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Last Updated on 10 January 2023
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  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:22 pm
    What is your favorite Dungeons and Dragons class?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 8:06 pm
      Bard!
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:21 pm
    What’s your favorite thing about Tech?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 8:06 pm
      The students! And the location.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:13 pm
    Whats your favorite movie?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 8:05 pm
      The Prestige
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:12 pm
    What’s one thing you wish you did in college that you didn’t do and why would you want to do it if you could?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 8:05 pm
      Get involved with more student groups
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:12 pm
    What kept you motivated to continue your chosen degree path in college especially when you struggled academically and the advisor was not much help?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 8:04 pm
      It's not the best thing, but sometimes, haters are my motivators. And I'm often motivated by a fear of failure. Also not a good thing, but that's the way I was.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:08 pm
    if you were a vegetable what would you be?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 8:02 pm
      Corn because my jokes are corny.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:05 pm
    Why is your favorite base hex?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 8:01 pm
      1CD50642 is a way more useful number with digital systems than the base ten 483722818
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:03 pm
    you said you weren’t a great student when you were in college. if your old self took your own class what would you expect to get as a final grade?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 7:59 pm
      I did pretty decent in my engineering classes, I think I would have gotten As in my classes except for microcontrollers, which would be a solid BC because I'd have some pretentious view that we were using the wrong microcontroller.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 2:02 pm
    If any, what other academic interests did you have during school? Did you have a minor? Did you spend a significant amount of free time studying something different from your major?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 7:56 pm
      Not really during under grad, or even grad school. I suppose I've always had an interest in video production and web design that I pursued. But after school I feel like my interests expanded further.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 1:54 pm
    What’s your favorite movie?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 7:54 pm
      Probably Bladerunner 2049
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 1:54 pm
    What is one exotic animal you would want as a pet?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 7:54 pm
      A Giraffe
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 1:53 pm
    Favorite Video Game genre?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 7:54 pm
      RPGs
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 1:35 pm
    How difficult would it really be to build my own remote start thing for my car
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 7:53 pm
      The most difficult part would be bypassing / working with security measures - perhaps look at what others have done online?
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 1:23 pm
    How did you figure out that you would pursue a master’s and doctorate and not just go work in the industry after your bachelor’s?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 5:02 pm
      I liked teaching, and need a PhD to teach at a university level.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 12:51 pm
    Two loaded questions here. Do you return the cart back to the cart corral after shopping? Also, in a hypothetical scenario that involves you going to Ikea, what do you purchase? You can only get one item, foods excluded as meatballs are too obvious and its assumed you purchase some (not counted as your one item). Failing to purchase meatballs at Ikea runs a heavy risk of breaking the time continuum and more importantly upsetting some Swedish people.
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 5:02 pm
      I always optimize my parking to be next to a corral, and even then I put my cart back. I've never been to an IKEA believe it or not.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 12:37 pm
    What is the one tip that you wish that all of your students would know?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 5:00 pm
      Sometimes good work takes time, so you have to make time
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 12:28 pm
    What’s your favorite microcontroller? Personally I’ve had a really good time with the ESP8266.
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 4:58 pm
      It's gotta be the ATMEGA328 (Arduino Uno)
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 12:20 pm
    If you were to decide on the greatest lunch, what would you choose? (Also saw that you like guitar, I recommend Pat Metheny and John Scofield!)
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 4:57 pm
      Grilled Cheese, a pickle, and lots of chips. Delicious and easy to replicate.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 12:18 pm
    Which planet in our solar system looks the tastiest?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 4:56 pm
      Neptune
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 12:06 pm
    Favorite WoW class?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 4:51 pm
      Cleric
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 11:46 am
    Who's going to win the College Championship, Wisconsin Or Michigan ?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 12:02 pm
      Are we talking about golf or ping pong?
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 11:46 am
    Allen Bradly PLCs or Siemens or no opinion?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 12:02 pm
      Allen Bradley - but that's because that's all I have experience with (and it's marginal at that)
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 11:44 am
    What is your favorite base number system?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 12:03 pm
      Hex
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 10:12 am
    If you did not go directly into teaching right out of college, how did you adjust to the lack of a "forced" personal schedule once there was no longer the academic schedule you would have known for the last 18+ years?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 12:07 pm
      Make To Do Lists - experiment when things work best for you, and then when you find something that works, make that your schedule.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 10:00 am
    Favorite music genre?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 12:04 pm
      Anything with a guitar!
  • A Stranger asked:
    on January 8, 2024 6:57 am
    What would be in your opinion the best strategy or a key to be successful as a person and as an engineer? And what's your favorite season of the year? 😀
    • Shane replied:
      on January 8, 2024 12:04 pm
      My current philosophy is Comprehensive To Do Lists! Also make things for fun!
  • A Stranger asked:
    on December 13, 2023 9:07 pm
    If you had a time machine and you are tasked with building a functioning computer during 1800s, how many engineers/scientist would you take? and who would you task with leading the project? you can choose any famous scientist that is currently dead or alive?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 6, 2024 6:11 pm
      Well. It really depends if it's late 1800s or early 1800s. If it's late 1800s, my ability to get / make relays would increase substantially. But either way I'd go with a relay-relay logic computer. If I had to pick someone to help out with it, I'd probably pick Alan Turing.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on December 11, 2023 3:43 am
    Hello professor, I apologize for being so direct, but are you taking Ph.D. grad assistants for Fall 2024?
    • Shane replied:
      on January 6, 2024 6:07 pm
      Nope! I'm a teaching professor so I don't have a lot of research output.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on December 1, 2023 8:36 am
    Hello Do you know if there is a small-scale company that fabricates and sells DUEL nodes and main board hubs ? thank you JN ( french hackerspace in Nice nicelab.eu )
    • Shane replied:
      on January 6, 2024 6:12 pm
      Not full fabrication - but you could always see about a board house doing turn key fab.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 30, 2023 8:45 am
    If you could relive one day of your life, which day would you choose and why? You can’t change anything about it, just experience it again.
    • Shane replied:
      on August 30, 2023 8:58 am
      Probably some random careless day when I was like 10. Staying the night at my cousin's. We ran an extension cord out to their tiny little cabin and played Animal Crossings on the GameCube.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 10:22 pm
    Favorite Chili Peppers song?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 30, 2023 8:58 am
      Venice Queen
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 9:40 pm
    IF you had not chosen to study video game design and electrical engineering what would you have studied?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:44 pm
      Probably grade school teaching.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 8:43 pm
    when is the first snow of the year going to hit
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:45 pm
      My guess is October 20
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 8:26 pm
    Favorite study spot on campus as a former student?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:45 pm
      The top floor the the library.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 8:16 pm
    Best movie and why?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:45 pm
      The Prestige, because it has David Bowie as Nikola Tesla.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 7:47 pm
    2+2=?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:46 pm
      What base is this?
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 6:58 pm
    Did you play any sports?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:46 pm
      I ran track and was in ski club. I was mostly in it for the social aspect
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 6:57 pm
    Do you play and Instruments?????
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:47 pm
      I play guitar, and mess around with bass, synth, and am thinking of getting an electric drum set
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 6:20 pm
    If you had a pet giraffe what would you name it? And would you give it a silly hat to wear?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:48 pm
      I'd give him a fedora and choose a mobster sounding name like "Fabroni"
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 6:16 pm
    What motivates you?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:49 pm
      It feels bad when I'm not motivated.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 5:48 pm
    Which of the choices would you rather have? Would you rather have unlimited bacon, but no more games, or unlimited games, but no more games?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:49 pm
      Yes?
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 4:48 pm
    Favorite version of Mario Kart?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:50 pm
      I have a soft spot in my heart for the N64 version. I used to stop my car on rainbow road just to listen to the music.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 4:35 pm
    Do you like to ski/snowboard? (If so I highly recommend getting a pair of Elan Ripsticks)
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 9:51 pm
      The older I get, the more I think I'm going to break my neck while down hill skiing. So I do more cross country skiing.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 4:09 pm
    If money/time were not issues what topic/concept would you like to gain a very deep understanding of?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 30, 2023 12:15 pm
      Knowing a lot about Fusion Energy sounds pretty useful.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 3:32 pm
    What is your favorite movie or a movie you’d recommend watching?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 30, 2023 12:16 pm
      If you haven't watched it, you need to watch The Princess Bride.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 2:14 pm
    What is your favorite place on campus? What is the coolest place on campus?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 30, 2023 12:17 pm
      My favorite place is my office, because I actively work to make it cozy. The coolest public place is Tech Trails
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 1:08 pm
    If you could change one thing in the world what would it be.
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 1:27 pm
      I'd remove Hate. I feel like that would solve a lot of problems.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 1:03 pm
    What is your favorite song?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 30, 2023 12:17 pm
      Unchanging - by John Frusciante
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 12:09 pm
    How is Tears of the Kingdom and why have you not completed it? I remember you mentioning that in class and wondering why you put it down.
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 1:25 pm
      I just get busy some times and also am pretty bad as video games. It's still a great game.
  • A Stranger asked:
    on August 29, 2023 11:19 am
    Was the dress blue & black or white & gold?
    • Shane replied:
      on August 29, 2023 1:26 pm
      I feel like we could open the picture and ms paint and look at the individual pixel colors.
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