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#27 Nov 18 2011 at 8:24 PM Rating: Good
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I just don't understand how anyone can enjoy coding, I find it far too tedious for my liking.


That's just because you suck at it. Smiley: smile


Lol, I'm not the best don't ever expect me to code you some masterpiece. I was able to do enough to get by with A's at least. With a PC I can rip the thing apart, inspect the parts, hold them in my hands and get a physical feel for things. Code is just letters and symbols that make **** happen.

Perhaps this is all based on the fact I learn by doing rather than seeing.
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#28 Nov 19 2011 at 5:59 PM Rating: Excellent
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I'm a Technical Advisor for an electrical department in my local store. Not very often I get difficult questions come my way, but I do occasionally, and I sometimes get to have a hands-on play around with new toys, or customers broken PCs etc. Apparently I've been making a name for myself amongst some of the customers (In a good way). Not a highly technical job, but it's certainly nice (When the manager's aren't... well you know.).

Edit: Most knowledge is self-taught, but I did take a programming course for my A-Levels, involved Pascal, and Visual Basic. (The course also gave me an overview of general computing, pretty standard stuff except the binary math...)

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#29 Nov 19 2011 at 8:08 PM Rating: Decent
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Site Admin here. Deal with Mitel and Cisco Phone systems, basic Cisco switch stuff and an entire amount of hardware troubleshooting and fixing ranging from jsut about any computer down to ahndheld vmu stuff. I also know a decent amount of fedex and ups software and other random crap.

Edit, I graduate college with a bfa in graphic design, ba in printmaking and a minor in CIS.

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#30 Nov 21 2011 at 6:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Peimei wrote:
I'm learning to love coding.
Well trying to anyways. Wrapping my head around AND, OR, XOR. etc. and binary calculations is still difficult though.


I love logic gates lol. Digital stuff is my favorite. Demorgans law, flip flops, etc. So easy and fun.
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#31 Nov 22 2011 at 11:30 AM Rating: Good
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I'm a programmer, but not the way that most people view programming. I got my degree in Electrical Engineering.

I build, program, and troubleshoot robots and industrial machinery, mostly for the auto industry. Surprisingly I didn't get laid off during the 2008 crash (but was forced to take 4 weeks vacation around that Christmas/New Years), and have been employed full time for the whole 6 years since I graduated college.
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#32 Nov 22 2011 at 3:49 PM Rating: Decent
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#33 Nov 22 2011 at 6:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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#34 Nov 23 2011 at 8:53 AM Rating: Good
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Deadgye wrote:
Peimei wrote:
I'm learning to love coding.
Well trying to anyways. Wrapping my head around AND, OR, XOR. etc. and binary calculations is still difficult though.


I love logic gates lol. Digital stuff is my favorite. Demorgans law, flip flops, etc. So easy and fun.


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#35 Nov 23 2011 at 2:00 PM Rating: Decent
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Peimei wrote:
Deadguy! Tell me your secrets!!!


Make truth tables until you have them memorized? The functions shouldn't be too complex to understand. 00, 01, 10, 11 results with AND:0,0,0,1 OR:0,1,1,1 XOR:0,1,1,0 NAND:1,1,1,0 NOR:1,0,0,0 NXOR:1,0,0,1

Also, you can make everything from just NAND gates. Everything!

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#36 Nov 23 2011 at 2:36 PM Rating: Decent
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I've been tinkering with computers since I was old enough to open a case (not exaggerating). I built my first network back in the days of the coax bus and netBEUI. No professional experience (not counting the "You know computers? Make my computer talk to the printer on the other side of the building" crap).

I'm currently working on a degree in InfoSec. Most of my classes have been in networking and security. I start Digital Forensics in two weeks. Slowly teaching myself a SysPen skill set in my own time.
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#37 Nov 23 2011 at 6:21 PM Rating: Good
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Deadgye wrote:
Peimei wrote:
Deadguy! Tell me your secrets!!!


Make truth tables until you have them memorized? The functions shouldn't be too complex to understand. 00, 01, 10, 11 results with AND:0,0,0,1 OR:0,1,1,1 XOR:0,1,1,0 NAND:1,1,1,0 NOR:1,0,0,0 NXOR:1,0,0,1

Also, you can make everything from just NAND gates. Everything!


While not directly IT related, it is interesting to learn the physical side of things like how semiconductors work, and how logic gates are made out of transistors (even really teeny tiny ones), and how arrays of these make logic circuits, and then combine to make computers. It's like the circle of life or something!
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#38 Nov 23 2011 at 11:37 PM Rating: Good
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Deadgye wrote:
Peimei wrote:
I'm learning to love coding.
Well trying to anyways. Wrapping my head around AND, OR, XOR. etc. and binary calculations is still difficult though.


I love logic gates lol. Digital stuff is my favorite. Demogorgan's law, flip flops, etc. So easy and fun.


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#39 Nov 25 2011 at 1:03 AM Rating: Good
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Topic irrelevant: Kitty on lap
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#40 Nov 25 2011 at 1:56 AM Rating: Excellent
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Are we talking Kitty && Lap, Kitty || Lap, or Kitty ^ Lap here?
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Are we talking Kitty && Lap, Kitty || Lap, or Kitty ^ Lap here?


This would be a wonderful time for me to gracefully bow out...
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#42 Nov 26 2011 at 3:32 AM Rating: Decent
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gbaji wrote:
Deadgye wrote:
Peimei wrote:
Deadguy! Tell me your secrets!!!


Make truth tables until you have them memorized? The functions shouldn't be too complex to understand. 00, 01, 10, 11 results with AND:0,0,0,1 OR:0,1,1,1 XOR:0,1,1,0 NAND:1,1,1,0 NOR:1,0,0,0 NXOR:1,0,0,1

Also, you can make everything from just NAND gates. Everything!


While not directly IT related, it is interesting to learn the physical side of things like how semiconductors work, and how logic gates are made out of transistors (even really teeny tiny ones), and how arrays of these make logic circuits, and then combine to make computers. It's like the circle of life or something!


Taking/Finishing up a class about that now actually lol. I haven't really been paying enough attention though. All I remember is that I can make any logic function using pmos and nmos mosfets pretty easily. And then optimize the timing or something. I need to spend some time studying for that class. <.<;
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