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Stray blobcat · 10d
You keep doing stuff in your Amstrad CPC ?
No, not anymore, but it would be nice to try some Z80 assembly now that I'm old enough to understand it
Enigmatico · 8 answers · 3mo
If you are a programmer, when did you start your journey into the void and what was your motivation for it?
Likely when I was 9-10 or so (~1986). By that time, TV sets were magical devices able to show images and movements... produced by somebody else. Computers were a miracle able let the programmer (me) control what is shown on a TV/monitor. That fascinated me. I started with a Spectrum owned by a friend, then nagged my parents enough to buy me an Amstrad CPC 6128 with green monitor (which I still own and is sitting on a table here on my left). I learnt BASIC, Logo, music and trigonometry with the user manual of that computer. Years later, I got an IBM PS/2 and found out what a compiler was (a QuickBasic compiler). I started my Computer Science degree the year after and learnt much more interesting stuff: Pascal, C, Java, OCaml... I also signed up on a local Linux User Group and that was the door that opened a job on a Free Software consultancy for me. That's what pays my bills now. Looking back, I'm really happy about who the story went. :-)
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Puniko · 20 answers · 3mo
when a cat mews at you, what do you do?
Pet her and scratch her chin.
Puniko · 17 answers · 3mo
are you a lil mewmew?
Purrrr... I hope that answers your question.
Puniko · 20 answers · 3mo
whats your favorite music genre to listen to?
Vocal Trance
Puniko · 20 answers · 3mo
whats your secret weapon to keep focus at work/school?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is the only way to beat procrastination for me. The fact of not having an important task done itches me so much that the OCD forces me to do it. However, if the task isn't important and I don't feel like I'm "saving the world" by doing it, I'm doomed.
Puniko · 20 answers · 3mo
do you meow in public sometimes?
Yes, and people who know me look me with a weird face. Meow!
Puniko · 23 answers · 3mo
if you are also on fedi, when did you join and how did you get to know about fedi?
November 2022, for my work alt account. Some co-workers had accounts and I decided to open mine after Twitter started to go downhill.
Puniko · 20 answers · 3mo
do you like taking a walk in the rain?
No, not really. I live in a region where it rains a lot and I think I've already had my fair share of rain in this life.
Puniko · 20 answers · 3mo
your favorite misskey fork?
I'm liking Sharkey, tbh. And the logo is cute (especially the colours 😊)