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What is your least favourite acronym? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] FerbFletcher@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Related, OOP for Out Of Pocket. In software, its Object Oriented Programming. My programming lead uses the first meaning in email frequently

Yo, what was your first computer? How old were you, where and how did you get it, what did you do with it, etc. in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] FerbFletcher@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Timex Sinclair 1000; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_1000

I was in the 8th grade, I think. Z80 processor, 2k RAM, membrane keyboard. I loved programming on it, because it was a totally new experience. I wanted the 16k expansion so badly. I had to use a personal cassette tape recorder to save/load software; I recall having to find the right volume level, and using white-out to mark the volume knob.

I not only learned programming, but diagnostics. I still have fond memories of that $99 computer.

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[–] FerbFletcher@lemmy.ml 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Relatively new Lemmy user here, longtime reddit user. I saw a comment last week that sums this up. Lemmy just hasn't yet reached the critical mass to have spawned the niche groups that reddit has; certainly not with the activity they have.

I suspect that, for a while, many of us will keep one foot in reddit for those niche communities. In the meantine, we can try to foster similar commities in Lemmy.