The problems I wanted to solve couldn't be solved with software, so I started researching ceramic semiconductors, starting with positive temperature coefficient ceramics as fail-safe heating elements. The geometry I needed to manufacture for that project wasn't scalable in a way that solved the problem for enough people, so I switched to working on DC cold atmospheric plasma. Saw enough progress there to convince myself it's possible, but wasn't happy with the current HV supplies on the market, so I'm working on making my own based on converting compressed argon in to a high voltage source that self-regulates based on plasma generation in an attempt to not exceed metastable argon charge levels, which would produce NOx and Ozone at completely harmless levels (unless maybe you're using it during surgery) but are heavily regulated.

It's uhh... been a ride.

But yes, posting to hacker news is a new thing. Because I'm seeing the limitations of the world we live in through the lens of someone who's gone through industry long enough to know how slowly controlled progress is, and beginning to see what happens when you apply semiconductors to more than just microprocessors on your own terms. The world is stagnating, not because we don't have what it takes to bring about the future... but because 1) we do, 2) the people in control don't care to make it happen, and 3) everyone has their hands tied up in corperate profits while we wait for someone to make a move that makes things better.

I'm just... done waiting.