ASMR Math Tools (clicking, tapping, pointing, soft speaking)

[@GaslampASMR]

NOTE: As of 01/08/2018, you can find a bonus video about a second slide rule (originally intended to be included in this video) in “The Junk Drawer” playlist. Direct link is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2m7ZnSBedKggpI

[@GaslampASMR]

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[@floofytown]

You got it!

[@ArticulateDesignASMR]

Absolutely amazing buddy! I fell asleep the first time to it without commenting, this listen i played during hearthstone and commented before bed :D Always an absolute honour to listen to your creativity.

[@GaslampASMR]

Always appreciate your kindness, brother!

[@ASMRctica]

Ah, this is a masterpiece about life! Didn't expect that when I started watching. Moving. Touching. Educating. Now I know what a räknesticka is. (The swedish word) Just heard the word, never knew how they looked or their function. I want to get one now. that box and slide rule look fantastic! and the calculator too. just love this video. Kind of saved my life at 1:00:30. And an interesting thing happened today: I started to get tingles from your intro! Appreciate your work so much, Thank you!

[@ASMRctica]

oh, and Entertaining of course!

[@GaslampASMR]

You're so kind with your comments, thank you, sir. I had to go back to that timestamp to remind myself what I was babbling on about! Also, you've reminded me that I still need to shoot a short bonus video about the *other* slide rule that I bought - it was intended for this video, but it didn't arrive in the mail. It is a metal one, and I've been slowly learning how to use it, with the help of a slide rule book from the 1960's. Thanks again for your kindness - your comments really make my day. Best to you.

[@GentleSerenityASMR]

I have been following you on Twitter and am a new subscriber. I can not tell you how perfect it is to see and hear a video focused on math instruments. Math has always made me drowsy and with you voice, this was incredibly relaxing. Amazing!

[@GaslampASMR]

Hey, thanks very much for the comment, and so glad you liked it. Although if math makes you drowsy, that must have been a challenge in any math classes you've taken! ;-) Please take a look around, and expand on any of these topics in the comments. I'm trying to cultivate thoughtful and expansive comments as the heart and identity of this channel. Thanks for being here!

[@ashleyp.4932]

Wow! The TI-30! Oh my word, that takes me back. My father had one of these, and I loved playing on it when I was little (and I still kind of miss the red LEDs). My dad really liked it as well to the point of when we were going to get a home computer, he was leaning towards the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and would even tell the sales people how he "knew" it was a good computer because of the TI-30. Thankfully, in the end the TI-99/4A was a little out of our price range, so we got a ZX Spectrum (and I am very grateful for that as the TI sunk without trace quite quickly).

[@GaslampASMR]

Yep, I managed to get through almost my whole college career with the TI-30, but the switch bounce ended up crippling it badly. I remember there was fairly heated (but good-natured) rivalry between the TI users and the HP users, mostly revolving around whether you were a fan of the "RPN" notation that the HP calculators used. I never used RPN enough to learn it well. Ah, the TI-99/4A. I remember always seeing that machine in the local K-mart (department store), and playing some sort of lunar lander game on it whenever the family was shopping there. We ended up with the Commodore 64 as our first computer (complete with the cassette tape drive!!!)

[@paustinheaton]

Okay had to watch this with my morning cup of coffee. Your voice puts me to sleep way too fast, and really wanted to watch because the subject brings back nice memories. In the 60s my husband and I worked for Lockheed. Seemed as though most men there had pocket protectors and slide rules. Then the research into Mr. Fees and the ASTU was fascinating. And need I say, the sounds of the calculator and the way you handled it, sooo nice. I may need a nap now. :o)

[@GaslampASMR]

Hey there PJH!!! I was so hoping I’d see you around these parts again! Very neat to know you both were at Lockheed. Were you in the space division, by any chance? I think the Agena was a Lockheed product (they used Agena to practice docking procedures during Project Gemini, if I recall correctly). I think being an engineer in the 60’s for any part of the space program would have been an amazing experience. And I know I’m probably romanticizing it quite a bit, as the pressures of those projects and those timelines were pretty intense, I’m sure, but still. I would have loved putting something into space. So glad you liked the video! :-)

[@paustinheaton]

Hey - I always watch and "like" each & everyone of your videos. Each is better than the last, and I look forward to watching. I'm not so good at leaving comments though. :o( In answer to your question, my husband and I worked in different departments at Lockheed Missile & Space Co, Sunnyvale, Ca. He was a draftsman working on the Agena program and also on DSRV which was a "secret" underwater rescue vehicle. We both had "top secret" clearance, but never understood why. I was a secretary in the RIFT (Reactor In Flight Test) department which was cancelled while I was there. The most fun was working in the Computer Programming dept where Lockheed was trying to setup and fine-tune their payroll. As you can imagine the computer room was gigantic and prone to lots of problems. Poor programmers were on call 24/7. I'd come to work and find them asleep under their desks from working all night. Yes there was some pressure, but I still look back on it fondly. Phyllis PS: Did you get my video suggestion about coded messages that I sent on your contributor page? Probably wasn't all that great, but wanted to make sure you got it.

[@GaslampASMR]

What a wonderful reply, Phyllis, thank you! Your descriptions of Lockheed reinforced all those images I've seen of space contractors from that era, as well as the look of the recent "Hidden Figures" film. Thanks so much for letting this video illuminate a piece of your own journey, and sharing that with us here. And YES, of course I received your suggestion, and I replied to you! Did you not see my reply??

[@paustinheaton]

"Hidden Figures" was awesome! No, the reply never came through. :o( Got to wonder about KZbin sometimes.

[@GaslampASMR]

Yes, agreed that YT’s message system is clunky and unintuitive (at best). You have to dig into “Messages” (under “Community”) to find that stuff. But your email idea is much better. I will copy the message and email to you. Thanks!

[@maxshby8136]

love these vintage tools

[@GaslampASMR]

+maxy waxy Yep, me too. It has been really interesting learning stuff about the slide rule. I doubt that knowing how to use one will win me any bar bets, but I do enjoy adding things to the "anachronistic stuff I know about" list. 😉

[@VyletPony]

This was very awesome. Makes me curious what math lessons in an ASMR format would be like too.

[@GaslampASMR]

Thanks for the comment, Vylet. So glad you dug the video. On ASMR-style math lessons, you should check out "chycho" here on YT. Lots of soft-spoken math content there! Be well.

[@VyletPony]

Ahh rad! Thanks for letting me know.

[@GaslampASMR]

Of course! :)

[@varikvalefor]

I thought I had subscribed to you, but I hadn't. I am now subscribed, though. Ha ha. Six minutes in and I feel like I'm going to like this video.

[@GaslampASMR]

Welcome aboard!

[@TanjaHermann]

I believe, you should reunite Mr. James Fees with his slide rule! He may feel nostalgic about it as well.

[@GaslampASMR]

That thought did cross my mind, actually! That would kind of an amazing post script to the story, would it now? Thanks for the comment!

[@MrDamodee]

bloody hell this was good! :-)

[@GaslampASMR]

+MrDamodee Thanks very much! 🙂

[@hi-fidude6670]

Thumbnail made me think vintage Bang&Olufsen. They made really good stuff but man... Some of their products looked like space age calculators.

[@GaslampASMR]

Yep, I can see that. I don't know if mid- to late-80's counts as "vintage" in the context of your comment, but I was in college back in those days, and there was a hi-fi shop in town. My roommate and I would go there and drool over gear we couldn't afford. In those days, the B&O catalog seemed to be an experiment in hyper-minimalism, as their products included large featureless panels and interesting geometries, in neutral or metallic colors. If anything did spoil the plain expanse of a top panel, it was a cluster of little control buttons, usually to the far left or far right, which, as you say, looked a lot like early calculators. I never did end up with any B&O gear myself (I was more of a Klipsch & NAD man), but thanks for reminding me of those days. Best to you.

[@QueenOfSerene]

verrrrryyy nice!

[@GaslampASMR]

+QueenOfSerene Aw, thank you so much! Really appreciate your being here. 🙂

[@henry9605]

Lol that Peru Indiana is my moms home town

[@GaslampASMR]

Small world, eh? My Dad went to school there for a while, too.

[@tralx5268]

I've red meth tools ;_;

[@GaslampASMR]

+Tralx Yeah, that's a MUCH different video! 😉