For me it’s probably speech therapy and everything pertaining to that. I’m yet to encounter someone on here who is one apart from me (in training).
What about you?
I’m dumber than everyone here.
Wrong, I’m better than you at dummery
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.
optical discs
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.
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.
Drones
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.
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.
What can you tell me about an H&K USP in .45?
Personally, it never interested me very much, so I couldn’t tell you much about it on a technical level. I remember thinking the decocker is kinda cool though lol.
From the perspective of an FFL employee though: Those pretty much sold themselves. They’re one of those guns that people usually already know about when they show up to buy one. They’ve done their research, maybe already tried shooting one, and they’re excited to finally buy one of their own. IIRC, a decent portion of them tend to have military or police background.
Those were among my favorite kinds of customers. I was usually able to learn some interesting things from them about the particular gun they’re buying.
I wish I could recall more about the USP aside from the neat decocker, but I’ve been out of the business for like 7 years.
Edit: I also remember that the .45 is an extra chonky boi.
TCP congestion control
Nuance.
Chemistry, physics, engineering, safety systems, and AI.
Probably a decent amount of music stuff.
I used to play piano at an ARCT level, and used to be pretty knowledgeable about theory and music history but I’ve forgotten a lot of it now. I haven’t practiced or studied since COVID hit so unfortunately a lot of it is gone now.
The music that I listen to, I have basically an encyclopedic knowledge of. I know when they were born or when the band formed, when each of their albums came out, and generally know a lot of trivia about them.
I collect records and have been learning a lot about record players and audio equipment over the last couple years. Not as good as an audio engineer but better than the average lemming I’d say.
I used to do classical music composition pre-COVID. Again, probably not as good at it anymore, but I got quite good for a while. My music instructor at the time said I was the most impressive composer he ever taught. I’m still sorta riding that high from 2019. Very unfortunately, I had all that stored offline on a hard drive with no backup, and I’m sure you can guess what happened next. Since then I’ve been dissuaded from composing.
I used to help teach and tutor music courses when I was in school. I was basically the music teacher’s pet, and this was at a music school. The music teacher in question happened to be the head of music at that school too (there were several music teachers at that school).
A friend of mine, who was also into music and knew a lot of music students, once told me I was the only person he’s ever met that should’ve absolutely done a degree in music. This was at a time where he had a strong opinion that you should only go to school for a “real” degree that pays well afterwards. He’s since changed his opinion, but it was a big deal for him to say that to me at the time.
The worst part of all this is my severe AuDHD meant that as soon as COVID hit and I paused music courses and lessons, I couldn’t get myself to continue. Now I live in a place too small for a piano so I can’t practice unless I visit my parents or in-laws, and I have different hyper-focuses now, instead of theory. I wish I could change my brain sometimes.
Lithium ion batteries. Especially when they catch fire and how to put them out.
What’s the best way to dispose of a spicy pillow in USA?
Someone else’s trash can. Alternatively, a hammer and nail typically work pretty well.
More seriously, discharge slowly to as low as you can and dispose of per local regulations. I have disposal centers near me that take them.
I’m not a speech therapist but I did train myself out of a lisp in grade 6. Does that count?
Sure :D you probably subconsciously used techniques we’d use
Broadcast tv, radio, the technical side of video restoration. Audio engineering , Acoustics, and music as a whole industry.
There’s two of us!
