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2022-03-31 6:53 am
@inst-tech It's like the Bette Midler tune.. looks good "from a distance" 😉 - but lessons are being learned.
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Inst-Tech reacted
2022-03-31 12:35 pm
@Binaryrhyme, Yep.. experience is by far the best teacher..We all , hopefully, learn by our mistakes..
I wish I had a penny for every mistake I ever made..I'd be a very wealthy man!...lol
Also, learning from others mistakes can also be a blessing..you get some of the knowledge without the pain..! I'm still struggling with how to implement the coding for a PID control that I'm currently writing.. the plan is to implement the PID control to my robot tanks object avoidance system so as to have the speed control accelerate and decelerate when approaching an object. This will give the robot more time to make a decision on how to avoid the object as opposed to coming to an abrupt stop and maybe crashing into the object.. A good lesson in how to write the PID software, and how it works internally..Well, back to it..I've got all day as they say..
regards,
LouisR
LouisR
Biny reacted
2022-03-31 3:26 pm
@binaryrhyme Hard lessons to be sure.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Biny reacted
2022-03-31 4:00 pm
@Binaryrhyme, Yep.. experience is by far the best teacher..We all , hopefully, learn by our mistakes.
It is said that there are three types of people ...
1) those who learn by reading
2) those who lean by watching others and
3) those who just have to put their hand in the fire.
Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're talking about.
2022-03-31 4:54 pm
@will, ... hummm.. now that's interesting, because I'm apparently all three of those people..lol
I learn mostly by doing ( putting the hand in the fire) but, being of a technical nature.. reading countless TI's ( technical instructions) that go had in hand with industrial Instrumentation, electrical and process control. Many one to two week schools where you just sit and listen, some hands on labs.. but a lot of theory..
The main thing we learned was how to find information, not so much to memorize it. In a plant with over 30,000 instruments, sensor, analog and digital.. with dozens of different types, manuf. ,specs and TI bulletins.. who can memorize all that?
Great quote on the three type of people, thanks for posting!
regards,
LouisR
LouisR
Biny reacted
2022-03-31 5:53 pm
@will I am guessing you are a #3.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
2022-03-31 5:56 pm
@will I am guessing you are a #3.
Well, despite the appearance of the extra crispy knuckles, I do TRY to be a #1 but I'm habitually sloppy; so if there's a way to cross wire anything, I'll find it eventually 🙂
Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're talking about.
2022-03-31 7:01 pm
@byron The Prisoner
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
2022-03-31 7:02 pm
@will I remember that.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Biny reacted
2022-03-31 7:10 pm
@byron Sadly I cheated. I did recall it once I was reminded, but my memory is really bad now.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.
Biny reacted
2022-03-31 7:11 pm
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
Sure you can learn to be a programmer, it will take the same amount of time for me to learn to be a Doctor.