<story><title>Second IC – Homemade 1000 transistor array chip (2021)</title><url>http://sam.zeloof.xyz/second-ic/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jebarker</author><text>I love the audacity of this as a hobby project. It makes me wonder what other audacious hobby ideas would be dismissed by almost everyone but are actually achievable by a suitably motivated individual.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>varispeed</author><text>&amp;gt; but are actually achievable by a suitably motivated _and minted_ individual.&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, in my country something like this is impossible for most people, simply because they don&amp;#x27;t have space and money to do anything.&lt;p&gt;I had some many projects in mind when I was younger, but my parents were poor and I had a tiny room. We had no garage, no garden. I still saved money to buy soldering iron and electronic components to experiment with, but I was damaging them at such a rate I spent all my savings on components and had to abandon this for many years.&lt;p&gt;I still cannot afford to rent a place where I could do something that interests me and I have a good job. Things also have become much more expensive, so it takes forever. Like I can only afford to order one iteration of project per month and it&amp;#x27;s frustrating I have so many ideas I just don&amp;#x27;t have anywhere to make them.&lt;p&gt;I came up with a system, so that I can store everything in boxes and have stacks of them from the floor to ceiling and a spreadsheet where everything is located, but it takes so much time to take something from the bottom or when I put breadboards in and accidentally disconnect something.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I get so depressed by this I can&amp;#x27;t even do anything for weeks.</text></comment>
<story><title>Second IC – Homemade 1000 transistor array chip (2021)</title><url>http://sam.zeloof.xyz/second-ic/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jebarker</author><text>I love the audacity of this as a hobby project. It makes me wonder what other audacious hobby ideas would be dismissed by almost everyone but are actually achievable by a suitably motivated individual.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>markus_zhang</author><text>Have been thinking about making an authentic copy of V2 rocket since like 20...</text></comment>