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I'm on a hiatus from coding, saving myself for my ARM equipment that's coming.
I am taking the "smart" from smartphones and putting it in my devices. Not just stuffing Rpis in stuff either. More bespoke.
This is a whole new realm for me. A real GPU? Are you kidding? DDR3 RAM? HDMI? I can run a "real" OS if I want?
I don't need all this. I wouldn't mind something more in between what I have been using and this, but the chip is $12 and that's not even bulk reel prices. I've paid far more for a simple USB Host chip, and this chip does that *too*
These ARM Cortex A based SoCs are fabulous.
I've never been a fan of the RPi, in part because it was a bit too heavy for me. I don't need gigs of RAM. I don't want a $100 unit. $30 is more about the price point for a prototype board built with components of the cost we want to hit an 80% use case - in other words, a board that cheap won't make our clients balk when we go to buy the components to replicate it, almost no matter what we're building.
I also found secret sauce for going from HDMI to 40-pin RGB which was a huge win for me. Now we can use any LCD under the sun.
I need to brush up on STL (it has been awhile since I've used it heavily), heck maybe even learn QT.
I'm so happy to have gotten this far with it. I'll be spending some more time tinkering and coming up with a workflow and firmware package for this before I've got my feet under me, but now this feels major league.
Like I've broken through.
I like the ESP platform family but they are simplistic, and the biggest thing is they can't drive most LCDs you can buy of any reasonable capability.
I like coding in constrained memory. It keeps me creative.
That said, this Arm stuff is my brave new world, or without the negative literary connotations I guess, my final frontier.
This was so challenging for me to get to this point. I have a lot further to go, and then you can darn well bet I'll be producing code project articles to get everyone on board, without the Raspberry Pi training wheels.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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definitely count me in
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I have received NO spam calls today, none, not one, nada. I'm left wondering, should I play the lottery or prepare for the end? 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Restart your phone. It crashed. 
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 Normally I would agree, but against all odds it seems to be working OK. Shirley I will pay for the peace I was afforded today.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You just stopped mattering to the spammers.
I envy you. 
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In the US not that long ago they arrested 3 people and shutdown 10 companies run by those people which were generating billions (pretty sure it was billions) of robo-calls mostly attempting to sell extended car warranties.
I think even more recently something went in to place making it more difficult to spoof caller id.
I might have some details wrong about the above.
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I was in a crowded venue once, trying to usher my kids out the door. I said excuse me to the person blocking my way, and no less than ten people turned around to immediately say sorry. This led to a secondary wave of sorries, which sort of rippled through the crowd. It was intense, in a very polite sort of way.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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It is said that the way to find a Canadian in a crowd is to step on toes until some says "Sorry"
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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but I couldn't understand none of the meows.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Explain !
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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What does the French word "chat" translate to in English? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It probably has to do with: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 
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Pardon me?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The French aren't chatting, ils vont jazzer  It's just cultural interbreeding
Mircea
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Easy one to end the week
Imagined fear about myself (7)
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Oh, I like that one! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Imagined
fear DREA D
about
myself ME
DREAMED
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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5 minutes late but I'll let you off 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Our cat 😺 Oreo gave birth to two kittens yesterday. Oreo is busy feeding them, while we feed Oreo. Next few weeks will be fun, watching the play of the growing kittens.
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Kittens are great fun. I prefer to adopt two or three at a time because they are very entertaining.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Most mammals are cute when young,
but some, when older not so much.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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