What made you start coding?
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We all know that pet-projects are not to finish, but to learn and enjoy...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
That's a very healthy way to look at them I suppose. =) +1
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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i was 8 when reagan was in office. I liked to read while eating breakfast. If not for that I may have never picked up that Applesoft BASIC manual that shipped with our craptastic Apple ][gs By the next year i was wiring stuff into the joystick port on the motherboard. 10 years later i was at microsoft.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
Failed my last year of University* because I had been playing World of Warcraft too much. I still lived at home and my parents weren't pleased. They just sold their IT company to an uncle, an employee and a third that wasn't with the company until he bought it. My mom said "you're going to find a job or I'll do it for you, you can start there!" And I said "but I don't even know how to write code!" And then she gently whispered "THEN YOU'LL FUCKING LEARN! :mad::mad::mad:" And so I was hired because I was the son of old management and the nephew of new management and also because I had some affinity with computers, being a gamer and all. No one in this story regretted that decision. I liked programming and I learned it very quickly. I learned a lot, wrote some great software, introduced some new technology to the company, made them a lot of money (earned some myself as well), and then I moved on after four years :D Another five or so years later and here I am :D *I still finished that last year of University, earning me the title Master of Arts :D
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i was 8 when reagan was in office. I liked to read while eating breakfast. If not for that I may have never picked up that Applesoft BASIC manual that shipped with our craptastic Apple ][gs By the next year i was wiring stuff into the joystick port on the motherboard. 10 years later i was at microsoft.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
I started as an operator in late '65 on LEO III systems. One of my colleagues taught me how to key in a program using the buttons on the front panel (WTF you may well ask). From there it was a small step to writing machine code and punching it up on paper tape or Hollerith cards, which could be self booted into the machine. I was hooked!
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Failed my last year of University* because I had been playing World of Warcraft too much. I still lived at home and my parents weren't pleased. They just sold their IT company to an uncle, an employee and a third that wasn't with the company until he bought it. My mom said "you're going to find a job or I'll do it for you, you can start there!" And I said "but I don't even know how to write code!" And then she gently whispered "THEN YOU'LL FUCKING LEARN! :mad::mad::mad:" And so I was hired because I was the son of old management and the nephew of new management and also because I had some affinity with computers, being a gamer and all. No one in this story regretted that decision. I liked programming and I learned it very quickly. I learned a lot, wrote some great software, introduced some new technology to the company, made them a lot of money (earned some myself as well), and then I moved on after four years :D Another five or so years later and here I am :D *I still finished that last year of University, earning me the title Master of Arts :D
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haha what a great story. you must be one of the youngun's here like me. WoW during your college years kind of gave it away.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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i was 8 when reagan was in office. I liked to read while eating breakfast. If not for that I may have never picked up that Applesoft BASIC manual that shipped with our craptastic Apple ][gs By the next year i was wiring stuff into the joystick port on the motherboard. 10 years later i was at microsoft.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
The single, most important event that motivated me to start coding was when I solderd together my first computer, flipped the power switch and the LED displays came to life and some more tinkering and I got cool 64x32 pixel video on an ancient black and white TV. Look here.[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I started as an operator in late '65 on LEO III systems. One of my colleagues taught me how to key in a program using the buttons on the front panel (WTF you may well ask). From there it was a small step to writing machine code and punching it up on paper tape or Hollerith cards, which could be self booted into the machine. I was hooked!
oldschool. back when men were men and the bugs were actual bugs. i like it.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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The single, most important event that motivated me to start coding was when I solderd together my first computer, flipped the power switch and the LED displays came to life and some more tinkering and I got cool 64x32 pixel video on an ancient black and white TV. Look here.[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
neat! i love projects like that but my hands aren't steady enough to solder well these days.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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haha what a great story. you must be one of the youngun's here like me. WoW during your college years kind of gave it away.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
You're not young, 40 is like ancient :laugh: And with 31 (almost 32) I'm not that young myself anymore :sigh: WoW came out when I was still in high school. I'd say I'm a little too young to have played Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, but I have played Age of Empires which was released only two years later :laugh: I've played Warcraft III though.
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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You're not young, 40 is like ancient :laugh: And with 31 (almost 32) I'm not that young myself anymore :sigh: WoW came out when I was still in high school. I'd say I'm a little too young to have played Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, but I have played Age of Empires which was released only two years later :laugh: I've played Warcraft III though.
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
good. my highest aspiration is to become a crazy cat lady. or one of those old haggy witches that gets dragged through the village square and burned (my retirement plan #aesthetic) and I'm 41 now. It was my birthday last wednesday. aged a whole year in the past week :-D probably your fault.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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neat! i love projects like that but my hands aren't steady enough to solder well these days.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
The old one still works, but I want to build a new one over the winter. With 16 mb RAM.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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The old one still works, but I want to build a new one over the winter. With 16 mb RAM.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
I hope with that much ram you're going to upgrade its display a little. =)
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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ahh a fellow taker aparter. Gotta know how it ticks!
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
As 2 year old my Dad showed me a screw driver and how it work. Since then no 'warranty void if damaged' sticker remained for a long time, I'm a hardware guy today...
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Doesn't work with living things though. Had to tell my daughter, you can't mend a frog with superglue.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Well define mend, to close up and rejoin skin yes, to get a fully functional Kermit, no...
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good. my highest aspiration is to become a crazy cat lady. or one of those old haggy witches that gets dragged through the village square and burned (my retirement plan #aesthetic) and I'm 41 now. It was my birthday last wednesday. aged a whole year in the past week :-D probably your fault.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
honey the codewitch wrote:
It was my birthday last wednesday.
Happy belated birthday! :D
honey the codewitch wrote:
probably your fault.
I'm only pointing out bugs like forgetting to assign return variables or using single line if statements :(( But it's still probably my fault, so yeah :-\
honey the codewitch wrote:
or one of those old haggy witches that gets dragged through the village square and burned (my retirement plan #aesthetic)
If I see more of those single line if statements this may well come sooner than you'd think... Here comes the trusty old pitchfork again! :D Anyway, threats promises aside, here's to 42 :beer:
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honey the codewitch wrote:
It was my birthday last wednesday.
Happy belated birthday! :D
honey the codewitch wrote:
probably your fault.
I'm only pointing out bugs like forgetting to assign return variables or using single line if statements :(( But it's still probably my fault, so yeah :-\
honey the codewitch wrote:
or one of those old haggy witches that gets dragged through the village square and burned (my retirement plan #aesthetic)
If I see more of those single line if statements this may well come sooner than you'd think... Here comes the trusty old pitchfork again! :D Anyway, threats promises aside, here's to 42 :beer:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
42 is when they let you in on the Big Secret(TM)
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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i was 8 when reagan was in office. I liked to read while eating breakfast. If not for that I may have never picked up that Applesoft BASIC manual that shipped with our craptastic Apple ][gs By the next year i was wiring stuff into the joystick port on the motherboard. 10 years later i was at microsoft.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
Coding was something my father could not understand, so he couldn't "take over", as it were. Plus the computer room in 7th grade was a great place to hide from the bullies.
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The single, most important event that motivated me to start coding was when I solderd together my first computer, flipped the power switch and the LED displays came to life and some more tinkering and I got cool 64x32 pixel video on an ancient black and white TV. Look here.[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
Meant to ask how the Cosmic(?) Elf coming along?..
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I hope with that much ram you're going to upgrade its display a little. =)
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
The old one will stay as it was, but the new one will get a few more modern things. How about using a SD card or USB stick as a hard disk? Or maybe I can find a PIC microcontroller that can generate a VGA signal. Nothing fancy, like 256 colors and 320 x 240 (more likely 160x120)
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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The old one will stay as it was, but the new one will get a few more modern things. How about using a SD card or USB stick as a hard disk? Or maybe I can find a PIC microcontroller that can generate a VGA signal. Nothing fancy, like 256 colors and 320 x 240 (more likely 160x120)
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
these days I'm sure you can. What with all the hobbyist kits out there now. best of luck with this project. i've been considering building a custom ECU for certain types of diesel engines - the kind used in schoolbusses and other medium industrial vehicles making them more suitable as boondocking vehicles, but i didn't have the property i needed to be able to work on one until maybe now. We'll see. It's a hail mary of an idea, but it's kind of cool if anything comes of it.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Meant to ask how the Cosmic(?) Elf coming along?..
COSMAC :-)
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The RCA-CDP1802 is a byte-oriented central process-ing unit (CPU) employing the COSMAC architecture and utilizing complementary-symmetry MOS technology (CMOS).
RCA was a pioneer in early CMOS devices and sent quite a bit of it into space because of it's lower power consumption. Early on they even called CMOS COSMOS, which of course was a similar acronym.
glennPattonWork wrote:
Meant to ask how the Cosmic(?) Elf coming along?..
It's my project for the winter and I want to replace lots of discrete logic with microcontrollers. AT least the tiny OS already works.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
