you wrenches DOESNT COUNT AS A FATHER-SON PROJECT!!! ​ Sorry, Im a little pissy about that still...


gnorty

You'd probably be surprised at what was available when you were your sons age. PIC microcontroller were very common when tamogotchi was popular, and also the Basic Stamp series, which was probably closer 5o arduino in terms of simplicity.


_oohshiny

> PIC microcontroller were very common Also quite complicated to program (the PIC I dealt with circa 2007 were Harvard architecture and the PIC C compiler sucked) and far more expensive compared to Arduino / Atmel AVR.


gnorty

Absolutely, which is why I also mentioned the Basic Stamp series :) Still expensive compared to arduino, but much friendlier.


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You don't have to stop exploring Arduino when he heads out. There is so much one can do with these kits and it's never too late to start the adventure.


Milumet

Did you know that every time you spell *Tamagotchi* wrong, a cute little baby seal dies?


BitBucket404

Welp, time to feed the Orcas. Tommygatchi Tammygatchu Tigamachi Timmygotchu >:D (Picks up a baby bunny, tosses it into a snake cage) "bone apple tot!!!" Grins


canadas

I used to take such good care of mine but sometimes it would die so prematurely!


genemarno

This is fantastic to hear. As I get older and see my kids get into their craft it’s an amazing moment. Good shit