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Really curious about that and how software gets on hardware in general.
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Like how did someone write software before the first software writing program existed?
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Jun 14, 2020 06:17
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punch cards maybe? idk i'm just guessing
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Jun 14, 2020 06:25
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Looms
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Jun 14, 2020 07:06
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you are asking dangerous questions
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Jun 14, 2020 07:10
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switches, op
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Jun 14, 2020 07:18
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Raluek posted:switches, op So Nintendo is up to some time traveling poo poo eh? I knew it 
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Jun 14, 2020 07:45
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Heated Gaming Moment posted:Really curious about that and how software gets on hardware in general. i dont think u are op
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Jun 14, 2020 07:46
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sex
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Jun 14, 2020 08:03
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When a one and a zero reeeeeally love eachother...
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Jun 14, 2020 08:20
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Raluek posted:switches, op going to the computer museum in seattle back in january was really cool in part for getting to see a demonstration of loading stuff into memory on an altair 8800 via the front panel switches
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Jun 14, 2020 08:21
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imagine how huge of a nerd you have to be to directly input binary machine code on a bunch of toggle switches i am eternaly grateful for these brave pioneers and all the swirlies they would have had to endure
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Jun 14, 2020 09:02
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I honestly dont get compilers. like do they have something like a lookup table where certain instructions are written as that gobbledegoook that you get when you open a .exe
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Jun 14, 2020 09:28
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the most fascinating thing about compilers is compiling a compiler https://wiki.osdev.org/Building_GCC#Introduction I guess the initial versions of GCC were compiled with some ancient unix C compiler and from there you could use your current version of gcc to build a slightly better gcc as time went by. I wonder if gcc compiling gcc always gives the exact same result regardless of what compiler made the parent
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Jun 14, 2020 09:46
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The egg, op.
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Jun 14, 2020 14:26
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its the original sin, op
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Jun 14, 2020 15:27
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echinopsis posted:I honestly dont get compilers. like do they have something like a lookup table where certain instructions are written as that gobbledegoook that you get when you open a .exe yes
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Jun 14, 2020 16:10
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a magnetized needle and a steady hand
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Jun 14, 2020 16:12
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very carefully, op
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Jun 14, 2020 16:30
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one bit at a time
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Jun 14, 2020 16:41
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The Management posted:one bit at a time and it didn't cost me a dime
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Jun 14, 2020 16:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1ki6LiEmg like this OP idk exactly how but ENIAC or whatever didn't have program storage so you had to wire it to do what you wanted directly
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Jun 14, 2020 17:25
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All the way back in fourth grade elementary school I remember one of the nerdiest kids brought a toilet roll with him to school where he had encoded his first and last name in binary I think it was a little like that, OP
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Jun 14, 2020 17:33
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you use a turing machine by wiping your rear end with the tape
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Jun 14, 2020 20:53
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r u ready to WALK posted:All the way back in fourth grade elementary school I remember one of the nerdiest kids brought a toilet roll with him to school where he had encoded his first and last name in binary how long was it before someone let you out of your locker
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Jun 14, 2020 21:42
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cortana update by bingutils
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Jun 14, 2020 22:48
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:very carefully, op
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Jun 15, 2020 08:27
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https://twitter.com/GalaxyBrainBot/status/1272446325640933376?s=20
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Jun 15, 2020 09:40
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the first computers in the ocean used salts to communicate it was rudimentary but sexy as hell
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Jun 15, 2020 11:11
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r u ready to WALK posted:the most fascinating thing about compilers is compiling a compiler you link the answer to that question; bootstrapping gcc indeed does build gcc again with the final compiler just to verify that the output is identical (which is important since the original compiler may be so broken that the stage 1 gcc is broken, and produces a broken stage 2 gcc and so on). it wasn't that long ago gcc could still be bootstrapped with any old k&r compiler (up to 4.something i think), but since they've switched to developing gcc in c++ requirements are now pretty high.
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Jun 15, 2020 12:44
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nobody knows op. the scientists have theories about a big gas explosion but thats just a guess tbh
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Jun 15, 2020 19:27
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computer used to be a job title
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Jun 15, 2020 20:19
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if you visit the computer history museum in mountain view they will show you all about it in great detail
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Jun 15, 2020 20:20
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Silver Alicorn posted:computer used to be a job title your operating system is a piece of poo poo?
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Jun 15, 2020 20:20
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Silver Alicorn posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1ki6LiEmg youtube keeps recommending me this guy's videos and now i kinda want one of these altair remake things. i have no use for it at all but it'd be fun to flip the switches and make the lights go blink
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Jun 15, 2020 20:31
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it was enki masturbating to create the fertile crescent but on a smaller scale op
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Jun 15, 2020 20:39
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:very carefully, op
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Jun 15, 2020 20:49
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Silver Alicorn posted:computer used to be a job title im a computer engineer
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Jun 15, 2020 20:53
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computers are the result of a stable time loop, op deep in a dod lab there are very explicit instructions on how and when to construct the time machine as well as the materials to leave in the past in order to keep the loop stable
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the liars will say that if you leave eniac in hydrothermal vent precipitates and leave it bubbling for a million years it will get a bios
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