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  C is full of complex paradigms and low level details that are great if you're learning computer architectures, but pretty bad if it's your first languages. Python in the other hand is great to learn programming practices and for quick, non-optimized, easy scripts. I think it's less suited for more complex projects, but that's another thing. I honestly fon't think it's a great language, but it's easy to use and has pretty much a library for everything, that's why...

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  The Alps are pretty freacking impressive. You see these enormous pointy rocks in the background and your brain knows how massive these mountains are. They are incredible.

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  Unfortunately, that is not really possible. The UEFI standard, a pdf that describes in detail the unified system that all motherbpards use during the boot process, is 1200+ pages long. And that's only one of the many subsystems in a modern system (that gigantic pdf tells you nothinf about PCI, about ACPI and usb, nor any other hardware peripheral). Also, since you are talking about a modern system, you also would need kernel, drivers and operating system calls documentation. All of these ex...

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  • replacement parts for appliances (dishwasher wheels, feet, brackets...) • upgrades for your 3d printer (a camera holder is a classic) • if you are a thinkerer (I'm assuming you are) custom boxes for small projects (electronics and so on)

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  1. doing things you are not supposed to do is fun 2. thinkering with electronics in fun 3. we are sacrificing our freedom to megacorporations that continously tell us what to do, what to think, what you can and can't do with devices we own and enshittify them. Taking back some of that freedom feels good