I am weak and friendly

Chapter 416 Am I going to create another alt account? (4K)

"Our campus has three canteens. Normally, the food at the first canteen is the best, but it's too far from us. The second canteen is the closest, but the accessibility facilities aren't great, and there are hills and slopes on the way there. For me, the third canteen is the best, and it's also the closest to the No. 1 teaching building, where most of my classes are..."

"If you want to go to the third canteen, turn left after leaving our dormitory building, and then..."

"Right now, to your left is Teaching Building No. 2, to your right is the new laboratory building, and further ahead is..."

Tang Yiping and Xu Songnian walked slowly, talking as they went, stopping frequently. Xu Songnian would usually stop to take notes before they continued on their way.

However, neither of them was without pressure.

Xu Songnian dared not linger on the road for too long.

"That weirdo who was following us didn't catch up, did he?" Xu Songnian felt that his dawdling made it easy for someone to catch up.

Tang Yiping glanced back and said, "Hmm, let me see, I guess they haven't followed."

After saying that, Tang Yiping realized something was wrong.

Oops, I accidentally said the word "look".

I hope I haven't given myself away.

"That's good." Xu Songnian seemed completely unconcerned, and then the two continued forward.

Huh? Old Xu didn't realize that?

Tang Yiping was extremely relieved.

The two continued forward.

Behind a large tree by the roadside, Zhou Siyuan was banging his head against it repeatedly.

He was reflecting on himself, wondering why he had ended up in this situation.

Why? Why am I hiding? I'm not a pervert.

Why does it feel like it's getting harder and harder to explain?
The three of them, two in front and one behind, maintained a strange awkward balance as they walked toward the school's third canteen.

When we arrived at the third canteen, it was lunchtime, and the canteen was bustling with people.

Xu Songnian insisted on treating Tang Yiping to a meal as a token of his gratitude. Tang Yiping declined several times but was unsuccessful and thus managed to get a free meal.

The two found a place to sit down. Xu Songnian hesitated for a moment, then said, "Classmate Tang..."

“Just call me Pingzi, that’s what my friends call me,” Tang Yiping said.

He figured that Xu Songnian was most likely going to ask him for help.

Unexpectedly, Xu Songnian asked, "Pingzi, did you participate in the 'Listening' project?"

Tang Yiping: "???"

No, why are you suddenly asking this?

“Yes, I interned at Linghai Technology,” Tang Yiping said.

"Have you... met the [0xT1P] master?" Xu Songnian asked.

Tang Yiping: "???"

No, Lao Xu, why are you suddenly asking this?
At this moment, Tang Yiping suddenly felt a strange sense of guilt.

“Uh… [0xT1P] As for the big boss… he’s elusive and rarely seen…” Tang Yiping quickly changed the subject: “Uncle, why are you asking this?”

Old Xu: "???"

I treat you like a classmate, but you treat me like an uncle, right?
"Don't call me uncle, just call me Old Xu," Xu Songnian quickly said. "I'm not that old!"

“My dad is only four years older than you,” Tang Yiping said.

Xu Songnian: "..."

"Okay, even though I'm quite old, please don't call me that... just call me Old Xu, Old Xu!"

"Actually, I've always wanted to meet the master [0xT1P], to know what kind of person he is, and how he could develop such amazing things..."

Tang Yiping: "..."

I had no way to respond to that.

Is this a prank show?

Is someone hiding in the shadows, waiting for me to slip up and make a fool of myself?
Tang Yiping looked around.

Old Xu didn't notice Tang Yiping's unusual behavior. He took out his cane, placed it on the table, and said, "You know that the great [0xT1P] open-sourced a really powerful navigation software, the one that can automatically find its way..."

“Yes, I know, it’s FORK,” Tang Yiping said. “But strictly speaking, it’s an optimal solution and automatic route finding software. The one that actually packaged it into navigation software is FORK-Wheel, which was open-sourced by the 5090 expert.”

"It wasn't me..." Tang Yiping said weakly to himself.

"Yes, that's it." Xu Songnian nodded repeatedly. "That software was originally designed for wheelchairs!"

At this point, Xu Songnian became excited and pointed to his cane: "I put it in my walking stick."

Tang Yiping: "???"

He confirmed that this wasn't a prank show, otherwise it would have been too much trouble.

"May I take a look?" Tang Yiping asked.

He's really curious about this cane now.

He remembered that Xu Songnian had said he could help him, which seemed to refer to this walking stick.

What is the secret behind this walking stick?

"Here." Xu Songnian reached out and pried open a back cover on the cane, showing Tang Yiping what was inside.

A camera, several sensors, a loudspeaker, several chips...

These devices are meticulously arranged in the small, hollowed-out space inside the cane, making them extremely exquisite.

Tang Yiping was shocked.

"Holy crap, you made this yourself?"

What about the liar?
Are you blind?

Xu Songnian nodded: "Yes, I figured it out myself, it took me several days."

Does this "exploration" really mean "exploration"?

"Wow, how did you manage to fit so many parts in there? How did you do that? That's amazing, incredible!" Tang Yiping didn't know how to express his admiration.

Tang Yiping had considered modifying himself into a smart wheelchair, but his lack of dexterity deterred him.

Even someone with normal vision can't handle this, so how can a blind person do something like this on their own?

Moreover, the space inside a cane is much smaller than the usable space inside a wheelchair.

What kind of handmade fairy is this?!

You're just making a walking stick out of thin air, right?

At this moment, he really wanted to draw his [Pillar Staff] and say to it, "Look, look! Learn something! You're already a mature walking stick, how come you still haven't learned how to find your way automatically?"

Look at this person!
After being praised by Tang Yiping, Xu Songnian became a little embarrassed. He rubbed his hands vigorously on his pants and said, "It's... not that difficult... I used to do this, I'm just used to it..."

As he spoke, he began to introduce Tang Yiping.

FORK-Wheel is a project for wheelchairs that controls wheelchair movement by controlling the wheelchair's motor.

Xu Songnian not only stuffed these things into the cane, but also had a sudden inspiration to make a modification, turning the control of the two motors into two miniature eccentric wheels, which would start to vibrate when they rotated.

By sensing the direction of the cane's vibration, one knows which way to turn.

In this way, the wheelchair control mechanism was implanted into the cane.

Tang Yiping thought this move was simply ingenious.

Of course, this kind of thing is not perfect, and there are countless minor problems, which means that although the cane can be used, it is far from being very useful.

These are things that Xu Songnian cannot solve using his expertise in hardware.

Even so, Tang Yiping was still shocked.

This blind man is awesome!
No wonder he doesn't want to be called "uncle," Old Xu is so stubborn and refuses to admit he's getting old!

If I'm that awesome, I won't admit I'm getting old!
“However, to perfect it, I need to modify the code. I’ve asked a lot of people for help, but there are still many problems…” Xu Songnian said. “So I can only try it myself. Pingzi, can you help me?”

What? Are you asking me for help?

???

Tang Yiping felt... Hmm, sure enough, Old Xu also had a huge misunderstanding about him!

He did know a little bit about programming, but all of Tang Yiping's development experience was actually limited to the application layer.

There are so many things involved in making such a white cane.

You need to understand hardware, such as sensors, embedded SoCs/MCUs, circuit design, power management, and other hardware-level knowledge.

Then you also need to understand embedded systems.

Then comes low-level programming.

Next is the sensor fusion algorithm.

And then……

If I knew all this, would I still need to take sophomore-level classes? I would have gone with Professor Fu long ago!

No, when Teacher Fu first appeared, I would stand with my hands on my hips and say to him, "You? You want to be my teacher? Who gave you the courage? Tell me, what do you have to teach me?"

If I knew all of this, I could totally start my own classes and teach it myself!
In fact, he hasn't even studied "Hardware Fundamentals" yet.

Tang Yiping was initially quite calm, believing that he could definitely help even if Lao Xu raised any questions.

But now he realizes he was far too arrogant.

I never expected things to develop this way!

Luckily, I didn't say anything too definitive!

Wait a minute, how did 5090 manage to produce something like this in such a short time? 5090... is he really that terrifying?
Tang Yiping knew that 5090 was powerful, but he didn't know that 5090 was this powerful...

He was shocked and fell into an overwhelming state of worship. He decided that when he returned, he would bow down and worship the 5090 boss for three minutes and pay homage to him morning and evening for three days, greeting him every morning with "Boss, are you awake?" and every evening with "Boss, are you asleep?"

I must make the 5090 bigwigs feel my respect!

(In a house in Hailing City, Chen Yanxing, who is with his father Chen Jiande, cries out: "Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!")
"Pingzi?" Xu Songnian was a little confused because Tang Yiping had been quiet for too long.

"Old Xu, you think too highly of me..." Tang Yiping sighed, "If I knew this, I wouldn't be a sophomore in college now."

"Ah, I know... I just wanted you to take a look... to see if it'll work..."

“But I can help you find a big shot,” Tang Yiping interrupted him. “I happen to know a big shot at the open-source FORK-Wheel.”

Well, I believe the 5090 expert will be willing to help, it's just raising an issue, right?

Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah! Tang Yiping, what nonsense are you spouting? Where is it not difficult?
Wow, 5090 is really amazing!
"No, no, no!" Xu Songnian quickly said, "It wouldn't be good to bother such a big shot because of my little matter... I was just thinking, Pingzi, if you have some free time, you could study this with me..."

It's not impossible, but...

Let's find a big shot!

After all, it's convenient, fast, and free for the big shots!

As Tang Yiping was thinking this, he took out his phone, intending to send a message, but Xu Songnian reached out and covered his hand.

"No." Xu Songnian shook his head and said, "Even if you know a big shot, you can't easily bother him. You're still young and don't know how precious connections are. Don't waste your connections on such a small matter for me."

Is this a small matter?

Tang Yiping didn't think so.

Does this count as owing someone a favor?
Ok……

Tang Yiping didn't think so either.

【0xT1P】Can a favor done by a big shot be considered a favor?
"I'm serious, don't worry about this anymore. Just pretend I never said anything." Xu Songnian put away his cane. "Let's eat!"

Fine.

However, Tang Yiping was conflicted while eating.

Now how to do?
Should we tell the 5090 boss directly, or listen to Lao Xu and not mention it for now?
However, even if you told the 5090 expert, it might not be as easy as developing a wheelchair project, since he is not blind and cannot understand the needs of blind people.

Tang Yiping himself had experienced it.

The reason why 5090 was able to develop FORK-Wheel is because his father needed a wheelchair, and he had firsthand experience and knew the need.

To develop truly useful assistive devices that address the pain points of the blind, it may be necessary to collaborate with actual blind people.

Yes, and it requires experienced blind people. It's clear that Lao Xu has thought a lot about this matter. I wonder how much ingenuity is in that white cane.

Therefore, this may not be a simple matter, even for the 5090 big shots.

otherwise……

Do it yourself?
Even if it's just to create a fandom for myself?

Although I feel that combining hardware and software is really difficult...

But you can learn it yourself!

But even if I learn it, who knows when that will be...

The sooner these kinds of projects come out, the more people they can benefit.

As he ate, Tang Yiping looked up at Xu Songnian.

Although Xu Songnian couldn't see it, he still sensed it.

"what happened?"

“Let’s do it!” Tang Yiping said. “I’ll try my best, learn more, and we’ll make this white cane together!”

"Really?" Xu Songnian was overjoyed.

"However, the two of us are probably not enough... We need more people to help us."

“More people…” Xu Songnian hesitated.

It's clear that Xu Songnian is someone who hates troubling others.

But... when you bothered me, you didn't seem to find it bothersome, did you?

Ah, what can I do? I'm just such an approachable man.

"Don't worry, this isn't about bothering others; we can open-source it!" Tang Yiping said.

"Open source?"

"Look, we can fork a project called FORK-Cane from the original FORK-Wheel project. Maybe some big shots will discover our project and join us?"

"Is that possible?" Xu Songnian's eyes widened. "But... will anyone actually participate in our project?"

Of course I will, Lao Xu, of course I will.

Tang Yiping took out his phone, intending to start a new project.

Believe it or not, as soon as this project's documentation is written, a bunch of people will start giving it stars.

Then the next morning, bang! Old Xu, your walking stick is finished.

With that thought in mind, Tang Yiping opened his account, and then...

Wait, which identity should I use for open source?
No matter which one you use, your identity will be exposed...

Am I going to have to create another alt account?

As Tang Yiping continued creating new accounts, he noticed a figure flash by. Someone was carrying a plate and approached him.

"Is there anyone here?" Zhou Siyuan forced a smile as he looked at Tang Yiping.

After much mental preparation, he finally mustered up his courage.

Tang Yiping stared wide-eyed at Zhou Siyuan.

There's no one here, but the other tables around me are also empty!
He looked him up and down.

The familiar shirt, the familiar pants, the familiar shoes.

Wait, you pervert!
Tang Yiping was shocked and almost tried to flee.

"Um, Tang, let me introduce myself. I'm your... uh... Data Structures teacher. My surname is Zhou."

Oh? It's the teacher. Hello, teacher.

"Teacher, would you like to join our open-source project?" Tang Yiping asked.

Zhou Siyuan: "???"

Is this the test that's about to begin?
(End of this chapter)