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>>62130351
>Share Pajeet WTFs you encountered here
Storing two integers in a float (instead of using a struct), one number above the decimal point and one number below it. And then using sepples string functions to get the two values out rather than regular arithmetic.

The worst part was that this was an embedded programmer. Studying CE and EE obviously doesn't teach you how to program.

>send reinforcement detailing to india for £10m value project
>they help me immensely with careful detailing of geometry and error checking
>get back drawings with only minor errors for the first pass
>return with comments and they correct post haste
>thank them for their work
>client and architects make revisions
>also additions
>indian detailers are informed
>don't worry friend, we can put these on original drawings, only pay for time, not for extra sheets
>Corrections made, almost perfect drawings
>get invoice back from india
>probably cost less than half of what it would have cost me to undertake the same amount of work
>was much easier and we earnt way more profit on the job.

Wtf how do they do it so cheap?

>>62130351
bump

>>62130348
I don't know. To me Debian is dead since NSA/systemd.

I'd suggest Devuan atm.

Let's see:

>one of the oldest distros around
>one of maybe 3 that actually matter on production servers
>base of more forks than you can count
>no commercial entity behind it pushing its agenda
>huge package repository
>no non-free cancer in official repos
>credits GNU in its name
>supports more architectures than any other distro (inb4 muh Gentoo supports everything with a C compiler: Debian actually builds and tests binaries for like 12 or so architectures)
>stable like a motherfucker
>large non-noob, but also non-autistic community

Truly a patrician's choice.

>>62130375
>Devuan
At least suggest a distro that gets updated like antiX, or MX.

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>>62130310
idk bro im 25 and starting a 3 course now

im gonna try anyway

Took a huge risk and went back to school at 30, taking a 2 year program. Now I am enjoying a fresh new career with a cushy salary.

Its never too late. Dont listen to others. Just work hard and have drive and it will pay off.

>>62130248
No, he ignores that the flack is because of his flamboyant homosexuality.

>>62130248
Imagine being at computers.

Stop being a fag and use all three OS,

>>62130233
Okay, let me help you, I've been in the embedded market for 4 years now, and a couple more before as a hobbyist.
First, are you looking into this as a hobbyist or wanting to make this your profession

>>62130268
initially as a hobbyist.

soon starting a position as a fullstack .net dev in a firmware company and I was thinking of maybe working my way into firmware dev eventually

>>62130282
Well that's good approach, the reason why I asked this is because the focus areas for hobbyist and professionals are often very different.
As a hobbyist, I would like to recommend you to 8 bit microcontrollers like the very versatile AVR and PIC families. Maybe even older 80xx, but since they're mostly CISC based, but much simpler to work with. These microcontroller families have everything from 8 pin tiny micros to 40+ pin ones with all peripherals you might want built in.
They're cheap, considerably fast, and won't confuse you with more complex details
First step is, picking up a dev board, or even make one of you're familiar with soldering, I wouldn't recommend it though. Pick a popular dev board with lots of support

>>62130127
what price was it?

Vega is quite literally hot shit.

Just had my whole 18 unit preorder fulfilled. Get fucked gamimg toddler.

>thinkpad
>another thinkpad
>being surrounded by thinkpads

>>62129994
kek, it looks like he's fucking his computer

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is this the bed computing general

>>62129955
Zen is the new Sandy Bridge.

>>62129970
>Zen is the new Sandy Bridge.

Correct, it performs the same, 6 years later

>>62129984
?

>using your mechnical keyboard in the vaccum of space

>>62129919
Keyboards are cheap. Just buy a new one when the old one gets dirty

protip: don't buy a mechanical keyboard because you will not want to replace it that often because of the cost.

>>62130055
Cheap keyboards are cheap.

>>62129588
>Is he right about doing this?
Yes. I can't hardly wait to transfer my consciousness to a digital space and gain immortality. Heck, for now I'd settle for some implants that expand memory and accelerate learning.

>>62129858
>Gain immortality

Until a Poojet accidently deletes your consiousness or you pull the plug yourself due to Google injecting ads straight into your train of though.

>>62129885
>implying anyone sane would transfer their consciousness to a device that is capable of connecting to the internet
Why bother? Just create an android body and use a PC like regular meatbags.

However, one area I'd see a significant problem with is: reading and writing data. Our consciousness would pretty much wreck any SSD, by constantly writing, and reading extreme amounts of data. Also there's the problem that our brains can store at least 1 petabyte of memories... yeah. Also our thought processes would be insanely slow due to technological bottlenecks and constraints.

So far everything nature come up with has almost always had been better, and more efficient than what humans have invented. Transhumanism is fun, but it'd make more sense tailoring biology to our needs rather than computers.

Please post an anime image next time.

operator overloading is good

>>62129509
PowerShell and .Net are the future

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Yes.

>>62130193
That looks like the kind of color theme an autistic child would choose

>>62130193
Kind of looks like it was made for kids

>>62129319
>And no, I don't want MPV
Your loss then.

>>62129319
then use kcp you faggot what do you need updates for in a software that is working perfectly fine?

>>62129319
>And no, I don't want MPV
What the fuck is wrong with retards like you?
Why do you want to fuck around with abandonware codec packs like it's 2001 instead of unpacking precompiled version of mpv, setting up file association and forgetting it exists. I cannot comprehend tech illiterates thought process.

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>>62128909
No networking
No gamens
Nothing works

>>62128909
He's only one of the several possibilities.

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>>62128919

>certain electrical signals going to your computer generating a certain series of different voltage levels that are used to generate a certain combination of photons are illegal

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>>62128939
>transferring certain amounts of kinetic energy from one person to another is illegal

>certain arrangements of atoms are illegal
>CERTAIN PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS IN PARTICULAR POSITIONS ARE ILLEGAL