Man, the Arduino forums though (forums.arduino.cc not here)
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Ha! I just had something like that happen -- on a different site. A moderator complained that I was causing them to actually have to work! Oh my! Not that! :wtf:
hahaha what do they think moderators are supposed to do? :laugh:
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hahaha what do they think moderators are supposed to do? :laugh:
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Dunno, sit back and bask in our adoration I think.
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So I posted a question about getting garbage on my serial port on my Arduino after uploading my JSON library to it. I mentioned that it worked on my 64-bit desktop but wasn't working on my 8-bit mega. And then a moderator basically told me that's not true, and if I was able to write code that would do that I wouldn't be on the forum asking for help in the first place. When I confronted him about accusing me of lying he denied it. These forums are rude. This isn't the first time I've seen a sour exchange on there, but it's the first time one was directed at me. My 2nd question. If you're volunteering your time to be a moderator and you don't like doing it, you should stop. If you're volunteering your time to be a moderator because you like berating people who ask questions of the forum there's something deeper going on.
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You might try avrfreaks but I find they're pretty arrogant at times also.
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So I posted a question about getting garbage on my serial port on my Arduino after uploading my JSON library to it. I mentioned that it worked on my 64-bit desktop but wasn't working on my 8-bit mega. And then a moderator basically told me that's not true, and if I was able to write code that would do that I wouldn't be on the forum asking for help in the first place. When I confronted him about accusing me of lying he denied it. These forums are rude. This isn't the first time I've seen a sour exchange on there, but it's the first time one was directed at me. My 2nd question. If you're volunteering your time to be a moderator and you don't like doing it, you should stop. If you're volunteering your time to be a moderator because you like berating people who ask questions of the forum there's something deeper going on.
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I used to be a moderator and administrator for an active site with over 100K members and it was a real PITA. I was constantly inundated with requests from people to be made moderators and eventually I came to the same conclusion Robert Heinlein came to about politicians : anyone who wants to be one (moderator/politician) should not be allowed to be. That's every bit as true today as it was in his day, if not more so.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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So I posted a question about getting garbage on my serial port on my Arduino after uploading my JSON library to it. I mentioned that it worked on my 64-bit desktop but wasn't working on my 8-bit mega. And then a moderator basically told me that's not true, and if I was able to write code that would do that I wouldn't be on the forum asking for help in the first place. When I confronted him about accusing me of lying he denied it. These forums are rude. This isn't the first time I've seen a sour exchange on there, but it's the first time one was directed at me. My 2nd question. If you're volunteering your time to be a moderator and you don't like doing it, you should stop. If you're volunteering your time to be a moderator because you like berating people who ask questions of the forum there's something deeper going on.
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I would get thrown out, and / or swore at, by the guy in the corner office when I would pose the hard questions. When I suggested using a smaller font instead of redesigning a report due to a new column, he lost it. He later admitted he didn't realize you could change font sizes on "non-impact" printers. Or, asking too many questions means "you're not getting it". So I stopped asking.
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What's funny, is I've actually gotten really good results from SO. I've only ever had one question downvoted, and about 75% of the responses were helpful and courteous. I understand they have a bad rep, and it's probably earned, but I guess I've been fortunate.
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honey the codewitch wrote:
I've actually gotten really good results from SO
Have you ever been on electronics.stackexchange.com? That one is uber rude. I have posted to 15 or 20 different SOs but the electronics one is filled with Geniuses who can only tell you how stupid your question is. One time I posted a question about why it was that electrolytic type caps seem to have a high voltage ability even though they are small (in capacitance). I received no answer but many attacks and they finally completely deleted my question so that I couldn't even find it again. Sheesh. My point here is that Hardware Geniuses are much more mean-spirited than us Software Geniuses. We are a softer gentler kind, I suppose. :rolleyes: If you are a h/w genius no need to be upset with this, just be kind and prove me wrong.
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honey the codewitch wrote:
I've actually gotten really good results from SO
Have you ever been on electronics.stackexchange.com? That one is uber rude. I have posted to 15 or 20 different SOs but the electronics one is filled with Geniuses who can only tell you how stupid your question is. One time I posted a question about why it was that electrolytic type caps seem to have a high voltage ability even though they are small (in capacitance). I received no answer but many attacks and they finally completely deleted my question so that I couldn't even find it again. Sheesh. My point here is that Hardware Geniuses are much more mean-spirited than us Software Geniuses. We are a softer gentler kind, I suppose. :rolleyes: If you are a h/w genius no need to be upset with this, just be kind and prove me wrong.
Heh, i don't doubt it. I'm starting to get good with the hardware, but I'll play nice.
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ah, because of the 24 I assumed maybe a 16 bit but with a 24-bit address bus? I'd rather do pure 16 if that's the case. 24 bit buses are just weird. :laugh:
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He was claiming that my code could not run on 8-bit and 64-bit both. He said my claim "doesn't make sense" I verified the noise through the built in Arduino IDE serial monitor. I solved it by removing conditional preprocessor defines i made from the ino file which is mysterious that it was causing the problem, but then the Arduino IDE is a godawful piece of trash and it mangles your C++ code "for you" behind your back so who knows?
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honey the codewitch wrote:
the Arduino IDE is a godawful piece of trash and it mangles your C++ code "for you" behind your back so who knows?
Have you tried PlatformIO[^]? It allows you to use VScode to write code for Arduino and other embedded platforms.
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honey the codewitch wrote:
the Arduino IDE is a godawful piece of trash and it mangles your C++ code "for you" behind your back so who knows?
Have you tried PlatformIO[^]? It allows you to use VScode to write code for Arduino and other embedded platforms.
Yeah, I'm in the middle of switching to it entirely but I have a client that needs to be able to upload my code and I'm not sure I want to take on helping get them set up, so I still have to rely on Arduino IDE since PlatformIO requires source changes to function. I greatly prefer real C++ over those INO files.
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