Surprisingly, 3 months playing Terraria has improved my career prospects

August 28, 2023 9:29 AM

I Made a 32-bit Computer Inside Terraria (From Scratch, YouTube/Piped, 15m25s)
posted by flabdablet (4 comments total)

This is going to very exciting to my kid. Nice one!
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:35 AM on August 28, 2023

"Adobe did the math to figure out just how big the CRAY-2 would have to be to have the same processing speed as the iPhone 12. The answer: It would have to weigh 13,750 tons and take up 80,000 square feet. "

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2022/11/08/fast-forward-comparing-1980s-supercomputer-to-modern-smartphone
posted by Heywood Mogroot III at 10:14 AM on August 28, 2023 [4 favorites]

https://youtu.be/zXPiqk0-zDY?si=_4i4UA3wUuIAgeif&t=756

developing competency in those magic ∩s is where you make the big bucks in tech / medicine / professional services in general
posted by Heywood Mogroot III at 10:28 AM on August 28, 2023 [1 favorite]

It says from Scratch but it's not programmed in Scratch (insert quizzed face meme)

All joking aside, caught this on Primeagen's channel (and loved watching it "with" him but nice to see it showing up here)

I read Petzold's Code once (first version), and if you're into this kind of thing here's the 2nd edition: Code: The Hidden Language of Computers
posted by symbioid at 1:18 PM on August 28, 2023 [3 favorites]