I Build CPU's and Solder Them... - General

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;48826173]oh come the fuck on, when i was in middle school me and my buddies did shit like this all the time we made tiny railguns and shit for christ sakes, and we're not even any sort of crazy engineering prodigy's, we just were bored kids with electrical experience[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Turnips5;48817651]yeah I mean it's perfectly possible he did that.[/QUOTE]

Why is this kid being pushed as some sort of genius anyway? like made a clock or not it doesn't matter beyond the bigotry, sure he's got potential, but I made a plate when I was in elementary school and a box in middle school don't see me running around saying I'm some carpenting plate making prodigy waiting to be why do we still give a shit about this kid

Why are you guys giving this kid so much crap. Almost everyone in tech started where he is. When I was younger, I pushed in expansion slot covers because I thought there would be more USB ports behind it. He's not in the national spotlight because he's a "Genius". The only difference is I didn't get arrested at school and placed in handcuffs because I had a "bomb".

I don't understand why people disbelieve him. Its pretty easy to Soldier CPUs really. Just give them a gun and introduce some discipline then BAM, Soldiered CPU.

[QUOTE=Smoot;48826454]Why are you guys giving this kid so much crap. Almost everyone in tech started where he is. When I was younger, I pushed in expansion slot covers because I thought there would be more USB ports behind it. He's not in the national spotlight because he's a "Genius". The only difference is I didn't get arrested at school and placed in handcuffs because I had a "bomb".[/QUOTE] I'm not really giving him shit because it's not like he's doing anything bad. Even if he's bullshitting about soldering CPUs or whatever, I don't care, he's [I]14.[/I] My question is why it matters more and why anyone needs to hear about it if he's doing the same basic shit anyone starting in tech apparently does?

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;48826492]I'm not really giving him shit because it's not like he's doing anything bad. Even if he's bullshitting about soldering CPUs or whatever, I don't care, he's [I]14.[/I] My question is why it matters more and why anyone needs to hear about it if he's doing the same basic shit anyone starting in tech apparently does?[/QUOTE] Much less feel bad for him for getting all this attention... wtf.

[QUOTE=srobins;48818566]Maybe, that kinda varies from person to person and depends a lot on how he perceived the situation. Even if he did plan this entire social media circus with his dad, he could easily think it's all justified and that he did a good thing by fighting racism or something. By all measures his life has been drastically improved by his PR stunt so I have a hard time feeling bad for him just because he might feel a little bad about his clock stunt while he's falling asleep at space camp.[/QUOTE] It's true that it varies from person to person, but generally fame and children/teenagers do not mix well at all. There's a reason so many child celebrities turn out being fucked up, because a lot of the fame, attention, stress, and wealth is not good for them and they're not equipped to handle or navigate it properly. A lot of them end up being manipulated by media and shit or even their own parents and it's really fucked up. It's probably part of the reason Justin Bieber is a complete fucking asshole now. Yes, in the short term he has lots of free shit and got to do lots of cool stuff, and apparently he's going to be on a tv show and no doubt be paid shitloads of money, but as hard as it is for a lot of poor and middle class people to imagine, wealth does not mean someone is incapable of having a bad life. In the grand scheme of things money is just one factor among numerous others that decide whether someone has a good life and often money and fame can be the factors that fuck up all the other ones, like mental health and not being a deluded prick that can't live without attention. From what I understand it sounds like he's at risk of that, just like all kids and teenagers that have fame and fortune thrust on to them.

[QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;48821678]I'm pretty annoyed at people who need to feel smug about how they're better than high schoolers at programming or doing electronics work instead of trying to encourage them to follow their passions.[/QUOTE] He's talking about the media attention the children get I think. Certainly, if I had a child who showed interest in basically anything I'd try my best to hype them up. But that doesn't mean they need to be on the news.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;48830373]He's talking about the media attention the children get I think. Certainly, if I had a child who showed interest in basically anything I'd try my best to hype them up. But that doesn't mean they need to be on the news.[/QUOTE] And he isn't on the news because he disassembled a clock, he's on the news because he was mistreated by the police and racially stereotyped.

[QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;48830512]And he isn't on the news because he disassembled a clock, he's on the news because he was mistreated by the police and racially stereotyped.[/QUOTE] ...because he disassembled a clock

[QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;48830512]And he isn't on the news because he disassembled a clock, he's on the news because he was mistreated by the police and racially stereotyped.[/QUOTE] Allegedly. I've seen plenty of stories of white people getting similar treatment.

the song makes this funnier then it should be mmmmmm oh my god stop fucking lying

[QUOTE=NoobieWafer223;48818044]He didn't MAKE anything... he gutted a clock and shoved it into a small metal briefcase. There's a video somewhere that shows the exact clock model that was used, everything, and pretty much just did what he did. He cannot back up his claims or his intelligence (hence THIS video) and not to mention... His father is a strong Anti-Islamaphobic activist... I wouldn't put it past him to try and talk his son into starting some shit for his own agenda.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-jerkbag.gif[/IMG]

[QUOTE=halflambada;48832441][IMG]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-jerkbag.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE] He has a point. This is like when you build your own PC for the first time and everybody you know and their mother thinks you're some super computer expert that can hack and backtrace the FBI and some other bullshit like that.

[QUOTE=Apache249;48830549]...because he disassembled a clock[/QUOTE] No he's on the news because the media loves racially sensitive stories. The kid brought a clock that he knew looked like a bomb to school and then was told not to show it to anyone else and then kept showing everyone anyway. It's like if I brought his briefcase clock with all the wires hanging out of it to an airport and then got arrested and claimed that I was being persecuted for being Christian.

[QUOTE=SoUl_ReApEr2;48817663]So we're all saying he's definitely a bomber? I don't understand the controversy around this kid, like he made something, the most i've made is a meal, one... for my girlfriend[/QUOTE] Congrats on your first girlfriend man

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;48826573]It's true that it varies from person to person, but generally fame and children/teenagers do not mix well at all. There's a reason so many child celebrities turn out being fucked up, because a lot of the fame, attention, stress, and wealth is not good for them and they're not equipped to handle or navigate it properly. A lot of them end up being manipulated by media and shit or even their own parents and it's really fucked up. It's probably part of the reason Justin Bieber is a complete fucking asshole now. Yes, in the short term he has lots of free shit and got to do lots of cool stuff, and apparently he's going to be on a tv show and no doubt be paid shitloads of money, but as hard as it is for a lot of poor and middle class people to imagine, wealth does not mean someone is incapable of having a bad life. In the grand scheme of things money is just one factor among numerous others that decide whether someone has a good life and often money and fame can be the factors that fuck up all the other ones, like mental health and not being a deluded prick that can't live without attention. From what I understand it sounds like he's at risk of that, just like all kids and teenagers that have fame and fortune thrust on to them.[/QUOTE] There's a big difference between being a child TV star and working in the entertainment industry, constantly being under the spotlight, and getting your 15 minutes of fame as you enjoy the perks of being the media's current racial pariah. He'll be fine. [QUOTE=person11;48826093]I'm sure this is all a ridiculous fluke like this kid thinks he can get away with pretending to make a clock but then gets treated like shit for being a muslim now everyone is praising him for being a child engineer and this entire time he has probably been thinking "oh shit oh shit oh shit" [editline]4th October 2015[/editline] It's almost funny in a way[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;48821678]Oh yeah the whole being accused of terrorism and getting detained by police, and prevented from seeing his parents, all over a simple project inside a pencil case was totally a walk in the park Yo even if his father told him to make the bomb (which is a stupid conspiracy theory) the police acted abhorrently.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=CapellanCitizen;48830512]And he isn't on the news because he disassembled a clock, he's on the news because he was mistreated by the police and racially stereotyped.[/QUOTE] I think the most irritating thing about this is the automatic assumption that he was racially profiled. Do you think if it was a white kid, they would have given him a pat on the back after refusing to turn of his alarm clock suitcase that kept going off in the middle of class? Isn't this the same forum where we get weekly threads about public schools suspending kids and calling police because kids draw a gun, say the word "boom" or eat one corner of a Pop-Tart to make it look like a pistol? Yet as soon as a muslim kid gets in trouble, it's immediately evidence that islamophobia is running rampant in our schools! I'm not pretending islamophobia isn't an issue in America, but seriously? Have you looked at a single photo of the thing? I thought this story was racist too until I [I]saw his clock.[/I] It looks [I]exactly[/I] like a bomb, and you're being dense if you try to pretend it doesn't. Not only that, but there was no school project or assignment that warranted bringing this, he did it just for the sake of it, completely out of the blue. Surely the teacher's suspicion was a little bit warranted? Not only that, but multiple teachers had to ask him to turn it off because it kept counting down and going off in class. I'd bet this kid knew exactly what he was doing, and that his father was involved, and even if it wasn't planned: he's an idiot. You have to be an actual moron to be so disconnected from reality that you think bringing that to school is a good idea, and even going as far as to keep showing it off to people after being asked repeatedly not to. This story should have ended with a dumb kid getting a temporary suspension, but instead the media circus has turned him into the laymen's idea of a teenage inventor. Meanwhile he's being sent to a national science fair where a 14 year old invented a nuclear reactor or something. Give me a break. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGit-XltUB4[/media]

[QUOTE=srobins;48851804] -snip-[/QUOTE] I 100% agree. Thinking about Charlie Hebdo terrorists, [U]They were Arabs and Muslims[/U], But a lot of french muslims said "No no no they were not muslims blahblah" So what, only because you say you're muslim you can be muslim but these two assholes can't call themself muslim ? So they're just two random Arab guys doing bad things, but nothing racist because "Islam is a religion of peace" Let's be honest If it was two white guys attacking a building with only Arabs/black employees in it, they would have been called "Racist terrorist". I don't want to act the typical "i'm fed up of muslim" guy but come on, everytime a muslim is arrested they say "URTRHHHRH ITS RACISM RELEASE ME". Kid taking a suspicious suitcase at school + Dad is muslim activist + Kid didn't really make the clock + Kid bring the suitcase in the next class +[B] kid wears a fucking nasa t-shirt to act like a [I]smart innocent kid[/I][/B] = It's too fucking obvious It was the dad's idea. This kid did a hoax. Did the parents go to jail ? No.