Re: Tom's demons are strong today! Re: RE: Re: Higher Education Is Overrated

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:40:29 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 12/28/2024 3:01 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 11:41:13 -0500, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

On 12/27/2024 6:00 PM, cyclintom wrote:

The last board that was laid out by software had an INTERUPT line running to the interupt pin on the microprocessor

 
If I may interrupt for a moment.

Sigh.  The above was my failed attempt to avoid this discussion.  I'll
try to be more obvious in the future.

You missed the point. I was criticizing his spelling. All
microprocessors have "interrupt" lines. None have "interupt" lines. If
one is attempting to write code for a microprocessor and starts writing
"interupt", they going to have a lot of problems.

Well, I could claim that I thought you were serious or pretend that I
didn't notice because I've become accustomed to Tom's atrocious
spelling.

Perhaps it would be best if we let this discussion die before Tom
returns from his ride in the rain.  Or, maybe not.

Have you noticed that Tom's typing and spelling errors have a pattern?
Tom frequently adds an extra letter or character to a word.  At first
glance, the errors seem like random typo errors.  All (and I do mean
ALL) of these extra letters are letters on the keyboard that are
adjacent or diagonally adjacent to the previous letter in the word. It
seems like he's hitting two characters at a time.  Some guessing
follows.

However, that doesn't account for missing characters such as in
"interupt".  Tom might have a vision problem, but a vision problem
doesn't account for about half of Tom's messages showing correct
spelling and typing while others show multiple typing and spelling
errors.  Vision problems don't just come and go like that.  Therefore,
it's not a vision problem and target practice is unlikely to help.

The obvious cause is that Tom had been drinking while typing.  That's
possible and even likely, but I don't think so in this case.  Most of
Tom's writings demonstrate good control over his imagination and his
ability to provide false information.  In other words, his ability to
lie effectively seems to be unaffected by the alcohol.  It would
explain the transient nature of the typing errors, but in my limited
experience, consistently lucid and deliberate thinking while drunk is
not typical behavior.  Therefore, I don't think that drinking while
typing is the cause.

Over the years, I've seen all manner of typing styles.  One friend and
customer tended to similarly insert extra adjacent letters while
typing.  Showing him how to use a spelling checker hid the problem
effectively.  His problem was the result of peripheral neuropathy,
where he had no feeling in his fingers:

MedlinePlus - Peripheral neuropathy
<https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000593.htm>
"One possible cause is 'Long-term, heavy alcohol use'".

The lack of sensation in the finger tips has also caused him to
destroy a fair number of keyboards and laptops (mostly Chromebooks)
because he couldn't tell when he's typing using excessive force.  When
we were working on the problem, I noticed that he had worn off the
lettering on the keys and polished the key caps.  This indicated that
he was sliding across the keys rather than pushing the keys straight
down.  There were other clues and related problems.

More:
"Keyboard for peripheral neuropathy"
<https://www.google.com/search?q=keyboard+for+peripheral+neuropathy>

Disclaimer:  I don't have any evidence that Tom has the same problem,
but it does seem to fit the descriptions. 







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