What made you start coding?
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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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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.
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Well define mend, to close up and rejoin skin yes, to get a fully functional Kermit, no...
Well, she had chased away a magpie and wanted a fully functional kermit. Yesterday she found a dried out rain worm on our driveway, and promptly fetched a bucket of water. Then again, last week she asked for a pair of scissors. When I asked what she needed them for, she was going to cut slugs. :omg: I wonder where she learned that.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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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.
After my first exposure to "software" (in the 70's), I decided I could do it better. Over 40 years later, that has not changed.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
After my first exposure to "software" (in the 70's), I decided I could do it better. Over 40 years later, that has not changed.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013fair enough. i just wanted to take things apart. build things with the pieces. make what suits my fancy, and explore making it do things it wasn't supposed to. that has not changed. i'm a subverter and a deconstructionist when it comes to code i guess. Derrida's ghost is probably sideeying me right now.
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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COSMAC :-)
Quote:
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.
Well when I heard of it I was thinking a microcontroller could get rid of the discrete logic (and the joys of static/dynamic hazards due to propagation delay) but wasn't too sure if you wanted to go that route...
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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
I've been meaning to tell you that I start with the braces. Then delete them. I'm not joking.
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've been meaning to tell you that I start with the braces. Then delete them. I'm not joking.
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... I don't... know... out of... words... :wtf: Luckily I'm not out of pitchforks though! X| Actual footage of me coming to your house[^] :D
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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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
I have many, many pet projects that I started with great enthusiasm and curiosity, "can I make this work?". Many of them petered out once I got the "yes, I can make this work" stage as I lost any determination just to polish it to the end point. I wrote many games for my friends to play but if there was no interest from one or more of my friends then the project would fade away.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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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.
Schoolbus? How boring :-) The Elf's CDP1802 was the first processor to fly into space. It was even believed that it was aboard the Viking and Voyager probes, but that's probably not true. That would be great when Voyager Six returns.
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 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.
My family got a TI/99-4a around '83 I think. I learned how to write BASIC programs to solve my HS algebra/geometry/trig homework problems. A few years later, I was at UNI as a CS major until I found a job that paid well, but interfered with lab hours so I quit school. 10 years later, I went back to school and finished. I got my first coding job before I graduated and I'm still here 20 years later! :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Schoolbus? How boring :-) The Elf's CDP1802 was the first processor to fly into space. It was even believed that it was aboard the Viking and Voyager probes, but that's probably not true. That would be great when Voyager Six returns.
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.
the exciting part isn't so much the tech, but what can be done with 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.
