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Post by atomtengeralattjaro » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:11 pm

This concludes that python is weird.
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Post by Uly » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:01 pm

Not as weird as slack
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Re: Programming, computers, etc. [Serious]

Post by Ml08180 » Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:30 am

Sorry to derail, but does anyone here have any experience with Arduino code? Specifically for servo operation.

I have a decent code written (just the part that'll allow me to make the wheels go spin, the QTI sensors aren't set yet) and I was hoping maybe someone could see if there's a way to simplify it. My board has very limited memory and I'd like to get the main functions as compact as possible before setting off on any larger functions like beeping at people to the tune of Ragtime Gal whenever they get in the way.

EDIT:

The code is a little long, so I'll post it if anyone wants to see because otherwise it'll take up a huge space in the thread
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Post by atomtengeralattjaro » Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:29 am

post it on pastebin and link it here.
I've not seen arduino code before, but I'm smart.
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Post by Uly » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:22 pm

Can someone please explain to me what exactly a CPU core is?
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Post by atomtengeralattjaro » Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:00 pm

It's a part of a piece of silicon with tiny parts etched into it.
Acting as a part of the processor, what a core mostly does is adds numbers together and moves (copies) them around between its pockets (called registers). It does this based on instructions it reads from certain pockets.
A processor that has multiple cores can do more things at once because it can make more calculations at the same time.
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Post by Uly » Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:02 pm

Thats actually pretty cool
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Post by Anonymously Famous » Fri Feb 19, 2016 12:09 am

So this is kind of related to computers, as it has to do with software translation.

We got a file with a list of software strings to translate. Part of it (paraphrased) went like this:
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Only they were stored out of order in the list. Kind of hard to translate that, especially since there's no guarantee that "Privacy Policy" and the like won't turn up somewhere else.

Languages have different grammar rules. Never split up strings like that. If you must, put a placeholder in there or something, like "You agree to our {1} and to our {2}."
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Post by Uly » Fri Feb 19, 2016 12:11 am

Who is "we"?
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Post by Anonymously Famous » Fri Feb 19, 2016 12:13 am

A company that handles the translation of a lot of things, including software and websites.
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Post by Uly » Fri Feb 19, 2016 12:15 am

I can translate HTML & CSS into illustrations on paper
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Post by lunar_furor » Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:36 pm

Ml08180 wrote:Sorry to derail, but does anyone here have any experience with Arduino code? Specifically for servo operation.

I have a decent code written (just the part that'll allow me to make the wheels go spin, the QTI sensors aren't set yet) and I was hoping maybe someone could see if there's a way to simplify it. My board has very limited memory and I'd like to get the main functions as compact as possible before setting off on any larger functions like beeping at people to the tune of Ragtime Gal whenever they get in the way.

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The code is a little long, so I'll post it if anyone wants to see because otherwise it'll take up a huge space in the thread
Did you ever post that link, it's been a while, but I've worked with the arduino in a robotics project.
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Post by Uly » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:43 pm

In other new, are Firefox developer plugins really worth it?
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Post by atomtengeralattjaro » Sat Mar 12, 2016 12:56 pm

Warning,
if you're using windows but not 10, it might update without your permission.
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/com ... ported_as/

I find this kind of behavior repulsive.
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Post by MTG09 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:18 pm

Well updating from 8 to 8.1 broke the wireless driver for my computer so I got a bootleg one. I probably still need it with windows 10 so I'm afraid to update drivers. I like windows 10 more than both versions of 8.
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Post by Uly » Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:29 pm

I have no idea what they hope to gain by upgrading my 7 year old computer to Windows 10, and possibly killing it.
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Post by Shai'tan » Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:32 pm

atomtengeralattjaro wrote:Warning,
if you're using windows but not 10, it might update without your permission.
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/com ... ported_as/

I find this kind of behavior repulsive.
I agree, this is disgusting and reflects really badly on Microsoft. Linux for life. (Even though I have two computers with W10).
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Post by Uly » Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:54 pm

I honestly miss XP and 98
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Post by atomtengeralattjaro » Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:14 pm

I'm mostly okay with win10, you just need to carefully turn all its spyware and adware features off.
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Post by Uly » Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:20 pm

When it comes to computers, anything ending in -ware is usually bad
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