Happy new year!
2015 was probably the worst year for me, while 2013 and '14 being the best. I didn't learn anything significant. I didn't work on my projects much. I made a really horrible mistake. I suffered from constant depression. I hope, 2016 would be better.
On the other hand, I got to improve my grammar a little bit, read a useful book, get good grades in school, etc.
Happy new year!
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onlyonemac
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Re: Happy new year!
2015... well...
- I went blind
- I got back into programming, and especially osdev, after a complete burnout mid-2014
- I got a new computer
- I started going to college
- I found a way to communicate with my mother that avoids excessive anxiety
When you start writing an OS you do the minimum possible to get the x86 processor in a usable state, then you try to get as far away from it as possible.
Syntax checkup:
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BrightLight
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Re: Happy new year!
Happy New Year! 
I've achieved quite a lot in 2015...
I've achieved quite a lot in 2015...
- learned a lot about x86 and working on a 32-bit OS (ExDOS)
- still learning about x86_64 and working on a 64-bit OS (ExDOS64)
- learned a lot of social skills on my own
- learned how to manage my money, and I now spend without wasting
- improved my grades in maths, science and social studies
You know your OS is advanced when you stop using the Intel programming guide as a reference.
Re: Happy new year!
- Managed to get to the Moscow Programmer School at Yandex (a Russian software company).
- Collected a bunch of stickers for my laptop.
- Ordered a Raspberry Pi and an Adafruit's USB-TTL cable.
I was going to be the first to make a New Year post
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
- Alan Kay
- Alan Kay
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onlyonemac
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Re: Happy new year!
Would I be mistaken to assume that you, like me, have Asperger's/Autism? My successes with social skills this year have been rather limited (although better than previous years, nevertheless - probably about the one good thing about going to college).omarrx024 wrote:
- learned a lot of social skills on my own
What kind of stickers?Roman wrote:
- Collected a bunch of stickers for my laptop.
I am officially immune to small font sizesRoman wrote:I was going to be the first to make a New Year post
.Something to add to my own list:
- I realised that I have tastes in music besides what my mother listens to
When you start writing an OS you do the minimum possible to get the x86 processor in a usable state, then you try to get as far away from it as possible.
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
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Re: Happy new year!
To me, 2015 was a good year:
- I finished high school after a quite long track
- I finished 7th place in the Dutch national computer science olympiad and 10th in the Dutch biology olympiad
- I started college at Leiden University ( Physics + Astronomy (double BSc) )
- I moved out from my parents
- I saw some great bands
- Nothing terrible happened
Re: Happy new year!
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question. Should I post a picture or you would be more comfortable with a description (sorry, I'm not sure about your blindness degree)?onlyonemac wrote:What kind of stickers?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
- Alan Kay
- Alan Kay
Re: Happy new year!
You could always increase browser's font size and/or use a speech synthesizer.onlyonemac wrote: am officially immune to small font sizes
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onlyonemac
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Re: Happy new year!
A description, please. Like are they software/hardware/Linux stickers, or just random stuff? By "collect" do you mean that you bought them or just acquired them like from friends, magazines, etc.?Roman wrote:Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question. Should I post a picture or you would be more comfortable with a description (sorry, I'm not sure about your blindness degree)?onlyonemac wrote:What kind of stickers?
I think you misunderstood me: what I'm saying is that using a small font size will not hide anything from me because I use a screenreader (speech synthesiser). But I know that it was a small font size from when I was editing the quote to extract the other bit, and I "saw" (heard) the size tags.Muazzam wrote:You could always increase browser's font size and/or use a speech synthesizer.onlyonemac wrote: am officially immune to small font sizes
When you start writing an OS you do the minimum possible to get the x86 processor in a usable state, then you try to get as far away from it as possible.
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
Re: Happy new year!
My bad. I thought you were saying that you couldn't see small font.onlyonemac wrote:A description, please. Like are they software/hardware/Linux stickers, or just random stuff? By "collect" do you mean that you bought them or just acquired them like from friends, magazines, etc.?Roman wrote:Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question. Should I post a picture or you would be more comfortable with a description (sorry, I'm not sure about your blindness degree)?onlyonemac wrote:What kind of stickers?I think you misunderstood me: what I'm saying is that using a small font size will not hide anything from me because I use a screenreader (speech synthesiser). But I know that it was a small font size from when I was editing the quote to extract the other bit, and I "saw" (heard) the size tags.Muazzam wrote:You could always increase browser's font size and/or use a speech synthesizer.onlyonemac wrote: am officially immune to small font sizes
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onlyonemac
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Re: Happy new year!
No offence taken.Muazzam wrote:My bad. I thought you were saying that you couldn't see small font.
When you start writing an OS you do the minimum possible to get the x86 processor in a usable state, then you try to get as far away from it as possible.
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
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Re: Happy new year!
No. I've always been very social.onlyonemac wrote:Would I be mistaken to assume that you, like me, have Asperger's/Autism?
You know your OS is advanced when you stop using the Intel programming guide as a reference.
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onlyonemac
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Re: Happy new year!
Do neurotypicals learn social skills too?omarrx024 wrote:No. I've always been very social.onlyonemac wrote:Would I be mistaken to assume that you, like me, have Asperger's/Autism?
When you start writing an OS you do the minimum possible to get the x86 processor in a usable state, then you try to get as far away from it as possible.
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
Syntax checkup:
Wrong: OS's, IRQ's, zero'ing
Right: OSes, IRQs, zeroing
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Re: Happy new year!
2015... uhmmm
- Released the second version of my hobby OS... was a fun experience really
- Did some cool side projects
- Started working on my graduation project
- Went for an internship and learned some cool stuff