Message in #vent · Neon Genesis Phijkchu

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 2:37 PM vent

Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak

My education trajectory has been mathematical physics -> control theory -> information theory, based purely on where I got accepted for grad school and by who lol

Lol fair. Im potentially about to start an interdisciplinary PhD in electrical engineering and geophysics or astrophysics.

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:37 PM vent

based

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:38 PM vent

More PhD race contendors joining is always funny (ignoring leg got his PhD and kribbles joined already having one)

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 2:41 PM vent

Im mostly doing it with the hope of teaching at a university. My friend is a graduate working on space missions and id basically be rubber stamping his work and helping apply for funding so that i can fuck off during summer and teach in winter

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:41 PM vent

Thats cool

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:41 PM vent

rf, electrical engineering. shoot we forgot the most essential vetting question and let another engineer slip through

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mint Oct 16, 2025 2:41 PM vent

also @kribbles rf

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:41 PM vent

Staying in academia is my tenitive plan atm, I will consider what I actually want to do when I am nearing the end of my PhD (started my 2nd year)

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:43 PM vent

Okay, we should make sure the actual important vetting question is answered then. Please tell me you are not from Ohio

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:44 PM vent

I'm sorry, if you are both ohian and an engineer you may have to go

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:45 PM vent

anyways big sdr fan. done lots of cybersecurity projects focusing on wireless technologies in automotives

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:46 PM vent

kribbles ik has some sdr experience aswell

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:47 PM vent

hell, ping spooky regarding space radio

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:47 PM vent

Also true Spooky is literally a satellite radio engineer

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:48 PM vent

My plan of getting enough random PhDs to form PHIJKCHU university is going smoothly though

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:48 PM vent

We basically have enough for a small engineering department as is

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 2:48 PM vent

lamp is our sole psychology professor in this weird timeline

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:48 PM vent

lmk if phijkchu university wants to branch out into vocational/trade programs

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:49 PM vent

thats my retirement plan

mint Oct 16, 2025 2:53 PM vent

otherwise to compliment lamp, I am not opposed to going back to school for a phd in sociology

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 3:10 PM vent

Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak

Okay, we should make sure the actual important vetting question is answered then. Please tell me you are not from Ohio

Nope, Alaska

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 3:11 PM vent

I do work in SATCOM type stuff currently, which surprisingly both bits of information dont dox me that hard

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 3:12 PM vent

Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak

Also true Spooky is literally a satellite radio engineer (edited)

I do wonder how many degrees of separation are between us. Hope he doesn't work for Viasat. We would not be on speaking terms Pubb

Kribbles Oct 16, 2025 4:41 PM vent

Oh cool, I built satellites in my undergrad too

Kribbles Oct 16, 2025 4:42 PM vent

And my new job is radar beamforming lmao

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 5:02 PM vent

Naval ship yard in Washington?

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:42 PM vent

Replying to Sienna Wolven #siennawolven

Electrical engineering, we only got a graduate student union very recently and by the time I left they had yet to get their shit together

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Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:42 PM vent

nvm I read ahead

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:43 PM vent

we're in the same field lmao

mint Oct 16, 2025 6:44 PM vent

well, are you a foe

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:45 PM vent

It would be pretty embarrassing to work for viasat in this day and age them and intelsat are barely hanging on for relevance

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:46 PM vent

also, ever since viasat aquaired inmarsat

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:46 PM vent

their quality has dropped like crazy

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:46 PM vent

Especially true for the satellite internet side of things, though they're actually expanding into the smallsat space reasonably well

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:47 PM vent

But yeah, I do maintenance on their systems sometimes and I hate many of their design choices

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:47 PM vent

Maxar is my favorite company in the space, though I don't work for them

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:47 PM vent

L3 Harris is my beloved ground station manufacturer

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:47 PM vent

...

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:47 PM vent

yeah we definitely know the same people lol

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:47 PM vent

Lol

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:49 PM vent

from a pure architectural point of view, Maxar's bus designs are the best I've gotten to work with

mint Oct 16, 2025 6:49 PM vent

big fan of saveitforparts on yt, feel like we have talked about him on here before. that's my only experience/input to this

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:49 PM vent

but they don't go much into the microsat realm

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:51 PM vent

I was up at Amazon Kuiper a few months ago, working with them on their gen 2 Kuiper constellation , since they're launching block 1 rn

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:51 PM vent

Huh, you know a guy by the name of Bob?

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:51 PM vent

@bob

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:51 PM vent

Very distinct name i know

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:51 PM vent

hey Bob

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:52 PM vent

if it's a famous bob at your site, no

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:52 PM vent

No its a Bob that I believe worked with Amazon on some form of satellite systems. He didn't explain much what he did

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:53 PM vent

yeah he'd be up at the kuiper site in Redmon Washington probably then

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:53 PM vent

they're split between Redmond, Seattle, and Kirkland

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:53 PM vent

wait

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:54 PM vent

nvmI mightuh.....

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:54 PM vent

Small world then. Used to play eve online with him

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:54 PM vent

so uh, I'll DM you this, I pulled out my little stacks of buisness cards from them

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:54 PM vent

and one of them is in fact a Bob

Rusp Oct 16, 2025 6:55 PM vent

Maybe spooky can stop dumping his satellite autism on us now

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 6:56 PM vent

Spooky made a work friend (not really he would NOT take a bullet for him) via the discord. Wholesome chungus moment

Rusp Oct 16, 2025 6:56 PM vent

Spooky in fact claims that, not only would he not take a bullet for him, but he would, in fact, SHOOT him

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

Satcom EEs will inherit the Earth

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

and all the other planets while we're at it

Rusp Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

I bet you can't even name 4 planets

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

What's the point of living if you can't conquer space?

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

Rusp, I will disable your Starlink if you keep this up

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

the satellites will shun you

Rusp Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

It's not even active spooky

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 6:57 PM vent

Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131

Satcom EEs will inherit the Earth

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Rusp Oct 16, 2025 6:58 PM vent

Hey spooky can you slip Elon some ket so I can get a little discount

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 6:58 PM vent

This is the satellite version of spooky's polution machine idea

Rusp Oct 16, 2025 6:58 PM vent

I know you two bump shoulders from time to time

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 6:58 PM vent

Replying to Rusp #rusp.

I know you two bump shoulders from time to time

Best he can do is get you a bunch of in game currency for pokemon go

Rusp Oct 16, 2025 6:58 PM vent

Among other things

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 6:58 PM vent

you know, they nailed the mission patch, the real one looks just like that

Phijkchu_Pikachu Oct 16, 2025 6:58 PM vent

sorry Rusp

mint Oct 16, 2025 6:59 PM vent

Replying to Sienna Wolven #siennawolven

Click to see attachment 🖼️

I love this

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 7:00 PM vent

if you're ever in DC/VA, I'll offer a cool tour of our satcom lab Sienna

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 7:01 PM vent

I do find myself there on occasion. Ill DM you if I get the chance!

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 7:01 PM vent

See @Kribbles this is how its done

Spooky Phijkchu Oct 16, 2025 7:02 PM vent

no whining about the government shutdown taking all your travel budget to come to DC

Sienna Wolven Oct 16, 2025 7:02 PM vent

Funny thing is, I know several alumi from my uni working in that area. So like, it would be hilarious if there's only one degree of separation

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