jecxjo

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[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

P.S. I strongly doubt handwritten assembly is more efficient than modern C compilers.

As with everything, it all depends.

When writing super efficient assembly you write towards the destination and not necessarily to fit higher level language constructs. There are often ways to cut corners for aspects not needed, reduction in instructions and loops all based on well designed assembly.

The problem is you aren't going to do that for every single CPU instruction because it would take forever and not provide a good ROI. It is far more common to write 99% of your system code in C and then write just the parts that can really benefit from fine tuned assembly. And please note that unless you're writing for an RTOS or something crazy critical on efficiency, its going to be even less assembly.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No there arent sequels.

However there is the Forever War series by Joe Haldeman, which he claimed was influenced by Stormship Troopers (and his own war experience). Mechanical super warriors in space but instead of glorifying war it showed a darker side.

Heinlein actually told Haldeman at an award ceremony that his book "may be the best future war story I've ever read!"

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 14 points 5 months ago

My 7 year old was in a car pool to go to an after school activity. Each girl got to pick a song and apparently all but once picked a kids song. My daughter asked if they could play Green Day.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

Took my 7 and 5 year olds to go see Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, and Rancid last summer. Taking them to a music festival this summer and probably Offspring in the fall. They listen to 80s and 90s music on their own, and I'll turn on the older rock when we get in the car.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm 99% sure its due to the 3d print being carbon fiber infused. Just conductive enough that possibly a later on the PCB is touching and shorting. Works find out of the case, its currently been up for 30 mins just bare board and a battery. But as soon as its in the case with no buttons it starts acting up.

Going to stop at the store in the morning to find a spray on sealant to see if I put a thin layer on the inside of the case does the issue go away. Then we will know.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Far more likely that they set on fire because they are poorly designed an Musky boy is dismantling any and all safety regulations for his death traps.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 124 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Maybe they became self aware and could no longer live with themselves knowing their family history.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

I removed the buttons completely and was still having issues so it isn't the reset button being pressed that is the problem.

I think it might be that the case is carbon fiber infused which can be conductive and maybe its actually grounding something.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Thinking maybe that is it. So I removed the buttons (its a 3d printed case with the two buttons connected together. Still see the issue.

So then I tried plugging in the battery while the board was out of the case. Booted just fine. While staying plugged in and with the buttons removed I pushed the board back into the case and all good...until I hit the reset button and now it is back in a power cycle loop. This is so weird.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

under USB power with no battery it still occurs. Looking like an odd case issue.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

Agreed. I just have started to lose faith in the voters. Reps push hateful politicians and Dems don't seem to push hard for solid candidates.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

I've used it at work (tech job) and found it useful when people fully understands it's meaning. When they grok groking something.

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