Only one generation knows how to fix tech...
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I just wanted to generate a simple pulse from a switch press. Needless to say since I needed a breadboard anyway, I just popped in a 74LS123 with a resistor and a capacitor.
I couldn't even begin to understand what I needed to get that pulse from an Arduino. And I used to program PICs bare metal.
It's like the complexity traded places. On the PIC, the tools and process are dead simple. But writing the code for the little monsters required understanding every opcode and peripheral and how they interact.
It looks like on the Arduino, I can just type sleep(5000) but to set up the whole thing to get there is where the complexity lies.If you buy an arduino dev board it'll come with the bootloader already installed, so you just install the ide, install the driver if you':re usingc windows, plug in the board, press upload and you're done?
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So am I! I guess we are more relatable to millennials. 10 years ago, people would call me one so whatever.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Whaddup my dudes! Same era, first computer I used had 10GB of HDD and 64MB RAM, still have a backup of the files somewhere..
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I know enough Millennials who don't know shit. "My email address is www...."
There are luddites in every generation.
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Pc gaming is kinda bringing gen z and alpha back to the light. RGB is how the get you and before you know it you're watching pewdepie's guide to installing Linux and custom android roms.
I'm quite optimistic about the computing future tbh! With LLM helping with troubleshooting the field should be much more accessible for anyone willing to learn.
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LOL thanks.
Also FYI I'm 19.Funniest bit is that I am 42 hehe
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Right?
How about jumpers on hard drives while figuring out interrupts and hard drive/controller card matching (I forget what it was called, but there was something about figuring out the interleave, etc).
I'm about to have some awful flashbacks, dammit.
wrote last edited by [email protected]IDE master/slave jumpers. Wow am I glad we ditched that.
4Mb Ram sharing 1mb with the ghetto cirrus video card, and somehow you need to run winsock and Netscape Communicator on it.
The whole time I'm configuring a customer's machine and grinding my teeth, they're saying how great the salesman was who sold this boat-anchor. I'm proud of holding my tongue for the 90 min it took to complete the courtesy job and go back to the shop.
I may need to start drinking.
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IDE master/slave jumpers. Wow am I glad we ditched that.
4Mb Ram sharing 1mb with the ghetto cirrus video card, and somehow you need to run winsock and Netscape Communicator on it.
The whole time I'm configuring a customer's machine and grinding my teeth, they're saying how great the salesman was who sold this boat-anchor. I'm proud of holding my tongue for the 90 min it took to complete the courtesy job and go back to the shop.
I may need to start drinking.
Oh, master/slave was simple compared to the interleaving thing. Honestly, that was so much a pain I've forgotten what it was/how to do it.
I'll raise a glass for you next time I'm mixing up a drink.
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i did the world a favor and decided to not have kids. sadly, this also means i am unable to hand down a generation's worth of computer knowledge, heh.
Mentorships exist and a lot of kids are hungry for knowledge. We can help the ones that want to learn, but maybe aren't given a lot of opportunities.
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at this point it’s pretty funny….
