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Comment Re:memory management circa 2014 (Score 1) 637

Sorry. coding 8-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit embedded, as well as desktop apps. You missed the point. parent said

go out and buy another gig or two of ram for a few bucks. seriously...its hard enough to find professionals to build software without getting bogged down with mallocs and leaks for god's sake. when java first hit in the 90's, prettty much the #1 feature was its automated garbage collection...why now are we debating this now?

The reason I'm arguing it's important is that there are still a lot of applications out there where dropping in another gigabyte of RAM isn't an option. Embedded doesn't always have gigabytes of memory; sometimes your cost constraints put you in a 25 cent processor with kilobytes of memory. I'm coding 8-bit processors because I write code for embedded application which are cost sensitive. I'll use a 32-bit processor if the design specs show it's called for.

Comment Re:The Story of Mel (Score 2) 637

I just went on a rant at work because one of our programmers decided, at some point in the past, to write blocks of code in inline hexadecimal. With little to no comments. It had a bug... five bugs actually. I spent two days in the code, finding and fixing problems which should have taken at most a couple of hours, all because someone decided to be a "Real Programmer", aka elite ass. I don't care what the esteemed Mr. Raymond and Mr. Nather (the author of the article in catb.org) believe; we created higher level languages, like C, to make it easier to write and maintain code. I can write code directly using machine instructions too; but, I have too much work to do. As the parent said, don't be like Mel, we all have real work that we have to get done and someone will hate you later.

Comment Re:Vaccine is coming (Score 1) 409

Of course they're saying a vaccine is coming. You don't think they're trying to keep a general panic from occurring? Step 1, tell everyone it can't happen here. Check. Step 2, tell everyone it can only be passed via contaminated body fluids. Check. Step 3, tell everyone that a vaccine is imminent. Check. Step 4, ... you don't want me to tell you about step 4.

Comment Your bulding is wired with 3 phase source. (Score 1) 260

Based on your commend, I suspect someone wired out your building in 230V 3 phase, since it's "close enough" to get away with in place of 120V/240V split phase; and, lets them put in more efficient 3 phase pumps and air conditioning systems. Some residential buildings and residential neighborhoods are wired out in 3 phase but the private residences only uses 2 of the 3 phases, except for the A/C system. Usually that's done in 208V 3 phase; but, it's conceivable someone could have put in 230V transformers.

Comment Re:it's 240V in USA/Canada (Score 1) 260

it used to be 110/220V and 115/230V. Over time the voltage standard has changed. it's been 120/240V for decades now. Some very old equipment has labels for 110/220V and you'll see that referenced in newer documents where someone either doesn't know the standard or is old enough to remember when it really was 110/220V. 208V/230V/460V/480V are standard 3 phase voltages most people might interact with in the U.S. I've also seen 360V. I tend to not interact with the higher voltages like 4160.

Comment Re:PPC macs were awful (Score 2) 236

Right, so this is the infamous mac os 7 era right? Powermacs? Where motorola code was emulated to work on PPC? Apple being led by non-jobs? When Macs didnt just needed a restart every 24 hours (like windows did) but would outright ruin there system install every other week? That was the most shitty Apple period ever.

The emulator was key in allowing users to use older 68k apps on the new PowerPC chips, until the software houses released versions built for the PowerPC. A lot of companies (including Apple itself) hurt the platform by delaying their PowerPC update releases. The OS did have some issues; I'm not going to sugar coat it. Apple also took a few journeys down dark alleys with poorly designed hardware during the '90s. Of course the alternative at the time was Windows 3.1, which wasn't a utopian dream either.

Comment Future proof... (Score 1) 509

Not art.

If she's not college material, send her to trade school to learn a construction trade. Having a trade means she'll be employable. Some jobs are never going to go away -- there will always be construction jobs.

If she's college material I'd recommend two paths: lf she has a math or science bent, engineering. If STEM isn't her thing, as a first step send her to an accredited business school. Follow that with a good trade school. Having the business degree means she'll be able to operate at a higher level in the industry, handling the business with the background necessary to not screw it up.

Engineering and construction jobs will never go away. You have to keep up with new technologies, techniques and trends but you'll be able to find a job.

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