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To those not in the IT industry, what do you think programming is like? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

IT has different meaning in different contexts. I'm a programmer, so at work IT usually means tech support. But i've seen some job places, including my company's corporate site, include programming as part of IT. Kind of makes sense, because I'm using technology to process information

What is your least favourite acronym? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Related, OOP for Out Of Pocket. In software, its Object Oriented Programming. My programming lead uses the first meaning in email frequently

Yo, what was your first computer? How old were you, where and how did you get it, what did you do with it, etc. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The turbo name wss misleading. It's purpose was to allow the PC to be slowed down for software that needed it. Some games relied on the 4.77MHz CPU speed, and would run too fast if Turbo was on.

Yo, what was your first computer? How old were you, where and how did you get it, what did you do with it, etc. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Timex Sinclair 1000; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_1000

I was in the 8th grade, I think. Z80 processor, 2k RAM, membrane keyboard. I loved programming on it, because it was a totally new experience. I wanted the 16k expansion so badly. I had to use a personal cassette tape recorder to save/load software; I recall having to find the right volume level, and using white-out to mark the volume knob.

I not only learned programming, but diagnostics. I still have fond memories of that $99 computer.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Relatively new Lemmy user here, longtime reddit user. I saw a comment last week that sums this up. Lemmy just hasn't yet reached the critical mass to have spawned the niche groups that reddit has; certainly not with the activity they have.

I suspect that, for a while, many of us will keep one foot in reddit for those niche communities. In the meantine, we can try to foster similar commities in Lemmy.