Negative Capability Puns

Hi folks!

So I've been pondering a question for a while and I haven't quite figured it out yet. I'm installing a computer in my car (CAN bus hacking, 24/7 surveillance, HAM radio base station), and I am trying to figure out the best way to maintain my car battery while also having power to the computer and headunit 24/7 when parked. Right now, I'm taking the negative post off the battery and attaching the entire car to a 12V supply, leaving the battery idle. This works well, but I'm hoping for a solution that doesn't require me removing battery posts every time I park. I've been considering the NOCO GENIUS10, it supports both charging and supply modes at 10A. But with that solution comes additional complexity, how can I attach the NOCO to the car for two purposes: 12V supply and 12V battery charging. I can only see one way, putting a normally closed solenoid between the negative terminal of the battery and the negative harness of the car. This means that when the car is cranking, it would have to crank through the solenoid. I then can either open the solenoid to detach the car from the battery, setting the NOCO to 12V supply mode, or close the solenoid and set the NOCO to 12V charging mode, maintaining my battery and allowing the car to start. The NOCO can easily just attach to the existing harness that goes to the battery. The problem with all of this is the solenoid: which one do I use that will handle the cold cranking current from my 2009 Toyota Corolla? Am I thinking about all this wrong? You decide!

Here's a diagram of what I'm thinking.

Thanks ahead of time!

Side note: I checked with NOCO and they say that putting the 12V charging mode directly on the battery while drawing a load is not a good idea, as the load is not considered in the charging algorithm and thus the charging procedure can wear the battery quickly.

Side note 2: I guess a solenoid on the positive side would achieve the same result but I can't think of any benefits or reduction in complexity.

Side note 3: I'm thinking solenoid instead of high current switch because I'd like to be able to control the connection from my computer. If this isn't possible with a solenoid, a switch is a good alternative, but same question: what switch would handle the cold cranking current of my Corolla?

For an example, Happiness gives you superspeed. Stoic gives you physical resilience. Rage gives pyrokinesis.

I was discussing something with my dad (and had to include my mom), even though there was a lot progress in the project I’m doing, there is also more unexpected difficulties being discovered.

Nmom was super “supportive” when she didn’t know all the difficulties in the way, but once she knew she started to hijack the whole conversation and talking nonsense (mainly how this is impossible and any effort is useless). Even though she used those phrases like “we need to put more efforts in finding out more” her emotions and actions were all pointing the opposite direction. It’s like she can’t see or too mentally fragile to see the irony.

I recently realized lots of my learned helplessness, depression and anxiety come from this way of thinking: if there is any problem, it’s finished, it’s doomed, and we have no way to improve anything. Rather than the strong and healthy mentality of : problems are normal, and by solving problems one by one, we move forward stronger and better.

She is now throwing tantrums and being abusive again because of ...... facts. I know she is my mom, but what a useless piece of shit.

So while surfing around Wikipedia I stumbled upon a page describing negative capability.

It's a a concept originally proposed by the poet John Keats in the early 19th century. From what I glean, the main idea is that what separates great poets and artists (such as Shakespeare) from inferior ones is the ability to hold contradictory views without feeling the need to reconcile them. In other words, to Keats the supposition of a single universal truth behind the mysteries of the world is a misguided philosophy that hinders the artist's ability to serve as a conduit for all possibilities and strive for receptiveness instead of absolute knowledge.

In many ways, negative capability reminds me of Vivec. Obviously he's a poet, but in addition to that he strongly embodies the idea of embracing the mysteries of the world: his writings are vague and open to interpretation, and even in conversation it's virtually impossible to tell whether he's being entirely truthful at any given moment. He, for example, simultaneously believes and denies that he killed Nerevar. And he's perfectly fine with holding such contradictory views.

Sotha Sil's dialogue at the end of ESO's Clockwork City quest also touches on this aspect of Vivec:

>"Vivec knows the boundaries that separate fact from fiction. He knows them so well that's he's learned how to break them. He exists inside his verse, but recognizes the lies. The contradictions. He both does, and does not believe his own tales."

>"Vivec craves radical freedom - the death of all limits and restrictions. He wishes to be all things at all times. Every race, every gender, every hero, both divine and finite... but in the end, he can only be Vivec."

But anyway, to revisit the main question from the thread title, do we know if the creation of Vivec's character from a development standpoint was inspired by the concept of negative capability? Or is the similarity a neat coincidence?

Some things Anna said on the pod recently and in that article in The Times (e.g. “The main culture war right now is not between different classes or different races. It’s between people who require epistemological certainty and those who can tolerate moral ambiguity"; “look at the void and love it anyway”) reminded me of what Keats called negative capability. Basically, things aren't always going to be explained in a completely tidy and internally consistent way, and sometimes there's going to be messiness and unanswered questions and people have to "draw their own conclusions."

Keats: "At once it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously—I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason, [...] remaining content with half-knowledge. [...] Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration."

I thought the girls would like to know about this if they don't already!

I know we are not alone but I’d hope to see better responses from public health officials. Trying to get a results quickly is imperative to quelling the impact of the virus and yet tests are so far behind that it’s almost pointless.

I found myself telling my wife last night about Keat's idea that great writers like Shakespeare embody "negative capability" -- an idea that has always intrigued me. I tried to explain what this was about, but found it difficult. Anyone know of any layman-friendly article or essay that explains what this is about, that I could read with my wife to understand the concept better? Ideally something accessible to an ordinary person, not something academic.

Has anyone had experience dealing with negative people around you and their opinions about your manifesting capabilities? I have a particular family member who is quick to tell me that “that won’t come true. You’re just going to be disappointed in the end so you better check your expectations”. I’m having a difficult time blocking their voice out in my head whilst staying positive about my future.

Any tips to combat negative people? Or how to block their negative voice?

I'll start off by saying I'm a 27 (almost 28) year old father of one son and married to good woman.

With that said I can't understand why I'm constantly angry. I wake up angry, go the entire day angry, fall asleep angry, and it continues like that. Some days are good but the smallest thing (the sound of chewing, being ignored, loud breathing, facial expressions, etc) can set me off in a blind rage of cussing and threatening of bodily, until I ultimately commit to those threats.

I can't go a single day without getting angry and losing my shit. My wife catches the most shit from me because others around refuse to listen or accept that I'm angry with them or they act as if my reason for being angry is unacceptable. I know it's not okay to take it out on her (I don't physically harm her but my verbal attacks might as well be a physical/mental assault) but I'm not sure what else to do with it. I've tried keeping it in but ultimately it boils over and I explode into punching walls, doors, pillows, really whatever is close, I scream cuss words as loud as I can when I'm angry.

I'm not proud of any of this and I want it to change I just don't know where to begin and I fear I'm too far gone to turn back. I'm not sure exactly when the anger started or why. I have a million excuses for it but I personally don't believe any of them:

-It's what my friends thought I was cool for (I no longer have any friends because of my anger)

-It's because my father walked out on me and only came around once to avoid prison for child support owed, because he called me a mistake when I called him to tell him my grandmother had passed, because my wife forced me to invite him to our wedding though I knew he wouldn't show.

-Because I was picked on and bullied through elementary, middle, and a few years of high school before I finally snapped and beat a kid till he needed 26 staples in his head from me punching him continuously though I knew he was passed out. (Sorry Andy)

-Because my life isn't the way it should be

-Etc.

What I'm afraid of is my son growing up to feel like this. I just had a conversation with my wife saying "I hope I'm good father. I know I'm good now but he's only 3. It's easy right now just take care of him and make sure he's happy. But what about when he's older and has real problems?" Like his first heart break what can I do there but say shit like "fuck that bitch she deserves to die" because that's my first reaction to heart break because my first emot