The room smells of rosin and heated metal. Smoke rises above the table, billowing in a cone of light from the table lamp. In large, half-headed, headphones, music thunders: classics of the 20th century, ACDC. Linda loves classic rock for its amazing fullness and liveliness, for the sincerity with which the musicians filled each track with growls of overloaded guitars and unimaginable solo cascades, without fear of looking pretentious or naively funny. Now this is not in fashion. Much of what Linda likes is out of fashion now. But this is not upsetting. She wanted to spit on everything that her classmates care so much: on the shape of the eyebrows adopted this season, and on the shoes from the last collection of the most promoted brand. And at the moment it is so special. The ACDC is well thought of, and you can calculate the resistance of the resistors right in your mind to understand which ones to choose and how best to place them on the board. If you go from this contact...