And learning about hardware won't really tell you anything about programming.
Well, my instinct would be that learning software first is more important and logical.I can't think of a good way to explain it, except that you need to understand the thought process before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The invention of numbers came before the invention of the calculator, you know?
Quote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 11:52:25 AMWell, my instinct would be that learning software first is more important and logical.I can't think of a good way to explain it, except that you need to understand the thought process before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The invention of numbers came before the invention of the calculator, you know? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying? The first computers had no software, they were mechanically driven machines. Then they used paper with punch-holes and Then used vacccum tubes, etc. So didn't the computer come before the software?
Quote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:01:00 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 11:52:25 AMWell, my instinct would be that learning software first is more important and logical.I can't think of a good way to explain it, except that you need to understand the thought process before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The invention of numbers came before the invention of the calculator, you know? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying? The first computers had no software, they were mechanically driven machines. Then they used paper with punch-holes and Then used vacccum tubes, etc. So didn't the computer come before the software?Those computers would have been pointless without algorithms (there would be no reason to invent computers otherwise), with algorithms being the blueprints for software.
Quote from: Turkey Sanders on February 05, 2016, 11:35:02 AM And learning about hardware won't really tell you anything about programming.Well I suppose It can't hurt to learn about it anyway. And another thing I'm not sure about, what language do you use to mess about with it? The only computer language I kind of know is BASIC, but that's been obsolete for around 30 years now.
Quote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 12:05:17 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:01:00 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 11:52:25 AMWell, my instinct would be that learning software first is more important and logical.I can't think of a good way to explain it, except that you need to understand the thought process before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The invention of numbers came before the invention of the calculator, you know? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying? The first computers had no software, they were mechanically driven machines. Then they used paper with punch-holes and Then used vacccum tubes, etc. So didn't the computer come before the software?Those computers would have been pointless without algorithms (there would be no reason to invent computers otherwise), with algorithms being the blueprints for software.So you're saying it would be best to learn math first then build a mechanical gear-driven computer then learn a language?
Quote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:08:36 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 12:05:17 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:01:00 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 11:52:25 AMWell, my instinct would be that learning software first is more important and logical.I can't think of a good way to explain it, except that you need to understand the thought process before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The invention of numbers came before the invention of the calculator, you know? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying? The first computers had no software, they were mechanically driven machines. Then they used paper with punch-holes and Then used vacccum tubes, etc. So didn't the computer come before the software?Those computers would have been pointless without algorithms (there would be no reason to invent computers otherwise), with algorithms being the blueprints for software.So you're saying it would be best to learn math first then build a mechanical gear-driven computer then learn a language?No. Don't be a smartass. I mean, I guess you could learn computer science backwards, but I'm not sure what you'd get out of learning hardware without the prerequisites to understand it first. (And like Turkey said, hardware won't teach you much about programming, anyway) But going back on topic here, will you make an unboxing thread when you get it? (pretty please)
Quote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 01:02:01 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:08:36 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 12:05:17 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:01:00 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 11:52:25 AMWell, my instinct would be that learning software first is more important and logical.I can't think of a good way to explain it, except that you need to understand the thought process before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The invention of numbers came before the invention of the calculator, you know? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying? The first computers had no software, they were mechanically driven machines. Then they used paper with punch-holes and Then used vacccum tubes, etc. So didn't the computer come before the software?Those computers would have been pointless without algorithms (there would be no reason to invent computers otherwise), with algorithms being the blueprints for software.So you're saying it would be best to learn math first then build a mechanical gear-driven computer then learn a language?No. Don't be a smartass. I mean, I guess you could learn computer science backwards, but I'm not sure what you'd get out of learning hardware without the prerequisites to understand it first. (And like Turkey said, hardware won't teach you much about programming, anyway) But going back on topic here, will you make an unboxing thread when you get it? (pretty please)I'm really sorry man, I literally just opened it up. I can put it back in the box and take it out again but it wouldn't be the same btw, I actually remembered I had one bought from 2012, never-opened in my attic so I just used that one
Quote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 01:18:52 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 01:02:01 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:08:36 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 12:05:17 PMQuote from: OnionBeetle on February 05, 2016, 12:01:00 PMQuote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on February 05, 2016, 11:52:25 AMWell, my instinct would be that learning software first is more important and logical.I can't think of a good way to explain it, except that you need to understand the thought process before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The invention of numbers came before the invention of the calculator, you know? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying? The first computers had no software, they were mechanically driven machines. Then they used paper with punch-holes and Then used vacccum tubes, etc. So didn't the computer come before the software?Those computers would have been pointless without algorithms (there would be no reason to invent computers otherwise), with algorithms being the blueprints for software.So you're saying it would be best to learn math first then build a mechanical gear-driven computer then learn a language?No. Don't be a smartass. I mean, I guess you could learn computer science backwards, but I'm not sure what you'd get out of learning hardware without the prerequisites to understand it first. (And like Turkey said, hardware won't teach you much about programming, anyway) But going back on topic here, will you make an unboxing thread when you get it? (pretty please)I'm really sorry man, I literally just opened it up. I can put it back in the box and take it out again but it wouldn't be the same btw, I actually remembered I had one bought from 2012, never-opened in my attic so I just used that oneoh >.> I was thinking you didn't have one yet What's it like when you take it out? Setting it up, stuff like that.
I have one that I use for retropie.If you can, get a raspberry pi zero, it's only $5 and it's decently powerful. its more powerful than the first pi, but not quite as powerful as the pi 2 iirc. It'd be a good entry point if you are really tight on money.
wtf is that fam?
Quote from: Mistanosejob on February 05, 2016, 05:58:08 PMI have one that I use for retropie.If you can, get a raspberry pi zero, it's only $5 and it's decently powerful. its more powerful than the first pi, but not quite as powerful as the pi 2 iirc. It'd be a good entry point if you are really tight on money.Yeah, I remembered that I bought one back in 2013 and forgot about it. So I just opened it up this evening and it's a Model B. I'm not sure if that's better than or worse than the one's you listed though as I'm not certain about the different modelsI'd be really happy if I can just use it to take notes/save and edit text files on the go. What games do you play?
Raspberry pi
